Our Services

There are several types of care that a Care Home can provide, each of which delivers a specific kind of support to meet individual needs.

• Residential Care
• Residential Care with Dementia Care
• Nursing Care
• Nursing with Dementia Care
• Palliative Care
• Continuing Care
• Specialist Needs
• Dedicated Dementia Care

Types of Care

In broad terms Care Homes can provide four different types of support:

1. Residential Care
2. Residential with Dementia Care
3. Nursing Care
4. Nursing with Dementia Care

Residential Care

Residential Care delivers care and support for elderly people who want to live in a care home environment with their peers and do not have any additional health needs requiring nursing support. This type of care is right for older people who are able to look after their own daily needs without assistance, but who may occasionally require assistance from a care support worker.

Residential with Dementia Care

Residential with Dementia Care delivers residential care and support for elderly people who remain physically able, but who are also living with a form of dementia such as Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia with Lewy Bodies or vascular dementia. Increasingly, this form of care is provided in living environments that are specifically designed or adapted to meet the needs of people with dementia – with specially designed signage to aid orientation, memory boxes to identify individuals’ rooms, and open living areas for additional safety. Care staff in Residential with Dementia Care services have additional specialist training.

Nursing Care

Nursing Care delivers care and support of a higher level for elderly people who require more intensive physical support on a daily basis. Nursing Care services have a higher proportion of fully qualified and highly trained nursing staff and dedicated nursing equipment, such as specialist beds and assisted bathrooms.

Nursing with Dementia Care

Nursing with Dementia Care delivers care and support of a higher level for elderly people who require more physical support and who are also living with a form of dementia. Again, this type of service has a higher proportion of qualified nursing staff, who will also have had specialist dementia training.

Several Types of Care at One Location

Many of our Care Homes provide a range of care types within dedicated services at one location. This helps to create a care pathway to meet individuals’ changing care needs within a single setting, providing peace of mind as residents know that they will not need to relocate to another care home should their care needs change in the future.

Palliative Care

Providing the very best support for an elderly person and their loved ones during their last days is something Caring Homes takes immensely seriously. Every single one of our homes is adopting the ‘Liverpool Care Pathway’ for end of life care, which is widely regarded as the very best form of practice.

Developed by the Specialist Palliative Care Team at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Marie Curie Hospice, Liverpool, the Liverpool Care Pathway is designed to provide the very highest level of nursing expertise during a person’s last days and to enable them to remain in their care home setting rather than having to relocate to hospital or a hospice. By bringing together dedicated health professionals from all fields, from physical support, to psychological care, the pathway provides a range of expertise to ensure that each individual receives the very best support in a more familiar and comfortable environment. This support extends to family members and loved ones, helping them too during this time.

Continuing Care

Our care homes are ideally equipped to provide residential or nursing support for elderly people who have been assessed as requiring Continuing Care by their Primary Care Trust (PCT). The specialist and ongoing training given to our multidisciplinary staff team ensures they are well placed to meet the additional care needs of an elderly person requiring continuing care.

In addition, our Home Managers have a wealth of experience in understanding and assessing individuals’ care needs and as such are well placed to provide advice to families who believe that their relative may qualify for Continuing Care.

Specialist Needs

At Caring Homes we are dedicated to providing the highest standard of care for every individual we are privileged to support. This means that we are constantly striving to meet the unique care needs of every individual. To that end we are continually developing new dedicated services to meet the care needs of elderly people with conditions requiring specialist support.

We are developing a range of services to care for and support people living with a broad spectrum of conditions including; Parkinson’s Disease, stroke care, sight impairments, hearing impairments, cancer care, cardiovascular diseases, musculo-skeletal conditions, diabetes, pulmonary disorders, incontinence, osteoporosis, coronary heart disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia with Lewy Bodies, vascular dementia and Korsacoffs Disease.

Dedicated Dementia Care

Providing care for elderly people living with a form of dementia is an increasingly important aspect of what all care providers do. Over 750,000 people are affected by dementia in the UK alone and this figure is set to double by 2030. At Caring Homes we are leading the way in the development of specialist dementia care. Under the leadership of Rose Magowan, our Head of Dementia Care, Caring Homes has developed a Dementia Strategy to ensure that we provide the right support for people living with this condition.

Caring Homes’ dementia strategy encompasses staff training, the design of specialist new services and, most importantly, promotes a culture where people living with dementia are encouraged to live active and meaningful lives with the right support from staff teams, family, friends and loved ones.

Many of our newer homes are designed and built to specifically reflect the very best practice in dementia design. Stirling University’s renowned model has been followed to ensure the most appropriate environment for people with dementia. Specialist dementia design features include:

• Memory boxes outside bedrooms, providing familiar visual prompts
• PIR sensors to provide safe and environmentally responsible surroundings
• Open and clearly signed communal areas to assist orientation
• Open fronted furniture
• Minimal use of reflective services, including discreet mirrors
• Sensory gardens