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Residential Homes
Residential homes are for people who are unable to cope in their own home or who require more care than their home carer or agency can provide. Nursing care is not normally provided unless the home is 'dual registered' and normally you would need to be 65 years or older to be accepted as a resident but please check with the home first as this is not universal.
Residential homes provide:

  • meals and accommodation
  • help with personal care like bathing and dressing
  • live-in staff available 24/7
  • physical and emotional care
  • respite care through short illnesses
Care Homes (Previously known as Residential Homes)
Good care homes should provide care and security within a comfortable setting. Residents are usually reasonably mobile and can manage most things for themselves. Assistance with personal care is provided. Limited nursing care, if needed, is provided by the District Nurse. Care and community spirit within a care home may vary. In some homes, residents are encouraged to have an active role within the home, to some extent it depends on the type of residents at the home and the attitude of the Matron and her staff.

Each person has their own room, furnished as they wish, often with their own bathroom. It is sometimes possible to have a suite of two or more rooms but this is unusual. Public rooms provide hotel like facilities.

Advantages

  • 24 hour assistance available
  • Help with personal care if needed
  • Activities/outings organized
  • Company and companionship
  • Safe Environment
  • Meals provided
  • No worries about maintaining house/garden and paying household bills

Disadvantages

  • Some loss of independence
  • Rooms sometimes small therefore not able to take many personal belongings / items of furniture
  • The home ownership may change or the home may close
  • Other residents may not be congenial
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