Applications

TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION

When you first contact us we will send you an application form.  Fill this in as fully as possible because the first thing that we need to do is make sure that you are theatrically eligible for admission to Denville. Eligibility is decided by the House Committee, the governing body for Denville who are all actors with many years experience.  The Home Manager, Eve Talmor, will ask your permission to obtain a medical report from your doctor.  If you require nursing care one of the Home’s trained nurses may visit you at this stage, to assess your requirements.  Once we have all the relevant information to support your application it is presented to the committee to assess our ability to offer the help required, whether residential, nursing or dementia care.  Following acceptance of your application by the committee you will be invited to visit the hall to meet us all, look around and chat to other residents - if you have not already done so. We then encourage prospective residents to come in for a short stay of two to  four weeks.  This gives all of us a chance to get to know each other and make sure that the Hall and you are right for one another.

We are very aware of the enormous decision that you are making when you decide to give up your home and come into residential care.  With this in mind we point out that the first two months of your stay should be mutually recognised as a trial period.  No irrevocable steps such as selling a house or terminating a  tenancy should be taken until after this time.  If it seems long winded it should be borne in mind that this is to be your home so it is very important to get it right - for you and for those already here.

Although this is the normal admission procedure, arrangements for short term, emergency admission can be made very quickly where necessary.  Simply ring the home (be prepared to give us some information to check your theatrical eligibility and medical history) and we will move fast to help you if we possibly can.

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Fees

FEES FROM 1ST APRIL 2009

These fees include services which other homes will generally charge for, such as physiotherapy, and aromatherapy. You will be charged for any extra sessions you may want.

As a charity, Denville Hall subsidises all residents and the fees quoted here are after our subsidy of £50 per week has been discounted. We may be able to secure further support from sister charities for those who are not self-funding, to top up local authority payments.