Wharfeside care home
Welcome to Wharfeside
A warm welcome
Find out about making an enquiry and how we ensure a warm and friendly welcome to all new residents.
Wharfeside care home in Westgate, Otley is a state-of-the-art residential care home which has been purpose built to provide a safe, comfortable and luxurious environment for you or your loved one.
Wharfeside offers first class residential and dementia care. We are welcoming new residents, simply contact us to find out more.
Wharfeside is located close to the shops and amenities of Otley town centre and offers stunning riverside views. The home has been designed with a variety of outdoor communal spaces to socialise in – including large first floor communal roof terraces with panoramic views.
Our passion at Anchor is giving older people a choice of great places and ways to live. We have 60 years of experience and provide housing, care and support to more than 65,000 people. We are an established and trusted provider with more than 100 care homes throughout England.
As a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity, we are able to reinvest fully in the quality of our services. We are committed to the care and happiness of residents and aim to support them in continuing to enjoy their lives; doing all the things they love.
Our dedicated service, combined with Wharfeside’s luxurious environment and facilities, mean you or your loved one can live a full, rich and meaningful life in the company of supportive and like-minded people.
Features of Wharfeside
Communal facilities
Shared facilities complementing each private residence:
- Engaging activities programme
- Garden
- Communal lounge
- Hobby / craft room
- Hairdressing salon
Care and support
In addition to residential care, we also offer:
- Respite care
- Palliative care
- Dementia care
- Convalescence care
- Parkinson's disease
Food and dining
We promote wellbeing through a positive dining experience:
- Communal dining area
- Nutrition and hydration stations
- Private dining area
Life at Wharfeside
At Wharfeside we provide quality 24-hour residential care.
We support and develop our staff on an ongoing basis to enable them to provide the highest quality care for our residents.
At our home we have:
- Bedrooms with en-suite wet room facilities
- Impressive first floor balconies offering outdoor seating areas with stunning views
- Coffee shop
- Bar area
- A hairdressing salon
- A lift to upper floors
- A personal laundry facility and laundry service
- There is a private telephone line in each room
- Regular religious services and meetings, should you wish to take part
- Newspapers are available in the lounge or you could order one to be delivered to your room
- Wheelchair access and car parking
Nearby facilities:
- Wharfeside is 11 miles from Leeds and 10 miles from Bradford and excellent bus services are available
- The nearest hospital is Wharfedale Hospital
- Menston Railway Station is 2 miles away
- The town has a swimming pool and there is a supermarket within walking distance
Wharfeside is a unique, purpose-built residence which was designed to provide 24-hour care. Set in a riverside location in its own grounds, Wharfeside has 66 single en-suite rooms complete with wet room facilities.
Our home is fully furnished and decorated to a high standard with a call system which ensures that help is at hand 24 hours a day.
We also have:
- Rooms with views of the garden or river
- Some ground floor rooms that open directly onto gardens
- A television point and connections for satellite and digital TV
- En-suite private wet room as standard in all bedrooms
Other accommodation facilities include:
- Lounges and quiet areas for reading and relaxing
- A cafe and bar area
- Bathrooms specially equipped so you can relax in comfort
- Safe, enclosed gardens with seating areas for sunny days
We encourage you to bring personal items to enhance your room.
We know how important mealtimes are and like them to be a sociable and enjoyable part of the day. Our experienced Chef Managers attend Anchor's Cater Craft training course which enables them to understand the nutritional requirements of elderly people, and to ensure all meals are prepared from fresh, seasonal ingredients.
We serve tasty, wholesome, good food and our menus change regularly with a daily choice available. We also cater for residents with special dietary needs and create a “dining atmosphere” by decorating these areas in colours that stimulate the appetite and create ambience.
Our staff respect individual preferences. All these factors boost residents' appetites and enable them to enjoy their meals, which is essential in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Our care home organises and arranges a variety of opportunities for our residents to enjoy daily activities in our home and in the local community.
We work in partnership with the National Association for Providers of Activities for Older People (NAPA) and encourage activities that enhance our resident's lifestyle, health and wellbeing.
Residents preferred activities, interests and abilities are discussed when they move in and an agreed plan ensures that these requests are fulfilled (wherever possible). Our resident's suggestions for activities also help shape the planning process.
We organise supervised day trips to leisure facilities and places of interest as well as social events in the home, including themed restaurant evenings, arts and crafts, quizzes and regular entertainers.
Health
At Wharfeside, our caring and attentive staff work with our residents and their loved ones to create a detailed care plan, which ensures our resident's individual health and care needs are met.
We know how important it is to care for our residents with the dignity and respect they deserve and this is at the heart of what we do at Wharfeside care home.
Our health and social care partners include:
- A choice of 3 GP surgeries, who will visit on request
- A hairdresser visits twice a week or on request
- A chiropodist visits every 6- 8 weeks or when requested
- A dentist and optician who visit the home or you may visit one in the town if you prefer
- The district nurse and physiotherapist, who visit by arrangement
- Holistic therapist – visits can be arranged
Pricing information
We endeavour to be completely transparent about all our charges and fees. For further information please contact us.
How much does it cost?
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Our current private weekly fee at Wharfeside is from £1,524.72. This can vary due to resident dependency, size of room and location. Our Home Manager and other colleagues will be happy to discuss fees and any other questions you may have about paying for care.
What is included in care home fees?
For many people, moving to a care home is a big decision and it can be difficult to know where to start. Care home fees are based on a range of factors, including specific care needs, which can change over time.
Living in an Anchor care home you can be confident that a single fee covers the cost of your personally tailored 24 hour care and support, utility bills and meals, as well as a fantastic range of daily activities. In an Anchor care home our weekly charge includes:
- cost of personal care
- accommodation
- utilities e.g. heating and light
- all resident catering, meals, snacks and drinks
- laundry undertaken on the premises
- television licence, including for person use
- housekeeping services.
The following extra items and services are not covered by the weekly fees, however we can arrange for them to be provided (at an additional cost):
- professional hairdressing
- personal copies of newspapers or magazines
- personal purchases such as stationery, confectionery, toiletries etc.
- clothing, shoes and slippers
- dry cleaning
- private telephone line rental and calls and cable connections.
In the absence of free provision by the NHS, we can also arrange for the following healthcare services to be provided, these will be charged in addition to the weekly fees:
- chiropody
- optometry
- dentistry
- physiotherapy
- other privately arranged healthcare
- care staff accompaniment to regular medical appointments.
No upfront deposit is required at any of Anchor’s care homes to secure a room.
At Anchor we pride ourselves on offering a truly tailored approach to care and therefore need to fully understand your needs to provide you with an accurate fee estimate. Please call us to discuss your specific care needs today. Alternatively we welcome you to visit us to discuss your situation face-to-face.
Want more information on care home fees?
Learning about the different funding options available to you can also help you feel confident in your decisions. Anchor know that securing care home funding can sometimes appear a rather daunting task and so to help we have put together a free guide covering requesting assistance, top up fees and third-party payments.
Care home feesWelcoming you
To start your enquiry simply click 'Enquire now' at the top of the page and either call us or complete an online enquiry form.
We’ll provide you with full details of the home, along with any other information you’d like, such as sample menus and activity schedules.
Whether you’re looking to stay with us permanently, or for a short break, we’d be delighted to take you on a show round of the home in person. Simply book a visit with the home manager once you’ve made your enquiry.
If you or your loved one doesn’t live nearby or are unable to visit in person we can provide a virtual show round. Either way, we’re keen to show you what daily life is like here and for you to meet our friendly team.
We hope you decide, following your visit, that you or your loved one would like to move into the home, in which case we’ll organise a pre-assessment to make sure we can meet all your care needs.
Our friendly onsite team will discuss every area of moving-in with you in detail to make sure you and your loved-one know exactly what to expect and feel confident, safe and welcomed when coming to live with us.
Before you move in, we will find out if there are any of your possessions that you wish us to place in your room before you arrive. Please bring your family photographs and most treasured possessions to help make your room your home.
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We understand how important visits are for everyone and we welcome regular visits from family and friends. We also actively support our residents to enjoy visits away from the care home.
Each of our homes is different and the manager of the care home you’re interested in will provide all the information you need around visiting.
Getting here
Wharfeside
Westgate, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3AT
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