Elderly 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 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 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 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 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.