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Overview
Woodside Nursing Home offers accommodation and care for up to 37 people in two acres of private grounds, offering nursing, residential, and dementia care.
Woodside Nursing Home offers delightful views over the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire landscape. The home is divided into three floors and contains 37 residential rooms. The home was once a vicarage to St. Andrew’s Parish next door and as a result retains an enchanting character and provides a warm and homely feel.
Outside, the spacious and well-maintained garden provides the perfect place to take in some fresh air, enjoy walks or lunch al fresco style. The home benefits from being nestled in the quiet village of Slipend and within easy walking distance our residents will discover fine local countryside pubs offering hearty food and refreshing drinks for that perfect relaxing afternoon outing.
The home provides residents with a secure, familiar and homely environment including spacious accommodation, garden and social areas. Ourmost recent addition is a purpose built extension to the home which modernises the premises although thoughtfully retains its beautiful heritage.
A dedicated valued team of staff are trained and led to provide the highest standard of care, while promoting our values. We have a holistic approach to care planning and ensure that we involve those professionals and services that are required to enhance the care our residents receive.
Meet the Manager
Elzbieta Bajer
With over 14 years of nursing experience gained in both hospital and nursing home settings in Poland and the United Kingdom, including specialist neurological ward nursing and theatre nursing, I have built a strong clinical foundation across a range of healthcare environments.
When I moved to the UK, I started as a Registered General Nurse in a nursing home, which gave me a solid understanding of the nursing home environment and what person-centred care really means in practice.
Since then, I have taken on more demanding roles, including Senior Night Nurse and nursing across various healthcare settings, before progressing to Clinical Lead Nurse, and now to my current position as Home Manager at Woodside Nursing Home. As a person, I believe I am fair, firm, honest, and loyal. I am proud and stubborn when it comes to my job and the care home, including the residents and staff. I am dedicated to ensuring the needs of my residents and staff are met to provide high-quality care and a comfortable living environment for my residents.
Aside from work, I love gardening, going on holidays by the sea, and listening to music. It is an honour to lead our team and provide compassionate care to our residents.
Overview
Woodside Nursing Home offers accommodation and care for up to 37 people in two acres of private grounds, offering nursing, residential, and dementia care.
Woodside Nursing Home offers delightful views over the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire landscape. The home is divided into three floors and contains 37 residential rooms. The home was once a vicarage to St. Andrew’s Parish next door and as a result retains an enchanting character and provides a warm and homely feel.
Outside, the spacious and well-maintained garden provides the perfect place to take in some fresh air, enjoy walks or lunch al fresco style. The home benefits from being nestled in the quiet village of Slipend and within easy walking distance our residents will discover fine local countryside pubs offering hearty food and refreshing drinks for that perfect relaxing afternoon outing.
The home provides residents with a secure, familiar and homely environment including spacious accommodation, garden and social areas. Ourmost recent addition is a purpose built extension to the home which modernises the premises although thoughtfully retains its beautiful heritage.
A dedicated valued team of staff are trained and led to provide the highest standard of care, while promoting our values. We have a holistic approach to care planning and ensure that we involve those professionals and services that are required to enhance the care our residents receive.
Daily Life
Woodside has a wonderful welcoming feel as soon as you reach the front door. We focus on our moments approach and the importance of meaningful engagement; encouraging residents to participate in activities that are meaningful to them, offer reminiscence or to try new things and build relationships, we want our residents to enjoy life and maintain their independence.
We encourage support and prompt daily tasks, from making a cup of tea to pursuing hobbies and pastimes. This increases a sense of purpose, confidence, and achievement amongst our residents.
Residents look forward to our regular visits to local places of interest; such as, theatres, shopping trips, or lunch at the local pub. Our Lifestyle facilitator creates activities that interest you and promote group involvement as well as one to one engagement. We have regular external practitioners visit the home to enhance the wellbeing of our residents.
Mealtimes are professionally catered for by our in-house kitchen team, providing a varied, hearty daily menu freshly prepared each day. We cater for all dietary requirements as well as likes and dislikes, we recognise mealtimes are an activity and want people to really enjoy meal times. A lot of our activities are wrapped around food; world food days, fishy friday are some of our most popular meal time experiences.
The importance of culture & faith is fully recognised; therefore, strong links with different local faith groups and places of worship have been developed, with regular visits organised.
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Where to Find us
Woodside is located in the peaceful village of Slip End, close to central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Luton. The home itself has excellent accessibility, conveniently situated close to the M1 motorway and 30 miles from both London and Buckinghamshire. The home also has on-site visitor’s parking for visitors and professionals.
Address: The Old Vicarage, Slip End, Luton LU1 4BJ
Do you have an questions?
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