Types of care homes
'Care home' is the overall term for any home that offers residents 24 hours a day care. All care homes offer residents help with personal care, such as bathing and dressing, and some also provide nursing care from qualified nurses.
- Care homes without nursing (or residential homes) provide the level of personal care that a competent, caring relative might provide, such as help with dressing or bathing.
- Care homes with nursing (or nursing homes) provide a higher level of care, and must employ qualified nursing staff.
- There are some homes that offer both residential and nursing care.
- If you like the idea of living in a family home with very few other residents, you may be interested in the Adult Placement Scheme.
- There are also a number of residential homes and hostels for people with learning disabilities.
Homes in Hampshire can be run privately, by a voluntary or non profit-making business, or by Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth or Southampton City Councils.
Care categories
When owners apply for their homes to be registered they specify which categories of people they intend to care for. This is included on their registration certificate and they cannot take people from other categories. Within care categories, some homes have age limits for the people they take. You should bear in mind that the home may only take a small number of people at any one time in certain categories, particularly dementia.
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DE |
People with dementia |
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LD |
People with learning disabilities |
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MD |
People with mental illness |
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OP |
People who need care because of old age |
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PD |
People with physical disabilities |
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SI |
People with sensory impairment |
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A |
People with past or present alcohol dependence |
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D |
People with past or present drug dependence |
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Fam |
Families with children |