The Droveway, Residential Home, Brighton and Hove

Residential
Brighton & Hove
Complex Health Needs, Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities, Restricted Mobility

Space Available

About this home

The Droveway is a specialist residential home supporting adults with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD), physical disabilities, complex health and sensory needs. The team are skilled also at supporting people presenting with neurological conditions such as complex epilepsy.

This stable, long standing and skilled team support people using the PMLD Core & Essential Service Standards as a framework, maximising focus on the holistic needs of people with multiple disabilities to support them to lead an ordinary life.

The team are proud of their collaboration and excellent relationships with families and external professionals to ensure truly person centred support.

In terms of complex health and posture the team have access to Achieve together’s internal nurse-led Health & Wellbeing Team for guidance, clinical support, bespoke training and competency assessment. The team also have access to a specialist PMLD Qualification. In addition, there is an enhanced GP service, access to regular physiotherapy and other health services including excellent relationships with the local hospital.

The team are passionate about inclusive communication and Intensive Interaction, using the Hanging Out Programme as a model of engagement with people supported.

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Who we support

Adults
Complex Health Needs
Epilepsy
Learning Disabilities
Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities
Restricted Mobility

Facilities

Accessibility - Wheelchair/Lift/Stair Lift

What we offer

The Droveway is a spacious detached bungalow, with overhead hoisting in all bedrooms and bathrooms. Emphasis is on ensuring each person’s rooms are highly personal, with a range of personalised sensory equipment to suit individual preferences. There is a large garden with a newly developed garden room, created with support from the involved families.

If funded separately, the people living here have direct access to Achieve togethers neighbouring day service, and hydropool.

The home has it’s own adapted mini-bus and is a short bus ride into Brighton town centre, where a wide range of local community facilities can be accessed. Brighton and Hove stations have excellent train links into central London and nearby coastal towns, and the service is also a short drive from the A23 and A27.

Lifestyle

Supporting each person’s health and postural needs well is a priority at The Droveway, to ensure each person can have the best possible mental health, and social life. The nurse-led team at Achieve together, alongside local health teams ensure excellent Health Action Planning and 24 Hour Postural Management Plans, with enhanced GP and Physiotherapy input.

The dedicated support team, led by a highly experienced manager, are passionate about ensuring people are included in their local community, and enjoy a range of experiences with meticulous planning to ensure access to Changing Places etc.

Support and decision-making is in collaboration with families who are so important to the team at The Droveway.