B1: Range of Settings - Residential Care

Question 1

What does residential care refer to?

Answer 1

refers to the long term care of adults and children needing 24 hour care, which cannot be adequately or appropriately provided in their own home

Question 2

What are residential care units usually?

Answer 2

residential care units are usually specialist units providing care for specific clients groups, such as people with mental health issues or older people that cannot look after their daily needs

Question 3

What are the 2 types of residential care?

Answer 3

• residential care home
• nursing home

Question 4

What do residential care homes provide?

Answer 4

provides help with personal care such as washing, dressing or taking medication

Question 5

What do nursing homes provide?

Answer 5

provides personal care but also 24-hour nursing care by qualified nurses that take responsibility for the planning, delivering and monitoring of health care tasks