Welcome to Oakdale Nursing Home, County Offaly
Situated close to all amenities in Portarlington, on the border of County Offaly and County Laois, Oakdale Nursing Home is a purpose-built nursing home that values and respects its residents and is very much plugged into the local community.
Hi, I’m Person in Charge, Kiranjit Kaur. I’d love to welcome you to Oakdale Nursing Home and show you around and answer any questions you might have.
Call Us on 057 8645282 or use the contact form below.
How can we help you?
We cater for
Short-Term and Respite
Nursing Home Stays
Long-term
Nursing Home Stays
Nursing Home
Disability Services
Nursing Home
Palliative Care
PERSONALISED
CARE
A care plan that puts your needs first.
RESPITE
CARE
Short term stays to allow time for families and carers to rest and recharge.
CONVALESCENCE
CARE
Rehabilitation care after a hospital stay or recovering from illness.
SPECIALIST
CARE
Care for people living with dementia, alzheimer’s and other forms of memory loss.
RESIDENTIAL
CARE
Long term nursing home care – your new home from home.
PALLIATIVE
CARE
Compassionate ‘end of life’ care and support for our residents and their families.
About Oakdale Nursing Home
At Oakdale Nursing Home, we pride ourselves on providing our residents with the highest standards of professional comfort and care in a warm and welcoming environment.
Situated close to all amenities in Portarlington, on the border of County Offaly and County Laois, Oakdale Nursing Home is a purpose-built nursing home that values and respects its residents and is very much plugged into the local community.
Since it was established in 2009, Oakdale Nursing Home has been providing best-in-class care and support for both female and male adults over the age of 18 years requiring long-term, transitional care, respite or convalescent care with low, medium, high and maximum dependency levels.
One of the things that makes Oakdale Nursing Home work as well as it does is that our team is very settled. We believe that when we treat our staff well, and they are content in their work, they give of their best, to the benefit of our residents. Our team stay with us and get to know our residents very well, including their individual likes and dislikes. Many of our team have been with us for more than 10 years.
Facilities
40 SINGLE EN-SUITE
BEDROOMS
9 DOUBLE EN-SUITE
BEDROOMS
ACTIVITIES
ROOM
2 SITTING
ROOMS
HAIRDRESSING
SALON
2 INTERNAL GARDENS
VISITORS ROOM
MEDITATION ROOM
THERAPY
ROOM
2 INTERNAL GARDENS
VISITORS ROOM
MEDITATION ROOM
Bedrooms
We have 40 single and 9 double rooms all with en-suite facilities.
Oakdale Nursing Home is a two- storey building with 5 double rooms situated upstairs and accessible by a lift.
Each bedroom is furnished to a high standard with
- phone line & computer data point
- plasma screen TV (with the option for pay to view channels should a resident wish)
- armchairs
- wardrobe
- locker
- dressing table
Our profiling beds enable each resident to electronically control their position. Each resident has their own call bell. Each bed is serviced annually.
Outdoor Space & Parking
Oakdale Nursing Home has two courtyard gardens that have been tastefully and specially designed with a selection of flowerbeds, some of which are raised, with seating and pathways throughout.
The trees and plants have been selected to ensure that there will always be a presence of wildlife and songbirds.
Plenty of short stay car parking spaces are available for visitors in the nursing home grounds. Long stay parking places are also available.
Pastoral & Spiritual Care
Oakdale Nursing Home respects all religious denominations and caters for their spiritual needs.
Our ethos and philosophy reflect our care and concern for the holistic person.
We therefore see our care embracing the physical, social and spiritual aspect of each person. Pastoral Care arrangements are promoted to meet the Residents’ individual wishes and Ministers of Religion are made welcome in the Nursing Home.
Ministers of Religion are warmly welcomed to Oakdale and are free to use our Oratory. The Oratory is available for residents who want to spend some quiet time in worship. Every effort will be made to accommodate and support the individual spiritual needs of all residents.
Mass is celebrated once a month on a Saturday morning at 11.30am. In addition a Eucharistic service takes place every Tuesday morning.
Rosary takes place every Thursday morning.
Rev Stevenson holds monthly services.
We can arrange to contact clergy as required by residents.
Alternatively residents are facilitated to attend Mass or Service in the local churches.
Food & Nutritional Care
Our chefs and catering staff are dedicated to serving healthy, balanced, nutritious, attractive, and appetising food.
- Meals are served daily in our dining room or, if a resident so wishes, in his or her bedroom
- Residents can choose from varied daily menus
- All meals are prepared and cooked by qualified chefs and trained catering staff in accordance with strict food safety, in a modern, well-equipped kitchen and food preparation area
- Special diets and dietary requirements are catered for on an individual basis
- Snacks, tea, and coffee are available to residents at any time
“Thanks a million for all you have done for me since I came here. I'm very happy now. Thanks for making me feel so at home here. The girls are all so nice to me - morning, noon and night."
Helen, Resident of Oakdale Nursing Home.
Activities
For the body
- Fun & gentle exercise
- Aerobics
- Dancing
For the fun of it
• Sing-a-long
• Dancing
• Outings
• Visiting Entertainment
For the outdoors
• Gardening
• Walking
• Outings
For the spirit
• Mass
For the crafty
• Arts & crafts
• Flower arranging
• Knitting
• Baking
For the mind
• Reminiscing therapy
• Group crosswords
• Bridge/poker club
• Board games
• Jigsaws & colouring therapy
• Reading time
To enhance the care we provide and to enable you to fulfil your social and personal needs, as a resident you can avail of a range of additional services, facilities, and activities. These are either provided directly by us, or by arrangement with external service providers.
At Oakdale Nursing Home we take our activities very seriously. Our Activities Co-ordinator organises our weekly activities and entertainment programme 7 days a week. The Activity Team regularly meets with the residents to seek their views and comments on day-to-day activities in the home.
An in-house shop is provided for residents, which provides a social outlet and the familiar experience of shopping. Residents are encouraged to browse our Library. A Mobile library service runs weekly for residents who cannot access the library, a variety of books are available.
Families are also encouraged to take part and join in events.
The View from Oakdale
Get in Touch
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CONTACT DETAILS
Oakdale Nursing Home
Oakdale Nursing Home
Tullamore Road
Portarlington
Co. Laois.
R32 P025
Email: kiranjit@oakdale.ie
Ph. No: 057 8645282
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Click this button to complete a form where you can request a call back
Click this button to open a preaddressed email to our PIC and ask us anything
If you like what we do, click this button to leave a review on Google
Oakdale Nursing Home
Oakdale Nursing Home is situated close to all amenities in Portarlington, on the border of County Offaly and County Laois. It is a purpose-built nursing home that values and respects its residents and is very much plugged into the local community.
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