Members Area Login » ADA Login » Virtual Learning Zone » GSF PIG » Accredited Care Homes You are here: Gold Standards Framework > Accreditation > Accredited Care Homes Navigation Accredited Care Homes Accredited GP Practices Accredited Community Hospitals Accredited Acute Hospitals Accredited Retirement Villages, Hospices, Prisons & Domiciliary Care Agencies Library Accredited Care Homes To qualify for accreditation, care homes must have undertaken the full GSFCH training programme over 9 months, embedded this into their homes for at least 6 months and then undertaken a rigorous accreditation process 'Going for Gold’. The Accreditation process involves four areas: Completion of Key Outcome Ratios (KOR) After Death Analysis (ADA) Audit Assembling the Portfolio of Evidence based on the 7 key tasks Visit by trained assessors We are proud of the hard work of all GSF accredited care homes and want to celebrate the sustained excellent practice of care homes which have embedded GSF in their core working practices. In acknowledgment of this, homes that achieve reaccreditation will now be known as GSF Platinum homes. Congratulations to Chegworth Nursing Home - Care Home of the Year Award Winners, 2019 Chegworth Nursing Home was described by the judging panel as ‘inspirational’ in recognition of the “deeply impressive, systematic, individual, and movingly compassionate care it provides all its residents”. Rekha Govindan, Manager of the 43-bed nursing home, said she was absolutely delighted that the hard work and dedication of her team who have, since 2005, been committed to delivering the very best end of life care, was being recognised. She added: “From the moment someone walks through our door we want them to live well until they die. And from the very first day we will work to collaborate with them and their relatives so that we can help them achieve their goals. Winning the GSF Care Home of the Year award is a fantastic reward for all of the staff who have been working so hard to do that for almost 15 years.” Chegworth Nursing Home has been reaccredited three times demonstrating its long-term commitment to quality care as well as the sustainability of GSF. Ms Govindan said: “GSF has opened our eyes and those of healthcare practitioners generally to exactly what we should be doing and when, providing a simple step-by-step guide ensuring no one falls through the cracks. It has helped us look at the patient as a whole and assess all of their needs and wishes.” The GSF judging panel said: “Chegworth Nursing Home is inspirational, demonstrating an excellent level of dedication to make every day matter so that those they care for live well until they die, their needs and wishes respected fully and they with understanding and compassionate care they die a dignified death. The home offers deeply impressive, systematic, individual, and movingly compassionate end of life care.” Accredited Care Homes List to download Poster summary of Care Home Accreditation findings - click to access PDF Updated: 19.01.2021 Find a Care Home Please use the field below to select your county/region. Select County/Region East Anglia East Midlands East of England Greater London Isle of Wight London and South East London and South West North East North West North Yorkshire South East South West West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire and Humberside ------------------------ Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall County Durham Coventry Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Essex East Sussex Essex Exeter Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Merseyside Middlesborough Middlesex Norfolk Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Redcar and Cleveland Shropshire Somerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire Select Care Home GSF PIG » Advance Care Planning » Regional Training Centres » Accreditation » Other Free Resources » Home About Us News & Events Patients & Carers Evidence Contact Us The Gold Standards Framework Home About Us How to Commission Patients, Families & Carers Contact Us GSF Centre CIC Hospice UK 34-44 Britannia Street London WC1X 9JG Tel: 01743 291 891 More Info Site Map Disclaimer Cookies FAQs Glossary Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Information Governance Website Terms & Conditions Follow Us Sign Up Sign up for free resources and the latest news from the Gold Standards Framework. © 2021 National Gold Standards Framework Centre Website by Clear By continuing to access this site you agree to our cookie policy. ACCEPT