A nursing home, as distinct from a residential care home, has to provide the kind of care which requires the specific skills of a qualified nurse or the supervision of a qualified nurse. This may occur in a variety of circumstances. For example:

• when?a person's?general health deteriorates to a point where they need constant nursing care;

• where?a person's?health is such that one or more of the following procedures is required periodically over twenty-four hours:

• administration of medication by injection;

• dressing to an open or closed wound;

• artificial feeding;

• basic nursing care of the type normally given to people confined to bed;

• frequent attention as a result of double or single incontinence;

• intensive rehabilitation following surgery or a debilitating disease which is likely to continue for some time;

• management of complex prostheses or appliances.

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