Mount Ephraim House

Address: Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8BU

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Telephone: 01892520316

Fax: 01892523180

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 20/01/2009 :   Good

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Provider website: www.greensleeves.org.uk

Brief description

Mount Ephraim House provides 24 hour personal care and accommodation for up to thirty-eight older people. Greensleeves Homes Trust, a charitable organisation, owns the home. Mount Ephraim House is located in a residential area of Tunbridge Wells.

The nearest shops and other usual town amenities are approximately a half-mile away. The home was first registered on 8th March 1991. It consists of a semi-detached property with large secluded gardens to the sides of the premises.

There are limited car parking facilities to the front and side of the house. Accommodation currently includes thirty-seven rooms for single occupancy, six of which have shower and WC en-suite facilities. Thirteen of the bedrooms are located on the ground floor; separate facilities can be made available for guests to stay.

There are two shaft lifts in the main house enabling wheelchair access to the upper floors in the main house and a stair lift in the annex. There is a staff call system and television points in all the bedrooms. A number of residents have their own phone lines installed.

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

Latest inspection report

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Service details

Type of establishment: Care Home

Type of service(s): Care home only

Total capacity: 38 places

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

Ownership/management details

Provider type: Charity

Registration date: 8/3/1991

Provider(s): Greensleeves Homes Trust

Manager(s): Miss Karen Patricia Cooper

Other Details

Care Quality Commission helpline: 03000 616161

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Council: Kent