Post No55...VIDEO What is Nursing Dementia care?

Many care home's provide dementia care, and also nursing care, and the differences between them is often explained in the homes brochure. However, it is more seldom that care homes break down the different types of dementia care that are available.

Unlike Residential Dementia care, Nursing Dementia care must to be provided in a nursing home. The care needs will be a combination of physical nursing care and dementia care, which can make this care type one of the more complex, and also more expensive.

It's worth noting, when it comes to costs, that a resident who has been assessed as nursing dementia care may qualify for NHS Funded Nursing Care (FNC) or perhaps NHS Continuing Healthcare funding (CHC). It would be well worth asking the care home to put in an application for these.

For more information about the different types of dementia care available, and for further articles about dementia, please see the key links below.

For anyone who is in the position of needing additional support, you can send me an email to book a consultation, or look through some of the other useful content on both The Care Whisperer, and The Dementia Whisperer websites.