Life At Bryony

Facilities

At Bryony House residential care home, we provide quality 24-hour personal care.

We support and develop our staff on an ongoing basis to enable them to provide the highest quality care for our residents.

At our home we have:

A hairdressing salon
A nail bar/clinical room
A cinema room
Internet access
A lift to upper floors
A laundry facility and laundry service
The facility for a private telephone line in each room
Regular religious services and meetings should you wish to take part
Newspapers which can be ordered and delivered daily to your room
Wheelchair access and car parking

Accommodation

Bryony House is a unique, purpose built residence which was designed to provide residential care accommodation. Set in the heart of Bournville Village Trust and in its own grounds. Bryony House has single en-suite rooms, some of which have lovely views of the gardens.

Our home is fully furnished and decorated to a high standard with a call system which ensures that help is at hand 24 hours a day.

We also have:

All rooms have their own en-suite facility
Some rooms with views of the gardens
A television point and connections for digital TV

Other accommodation facilities include:

Cosy lounge with TVs and quiet areas for reading and relaxing
Bathrooms specially equipped so you can relax in comfort
Safe enclosed gardens
Conservatory
Large pleasant dining room with drinks fridge
Cinema room with large projector screen and confection stand.

We encourage you to furnish your own room to your personal needs and taste, to make your room as homely as possible.

Dining

We know how important mealtimes are to our residents, so we always try to make this a sociable and enjoyable experience, whilst recognising individual choice.

Bryony House food promise ensures all our menus offer freshly cooked, appetising and nutritionally balanced meals including:

Home cooked breakfast every day
Wholesome homemade soup
Freshly baked homemade cakes and biscuits
Traditional Sunday Roast
Fish and Chip Fridays
A variety of snacks available all day

Our Chefs understand the nutritional needs of older people and ensure that our meals are prepared using fresh, seasonal ingredients.

We serve tasty, wholesome dishes and involve residents in selecting our menus at a local level. We offer daily choice of meals and cater for special dietary needs and preferences, helping keep our residents healthy and well nourished.

Activities

Our care home organises and arranges a variety of opportunities for our residents to enjoy daily activities in our home and in the community.

We encourage activities that enhance our residents lifestyle health and wellbeing.

Residents preferred activities, interests and ability are discussed when they move in and an agreed plan ensures that these requests are fulfilled (wherever possible). Our residents suggestions for activities also help shape the planning process.

We organise supervised day trips to places of interest as well as social events in the home, including arts and crafts, quizzes and regular entertainers.

Care

Health

At Bryony House our caring and attentive staff work with our residents and their loved ones to create a detailed care plan which ensures our residents individual health and care needs are met.

We know how important it is to care for our residents with dignity AND respect they deserve and this is at the heart of what we do at Bryony House residential care home.

Our health and social care partners include:

A GP who is available on request
RGN Nurse who conducts weekly ward rounds
A hairdresser visits every week
A chiropodist visits every 8 weeks
A optician
A district nurse who visits

Pricing

Pricing Information

We endeavour to be completely transparent about all our charges and fees.

How much will it cost?

Fee rates (from 1st April 2023)

Fees for residential care £805-£873 per week depending on room.
Respite care at £135 per night

There is a third party top up for residents funded by social services.

What is included in care home fees?

For many people, moving to a care home is a big decision and it can be difficult to know where to start.

Living at Bryony House Care Home you can be confident that a single fee covers the cost of your personally tailored 24 hour care and support, utility bills and meals, as well as a fantastic range of daily activities. At Bryony House our weekly fee includes:

Cost of personal care
accommodation
utilities e.g. heating and light
all resident catering, meals, snacks and drinks
laundry undertaken at the premises
television licence, including for personal use
house cleaning services
medication

The following extra items and services are not covered by the weekly fees, however we can arrange for them to be provided; these will be charged in addition to the weekly fees.

professional hairdressing
personal copies of newspapers or magazines
personal purchases such as toiletries etc
clothing, shoes and slippers
private telephone line rental and calls and cable connections

In the absence of free provision by the NHS, we can also arrange for the following healthcare services to be provided, these will be charged in additional to the weekly fees:

chiropody
optometry
dentistry

No upfront deposit is required at Bryony House Care home.

Want more information on Care Home fees?

Bryony House knows that securing care home funding can sometimes appear a rather daunting task and if you need help please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated New Resident Care Team on 0121 475 2965 and select option 3. We are on hand to answer any questions you may have.