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HESWALL CARE HOME CREATES
‘COCOONING ENVIRONMENT’ FOR RESIDENTS
A Wirral care home has created a ‘cocooning environment’
for those residents in its care from the Coronavirus
outbreak.
The Hazelwell, a residential, nursing, palliative and respite
care in Oldfield Road, Heswall, took the necessary steps to
safeguard its residents by closing it to non-essential visitors.
The home took the decision before the Government introduced
wider public shutdown measures in March. The Hazelwell
followed the advice of the World Health Organisation and
have put measures in place to protect residents and staff,
including additional cleaning and personal hygiene measures.
Opened in 2016, The Hazelwell is well equipped to look after
the needs of its residents with 55 tastefully decorated en-suite
rooms, home cinema room, piano bar, library, garden terrace,
rooftop terrace and fine dining which is prepared daily by the
on-site chef. Staff are safe-distancing residents from group
activities that have may have pre-existing conditions.
The Hazelwell care home manager Sue Ball, said: “The health,
safety and wellbeing of our residents and staff are always
our top priorities. While we have no confirmed cases in our
home, the growing threat of the Coronavirus outbreak means
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that we are continually reviewing measures to reduce the risk
of infection and protect the most vulnerable in our care.
“We therefore took the difficult decision to close our home
to all non-essential visits to create a cocooning environment
and safeguard the wellbeing of our residents. This will include
routine friends and family visits. In addition, we will be
limiting hospital appointments, unless in emergency and at
the sole discretion of the home.”
The Hazelwell is also exploring ways that residents can stay
in touch with family members through telephone and social
media.
Sue added: “To ensure continued communication between
residents and family members we are exploring measures to
aid regular contact through telephone, Skype, WhatsApp and
FaceTime. We have not taken this decision to close lightly,
however we have a duty of care to our residents and staff.”
For more information call 0151 342 9654, email:
[email protected] or visit www.thehazelwell.com