The decision to move into a Care Home and leave your own home is a very important and difficult one. Once that decision has been made, it is just as important to decide which Care Home would be best for you. That is what this Guide is for - to help you make the right choice. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are committed to maintaining standards and, as such, we continue to improve the quality of care and service that will best suit the future needs of the people of Staffordshire and government policy.

You will be able to use the information in the lists of Homes to get an idea of which ones might be suitable for your needs, and offer the facilities you would like to have available.

You may then want to discuss the possibilities with your family or friends, and with your social worker. Visits can be arranged to some of the Homes so that you can find out more about them before making the final choice.

We hope you find the Guide useful. We are grateful to Burrows Publications Ltd for making it possible. If you have any suggestions about how future editions of the Guide could be improved, please write to us.