The Hailey Care Home

The Hailey has been a Residential Care Home specialising in Mental Health for approximately 30 years and as such is very well established in the community, with very good relationships with all of the local Mental Health Teams.

In 2000 a large extension was added to the rear of The Hailey, which allowed for 12 new bedrooms with en-suite facilities, a small kitchen for client use under supervision, a reading room which also doubles as an additional lounge which the video club uses.  All of the bedrooms were designed to comply with the minimum sizes set out by the Care Standards Act 2000.

At the same time a new laundry was built along with two additional large bathrooms, one of which if fully fitted for disabled use.

To enhance all of the services offered by the staff at The Hailey, to the rear of the home is a purpose built Day Centre, where residents of The Hailey and Wimbledon House regularly attend.  A variety of activities are covered there, which included planning, shopping for and preparing meals, general domestic chores, washing up, using the washing machine and the tumble dryer.  Residents are also encourages to participate in hobbies such as photography and creative pursuits.

As part of the continuing improvements a hair and treatment salon was added to The Hailey for residents that are fortunate to be able to afford High Street prices.

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Charges

Accommodation charges are dependent on the local authority contracted rates which start from £476.62 per week.  All fees are reviewed annually in April.

Placements

All prospective new residents must undergo a full Needs Assessment prior to being accepted and in all cases potential residents are encouraged to visit The Hailey, initially to spend a few hours and have lunch and then stay overnight.

All placements are subject to a one month trial period to ensure that the service and the resident are suitable.

Training Room & Day Centre

To the rear of The Hailey is a purpose built Day Centre and Training Room.

The Day Centre has it's own Activities Co-ordinator and is available to all residents living at The Hailey and the Wimbledon.  A great number of topics are covered in the Day Centre, which include learning how to plan, purchase and prepare a meal, cake making, tea and coffee mornings, art groups, photography, video club or just simply bingo, all of these activities are provided by the Company, however, when outside activities are arranged such as trips to the theatre, tea dances, golf lessons, Museums and zoo's etc residents are expected to contribute.

The training room was developed so that staff could be trained in-house in a bright and comfortable environment and to date has seen the successful completion of a variety of courses such as: Mental Health, First Aid at Work, First Aider, Moving and Handling, Safe Handling of Medication, Adult Protection, Health and Safety and Fire Protection.

The Training room has also been hired out to external organisations for them to deliver their own training to their own people.

Kitchen, Laundry & Salon

The kitchen at The Hailey is a well organised facility at the heart of the home, the chef has been employed at The Hailey for more than 10 years and has a full understanding of the needs of the residents.

The Kitchen provides 4 meals a day.  Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Meal and Supper, in addition hot and cold drinks are available throughout the day along with an assortment of biscuits and cakes.

The Hailey has recently benefited from having a hair and treatment salon added for the use of residents.

The staff are always happy to help the residents with a variety of treatments from hair cutting, perming, colouring and nail treatments.

In 2001 a purpose built Laundry was added to The Hailey, with a large commercial washing machine and tumble dryer.

Residents are encouraged to take their washing to the laundry and where appropriate are even shown how to use the machines.

Bedrooms

The Hailey has 32 bedrooms, of which 12 are located in a purpose built single story extension.  All of these 12 rooms were built in 2001 and comprise of en-suite showers, hand basins and WC's.  They also have direct access to an internal courtyard with a water feature.

The remaining 20 bedrooms are all located within the main house and are spilt over the three floors of the house.  2 of the bedrooms are registered as double rooms therefore suitable for couples wishing to share.

All bedrooms are supplied with a single bed, chest of drawers, bedside cabinet, wardrobe and chair.  IN addition all rooms are also fitted with a TV point connected to SKY digital.

Clients are welcome to personalise bedrooms with furniture and belongings that they feel comfortable with.

Bathrooms & Toilets

There are a number of bathrooms and toilets throughout The Hailey located on the ground floor.

The main bathroom on the ground floor has been designed as a disabled bathroom fitted with a bath accessible on three sides with a fitted hoist for residents who can not get in and out of the bath un-aided.

There is a further bathroom on the ground floor and a shower room, both with wash hand basins and WC.

On the first floor there is an additional bathroom for those who do not need assistance.  There are also 3 further toilets on the first floor.

All of the new bedrooms on the ground floor have en-suite shower rooms which also include a toilet and had basin.

Communal Areas

The Hailey has a variety of communal areas around the house, a large dining room that is also used for a variety of activities and games.

The main lounge has just recently been redecorated and has been spilt into two halves.  One half to watch television.

From the comfortable leather sofa's and the other half to sit quietly and either listen to the piano or just sit and chat with friends.

The Library area at the rear of the house has been set up so that residents can read quietly, play board-games or even enjoy a game of pool.

The Library area is also used frequently by the Day Centre when they get together with the video club

Downloads & Certificates

We achieved a five start rating for 'very high standards of food safety management' from Canterbury City Council, click here to view our certificate.