Nottinghamshire Care Association

Nottinghamshire Care Association (NCA) is a notfor-profit organisation that represents a wide range of independent care homes throughout Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City.

What do independent homes have to offer a resident?

Choice

Independent homes range from small, comfortable and homely through to five-star hotel-style luxury, with a vast range in between. NCA members’ homes come in all shapes, sizes and locations – nearly every town has an independent care home. Although, in Nottinghamshire, all nursing homes are provided by the independent sector.

Uniqueness

NCA members’ homes each provide a unique service, but all enable older people to enjoy what is best for individual needs. For example: if you feel isolated in your own home, you can gain companionship; if you are struggling to cope alone, you can receive 24-hour help; and if you feel like you are a burden, you can find yourself much more independent.

Caring staff

Above all, it is our staff who make the difference: a smile that can make you smile back and feel valued; being dependable and sensitive to your needs also brings renewed confidence; offering help with the things that are hard to do which can make a difference to your life and results in an important and highly fulfilling role; being on hand 24/7.

High standards

Independent care homes provide care that is over and above the Care Quality Commission’s Fundamental Standards – caring about every aspect of your life including health, diet, exercise, hobbies and social activities. The homes aim to ensure that you continue to enjoy life whilst receiving the very highest standard of care.

All homes provide personal services and registered nursing homes also provide 24/7 qualified nursing care. Some homes also provide dementia care, learning disability support and other more specialist care.

Quality

NCA members are passionate about providing good quality. All independent homes are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and are subject to stringent inspections by the CQC, the local councils, fire officers, the health and safety executive, environmental health officers and, for nursing homes, by the NHS clinical commissioning group.

Unsurprisingly, NCA members have a vested interest in providing a high-quality service to all residents. Independent quality reports on every home can be found on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk

Good value

Accommodation and care charges vary according to the service offered and required – but all homes aim to provide good value for money. You may be surprised by how little high standards of care cost, although higher quality care often does cost more.

Details of the financial support available can be found elsewhere in this Directory. However, specialist independent financial advice should always be considered.

Website

If you are looking for a care home in Nottinghamshire, why not visit one of our members’ care homes? The NCA website provides some useful information to assist you in choosing an independent care home: www.nca.care

If you go to the ‘Looking for Care’ section of the website there is a database of all homes to search.

Activities of the NCA

The NCA represents individual companies, groups of homes, individuals and charities in the independent care home sector.

The NCA is committed to helping care providers to give the best possible service to vulnerable people – working in partnership with others to make this