Tyne & Wear is the 44th largest county in England yet is the 13th largest by population. This largely because it is made up of the five heavily populated metropolitan boroughs of North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Sunderland, all formerly parts of the counties of Durham and Northumberland.

Economically this area was in the doldrums for many years after the decline of the mining and shipping industries but in recent years there has been a largely successful regeneration which can be most obviously seen in the redevelopment of the run down former factories and warehouses along the Tyne in Newcastle and Gateshead.

To many people in the rest of the UK the area is known for the intense local rivalries between the towns, as exemplified by the partisan support for the local football teams.

As of the 2001 census there were 128,190 people aged over 70 living in the Tyne and Wear area, approximately 11.9% of the total population. Within the county there are 343 residential care and nursing care homes providing services for older people and people with learning disabilities.

Below is a full list of care homes, sheltered care homes, respite care homes and nursing homes in Tyne & Wear:

• The Chesters Care Home

  Dementia, Older People, Physical disability, Sensory impairment...
  418 Durham Road, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5AJ

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• Wallace Mews

  Learning disability, Physical disability
  230 Mowbray Road, South Shields, NE33 3BE

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• Springfield Park

  Dementia, Older People, Physical disability
  2 Eastern Villas, Station Road North, Forest Hall, Forest Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 9AE

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• Leven House

  Learning disability, Physical disability
  323 Market Lane, Swalwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE16 3DZ

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• Kingsbury House

  Dementia, Older People
  61-62 Percy Park, Tynemouth, North Shields, NE30 4JX

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• St Georges Nursing Home

  Dementia, Older People
  13 Vigo Lane, Harraton, Washington, NE38 9AH

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• Lindisfarne Crawcrook

  Dementia, Mental health, Older People, Physical disability...
  Kepier Chare, Crawcrook, Ryton, NE40 4TS

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• Barchester Appletree Grange Care Home

  Dementia, Older People
  Durham Road, Birtley, DH3 2BH

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• Lea Green Court Care Home

  Dementia, Older People
  Kenton Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3UW

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• 8-8a The Cedars

  Learning disability
  8 The Cedars, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, SR2 7TW

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Places in Tyne and Wear with care homes

• Gateshead care and nursing homes
• Newcastle upon Tyne care and nursing homes
• North Tyneside care and nursing homes
• South Tyneside care and nursing homes
• Sunderland care and nursing homes