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Birch Abbey

55 Alexandra Road, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 9HD

01704 410 010Telephone

Regulator rating: Requires Improvement
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Details updated 1 day ago

Rooms availableRooms available

Beds
60 total beds
Ownership type
Privately Owned
Local Authority
Sefton Council

Overview

Birch Abbey is a purpose-built care home in Southport, Merseyside, specialising in high-quality dementia care alongside residential and nursing support for up to 60 residents. Designed with comfort, familiarity and wellbeing at the heart of the home, Birch Abbey provides a warm, welcoming environment where people can feel truly at home.

The home is thoughtfully arranged across multiple floors with spacious en-suite bedrooms that residents are encouraged to personalise with their own belongings, helping to create a familiar and reassuring space. Each floor features dedicated communal lunges and dining rooms, offering opportunities for social connection as well as quieter corners for relaxation. Outdoor access to peaceful gardens and patios further enhance resident wellbeing.

Birch Abbey offers a personalised approach to care built around each residents needs, preferences, life story and routines. This includes tailored care plans and one-to-one support where needed to promote dignity, independence and quality of life. The compassionate and skilled team are trained in dementia awareness and person-centred care which enables them to build strong relationships with residents and their families.

Residents also benefit from engaging communal features including a hair/beauty salon and a cafe style dining area. Care services include dementia residential care, dementia nursing care and respite stays, ensuring the home can support a wide range of needs as they change over time.

Care Types

  • Duration
    • Long-term
  • Age
    • Adults 65 and over
    • Adults under 65 yrs
  • Type of care
    • Dementia Nursing
    • Dementia Residential
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Disability
    • Sensory Impairment
  • Specific care needs
    • Diabetes
    • End Of Life Care
    • Frailty
    • Hearing Impairment
    • Heart Disease
    • Incontinence
    • Parkinsonism
    • Sight Impairment
    • Speech Impairment
    • Stroke
    • Young onset dementia

Care Home Facilities

  • Key Features
    • Cafe
    • Dining Room
    • Garden
    • Lift
    • Lounge
    • Pets Allowed
    • Purpose Built
    • Quiet Area
    • Resident Choice Dining
    • Wifi
  • Accessibility
    • Escort Service to Appointments
    • Free Parking (on-site)
    • Wheelchair Access
  • Leisure and Wellbeing
    • Activities (bingo, etc.)
    • Daily Newspapers
    • Designated Smoking Area
    • Family Room
    • Hair Salon
    • Individual/Group Outings
    • Laundry Service
    • Podiatry
    • Post
    • Terrace
    • Wellbeing

Room Facilities

  • Key Features
    • Own Furniture Allowed
    • Pets Allowed
    • Wifi
  • Dining
    • Meals In Bedroom
  • Bathroom
    • En Suite and Communal Bathrooms
    • Wet Rooms
  • Accessibility & Equipment
    • Assisted Bathroom
    • Call Bells
    • Ground Floor Rooms
    • Hoisting
    • Wheelchair Access
  • Leisure & Wellbeing
    • Hairdressing (in room)
    • Private Terrace/Garden
    • TV Point

In The Area

Bank Bank 0.2 miles
Bus Station Bus Station 0.6 miles
Cinema Cinema 0.6 miles
Dentist Dentist 0.3 miles
Doctor Doctor 0.4 miles
Park Park 0.3 miles
Pharmacy Pharmacy 0.4 miles
Shop Shop 0.2 miles
Supermarket Supermarket 0.2 miles
Train Station Train Station 0.7 miles

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Polish
  • Portuguese

Funding Sources

  • Local AuthorityWhen your local authority pays for your care - sometimes referred to as 'state funding'
  • Local Authority with top-upWhen you pay the difference between what your local authority is willing to pay and the care home's fee
  • NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC)
  • Self-funding (private)When you pay for care home fees yourself

Regulator Rating

Overall: Requires Improvement

  • Safe:
    Requires Improvement
  • Effective:
    Requires Improvement
  • Caring:
    Requires Improvement
  • Responsive:
    Good
  • Well-led:
    Requires Improvement