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Nursing Home V Care Home
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I have googled this but have not come up with a satisfactory answer. What is the difference between a nursing home and a care home? Does anyone have any experience of moving a relative from a care home to a nursing home.
I know nursing homes have nurses on hand but is the level of care better. I am in such a quandary as to what my Dad's best interests are.
I know nursing homes have nurses on hand but is the level of care better. I am in such a quandary as to what my Dad's best interests are.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If he has been under S117 there may be a responsibility for the local authority to provide aftercare, some information here but it is complicated
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It is ammunition to use in asking the care home to provide extra staff to help him cope.
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It is ammunition to use in asking the care home to provide extra staff to help him cope.
Think this link is better and clearer
http:// www.bev anbritt an.com/ article s/Pages /Courts clarify respons ibility .aspx
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read the links Tilly , the care homes themselves usually do not realise the implications of S117 aftercare. The local authorities do not expect people to know about S117 after care either and try to get away without paying for the care of discharged S117 patients. You need to read up on it and do some research , but you should be able to get completely free care provided by the local authority . Be prepared, they don't expect people to know about S117 aftercare and will try to get out of their responsibility to pay.
Eddie, thank you. My day's funding is paid under section 117, after a long battle. My post was really to do with how he would be better of with Nursing care rather than Care home care. Anyway, after a long and arduous day, my Dad has now had all intervention care removed and is now on a palliative care programme.
I just hope for a peaceful and dignified ending for him.
I just hope for a peaceful and dignified ending for him.