Nursing Home or Residential Home – Which is Best? Considering a residential home for your loved one can be a bewildering prospect at best. You’ll be facing a range of options and it’s difficult to know what’s what, and where to start. The biggest of the hurdles you’ll face as you begin to look for a care home, is knowing the difference between a nursing home and a residential home, and, importantly, which is best for your relative.

When looking at residential care homes for the elderly, you can easily become overwhelmed. Do you know what you’re looking for? Are you comparing like with like? Those are some of the big questions you’ll need answered. Then there are all of the smaller issues that really matter to you: such as will you have a nice view from your window; can your young grandchildren visit; what is the food like?