Residential Care Homes
Residential homes provide full board and personal care. They are run by Adult Care Services, voluntary groups, private individuals and companies. Some provide short-term care to allow carers a break. All homes whether council-run or private must be registered and inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Bury Adult Care Services have several residential care homes for older people one of which are solely for periods of respite care and rehabilitation. Some of the homes have a particular interest in caring for older people with mental frailty.
Nursing Care Homes
The difference between a residential care home and a nursing home is that in addition to a residential home, a nursing home provides care needing the constant involvement of or supervision by a qualified nurse. The nursing home is staffed 24 hours per day with qualified nursing staff.
As with residential homes, some nursing homes are run by voluntary organisations or charities, though most are privately run by individuals or companies.
All homes must be registered with and inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Residential and Nursing Care Home costs
Charges for Care in Residential & Nursing Homes 2010-2011 (81k, 16 page pdf).
Choosing a Care Home
There are many issues to take into consideration when deciding whether to move into a care home or not, and following that decision you then have to decide which care home is right for you or your loved one.
Please click here to see many of the issues that should be considered prior to making a decision.
Commission for Social Care Inspection
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) was formed by the Government to improve social care and stamp out bad practice in care institutions. For any care homes that you consider, please take the time to read the CQC inspection report, as it will give you a feel for how the home treats its residents and how it measures up to the national minimum care standards.
Quality Ratings
To find the individual Quality and Outcome ratings of the Elderly Residential Care Homes in the Borough click here. The ratings set out at a glance are the overall quality of the home and how well the home is performing in the assessed outcome areas of:
- Choice of Home
- Health and Personal Care
- Daily Life and Social Activities
- Complaints and Protection
- Environment
- Staffing
- Management and Information
For more information about the Star ratings please click here.
How are we doing?
Each Residential Care Home (including those that provide Day Care Services) undertake regular Quality Assurance Questionnaires. Resuts from these questionnaires can be found on the 'How are we doing' section of the website.
