Current services for 65+ support
Residential and / or nursing provision:
As at March 2024 the Council contract with 45 residential care and nursing homes for older people in Coventry (31 residential care homes, 14 nursing care homes). The majority of care homes (65%) are part of a larger organisation. We also have one Council run dementia specific care home. In total this equates to 1106 care home residential beds and 649 nursing specific beds. Care home occupancy tends to average between 85-90%. The Council currently also commission 51 residential discharge to assess block beds across 8 providers, which are closely aligned to our Improving Lives Programme.
Community support:
There are currently 15 HwC schemes in Coventry of which the Council currently contract or hold nomination agreements with 14 of these schemes, including a dementia specific scheme and 6 Council-ran HWC schemes. As of March 2024, CCC had nomination rights to 524 units. Occupancy has reduced over the last 5 years, with approximately 350-400 individuals placed on average, this is in part due to more people wanting to remain at home. Some of the schemes also include people with no eligible care and support needs (housing only tenancies). There is also a home support service for individuals wishing to remain at home and additional support provided by the third sector under the Preventative Support Grant.
Day opportunities:
In 2023 our innovative Coventry Dementia Partnership Hub opened to the public, providing a one stop shop for dementia services including day services, outreach, information and advice sessions, a Dementia Friendly Café and social space. There is also a council-run service for older people with more general eligible needs.