Dorset care homes and Dorset nursing homes

Your guide to residential and nursing care homes including specialist learning disability, respite, EMI and dementia in Dorset. For further information click on a home in the list below or alternatively select one of the county's districts from the list on the right hand side.

Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north west, Wiltshire to the north and Hampshire to the east. The county is largely known for its coastline – the Jurassic Coast – that features land forms such as Durdle Door. Dorset’s county town is Dorchester. Other major towns include the holiday resorts of Bournemouth, Swanage, Lyme Regis, Poole and Weymouth. Dorset’s total population is about 700,000.

  • Rivendell

    Learning disability

    19 Lynton Crescent, St Catherines Hill, Christchurch, BH23 2SD

  • Rodlands Care Home

    Older People

    4 Ullswater Crescent, Radipole, Weymouth, DT3 5HE

  • The Laurels Care Home

    Dementia, Older People

    195 Barrack Road, Christchurch, BH23 2AR

  • Prince of Wales Road (3)

    Learning disability, Physical disability, Sensory impairment

    3 Prince of Wales Road, Dorchester, DT1 1PW

  • Chestnut House Nursing Home

    Dementia, Older People

    Chestnut Road, Charlton Down, Dorchester, DT2 9FN

  • Muscliff Nursing Home

    Dementia, Physical disability

    Muscliff Nursing Home, 5 Tolpuddle Gardens, Bournemouth, BH9 3RE

  • Denewood House Care Home

    Older People

    12-14 Denewood Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0LX

  • Long Close Retirement Home

    Older People

    23 Forest Road, Branksome Park, Poole, BH13 6DQ

  • Weymouth - Weymouth Care Home

    Dementia, Physical disability

    21 Glendinning Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7QF

  • Ludbourne Hall

    Older People

    South Street, Sherborne, DT9 3LT