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- The House
Upperton Gardens is an attractive, large, 6 bedroom Victorian house close to the town centre of Eastbourne, East Sussex.
The house has six good size bedrooms; three are situated on the first floor, two of which have en-suite facilities with the third bedroom sharing a nominated bathroom. The third floor consists of three bedrooms and two nominated bathrooms.
The ground floor has three reception rooms: the lounge which is to the front of the house, a separate dinning room that has access to the garden through french doors, and a large open plan kitchen/breakfast room.
The rear of the kitchen gives access to the garden. The garden has a good sized patio area with garden furniture, a small fish pond and flower beds.
Upperton Gardens has the use of a car and also has excellent links to local public transport including bus and rail.
Upperton Gardens is furnished and decorated to a high standard and offers comfort as well as practical adaptations.
The home has central heating throughout which can be controlled in each room. The home has large windows which offer good light and ventilation.
Upperton Gardens has a continuous planned programme of maintenance which will be carried out by the homes maintenance person or outside contractors. Yearly or more regular checks will be carried out on the electrical, gas and fire equipment in the home.
The home has a sprinkler, smoke and heat censored fire system throughout the house, with a number of call points on each floor and fire fighting extinguishers.
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- The Area
Eastbourne is a large town within East Sussex set on the foot of the spectacular Eastbourne Downs and Beachy Head.
Upperton Gardens is located in the centre of Eastbourne. The main shopping areas and the railway station are within 5 minutes walking distance.
Eastbourne is easily accessible by road or rail and is close to Gatwick International Airport and cross channel ferry ports.
Eastbourne town centre has a good selection of shops with a large shopping centre and an excellent selection of café’s and restaurants.
Eastbourne has a huge variety of entertainments and events to suit all ages and tastes, from West End shows to local drama groups, from pop art to military history and from international tennis to an annual RAF air show.
There are a number of colleges and adult education centres providing short and long term courses.
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Facilities and Services
- Meals
Upperton Gardens staff will prepare nutritious and attractive meals with service user’s assisting with preparation and cooking as much as possible.
Service users will devise a weekly menu with staff support which incorporates likes and dislikes and is nutritionally balanced and varied.
Meal times will be flexible but will consist of breakfast, lunch and evening meal as well as snacks and drinks throughout the day. Staff and service users will eat their meals together in the dining room, or in their bedrooms if the choose.
Service users will be offered choices each day and special dietary requirements, religious and cultural needs will always be catered for. Every effort will be made to accommodate individual choice in regard to meals but at times it may not be possible to cater for six different meal choices.
All meals, snacks, supplements and drinks are provided within the fees for the service at Upperton Gardens.
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- Medical Care
All service users will be registered with a local GP, optician, dentist and any other professional if necessary. Regular health checks will be available for the service users and if they choose will always be supported by staff to attend appointments. Service Users will be encouraged to attend appointments in the community but home visits will be arranged if required.
- Physiotherapy
This can be arranged as necessary
- Chiropody
Chiropody services will be arranged as necessary and a charge might be incurred for these services.
- Hairdressing
All service users will use local community hairdressers and will have to pay for this service individually. If preferred Upperton gardens can arrange for a hairdresser to visit the home.
- Telephone
Upperton Gardens has a portable telephone available for service users to use in private. It is requested that service users inform staff of their intention to use the telephone.
- Benefits Advice
The homes manager / deputy can advise and assist service users with information about Social Security benefits and will assist with claims if necessary.
- Shopping
The food shopping for the home will be carried out by staff with assistance from service users. Service users will be encouraged to carry out their personal shopping themselves with support from staff when required.
- Laundry
Service Users will be encouraged to do their own laundry where possible. Staff members will assist with laundry and will launder all communal items in the home.
- Kitchen
Upperton Gardens has a large open plan kitchen/breakfast room which is open to all. Service users are able to help themselves to drinks and snacks as well as helping to prepare meals. Staff will assist service users in keeping the kitchen clean and tidy.
- General
Upperton Gardens has a large open plan kitchen/breakfast room which is open to all. Service users are able to help themselves to drinks and snacks as well as helping to prepare meals. Staff will assist service users in keeping the kitchen clean and tidy.
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