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 Old Vicarage Care Home

    Older People

    Leigh, Sherborne, DT9 6HL

    Tel: 01935 873 033

  • The Moorings

    Learning disability, Physical disability

    69 Brixey Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 3EY

  • Purbeck Care

    Learning disability

    East Stoke, Wareham, BH20 6AT

  • Agincourt

    Older People

    116 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT4 7LG

  • Chestnuts Residential Home (Weymouth)

    Older People

    93B Wyke Road, Weymouth, DT4 9QS

  • Riverside Nursing Home

    Older People, Physical disability, Sensory impairment

    Riverside House, Westbury, Sherborne, DT9 3QZ

  • Lytchetts

    Older People

    4 Chalky Road, Broadmayne, Dorchester, DT2 8PJ

  • Dalvey House

    Older People

    35 Belle Vue Road, Bournemouth, BH6 3DD

  • St Albans House

    Older People

    59-61 St Albans Avenue, Queens Park, Bournemouth, BH8 9EG

  • Chaseborough House

    Older People

    Village Hall Lane, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, BH21 6SG