What is Residential Care?
Residential care is for people who cannot continue living in their own home, even with support from home care services. You can stay in residential care for a short time (known as respite care), over a longer period or permanently. You would stay in a comfortable furnished room (in some places you could bring your own furniture with you) and staff are usually available 24 hours a day.
A residential care home normally provides accommodation, meals, and ‘personal care’. Personal care can include such things as assistance in getting up or going to bed, eating, washing, dressing, and using the toilet.
Who is Residential Care for?
There is a wide range of reasons for needing this type of support, for example, if a person has significant physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental ill health, an alcohol or drug dependency, or is at risk of injury or abuse.
It can help you to continue living safely, whilst giving your family or carer peace of mind knowing you are in a safe and supportive environment. Residential care and nursing homes should provide you with;
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day to day support
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a comfortable and safe environment to live in
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activities of real interest and enjoyment
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privacy and dignity
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support for your physical, spiritual, intellectual, emotional and social needs
Promoting Independence Centres
Sometimes people make the desicison to move into residential care thinking this is the only option for them without knowing what services are available in their local community that can promote their independence and maintain people in their own home. Promoting Indepedence Centres provide a welcoming and positive environment for everyone,staff work closely with service users,their carers and others involved to build upon skills and abilities and raise confidence levels linking in other services to enable people to remain sfaley in their own home for as long as possible. There are Leaflets on each of the 4 Promoting Independence Centres one of which specifically caters for the needs of dementia sufferers.
If you are having difficulty living in your own home, there are many services that we can offer to help you. If you are still unable to continue living at home and are thinking about living in a care home you will need to contact Adult Social Care Direct A trained worker will talk to you about the support you may need.