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.

  • The Riseborough Care Home

    Mental health

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

  • Castle Farm Care Home

    Older People

    Castle Farm Road, Lytchett Matravers, Poole, BH16 6BZ

  • Touchwood

    Learning disability, Older People

    13 Somerset Road, Christchurch, BH23 2ED

  • Coniston Lodge Care Home

    Older People

    43 Beaufort Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 5AS

  • Canford Cliffs Rest Home

    Dementia, Mental health, Older People

    2 Bessborough Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole, BH13 7JS

  • The Evergreens

    Older People

    2 Berkeley Road, Talbot Woods, Bournemouth, BH3 7JJ

  • The Pebbles

    Learning disability, Physical disability

    294 Herbert Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4HY

  • Maiden Castle House

    Dementia, Physical disability

    12-14 Gloucester Road, Dorchester, DT1 2NJ

  • Dorset Learning Disability Service - 3 Cranford Av

    Physical disability

    3 Cranford Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7TN

  • Rawleigh House

    Learning disability, Older People, Physical disability, Sensory impairment...

    The Avenue, Sherborne, DT9 3AJ