Northam Lodge

Northam Lodge is a residential care home for up to 25 people with learning disabilities and complex physical disabilities. It does not provide nursing care. The service is divided into three separate houses, Northam Lodge, Christopher lodge and Gibson Lodge. Christopher and Gibson are purpose built whilst Northam lodge is an adapted large house which has more than six bedrooms. Although the service had not been developed and designed in line with the values that underpin the Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance, the provider was mindful about this guidance. Any future developments would be of houses for six or less people and off site. The values of the service include choice, promotion of independence and inclusion. People with learning disabilities, autism and physical disabilities using the service were encouraged to live as ordinary a life as any citizen. As such the provider was seeking ways to promote people using facilities and the local community so that Northam lodge does not become a large site where people spent all their time.