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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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Nursing homes have 24 hour qualified nursing care as part of the package. There only needs to one one qualified nurse on duty but there must be one at all times. Some care homes won't accept, or continue to care for, people whose needs can only be met under the supervision of a qualified nurse. Apart from that difference the other services offered will be the same and will vary from place to place although they should all meet the CQC standards. Nursing homes often cost more because it costs more to have qualified nursing cover.
The two words describe the same thing, 'Nursing Home ' is rather an old fashioned term now care home describes it better.
There are different levels of 'care home' from those that are no more than a block of flats with a few additions to make them more suitable for older people , up to those that supply 24/7 one to one intensive care.
Actual 'nurses' are not often found in care homes now the staff are usually qualified as 'care assistants' up to NVQ level. Nurses now need a degree!
There are different levels of 'care home' from those that are no more than a block of flats with a few additions to make them more suitable for older people , up to those that supply 24/7 one to one intensive care.
Actual 'nurses' are not often found in care homes now the staff are usually qualified as 'care assistants' up to NVQ level. Nurses now need a degree!
Wrong Eddie
nursing homes offer care supervision by a qualified nurse
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nursing homes offer care supervision by a qualified nurse
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quite often, the impetus to move from a care home to a care home with nursing caomes from the care home itself. A residential home may feel they no longer have the skills to care a resident who is deteriorating. The decision is different for everyone, butif the home are willing to keep him, and he is happy there, the best thing to do is keep home there in my opinion
^^ As said though there must be one qualified nurse in a care home that provides intensive care , but that nurse rarely gives care her/him self they are the 'managers'.
I have worked in several care homes from one that was no more than an 'apartment hotel' with an alarm in each apartment to one where the residents all needed 24 hour individual care. Cost vary enormously from £350 a week to well over £4000 a week for full on 1 to 1 24 hour care.
You need to assess the level of care your Dad needs and phone round a few homes to see if they can provide that care. Remember that unfortunately he is likely to need increasing levels of care as he gets older.
I have worked in several care homes from one that was no more than an 'apartment hotel' with an alarm in each apartment to one where the residents all needed 24 hour individual care. Cost vary enormously from £350 a week to well over £4000 a week for full on 1 to 1 24 hour care.
You need to assess the level of care your Dad needs and phone round a few homes to see if they can provide that care. Remember that unfortunately he is likely to need increasing levels of care as he gets older.
That would depend on many things Tilly, like the cause of the problem, what had been agreed between the supervising nurse and the GP and what you and your Dad want.
In general Nursing homes will be more prepared to do more before calling on the hospital services, because a nurse can do more than a care assistant and the GP may be prepared to prescribe more drugs to be kept on hand and used at need than they would in a situation where there is no qualified nursing supervision. Of course the other consideration is how far the treatment is expected to go....I mean (and my apologies) where the treatment plan is set between "keep the patient comfortable" and "keep the patient alive at all costs"
In general Nursing homes will be more prepared to do more before calling on the hospital services, because a nurse can do more than a care assistant and the GP may be prepared to prescribe more drugs to be kept on hand and used at need than they would in a situation where there is no qualified nursing supervision. Of course the other consideration is how far the treatment is expected to go....I mean (and my apologies) where the treatment plan is set between "keep the patient comfortable" and "keep the patient alive at all costs"
