About Us
About Us
Vicarage Court Care Home is situated at North Featherstone, Pontefract. It is ideally located between the 5 local towns and just off the M62, making it accessible to Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, York, etc.
It has idyllic surroundings within beautiful Yorkshire countryside. The Home is on a large 3 acre site, with 2 acres dedicated to a beautiful garden. The Home is close to many local amenities; post office, public house and various shops. There is ample free car parking for visitors at the front of the Home.
Vicarage Court has been a Residential Dementia Home since 1983 and is very established within the local community. In 2014, the home expanded with a major state of the art extension. As a result, it established a general nursing unit, a general residential unit and a young physically disabled unit.
"When excellence becomes tradition, greatness knows no limit."
The Singh Family are the proprietors of Calsa Care Ltd and the Vicarage Court Care Home and through their daily personal contact ensure that all the residents personal needs are met.
The management team is highly experienced. Tracy, the Nurse manager is a very experienced nurse and has 2 decades of nursing home management experience. She has worked with residents with extensive nursing needs, brain injuries, complex care and dementia needs.
The Home has 24 hour RGN cover. The general nurses that we employ all have more than 10 years of nursing experience. The home employs two Team Leaders for each of the dementia, young physically disabled and residential units, so that senior staff are available at all times. This means there is an enormous amount of expertise in caring for the elderly and meeting their needs and expectations. Their experience includes residents with Parkinson’s, Huntingdon’s, brain injuries, obesity, diabetes, ventilated patients, epilepsy, dementia, cerebral vascular incidents, and many other areas of care.
All the Homes staff receive significant on-going training, both mandatory and specialist. Many have formal qualifications such as NVQ’s.
The Home employs approximately 95 staff (including the proprietors) in the care and accommodation for the elderly.
The Home was awarded The Healthwatch “Putting People First Award” in 2021. In 2020, the home was awarded at the British Care Awards. In 2014, we won “Employer of the Year” by Wakefield College. The home has consistently been regarded as the top nursing home in Yorkshire according to relatives feedback.
The home is closely involved in a multi-disciplinary team which involves our staff liaising with GPs, district nurses, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, dentists, opticians, hearing aids specialists, and many other care professionals.
Great Staff
Our carers respond every time with a big smile. A residents described them as “Angels without Wings”
Bespoke Care Packages
We have significant levels of expertise and can cater for bespoke care packages.
Experience
20 years of nursing experience and 30 years of care experience.
Activities
Janet has 22 years of experience doing Activities with elderly residents. She is a bundle of energy and happiness.
Life at Vicarage Court
We provide a high standard of individualised care at Vicarage Court Care Home. The residents who are able to go out with relatives are welcome to do so whenever they like. They can choose when they get up and go to bed.
Meal times are flexible and there is a wide choice of freshly cooked meals. Breakfast can be taken any time between 7.30am and 10.00am, lunch is usually served at 12 noon and tea is available between 4.30pm and 6.00pm. Special Diets are catered for on request and a well-balanced diet is provided. Our prospective residents are welcome to view our menus and discuss informally their personal diet needs. Hot and cold drinks with biscuits are served at various times during the day and are always available on request.
The Home offers a wide range of social and leisure activities. In the dining room, there is a notice board where you will find full details. The various activities are co-ordinated by Janet who has 22 years of experience. She conducts monthly informal social and activities committee meetings, which is composed of residents, relatives and staff. Should you wish to attend the next meeting, please speak to reception, who will arrange this.
Every 3 weeks, we have live singers. We have many parties and seasonal events. In Easter and summer we organise a large fayre. These are popular events which gives residents, families, friends, and staff an informal chance to meet and chat. Families are always invited to the various parties to celebrate the different times of year.
Ministers visit the home monthly for residents with religious beliefs. We can arrange for newspaper delivery. Clothing and shoe sales are held in the home.
Belongings are very important, and we have a carefully organized laundry system to ensure clothes are not mislaid. We have a special heat sealed labelling system to label all clothes and items.
On regular occasions the management hold informal meetings, this is where the residents and staff (your relatives may also attend) sit down and discuss what is happening in the Home. The meeting is informal and is usually ‘chaired’ by a member of the senior management group.
Visitors
We know how important it is for everyone to keep in touch, and so we welcome family and friends at any time. So come in, and help yourself to a cup of tea or coffee whenever you want. You can spend time in the quiet room, the garden or the bedroom.
Visitors are welcome 24 hours a day. However we do ask that if you visit after 9pm, then please ring first to let the staff know.
We request regular feedback from yourselves. Feel free to approach the owners or the manager for feedback, and to discuss any ideas you have, and to convey any concerns. We have clients satisfactions surveys which are done regularly, and also a suggestion box.
We try to do all we can to meet individual needs. We have free wifi in the building and can arrange zoom calls for family members who live abroad or far away.
