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.

  • Foxes Moon Residential Home

    Dementia

    40 Ringwood Road, St Ives, Ringwood, BH24 2NY

  • Glenhurst Manor

    Older People

    44a West Cliff Road, Bournemouth, BH4 8BB

  • The Riseborough Care Home

    Mental health

    11-13 Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth, BH2 6BT

  • Dorset Learning Disability Service - 2 Thornhill C

    Learning disability

    2 Thornhill Close, Dorchester, DT1 1HY

  • Ivers

    Learning disability

    Hains Lane, Marnhull, DT10 1JU

  • The Lawns

    Dementia

    Fernhill Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7QU

  • York House Care Home

    Older People

    8-10 Cauldon Avenue, Swanage, BH19 1PQ

  • Dorset Learning Disability Service - 20 Edward Roa

    Physical disability

    20 Edward Road, Dorchester, DT1 2HL

  • Primrose Lodge Southbourne

    Older People

    42 St Catherines Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 4AD

  • Muscliff Nursing Home

    Dementia, Physical disability

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