Care homes

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. 

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. Click on the related pages on the right for further information on our Short Term Residential care.

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.

Please click on the  links on the right which take you to the Adult Care Services website 'Your care, Your choice'  to see the following information on the residential and nursing care homes:

• Contact details and address of home
• Type of service / care provided by the home (including short term care if applicable)
• Link to Care Quality Commission report summary, what the provision does well and what it could improve

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.  Click on the related pages on the right for more information.

Quality ratings

To find the individual Quality and Outcome ratings of the elderly residential care homes in the borough click on the link.  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
• Comment, complaints and Protection
• Environment
• Staffing
• Management and Information

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