Live-in care in Rushden

How we arrange live-in care in Rushden

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Rushden, Higham Ferrers and the villages around them, from £1,550 a week. One main carer lives in the home; a relief carer covers their holidays and time off, and a manager is on call. Care starts with a free assessment, a written quote and a written care plan.

Care can be paid for privately, by North Northamptonshire Council (including direct payments) or by NHS Continuing Healthcare. We have provided Discharge to Assess (D2A) care since 2014. If someone is in hospital, tell us the expected discharge date (see care after hospital). Our care team is on 01865 715780.

Arranging care and funding in Rushden

North Northamptonshire Council runs adult social care and collects council tax in Rushden. To ask for a care needs assessment, call 0300 126 3000 and select Option 1, Option 2 and Option 1, or use the online self-referral form (lines open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm). The same number reaches the Out-of-Hours Duty Team. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one.

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A financial assessment follows. With savings above £23,250 a person usually pays the full cost, but for care at home their own home is not counted. If the council funds care, a direct payment lets you choose your own provider. See council funding for care.

If you look after someone, ask for a carer’s assessment, carried out for the council by Northamptonshire Carers (01933 677907, option 2, weekdays). The charity says carers of an adult living in Northamptonshire may be entitled to 48 hours of free emergency respite a year. On council tax, the council lists a carer disregard, the severe mental impairment disregard and exemption, and an exemption when someone moves permanently into a care home; see council tax discounts for care.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Rushden

• A&E: Kettering General Hospital, Rothwell Road, open 24 hours.
• Advice first: for urgent problems that are not life-threatening, call NHS 111, which can direct you to the right service. In an emergency, call 999.

At Kettering General, ask the medical team early for an approximate discharge date and tell the ward what help is already in place. Hospital transport home is only for patients who meet the eligibility criteria, so plan who will collect your relative. Patients waiting for medicines or transport may move to the Discharge Lounge, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week (01536 491219).

Some people then move to Spinneyfields Care Centre on H.E. Bates Way, whose Beechwood Ward has up to 51 NHS beds for physical rehabilitation after an acute illness or a worsening long-term condition. It takes referrals from hospitals and specialists only. Visiting is 1.30pm to 5pm and 6.30pm to 8pm, with a maximum of two visitors per patient.

Back home, the council’s Reablement North team can give short-term support for up to six weeks after a referral from a healthcare professional; it is free at the start. If needs are mainly health needs, ask about NHS Continuing Healthcare: NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board’s All Age Continuing Care service is on 01604 347415 for anyone registered with a Northamptonshire GP. Our questions to ask before discharge may help.

Local help in Rushden

Carers' services, dementia support, transport, befriending and other local help, with phone numbers.

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• Carers. Northamptonshire Carers’ Rushden Carers Wellbeing Hub meets at the Salvation Army Lounge on the fourth Tuesday of the month, 10am to midday (01933 677907, option 1).
• Getting about. Shire Connect’s Rushden and Higham Ferrers minibus is for members, with pickups Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3pm, to places such as Rushden High Street, Rushden Lakes and Wellingborough town centre. Rushden Town Council says it is free with a concessionary bus pass and £3 a journey otherwise, and describes the service as a trial that the two councils will review. Book by 12 noon the day before on 01933 223636 (weekdays, 8am to 4pm). The Rushden Volunteer Car Scheme is on 01933 315555.
• Memory worries. For people over 65, the GP can refer to the NHS memory clinic at York House, Isebrook Hospital, Wellingborough (03000 272 344, weekdays 9am to 5pm). The Admiral Nurses give free support to families affected by dementia and take self-referrals (07766 780203), and Alzheimer’s Society’s Northamptonshire dementia support service is on 01832 736670 (weekdays, 9am to 5pm). See dementia care at home.
• Advice. Age UK Northamptonshire gives free, independent information and advice to people aged 55 and over and their relatives and carers (01604 611200).
• Having your say. Healthwatch North Northamptonshire takes comments about local services (03300 436 453, weekdays 9am to 4pm).