Hawthorn House Care Home

Colleagues from Laurels Lodge Care Home in Woodside, Havencourt Care Home in Stonehaven and Cumbrae Lodge Care Home in Irvine all came together to do a skydive, raising money for residents in their care and Alzheimer's Scotland.

Tracey Rhodes, Resident Experience Facilitator for Scotland, said: "Everyone was really excited for the jump. One of them hadn't even been in a plane, and they completed it, which was a huge accomplishment. They managed to raise £4,000 which is fantastic. Well done everyone."

Congratulations everyone! We’re all proud of you.

Hawthorn House Care Home in Belfast has been named in the ‘Top 20 Recommended Homes’ in Northern Ireland by CareHome.co.uk.

The prestigious award highlights the most recommended care homes in each region of the United Kingdom. The awards are based on thousands of reviews and recommendations received from residents, family and friends.

Kerrie Wallace, Home Manager said: “I’m delighted that Hawthorn House has received this award. To be named one of the ‘Top 20 Recommended Homes’ in Northern Ireland is a fantastic achievement. It’s great to see that the feedback we’ve received in the home, has been mirrored on a regional scale. Our Quality of Life Data, which allows us to monitor and act on feedback almost instantly, shows that in the last three months all of our residents are happy living here.”

Carol Cousins, Four Seasons Managing Director for Northern Ireland said: “I want to pass my congratulations onto everyone at Hawthorn House Care Home on their award. This is a fantastic achievement and shows that the hard work and dedication from the team has paid dividends. The reviews on CareHome.co.uk are fantastic.”

Are you looking for a care home in Belfast? Hawthorn House offers support for all types of care including nursing care, respite care and end of life/palliative care.

Two Belfast care homes have achieved high overall performance ratings in a national survey of people living in care homes. Hawthorn House, in Hawthornden Road, scored around 97% while Belmont Care Home, in Tillysburn Park, scored around 93% in the survey for “Your Care Rating”.

The overall performance rating is derived from four core themes: staff and care, home comforts, choice and having a say and the quality of life being experienced by the residents.

Both Hawthorn House and Belmont, which are operated by Four Seasons Health Care, scored the maximum possible of 100% satisfaction for quality of care and 100% for people being happy with their life in the homes.

The independent confidential survey was conducted by leading market research organisation Ipsos MORI.

The two homes also achieved 100% rating for being a safe secure place to live; for people being happy with the care and support provided and for the care team treating residents with kindness, dignity and respect.

In responses to other survey questions 100% of respondents said they can take part in activities and hobbies if they want.

Carol Cousins, Managing Director for Four Seasons Health Care in Northern Ireland, who run the homes, said: "Both care teams are delighted that in this independent national survey the residents at Hawthorn House and Belmont Home rated the homes so highly.

"The survey outcome corresponds with the responses we have had directly from residents, their relatives and care professionals who are able to give us instant feedback on a day to day basis about any aspect of care quality, by using iPads placed in the home with a touch-screen questionnaire linked to purpose designed software. This has been recording a 99% overall customer satisfaction rating for Hawthorn House and 98% for Belmont.”