St Peters Nursing Home
A Ranc Care Homes is a privately owned company which was founded in 1991
and operates a number of quality
care homes with nursing for elderly people, which are located in South East
England. One of its nursing homes is St Peters Nursing Home which was the
former Town Hall at Northfleet. The building of the home has been totally refurbished and extended to provide
accommodation for residents suffering from Alzheimer's, Senile Dementia and
other related mental disorders. It offers accommodation for fifty-six patients
in a happy, healthy and secure environment.
B It stands in its own grounds, with rear views over the Kent Countryside
and front views over the busy industrial River Thames. Located in a quiet
residential area, St Peters is only three miles
from the busy shopping area of Gravesend, and
five miles from Historic Dartford. Bluewater, Europe's
largest shopping mall, is approximately ten minutes away.
C The accommodation is arranged over three care suites over two floors. Each care suite has an independent
lounge and dining facilities which afford choice and comfort to all residents. St Peters offers both
single and double rooms, and some with ensuite facilities, and the home has
been tastefully furnished and decorated to a high standard. The well planned layout provides a safe, comfortable
environment for residents to wander about freely, and ensures that nursing
staff can easily monitor their movements.
D The staff team is skilled, motivated, trained, and enthusiastic. Their intention is to provide the best possible
standard of care in order that anyone who lives here enjoys doing so and is
happy and contented. They recognise
that living here will never be exactly the same as living in ones own home,
which is why the staff do their best to make sure living here provides the
level of privacy that the seniors require and that they can enjoy as much
independence as possible.
E The residents are encouraged to
become involved in all decisions which are likely to affect them. The Home
attempts to provide catering services which meet the expectations of residents.
That means planned, structured, and balanced menus which include residents’
wishes, choices and preferences.
F The Home will attempt to offer a
wide range of social activities which meet the needs of the residents. The
activities are offered to each resident and are appropriate to their needs,
abilities or expressed wishes. The Home ensures their social, spiritual,
cultural, emotional and physical needs. The residents should feel comfortable in
any of the activities offered by the Home.
care suite – pečovatelská jednotka
contented – spokojený
layout – struktura pozemku
operate – spravovat
refurbish – renovovat budovu
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Description of the Home
2 Introduction
3 The staff team
4 Location of the Home
5 Catering services
6 Activities and needs of
the residents
2) Read the article and answer the questions.
1 What is the article about?
2 Where is the Home situated?
3 What can you say about
the accommodation?
4 What should be the staff
like?
5 What kinds of food and
activities are offered?
3) Explain the following words.
1 care home
2 resident
3 independence
4 mental disorder
5 balanced menu
4) Answer the following questions.
What is a typical day in
care homes in the Czech
Republic like? What are
typical social activities of the residents? What are pluses and minuses of
Czech care homes?
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