Desired Links
"It is important for relatives and friends that they may be confident that everything is done to make those within a nursing home as comfortable and content as possible, and that is exactly what happened."
Paying For Care
Payingforcare.co.uk is an impartial and consumer friendly website providing information on all aspects of care funding including local authority assessments, care entitlements, costs of care and arranging care for someone else. Visitors have instant access to professional, specialist care fees advice through our live chat service.
Care Quality Commission (Health &Social Care Regulators)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent national regulator for all care homes in England. You can access CQC reports about every registered care home via their website at:
www.cqc.org.uk
Age UK
Age UK (the charity combining Age Concern and Help the Aged) has a fact sheet entitled “Finding Residential and Nursing Home Accommodation” which is available on their website at:
www.ageuk.org.uk
Counsel & Care
Counsel and Care is an independent national charity providing help and advice to older people, their families and carers. Counsel and Care’s website is:
www.counselandcare.org.uk
Care Info
The website for the long term care sector:
www.careinfo.org
Contact the Elderly
Contact the Elderly groups organise gatherings for frail, elderly people who live alone:
www.contact-the-elderly.org.uk
Elderly Accommodation Counsel
A site which helps older people make informed choices about their housing and care needs:
www.eac.org.uk
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is the newly formed care regulator for independent care homes in Scotland (replacing the Scottish Care Commission). Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s website is:
www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org
The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW)
The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) is the care regulator for homes in the Principality. CSSIW’s website can be found at:
www.wales.gov.uk
