About Residential Care
Residential care refers to long-term care given to adults or children who stay in a residential setting rather than in their own home or family home. There are various residential care options available, depending on the needs of the individual.
Thurrock residents tell of life under a 'bankrupt' council
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... But when their mother Gillian Flack - a foster carer for 39 years - died suddenly last September aged 67, Mrs Vince s sister had to go into Residential Care...
Covid: Care homes and housebound get booster shots in England
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Linden Farm: The family who turned a care home for adults with complex needs on its head
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... Along with other local parents in the same situation, Sally and Peter Lawrence set up The Simon Trust to see if they could provide Residential Care for multiple adults with complex needs but in a different way...
Unpaid carers: 'I had to choose to care for my husband or my sister'
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... Caring for people at home reduces pressure on the health and social care system including reducing the number of people in Residential Care and hospital...
Dr Jo Wilson dies after three-year battle with dementia
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... After weeks of delays, she moved into Residential Care earlier this month but died on Saturday, aged 69...
Bible John: The forgotten women at the heart of a serial killer mystery
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... It emerged that when Jemima was killed, child welfare officials took Elizabeth to one Residential Care home and her brothers were taken to another...
Culture of abuse found at three Doncaster special schools - review
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... Riana Nelson, Doncaster Council s Director of Children, Young People and Families said many families who had children with complex needs in Residential Care would be " alarmed at the findings of this national review"...
Cost of living: Port Talbot mum's debt drove her to the brink
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... " I had to wait for the kids to leave the house before I broke down, " said the Residential Care home worker from south Wales...