Residential care Flashcards
What is the aim of residential care?
Residential care settings offer a service to people who are unable to look after themselves and who don’t have family members to look after them at home. most people in residential care receive personal care but some also need healthcare.
What care do they receive?
People who live in residential care home receive social care or personal care from care assistant or support workers a care home that provides only personal care assist residents with meeting their day to day needs, such as meals, bathing and going to the toilet and taking their medication. People in residential homes or nursing home receive health care form trained medical staff such as nurses. When residents need medical care they are cared for in home registered to provide it. These are often known as nursing homes.
What are other residential care setting?
Care homes for adults aged 18 to 65 provide care and support for younger adults with, for example, severe physical disabilities, learning disabilities, brain injuries resulting from an accident, or mental health problems. Other settings support people who are alcohol or drug dependent. Residential care settings for children and adolescents specialise in providing support for children with physical disabilities, learning disabilities or emotional problems.