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Residential homes

 
A residential home provides accommodation and personal care for people who are not able to live independently.

Places are available within and outside of Greenwich so you can be close to relatives.

Who does the Council arrange residential care for?

The Council's Department for Adult and Older People's Services deal with requests for residential home places for Greenwich residents.

If you think that you need, or someone you know needs, a place in a residential home you should contact one of our social care teams.

To be granted a place in a residential home, you must meet our eligibility criteria.  We will decide if you meet the eligibility criteria by carrying out a care assessment.

We can then prepare a full list of the homes that are available, depending on your specific circumstances and care needs.

We can help you to find care homes for older people, even if you aren't eligible for care services from the Council.

Services in residential homes

The staff members in a residential home will usually take care of the following things for you, or with you:

  • your meals
  • your laundry
  • your personal care.
If necessary, you can still access services from a district nurse, or emergency health services. 

However, continuous nursing care is not available in a residential home.

Charges for residential care

You may need to pay toward the cost of your residential care. 

See our leaflets on charges for community care for further information.

Heating costs and all other utility bills are included in the overall charge.

Further information

Please contact our Homefinding Team using the contact information at the top-right of this page for more information.

The Commission for Social Care Inspection website has inspection reports for residential homes across the UK.  The Age Concern website has guides to help you choose a residential home.  Follow the links on the right to visit these websites.

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