Describe one local health or social care service provider, identifying its place in national
provision
Name of service Residential Care home
What type of service is it? This residential care home is a private service. This means that individuals’ who use this
(private, voluntary, public, health or social service have to pay a fee to access it – it is unavailable on the NHS.
care?)
Service users Elderly people, and those who suffer with age-related disease such as dementia, are the
(Who mostly uses the service?) service users’ of this residential care home.
Service provided The residential care home provides a service of care for the service users residing there.
(What service do they provide) They ensure they are cared for adequately (e.g. three meals a day provided for service users,
service users are helped to maintain general hygiene such as bathing) and they also create
individual care plans for each individual staying at the residential care home to help them
stay as engaged as possible, for as long as possible.
Access to the service The service can be recommended by healthcare professionals, but it is initially down to the
(How do people get to use the service?) individual’s caregiver(s) (e.g. other half, family members) to arrange this for the individual. If
there is nobody available to arrange this the individual’s social worker can take up this role
if necessary.
Funding Because it is a private service, the individual or their family will be paying for the service.
(how is the service paid for?) This could be paid for by the individual selling their home and using the money to pay for the
service, for example.
Possible barriers to access If somebody does not have enough money to pay for this service, then they will not be able
(what might prevent people from being able to to access the use of this service. Individuals who do not fit the criteria of care will also not be
use the service?) able to have access to this service. You have to be 65 or older, or have an age-related
disease such as dementia.
Staffing The staff who may work in this service include carers, nurses, chefs/caterers and cleaners.
(name the staff that might work in this service)
provision
Name of service Residential Care home
What type of service is it? This residential care home is a private service. This means that individuals’ who use this
(private, voluntary, public, health or social service have to pay a fee to access it – it is unavailable on the NHS.
care?)
Service users Elderly people, and those who suffer with age-related disease such as dementia, are the
(Who mostly uses the service?) service users’ of this residential care home.
Service provided The residential care home provides a service of care for the service users residing there.
(What service do they provide) They ensure they are cared for adequately (e.g. three meals a day provided for service users,
service users are helped to maintain general hygiene such as bathing) and they also create
individual care plans for each individual staying at the residential care home to help them
stay as engaged as possible, for as long as possible.
Access to the service The service can be recommended by healthcare professionals, but it is initially down to the
(How do people get to use the service?) individual’s caregiver(s) (e.g. other half, family members) to arrange this for the individual. If
there is nobody available to arrange this the individual’s social worker can take up this role
if necessary.
Funding Because it is a private service, the individual or their family will be paying for the service.
(how is the service paid for?) This could be paid for by the individual selling their home and using the money to pay for the
service, for example.
Possible barriers to access If somebody does not have enough money to pay for this service, then they will not be able
(what might prevent people from being able to to access the use of this service. Individuals who do not fit the criteria of care will also not be
use the service?) able to have access to this service. You have to be 65 or older, or have an age-related
disease such as dementia.
Staffing The staff who may work in this service include carers, nurses, chefs/caterers and cleaners.
(name the staff that might work in this service)
