Types of Care

• A Care Home is an establishment provided by an independent company, local authority or by a not for profit organisation such as a charitable organisation. These homes provide full accommodation and care services but not medical care. Residents in Care Homes, for example, usually keep their own GP and may receive medical care from community based services such as district nurses.
  
  
• A Nursing Home provides full accommodation and care services but also provides medical care for those requiring it, e.g. nursing staff within the home may give injections and carry out the sort of procedures that a nurse would perform on a hospital ward. Nursing Home care is also provided by a wide variety of types of organisation.
  
  
• Care at Home, frequently called domiciliary care or home care, is where care workers come into your own home and provide the help that you need there. The level of care available is equal to the care you may receive in a Care Home but sometimes the layout of your home may limit the full extent of the care available. Care at Home is usually provided to help a person with regular tasks such as help with getting dressed, making meals, bathing, etc. Care at Home can be provided by an independent company, local authority or by a not for profit organisation such as a charitable organisation.