Short term care (DCC)

Short term care is most suitable for people who require assistance with personal care through disability, frailty, mental ill health or because they are recovering from a period of ill health or family difficulty. The service also enables carers who provide a substantial amount of support to a person to have a break from caring.

Short term and short break care is available in a wide range of our care homes and also in privately run and voluntary homes across the county.

A care manager and nurse will come to an agreement about whether you need a nursing home or residential care home. You will then be given freedom to choose the right home for you.

If your stay is three weeks or less you will pay a standard rate. If your stay exceeds three weeks you will undergo a financial assessment. If you intend to stay for up to three weeks and then decide to extend your stay you will be assessed for payment from the day you enter the home.