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Forest HomeEssex
Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Forest Home

58 Swan Street, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3HT
01787460361
Care Type

Residential Care

Last Inspection

30 September 2023

Provider

St. Giles Homes Limited

Beds

39 beds

About Forest Home

Forest Home is a residential care home in Essex, offering older people and their families a place where they can feel genuinely supported and at ease. The team there understands how much it means to find somewhere that feels like a real home, and that commitment to warmth and familiarity runs through everything they do. If you are exploring care options for a loved one, Forest Home may be worth getting to know a little better.

Forest Home provides residential care and accommodation for up to 39 older people and those living with dementia across one adapted building, including a wing specializing in dementia care. At inspection, 36 people were using the service.

Inspectors found that management oversight was inconsistent in some areas, with quality assurance monitoring not always effective at identifying shortfalls that became apparent during the inspection. Medicine management also lacked robustness, though the manager addressed concerns identified at inspection immediately with support from the assistant.

Source: CQC inspection report, 30 September 2023

Specialist Care

Older people

Could the NHS fund Forest Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Location

58 Swan Street, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3HT

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Forest Home

CQC overall rating

Requires Improvement

Last inspection: 30 September 2023

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