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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 2007/08 are:
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Residential Care
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£367.54
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Residential Care for Older People with Mental Health Needs
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£446.39
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*Nursing Care
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£417.86
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*Nursing Care for Older People with Mental Health Needs
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£446.39
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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 October 2007 is £101.00.
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 Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
Choosing the right Social Care - Information leaflet produced
by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
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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