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About us
Apple Hill is a specialist care home with nursing in Hurley, Berkshire, providing a safe, welcoming and supportive home for men and women with complex dementia, severe and enduring mental health needs, cognitive impairment and associated physical healthcare needs.
We combine the warmth and familiarity of a home with experienced nursing care, mental health expertise and a structured approach to supporting complex needs. Apple Hill may be particularly suitable for people whose distress, behaviour or level of need has made it difficult to sustain a placement within a conventional care home.
Our focus is on understanding each person as an individual and providing care that promotes stability, dignity, comfort and quality of life. We support residents to retain their abilities, relationships, routines and personal choices while receiving the nursing and day-to-day assistance they need.
For some residents, Apple Hill becomes their long-term home. For others, it forms part of a wider care pathway. In every case, our aim is to provide the right level of support in an environment where the person can feel safe, valued and understood.
Care may be funded by the NHS or a Local Authority, through an agreed private medical insurance arrangement, or directly by individuals and families.
Who We Support
Apple Hill accepts referrals for men and women aged 18 years and over who require residential care with nursing.
We support people who may:
- Have complex dementia or cognitive impairment.
- Have severe and enduring mental health needs.
- Have a combination of mental health, cognitive and physical healthcare needs.
- Require ongoing nursing care, personal care or medication support.
- Experience distress or behaviours that require a skilled, consistent and compassionate response.
- Need more clinical oversight than can usually be provided within a conventional care home.
- Have experienced, or be at risk of, the breakdown of an existing care placement.
- Have been declined by other care homes because of the complexity of their needs.
- Be ready to leave hospital but continue to require structured nursing and mental health support.
- Require a longer-term home capable of adapting as their needs change.
Referrals may follow a hospital admission, a deterioration in mental or physical health, the breakdown of an existing placement or a change in the support available at home. We also welcome planned referrals directly from the community or another health or social care setting.
Each referral is carefully assessed to make sure Apple Hill can safely meet the person’s needs and provide the right environment, care package and level of nursing support.
Life at Apple Hill
Apple Hill is a place to live, not simply a place to receive care. We want every resident to feel recognised as an individual and supported to have a meaningful and comfortable daily life.
Daily routines and activities are shaped around each resident’s interests, abilities, preferences and changing needs. Some people enjoy social and group activities, while others prefer quieter, individual engagement. Our team supports residents to make choices about how they spend their time and to retain familiar routines wherever possible.
Residents are encouraged and supported to:
- Personalise their bedroom and living space.
- Maintain important routines and interests.
- Take part in meaningful activities.
- Spend time in shared or quieter areas according to their preference.
- Access outdoor space and the local community where appropriate.
- Maintain relationships with family members and those important to them.
- Celebrate religious, cultural and personal occasions.
- Make choices about their care and everyday life.
The environment and care approach can be adapted to help reduce distress and support residents who may find noise, unfamiliar situations or changes in routine difficult. Staff take time to understand what helps each person feel comfortable, secure and at home.
Families and others who are important to the resident are encouraged to remain involved in the person’s life and care, subject to the resident’s wishes and best interests.
Our Approach
Apple Hill provides longer-term residential care with nursing for people who require ongoing support with complex dementia, mental health needs or a combination of both. Residents may be placed following a hospital stay, a deterioration in mental or physical health, or the breakdown of an existing placement.
Others may be referred directly from the community or from another care setting where a higher level of nursing and mental health support is required. Our care pathway is designed to provide stability, consistency and clinical oversight, while supporting residents to maintain their skills, routines and quality of life.
For some residents, Apple Hill provides a long-term home, while for others it forms part of a wider care pathway, ensuring the right level of support is in place at the right time.
Apple Hill accepts referrals for men and women aged 18 years and over who require residential care with nursing because of complex dementia, enduring mental health needs, cognitive impairment or associated physical health needs.
This includes people who:
- Have mental health conditions
- Have complex dementia or cognitive impairment
- Require nursing care or personal care because of physical or mental health needs
- Require a structured residential setting with nursing support
All admissions are subject to assessment to ensure Apple Hill can meet the individual’s needs safely and effectively.
