Charges and cost will vary from development to development and region-to-region, this may also be affected by the availability and the qualification levels for that care.

A nurse/manager would be responsible for the overall care facility and for the day to day running of the organisation and would do this in conjunction with each residents own GP. As a rough guide about 5 hours care per day together with the cost of meals plus the cost of the service charge would be about equal to the cost of a residential nursing home. A care level above that is still available if that is what the resident requires. In a few cases where it is necessary to provide 24 hour care up to NVQ4 level then this could be made available by agreement with the manager.

Ascertain from the outset what the tariff will be for the anticipated care levels required and also make sure you check benefit entitlements that will offset the cost of this care.