Maintaining Independent Living – Oakwood House
Oakwood House, an award-winning care home nestled in the heart of Norfolk, is dedicated to ensuring that its residents maintain their independence while receiving the best in nursing care. Nursing homes like Oakwood House must strike a balance between providing essential support and fostering independence in elderly individuals. This approach not only promotes a sense … Read more
Care home funding in England: 2023
Finding the right Nursing home for yourself or a loved one can be a stressful experience, and understanding how to fund nursing care is a crucial part of the process. This guide is here to provide key information about nursing home funding in England. We’ll be exploring the costs involved with residential care, eligibility thresholds, … Read more
How to find a care home
If you’ve reached that stage in life when you’re considering a care or nursing home, it’s important that you do all that you can to ensure that you make the right choice. Whether you’re looking for the perfect care home for yourself or a family member, you need to be sure that what’s on offer … Read more
Types of care homes
If you or a loved one have reached the stage where independent living is becoming increasingly difficult, it may be time to consider a care home and nursing care. Care homes offer an opportunity for people to retain as much independence as possible as well as be presented with chances to get involved with some … Read more
5 tips to help you pay for a care home
If the time has come to explore a care home, and the way that it can be funded, we have some good news. At Oakwood House, Norwich, we’ve already spent time looking at the various ways that your care can be funded. If you’d like a refresher, then you can take a look here. Beyond … Read more
Residents & Family – Our visiting guidelines
Dear Residents, Friends, and Family, Update on our visiting guidelines: As we start 2023, we are delighted that visitors to our homes are welcome to visit at any time without a booking, testing or a requirement to wear a facemask. Facemasks will only be worn in our care home if a risk assessment has been … Read more
Home Manager Announcement
Having been a vital part of the Oakwood House team, it’s now time to say farewell to Helen who is seeking pastures new. We’re thrilled to announce that Emma has now joined us and taken on the role of home manager. Originally from Banbury, Oxfordshire, Emma was awarded her Diploma in Nursing from Oxford Brookes … Read more
And the winner is……
To Oakwood House, our team was extremely proud and honored to have been shortlisted in a number of categories at the Norfolk Care Awards. We’ve always been proud of what we deliver for our residents and their families and seeing the changes that we make is reward enough. On the 3rd of November 2022, we … Read more
