Question 1

Can Peterborough City Council help with the cost of a care home?

Accepted Answer

It can, where the care needs assessment concludes that a residential placement is the right way to meet the person's needs. A separate financial assessment of income and capital then establishes what they contribute towards the weekly fee and whether public funds cover any remainder. Some people are funded in full, others meet part of the cost, and others pay everything themselves. Where a home is owned but cannot be sold quickly, ask Peterborough City Council about a deferred payment agreement.

Question 2

How is a care needs assessment set up in Hampton?

Accepted Answer

Contact Peterborough City Council and request an adult social care needs assessment, which the person themselves, a relative or a professional such as a general practitioner may all ask for. It is free and no financial threshold has to be met before one takes place. A practitioner will discuss daily living, mobility, medication, nutrition and the support family members are already giving. If a hospital discharge is approaching, mention it when you make contact, because that affects how quickly the assessment is arranged.

Question 3

How long should families allow before a move?

Accepted Answer

Allow longer than instinct suggests, since the needs assessment, the financial assessment and any funding decision each consume time before a place can be confirmed. Homes with good reputations often keep waiting lists, and the rooms available at a moment's notice are rarely in the homes families would have chosen. When a hospital discharge dictates the timing, relatives are frequently given only days to decide. Seeing three or four homes in advance turns that rushed decision into something manageable.

Question 4

Which providers in Hampton are covered by this listing?

Accepted Answer

Two hundred and thirty eight residential care homes registered with the Care Quality Commission match this search, and each one has a profile you can open from this page. Vacancies change from week to week, so a home listed here may have nothing free on the day you telephone. Narrowing by rating and location before making calls will save a good deal of time. The inspection history sits on each profile, so most of the comparing can be done before anyone rings round.

Question 5

What is worth asking when you visit?

Accepted Answer

Ask about staffing by day and overnight, how much agency cover is used in a typical week, and how long the senior staff have worked at the home. Ask how medicines are managed, how often care plans are reviewed and who a family should speak to when something goes wrong. Ask to see the most recent inspection report and then ask the manager what has changed since it was written. Arrange to be there at a mealtime, because a shared half hour in the dining room reveals more than any tour.

Question 6

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

Accepted Answer

All the providers on this page hold registration as residential care homes, which covers personal care such as help with washing, dressing, medication and meals. A nursing home carries an additional registration and keeps registered nurses on duty, which is what someone requires for wound care, injections, a feeding tube or clinical observation overnight. A residential home will usually be unable to accept a placement where a nursing need exists. The care needs assessment should settle which registration applies before visits are arranged.

Care Homes in Hampton

244 care homes in Hampton (showing 201–244)