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Categories
Care homes have to register the categories of care they provide. They can offer more than one category but have to show that they are providing enough appropriately qualified and experienced staff for each category.
Some homes specialise in care within a single category, others may provide care for a range of categories.
For each category the home will be registered for a maximum number of places - up to the maximum number of places the home is registered to provide overall.
For example: A home with 10 registered places may provide 10 places in the "Learning Disability" category - and also provide 4 places in the "Physical Disability" category. This doesn't mean that they can take 14 residents - they can take up to 10 residents with learning difficulties, 4 of whom may also have physical disabilities.
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