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Welcome to Finding
Care Homes in
Cheshire West And Chester
This site lists details of all Care Homes within the Local Authority of
Cheshire West And Chester
and is intended to assist the people of
Cheshire West And Chester, 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 West And Chester
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.
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 West And Chester
Council. The weekly Standing Offer Contract rates for
10th April 2010 onwards
are:
| Residential Care
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£362.60 |
| Residential Care for Older People with Mental Health Needs
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£449.58 |
| *Nursing Care
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£416.83 |
| *Nursing Care for Older People with Mental Health Needs
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£449.58 |
*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 2010 is
£108.70
Individuals who receive a contribution from
Cheshire West And Chester
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 West And Chester
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 West And Chester
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 West And Chester
Council 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.
Cheshire West And Chester
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
Cheshire West And Chester
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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