Hunters Care Centre

Address: Cherry Tree Lane, Cirencester, Glos, GL7 5DT

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Telephone: 01285653707

Fax: 01285655529

Information on quality ratings
CQC stopped running a programme of inspections to award or review quality ratings ('star ratings') on 30 June 2010.

Final rating awarded on 18/01/2008 :   Excellent

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Provider website: www.barchester.com/oulton

Brief description

Hunters Care is a purpose built care home with nursing for older people, which accommodate older people with both general nursing and dementia care needs.
 
The general nursing accommodation is situated on two floors and comprises of both single and double bedrooms with en-suite facilities. There is a large lounge area and dining room on the ground floor with several smaller lounges on both the ground and first floor.

The recent additional nineteen-bedded general nursing care unit on the first floor has two spacious lounges and a dining room. Many of the lounges give a view across the surrounding landscape and some smaller ones provide privacy to people and their relatives if they wish to use them.
 
The dementia care Unit provides nursing care and is situated on two floors. It is divided into three separate units with the more able people are accommodated in the ground floor units with access to a large circular `wandering corridor' with seats and a lounge area.

An enclosed garden area can be accessed from this corridor, which people can freely use.
The accommodation on the first floor has an open lounge area and separate dining room/lounge.
 
A new enclosed garden area has been developed at the side of the unit for people to use with staff support.

 
There are assisted bathrooms and toilets situated in all of the areas used by people living in the home.
 
The kitchen and laundry area is situated on the ground floor.
There is a recent new addition of a large activities room providing excellent facilities.
 
The current fees range from 950.00 pounds to 1400.00 pounds dependent upon care needs, the room available and whether nursing care is required.

This brief description is an overview of the service and may have been updated since the latest inspection report was published.

Latest inspection report

View latest inspection report 17/03/2010 (PDF in a new window)

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Service details

Type of establishment: Care Home

Type of service(s): Care home with nursing

Total capacity: 93 places

Type(s) of care (with number of places): dementia (33 places)
old age, not falling within any other category

Ownership/management details

Provider type: Private

Registration date: 11/11/1996

Provider(s): Barchester Healthcare Homes Ltd

Other Details

Care Quality Commission helpline: 03000 616161

enquiries@cqc.org.uk

Council: Gloucestershire