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Welcome to Finding Care Homes in Cheshire
This site lists details of all Care Homes within the Local Authority
of Cheshire and is intended to assist the people of Cheshire, their
families or Carers who are making the decision of moving into a Care Home.
The Site will allow you to view all care homes within the Local Authority
of Cheshire or you can search specifically for ones that meet your
individual requirements.
Due to the uniqueness of individual needs and circumstances and the differing
types of accommodation on offer, it is not possible to give specific
prices. We hope that you find this Site useful and that it will help
you make a decision about where you, or the person you care for, want to live.
This site is still in its developmental stages.
Third Party Contributions (Top Ups):
Community Services have agreed a 'Standing Offer' Contract rate with some Care
Homes for Service Users who receive a contribution towards the cost of
their care from Cheshire County Council. The weekly Standing Offer
Contract rates for 2008/09 are:
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Residential Care
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£376.73
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Residential Care for Older People with Mental Health Needs
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£467.10
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*Nursing Care
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£433.07
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*Nursing Care for Older People with Mental Health Needs
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£467.10
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*Please note that the Nursing fee rates do not include the Registered Nursing
Care Contribution (RNCC), sometimes referred to as Free Nursing Care, this will
be paid separately by the local Primary Care Trust.
The RNCC weekly rate from 1st April 2009 is £106.30
Individuals who receive a contribution from Cheshire County Council towards the
cost of their Residential / Nursing care:
Some Homes may ask for a Third Party Contribution to be made in addition to the
Cheshire County Council Standing Offer contract rate. If this occurs it should
be made clear to you before the placement begins and can only be requested
where you, the Home, Cheshire County Council and any third party who may be
making the payment have signed a written agreement.
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Useful Sources of Information from External Organisations:
Age Concern promotes the
well being of Older people.
The Alzheimer's Society is the
leading UK care and research charity for people with dementia, their families
and carers.
How to choose a care home -
Information leaflet produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Choosing the right Social Care
- Information leaflet produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Certain links on our site will take you outside our site to an external web
address. These links will all open in a new browser window to allow you to
navigate the external site, by closing the browser window you will be returned
to the Cheshire County Council (CCC) website. If you click on a link to an
external site that does not open in a new window, please let the Web Team know
by using the contact details on the right.
CCC make every effort to ensure that the hypertext links from this web-site to
other web-sites are relevant and provide useful information. These links are
provided for your convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply
endorsement or approval by CCC of the linked site. We cannot vouch for the
accuracy of any of the external sites linked to, or guarantee that these links
will work all of the time as we have no control over the availability of the
linked pages.
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