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Queens House

Angraflat Road, Kelso, TD5 7NS


Summary

  • Good

    Regulator's average rating

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  • 32 beds

    Maximum occupancy

  • Covid-19 response

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  • 1987

    Date opened

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From the owner

QME Care (Queen's House Kelso Ltd) is a specialist nursing and residential care centre situated in Kelso. We have 3 separate units covering 59 beds supporting older people living with varying levels of dementia and cognitive impairments.

We are …

QME Care (Queen's House Kelso Ltd) is a specialist nursing and residential care centre situated in Kelso. We have 3 separate units covering 59 beds supporting older people living with varying levels of dementia and cognitive impairments.

We are uniquely set up within nothing similar in our area and wider a field being a not for profit registered charity care provider with our vision is to be a centre of excellence in the delivery of quality care and support in Scotland, and to be the provider and the employer of choice in the Scottish Borders. We have consistently achieved ratings of excellence from our Care Inspectorate inspections and won care home of the year 2019 & 2020.

Our mission is to provide an approach to care and support that encourages and supports the person to be the director of their care within an environment that is comfortable, safe, homely and happy.

To deliver our mission we look for qualities in our staff: people who are committed to improving care and support for older people, people who are committed to improving the person's daily experiences, people who are dedicated to supporting older people and empowering them to make their choices, people who can deliver compassionate care and be passionate about improving the person’s day, people who want to make a difference.
As an organisation we are passionate about learning and development and have a suite of training facilities to help support our learning and development service. We are a fully registered SVQ centre with our own training facilities.

Our approach also supports complimentary and creative therapies to our residents and their families.
With our unique model of support which provides consistent approaches to non-institutional care models and we aim to become a community asset providing and promoting intergenerational learning and placement opportunities and support for people who may never require enhanced nursing or residential care by supporting our community members.

Care provided

  • Residential care

    Accommodation, meals, and assistance with personal care and medication.

  • Palliative and end of life care

    Care designed to provide quality support and comfort for people living with life-limiting conditions.

Care specialisms

This home offers specialised care for any of the following:

  • Adults over 65 years

Features

  • 32 beds
  • All single bedrooms
  • 32 en-suite rooms
  • Purpose built, opened in 1987

Prices

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Funding for care in Scotland

Your care home costs could be partially funded by the council. To qualify for this, you must first arrange a care needs assessment

  • Free personal and/or nursing care funding is available to anyone aged 65 or over, regardless of their financial situation.
  • Funding towards accommodation costs is also available if your assets (property & savings) are below £28,500.
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Regulator's inspection rating

Average Good

Last inspection

01 Dec 2021

Wellbeing
Good
Leadership
Good
Staff team
Good
Setting
Good
Care and support planning
Good
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COVID-19 response

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