Gold Standards Framework
Staff from Eccleshare Court Care Home are celebrating after receiving a national award recognising their Gold Standard end of life care.
Eccleshare Court received pass status as part of the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) in Care Homes Quality Hallmark Awards.
GSF helps homes like Eccleshare Court increase the number of residents approaching the end of their lives receive the care they want where they want it, protecting them from inappropriate hospital admissions and increasing their chances of dying in their preferred place of care – the care home.
Nick Chambers, Chief Executive of LACE Housing which owns and manages Eccleshare Court on Ashby Avenue in Lincoln, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this prestigious award. We have always prided ourselves on the excellent care we have provided our residents. GSF has helped us formalise this and take our care to the next level, ensuring that residents enjoy their lives, receiving high quality care they want in their chosen place right up to the end.”
Those care homes that have received the GSF Quality Hallmark Award have demonstrated a real improvement in the quality of care they provide and halving of hospital deaths and crisis admissions, leading to greater satisfaction for families, residents and staff and significant cost savings for the NHS.
Professor Keri Thomas, GSF National Clinical Lead said: “GSF has become recognised as the kite marked model of best practice for end of life care in care homes. We have delivered training in this quality assurance process to more than 2,000 homes across the UK and are accrediting up to 200 homes a year. This helps individuals and their families to identify homes delivering high quality care, a ‘gold standard’ of care for all their residents as they come to the last stage of their life.”
Eccleshare Court
Two care homes owned and managed by LACE Housing Association are to become one. Following consultation with the Care Quality Commission, the care home regulator, Ashby Court Care Home, Day Centre and Morton Court Care Home are to be recognised as one home and renamed as Eccleshare Court in memory of the Associations founder, Frank Eccleshare OBE.
Nick Chambers, Chief Executive confirmed that ‘Following consultation with our regulator, over the past year we have been exploring the benefits of both care homes working together. The success of which has led to the appointment of a new management team, the sharing of good practice and achieving a national award recognising our Gold Standard end of life care. Thanks to our staff and the support of the family, we have decided to recognise the contribution that our founder, Frank Eccleshare OBE, made to the City of Lincoln by renaming both care homes as Eccleshare Court. A party to celebrate the change will be held in the Spring.
LACE Housing Limited is registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 Reg No 16677R, The Housing Act 1974 Reg No L0438 and accepted as a charity for tax purposes by the Inland Revenue under their Reference No XN17483. Registered Office: LACE House, 2 Olsen Rise, Lincoln, LN2 4UZ