Independent Care Home Advisers
Do you need advice from a nursing home consultant?

[ Home ]

Bideford Brixham Crediton

Avon Bedfordshire
Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall County Durham Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Manchester Merseyside Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire ShropshireSomerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Teesside Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Wales Scotland

Who inspects these care homes?
The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) is required by law to inspect all social care services in England and make sure they meet certain standards. CSCI is joining campaigners and service providers to share good practice in the fight to stop older people being abused.

Paying for care
Essentially someone has to pay for elderly people living in care homes. You or your family may qualify for State Funding or have access to other sources of financial assistance; we will cover these areas too.

Is There Free Nursing Care?
This area is a potential minefield, rules differ in England, Scotland Ireland and Wales. Here we try to explain The Royal Commission on Long-Term Care and what the Government provides.

What Part Do Social Services Play?
Social Service Departments are connected to all Local Authorities throughout the UK. They are tasked with assessing individuals for community care services and facilities such as care, respite, devices, equipment and accessories, also services such as meals-on-wheels.

What Counselling Services are there available?
You are not expected to face the challenges of finding care for an elderly relative and there are resources available to you, here is a list of counselling services.

Care Home Associations UK

[ Need an Independent Nursing Home Adviser? ]