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.

  • Summerhayes Residential Home

    Older People

    1700 Wimborne Road, Bear Cross, Bournemouth, BH11 9AN

  • Peveril

    Learning disability

    Springbrook Close, Harmans Cross, Wareham, BH20 5HS

  • Clifftop

    Older People

    Clifftop Care Home, 8 Burlington Road, Swanage, BH19 1LS

  • Kelso Nursing Home

    Older People

    10 Clifton Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 3PA

  • Oakdene Nursing Home

    Dementia, Older People

    Ringwood Road, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, BH21 6RB

  • Amberwood House

    Older People

    418-424 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, BH22 9AX

  • The Barn at Holton Lee

    Physical disability

    East Holton, Holton Heath, Poole, BH16 6JN

  • Reside at Stour Road

    Dementia, Older People

    14 Stour Road, Christchurch, BH23 1PS

  • Aspen Grange Care Home

    Dementia, Mental health, Older People

    18 Wharncliffe Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH5 1AH

  • The Pines Residential Home

    Learning disability

    39 Porchester Road, Charminster, Bournemouth, BH8 8JU