Care Homes

For a list of Care Homes and Nursing Homes in Harrow contact the commission for Social Care Inspection Office on 020 8420 0100.

New Nursing Home Care Band

The National Health Service (Nursing Care in Residential Accommodation) have issued Directions confirming that the three levels of benefit paid to people in care were replaced by a single rate of £101.00 per week from 1st October 2007. They have taken into account the problems that could arise from reducing the payment to those currently awarded the high band of nursing care from £139.00 to £101.00 per week. The Directorate states that residents on the high band prior to October 1st will only lose the high band rating if:

They are assessed as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding
On assessment, their nursing needs have been found to have diminished to the extent that if the old guidance relating to nursing bands were applied, they would only be eligible for Medium or low band.
Reassessment of their needs indicates they no longer have nursing needs.

From the 1st October, those on low or medium band will be moved to a single rate of £101.00 per week.

A supplementary sheet explaining these changes for residents of nursing homes will be available with factsheet 20. NHS continuing healthcare, NHS-funded nursing care and intermediate care.

Factsheets

The following factsheets are available from the Age Concern England website

Age Concern England will send you up to 5 fact sheets by post for free. See the Age Concern England (link opens in new page) website for details about factsheets.