Understanding your care options
Choosing a home for yourself, your partner or your relative is never easy. Usually people choose a home at a time of crisis. Sometimes a partner or carer is no longer able to cope at home. Sometimes accident or illness forces you to consider finding a home for short stay/respite care, or long term care. How can you decide what type of home is suitable? What type of care do you or your relative require? The following information aims to offer you information about the type of care you or your relative requires.
What type of home?
There are three different types of homes at the moment:
- Residential homes
- Nursing homes
- Dual registered homes - offering nursing and residential care
What if care needs change?
Nightingale is a dual registered home. We aim to assess care needs informally on a day to day basis and formally every six months. If a resident's care needs change before the planned review date we will reassess. The aim of assessment is to enable us to work with you to provide the best possible care in the most appropriate setting within Nightingale.
How do I know what level of care is required?
If you or your relative wish to enter Nightingale we will carry out a full assessment of care needs and discuss the level of care required.
Any other questions?
 If you would like further information or would like to discuss care needs further contact Linda Griever in our Residents Services Department on 020 8772 2302 or email LindaGriever@nightingalehouse.org.uk.
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