Care in a Home
This page provides information about care homes, how to find one
and how to pay for one. There is also information about
sheltered acommodation and a list of useful links.
Background
There are two main types of care homes; residential
homes and homes with specialist nursing care.
- Residential homes provide accommodation, meals and personal
care for older people, people with disabilities, or people who are
unable to manage at home, for whatever reason.
- Nursing homes provide full board accommodation, personal care
and qualified nursing care. A nursing home has to have a
professionally qualified nurse on duty 24 hours per day.
You have two options should you or the person you care
for wish to move to a home:
- You can make your own arrangements with the home.
- You can ask Social Services to help. This will require an
assessment of need. This is a discussion with you to find out how
best to support you with the problems you are having. We will look
at your needs and decide whether you are eligible to move to a care
home.
Finding a care home
Cheshire East has developed an online directory of local
residential care homes which is designed to help you to
find a suitable home. You can search using a number of
different criteria. Further information about care homes can also
be found via the websites below.
Paying for care home accommodation
- Charging for Care Homes -
Information on how the charging process works for Residential Care
Homes
- Assessments - An assessment is where
we look at what you need and work with you to decide what needs to
be done.
Extra Care Housing
Living in an Extra Care Housing
Development gives you the freedom to live the way you want,
within a safe and secure environment; with the knowledge that help
is available from a 24 hour on-site care and support team.
Finding sheltered accommodation
The Council does not maintain a list of sheltered accommodation
in Cheshire East. However, general information is available on
housing options in Cheshire East.
Further information about care homes