Adults & Residential Nursing
A residential home is used by people who struggle with daily life due to old age, a physical disability, a learning disability, mental health problems, addiction, or other care needs.
Residential homes provide residents with a safe place where they are looked after according to their needs, such as help with washing, dressing, toileting, administering medication and mobility.
The word ‘residential’ means that people can treat the setting as their home and live there and granted access to the number of services available on site. The purpose of a residential care home is to ensure that people who cannot live independently but do not need nursing care are well looked after and can continue to lead meaningful lives. Depending on a person’s circumstances, funding for residential care may be provided through local councils.
Residents can stay at residential care homes to receive long-term, short-term, respite, emergency, and even palliative care. Although residential care homes mainly cater for older people, they provide support for people over the age of 18.
A residential care home can either be open to people with a variety of care needs or specialise in conditions such as physical disability or dementia, supported by care assistants.
Depending on what stage they are in, people with dementia can live in a residential setting as they may need to be looked after and need help with daily activities, but do not yet need nursing care. Residential care homes care for people with ‘low’ care needs, meaning people who require assistance throughout the day and night with various tasks, for example getting dressed or washing.
Further, living in a residential care home takes away the need to do chores as the home will be kept clean by staff and their clothes will be washed.
Some residential homes have their own hair salon, café, bar, and other venues to enhance residents’ lives. A landscaped garden is a common feature of a residential care setting, allowing people in their care to get fresh air and enjoy the sun when the weather allows, and perhaps giving green-fingered residents an opportunity to continue their hobby.
Residential homes can be large or small, providing accommodation for as little as one person up to more than 200. Each resident has their own bedroom, which, depending on the care home, they can personalise to feel more at home. Some settings also allow residents to bring furniture and even pets.
People living in a residential care home are offered breakfast, lunch, and dinner with snacks in between and benefit from regular social events and entertainment, combating the loneliness some may have felt if they lived alone at home.
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