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Organisation: Anchor Housing Association
Address: 269a Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 7HU
Telephone: 01865 311 511
Fax: 01865 310 074
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: -
Website: -
Main Contact: Chief Executive: John Belcher
Contact times: -
Service Areas Covered: -
Local Reps: -
Aims:

Specialises in providing warden-assisted sheltered housing and housing with care of older people, and staying put to help elderly house owner occupiers repair and adapt their homes. Anchor also commissions and publishes research on the needs of older people.

 

Organisation: The Garden Room
Address: Meadowside, 18 The Kymin, Monmouth, NP25 3SF
Telephone: 01600 715013
Fax: 01600 715013
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: -
Website: www.special-breaks.co.uk
Main Contact: Mrs Evi Williams- Carer
Contact times: 24hrs a day
Service Areas Covered: Local only
Local Reps: -
Aims:

I offer short breaks and respite to people with a disability and one carer/parent, in seperate self-catering accomodation in our home. I "share with care" of the disabled visitor, supporting him/her during the day, while the carer/parent can relax, to take over again in the evening.

 

Organisation: Holly Lodge Nursing Home
Address: St Catherines Road, Frimley Green, Surrey, GU16 9NP
Telephone: 01252 833080
Fax: 01252 833081
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: veronica.watson@forestcare.co.uk
Website: www.forestcare.co.uk
Main Contact: Mrs Veronica Watson- Registered Manager
Contact times: Mon- Fri 9- 5
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: -
Aims:

Holly Lodge is a new purpose built 60 bedded nursing home designed for residents with dementia related conditions.

 

Organisation: Clifden House Dementia Care Centre
Address: 80-88 Claremont Road, Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 2QD
Telephone: 01323 896460
Fax: 01323 896518
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: office@clifdenhouse.co.uk
Website: www.clifdenhouse.com
Main Contact: Mr Nial Joyce- Care Provider
Contact times: Weekdays
Service Areas Covered: England
Local Reps: No
Aims:

Dementia care and nursing centre that specialises in reducing the reliance upon medication and returning the living potential to the individual with dementia through activity and the alleviation of symptoms in a purpose built environment.

 

Organisation: Autumn Assisted Apartments
Address: 58-60 Main Street, Middleton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8YU
Telephone: 01536 771722
Fax: 01536 771768
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: kiran@rklventures.com
Website: www.autumn-care.co.uk
Main Contact: Mrs Frances Tuck- RGN Manager
Contact times: Any time
Service Areas Covered: England
Local Reps: Yes
Aims:

We are offering 8 assisted living apartments which give all the advantages of living in a care home with the independence of living in your own apartment for a very reasonable £395 per week per apartment.

 

Organisation: Ranc Care Home
Address: Brentwood Care, Larchwood Gardens, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9NG
Telephone: 01277 375316
Fax: 01277 375473
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: brentwood@ranccare.co.uk
Website: www.ranccare.co.uk
Main Contact: Debbie Bantick- General Manager
Contact times: Mon - Fri 9 - 5
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: No
Aims:

Newly purpose built 112 bedded Care Home with Nursing situated in Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood. Offering a high standard of care and accomodation for Nursing, Residential and Nursing EMI, Physical Disabilities, Neuro Rehab adn Palliative Care.  Royal Court offers 8 two bedroom independent living apartments for the elderly frail.

 

Organisation: CLS Care Services
Address: Pepper House, Market Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5DQ
Telephone: 01270 613545
Fax: 01270 628127
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: enquiries@clsgroup.org.uk
Website: www.clsgroup.org.uk
Main Contact: Margaret Buxton- Customer Support Advisor
Contact times: Mon-Fri 9-5
Service Areas Covered: Local only
Local Reps: -
Aims:

CLS Care Services currently hae 35 homes across the Cheshire and Wigan area. We provide residential, dementia, nursing, respite and intermediate care. We are very proud of the high quality of care on which our reputation is built. The aim of our staff is to maintain that quality of care and ensure that each person who comes into contact with us lives a full independent life. This approach is supported by our unique Learning and Development Programme. Our homes all follow nationally recognised standards that are accepted as the best practice for caring for older people.

 

Organisation: Care Choices Selected Care Register (SCR)
Address: Valley Court, Croydon, Nr. Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 OHF
Telephone: 01223 399 2077
Fax: 01223 207 108
Telephone Helpline:  
Email: careselect@carechoices.co.uk
Website: www.carechoices.co.uk
Main Contact: Chief Executive: Robert Chamberlain
Contact times: 9 - 5.30 p.m
Service Areas Covered: All of UK/England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Local Reps: No
Aims:

Detailed information about over 1,000 selected care homes and associated organisations nation-wide. Details of suitable homes can be forwarded free of charge and without obligation. Care Choices also publish directories of care homes for older people.

 

Organisation: Care Core Services
Address: Care Core Services, 140 Codsall Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9QH
Telephone: 01902 750354
Fax: 01902 750354
Telephone Helpline: 0781 3896106
Email: carecoreservices@aol.com
Website: -
Main Contact: Dawn Marsh
Contact times: 9-5pm daily
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: Yes
Aims: Care Core Services, is an agency that provides care establishments with temporary care workers. We can provide cover for staff sickness/holidays, at short notice.We offer a 24 hour service at a very competative price.

 

Organisation: Care Homes
Address: A-Z Care Homes Guide, PO BOX 7677, Hungerford, RG17 0FX
Telephone: 01488 684321
Fax: 01488 681968
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: sales@carehome.co.uk
Website: www.carehomes.co.uk
Main Contact: -
Contact times: -
Service Areas Covered: -
Local Reps: -
Aims:

A-Z Care Homes provides a number of Services for the UK Care Home Industry. The A-Z Care Homes Search covers over 6,600 Nursing Homes and 14,600 Residential Care Homes (including 2,000 dual-registered Homes) throughout the UK.

 

Organisation: Care Homes Net
Address: Care Homes Net c/o Netsite Ltd C/O Carehomesnet, The Sail and Colour lgt, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TE
Telephone: 01634 880800
Fax:  
Telephone Helpline: 0800 2985580
Email: info@carehomesnet.co.uk
Website: www.carehomesnet.co.uk
Main Contact: Fiona Colbourne
Contact times: 09.00 - 17.00 Mon-Fri
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: No
Aims: We are a directory service set up to provide information about residential and nursing homes throughtout the UK.

 

Organisation: Care & Repair England
Address: The Renewal Trust Business Centre, 3 Hawksworth Street, Nottingham, NG3 2EG
Telephone: 0115 950 6500
Fax: 0115 950 6500
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: info@careandrepair-england.org.uk
Website: www.careandrepair-england.org.uk
Main Contact: -
Contact times: 9 - 5 Mon - Fri
Service Areas Covered: England only
Local Reps: No
Aims:

Housing charity, aiming to raise awareness of the problems of vulnerable people living in poor housing

 

Organisation: Care UK
Address: Connaught House, 850 The Crescent, Colchester, CO4 9QB
Telephone: 01206 752552
Fax: -
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: enquiries@careuk.com
Website: www.careuk.com
Main Contact: Chris Rudolph
Contact times: 9 - 5.30 Mon - Fri
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: Yes
Aims:

Care UK is a leading provider of health and social care services, operating over 90 nursing and care homes, and delivering over 70,000 hours of homecare a week.

 

Organisation: Consultus Live-in Nursing & Care
Address: 17 London Road, Tonbridge, TN10 3AB
Telephone: 01732 355231
Fax: 01732 360693
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: manager@consultuscare.com
Website: www.consultuscare.com
Main Contact: Kevin May
Contact times: 9 - 5.30 Mon - Fri
Service Areas Covered: All
Local Reps: No
Aims:

Consultus established 1962 provides live-in care and nursing to older and adult disabled people accross Great Britain.  Live-in care assistants, personal assistants and Registered Nurses available for respite, recovery or indefinate periods.  Large numbers and range of staff ensures consistency, reliabilty and adaptability of care.  Expert live-in nursing feasibility report service for solicitors and client representatives.

 

Organisation: Elizabeth Finn Trust
Address: 1 Derry Street, London W8 5HY
Telephone: 020 7396 6700
Fax: 020 7396 6739
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: -
Website: -
Main Contact: -
Contact times: 9 - 5 Mon - Fri
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: Yes
Aims:

To meet the real and pressing needs of a specific sector of Victorian society by the provision of financial support, while at the same time ensuring that independence and dignity were preserved.The Trust's goal is to support Professional People and their families of all ages through difficult times. But we have expanded the assistance that is now available.The two main areas of activity are:¨ The care we give to the residents in our nursing and residential care homes.The financial support and assistance we offer to those of all ages; still living at home or those living in other residential or nursing homes.

 

Organisation: Elderly Accommodation Counsel
Address: 3rd Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
Telephone: 020 7820 1343
Fax: 020 7820 3970
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: enquiries@e.a.c.demon.co.uk
Website: www.housingcare.org
Main Contact: John Galvin, Director
Information Service Manager: J Lewis
Contact times: 9 - 5 Mon - Fri messages 24 hours
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: No
Aims:

Elderly accommodation counsel is a registered charity which maintains a nation-wide database of all forms of accommodation for older people - sheltered housing for sale and rent, residential care homes, nursing homes and close care schemas. Staff also give guidance, advice and detailed information to help callers choose and fund the accommodation most suited to their needs.

 

Organisation: ExtraCare Charitable Trust
Address: Allesley Hall Nursing Home, Allesley Hall Drive, Allesley, Coventry, CV5 9AD
Telephone: 02476 679977
Fax: 02476 717030
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: betterlives@extracaretrust.org
Website: www.extracaretrust.org
Main Contact: -
Contact times: 7am to 4.30pm Mon to Friday
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: Yes
Aims:

Quality Nursing Home for 43 residents in listed building in large grounds.All rooms are single with en-suite facilities and highest care offered. Quality Houskeeping, Laundry and catering standards. Suitable for Self Funded and Social services residents

 

Organisation: Summerlands Careline
Address: Summerlands House, 11 St Peters Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2AG
Telephone: 01843 602016
Fax: 01843 868372
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: summerlandscare@btopenworld.com
Website: www.summerlandscare.co.uk
Main Contact: Patricia Gulliford
Contact times: 0900-1800
Service Areas Covered: Local only
Local Reps: Yes
Aims:

Services Description: Homecare Service Provision individually tailored to each client to assist them to remain in the comfort of their own homes

 

Organisation: The Abbeyfield Society
Address: 53 Victoria St, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3UW
Telephone: 01727 857 536
Fax: 01727 846 168
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: post@abbeyfield.com
Website: www.abbeyfield.com
Main Contact: F Murphy,MA, FBIM
Contact times: -
Service Areas Covered: -
Local Reps: -
Aims:

Accommodation for older people within the security and companionship of small households, befriended by a housekeeper who provides two meals daily. 600 local voluntary Societies manage nearly 1000 houses, 66 of them providing registered residential care.

 

Organisation: The West Sussex Forum
Address: Woodland Close, Clapham Village, Nr.Worthing, BN13 3XR
Telephone: 01903 815678
Fax: 01903 815673
Telephone Helpline:  
Email: paulren@lineone.net
Website: www.caringinfo.com
Main Contact: Paul Renshaw, Cheif Executive
Contact times: 10.00 am - 6.00 pm
Service Areas Covered: England
Local Reps: Yes
Aims:

To asssist individuals and care planners to make informed choices about the best options open to them in selecting care for the elderly frail in West Sussex.

 

Organisation: UK Home Care Association
Address: 42 Banstead Road, Carshalton Beeches, Croydon, Surrey SM5 3NW
Telephone: 0181 288 1551
Fax: -
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: enquiries@ukhca.demon.co.uk
Website: www.ukhca.co.uk
Main Contact: Leslie Rimmer
Contact times: 9 - 5, Mon - Fri
Service Areas Covered: All of UK, England/Scotland/Wales, Northern Ireland
Local Reps: Yes
Aims:

UKHCA is the professional Association for agencies providing care in the home. The association can provide lists of agencies in response to the requests of those needing care.

 

Organisation: Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA)
Address: 15 Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3DU
Telephone: 0121 454 2511
Fax: -
Telephone Helpline: 0800 0740194
Email: info@rnha.co.uk
Website: www.rnha.co.uk
Main Contact: Frank Ursell
Contact times: 9 - 5, Mon - Fri
Service Areas Covered: All of UK, England/Scotland/Wales, Northern Ireland
Local Reps: -
Aims:

RNHA provides information  for nursing home owners and staff, people seeking a nursing home place and for members of the public with an interest in the care of older people and those with disabilities. RNHA campaigns strongly for high standards in nursing home care.  Members of the public are able to search through the RNHA homes directory on their website in order to find a nursing home.

 

Organisation: The Abbeyfield Society for Scotland
Address: 15 West Maitland Street, Edinburgh, EH12 5EA
Telephone: 0131 225 7801
Fax: 0131 2257606
Telephone Helpline:  
Email: abbeyfieldscotland@quista.net
Website: www.scotland.abbeyfield.com
Main Contact: Paula McClean
Contact times: 9 - 5, Mon - Fri
Service Areas Covered: Scotland
Local Reps: -
Aims:

Accommodation for older people within the security and companionship of small households, befriended by a housekeeper who provides two meals daily. 600 local voluntary Societies manage nearly 1000 houses, 66 of them providing registered residential care.

 

Organisation: The Robert  & Doris Watts Residential Homes
Address: 30-32 Black Bourton Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3HA
Telephone: 01993 844923
Fax: 01993 844432
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: linda@robert-and-doris-watts.co.uk
Website: www.robert-and-doris-watts.co.uk
Main Contact: Linda Eastwoord
Contact times: 9 - 5, Mon - Fri
Service Areas Covered: Local Only
Local Reps: -
Aims:

To provide a high standard of residential care in a family environment for the elderly and older adults. The team at the Robert & Doris Watts Residential Homes aim to provide a calm and friendly atmosphere, which whilst being relaxed and informal, inspires feelings of confidence and security.

 

Organisation: Barchester Healthcare
Address: Tandridge Heights Memorial Care Home, Memorial Close, Oxted, RH8 0NH
Telephone: 01883 715595
Fax: 01883 713990
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: tandridge@barchester.com
Website: www.barchester.com
Main Contact: Bola Shoneyin
Contact times: 24 Hours
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: -
Aims:

Nursing home for the elderley and those with dementia related illness, long, short and respite care.

 

Organisation: Lindenwood Care
Address: 208 Nuthurst Road, New Moston, Manchester, M40 3PP
Telephone: 0161 681 4255
Fax: 0161 681 4255
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: lindenwoodcare@aol.com
Website:  
Main Contact: Miss A Hudders - Manager
Contact times: Mon-Fri 9-5
Service Areas Covered: All of UK
Local Reps: No
Aims:

Lindenwood is able to provide a range of services to older people.  Lindenwood is a small 16 bedded 24 hours care home in Manchester, who provide all aspects of care to service users.

 

Organisation: Pilgrim Homes
Address: 175 Tower Bridge Road, London, SE1 2AL
Telephone: 020 7407 5466
Fax: 020 7403 4533
Telephone Helpline:  
Email: info@pilgrimhomes.org.uk
Website: www.pilgrimhomes.org.uk
Main Contact: Suzanne Gudgeon
Contact times: Mon - Fri 9 -5
Service Areas Covered:  England
Local Reps: Yes
Aims: Residential and nursing care, sheltered housing, extra care housing for elderly, Protestant Christians

 

Organisation: Charnwood House
Address: 49 Barnwood Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL2 0SD
Telephone: 01452 523478
Fax:  
Telephone Helpline:  
Email: sherie02@blueyonder.co.uk
Website:  
Main Contact: Sherie Wright
Contact times: Thurs - Mon 8-6
Service Areas Covered:  Local Only
Local Reps: No
Aims: Care home for elderly residents varying capabilities.

 

Organisation: Active Care & Nursing Ltd
Address: Suite 41, Park Royal House, 23 Park Royal Road, London, NW10 7JH
Telephone: 020 8453 1188
Fax: 020 8961 7610
Telephone Helpline:  
Email: karuna@activeandnursing.com
Website:  
Main Contact: Mrs Karuna Joshi
Contact times: Mon-Fri 9-5
Service Areas Covered: Local Only
Local Reps: No
Aims:

We are a Domiciliary Care Agency providing services in the London Borough of Harrow, Brent and Ealing.  We specialise in care for the elderly with phyisical disability, doubly incontinent and Dimentia.  We have a culturally diverse care staff and are an equal opportunities employer.

 

Organisation: PillarCare
Address: Studio 1, Utopia Village, 7 Chalcot Road, London, NW1 8LH
Telephone: 020 7482 2188
Fax: 020 7482 3985
Telephone Helpline: 0800 028 4645
Email: enquiries@pillarcare.co.uk
Website: www.pillarcare.co.uk
Main Contact: Roger Garnett
Contact times: Mon-Sun 9-6
Service Areas Covered: England
Local Reps: No
Aims:

Domiciliary care providers, live-in hourly care.  Service users include elderly, special needs and palliative care-needs adults.  Care assistance with all aspects of daily living to make staying in your own home on a long-term basis a comfortable, healthy and pleasant reality.

 

Organisation: Terra Blu Ltd
Address: 9 Calverley Park Crescent, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2NB
Telephone: 01892 529429
Fax: 01892 511012
Telephone Helpline: -
Email: julia.dickson@terrablu.co.uk
Website: www.terrablu.com
Main Contact: Julia Dickson
Contact times: Mon-Fri 9-5
Service Areas Covered: England
Local Reps: No
Aims:

We provide a homecare service in West Ken, are accredited with Kent County Council and CSCI.  We provide care for children and older people.

 
 
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