FAQs

If you have broad questions about care provision, please do have a look at the Useful links page, which provides contact details for a range of independent advice providers. If you want to know more about a specific home, just call the Home Manager to have a chat or arrange an appointment.

Residential care is for people who want to live in a care home environment, but do not need nursing support with their daily lives. Nursing care is for people who do require more support with their day to day lives.

Your GP and/or your local Social Services team can help you decide which is the best type of care home for you.

Care homes that provide both residential and nursing care (and also in some cases dementia care) are said to offer a care pathway. This means that a resident can remain at the same home if their care needs change, rather than having to relocate to another service.

Your local authority or the NHS is obliged to pay for your care if you are unable to. However, if you have savings and assets over a certain level (£14,250 in England) you will be required to pay for some, or all of your care fees.

The length of time you stay in a care home is up to you. Some people simply wish to stay for a few days respite care, or for a period of convalescence after being in hospital. Others wish to stay for a longer period of time making a care home their true home.

We hope the information on this website demonstrates our commitment to the very highest standard of care. However, the best way of seeing what makes us different is to visit one of our homes.

You should be able to visit a home at any time and more than once, so that you can get a clearer understanding of what it is like throughout the day. However, you may need to book a time in advance if you wish to meet the Manager too.

Every Home Manager at Caring Homes is also a qualified Registered Nurse.

At Caring Homes we firmly believe that the move to a care home opens new doors rather than closing old ones. Every one of our homes has a dedicated activities coordinator and residents regularly enjoy creative, artistic and engaging activities as well as benefitting from strong links with their local community.