There are many alternatives to care homes in Dorset. If you need some extra support, explore the different kinds of help you can get.
There are many ways you can get extra help to do things day-to-day. This way, you can stay living in your own home and not think about a care home until you need to.
If you are looking for care, small independent carers, micro-providers, can give you more choice.
A direct payment means you arrange your care and support yourself, instead of us doing it for you.
An individual service fund is when we give your personal budget directly to a provider.
St Martin’s House is a new Extra Care Housing development in the heart of Gillingham, North Dorset