Residential and Nursing Care

There may be a time when you find you can no longer manage to look after yourself at home. This could happen gradually, after an illness or accident; or more suddenly if you have been in hospital. You may have been living in your own home with support from your family and social care services and this has become too difficult. The information below will help you if you:

• Are thinking of moving into a residential or nursing care home
• Need a short break in a residential or nursing care home
• Are looking for a residential or nursing care home for a relative or friend

The information will tell you:

• Who you should contact if you need help and advice about residential and nursing care
• What a care home is
• What residential care is
• What nursing care is
• How you can pay for your care and what support with money is available
• Some things that you may like to consider when you are thinking about moving into a residential or nursing care home
• Some things that you may wish to think about when you have decided to move into a residential or nursing care home
• About the residential and nursing care homes in Rotherham which the Council has contracts with; how you can contact them and what types of care they can offer.

This information is also available for you to download and includes information on care homes in Rotherham including each homes CQC and home from home rating - A guide to residential and nursing care in Rotherham.

View the guide to a residential and nursing care as an E-book 

Last update: 16/05/2012