What is Extra Care housing?

Extra Care (EC) supports adults to maintain or develop their independence within the community.  It can prevent or delay a move to more structured care settings and enhance quality of life for residents. 

EC offers high-quality, self-contained accommodation with full tenancy rights. Each resident receives personalised care in line with their individual support plan, with staff also available at any time to respond to urgent or unplanned needs; care staff are on site 24 hours a day to ensure a safe, supportive environment (please note, this does not mean that all residents receive 24 hours of care).

Care packages can be increased or reduced over time during review in response to changing needs. This service enables people to retain autonomy over their daily lives while having access to reliable support within a safe and vibrant community. 

Care needs that may be supported in EC housing

Referrals can only be accepted for Camden residents who have been assessed by Adult Social Care and have an eligible support need that would be best met in Extra Care. This may include those arising from frailty, learning disability or autism, mental health, dementia, cognitive impairment, or a combination of the above.  

How tenants may be supported

The EC setting will enable the provider to support people to maintain and develop their independent living skills, maintain their tenancies, link them into appropriate services and provide care and support. The EC provider will ensure that care and support is provided in a strength based way that upholds tenants' rights, dignity and privacy and in an enabling way which ensures the attainment of an optimum level of independence.

Extra Care housing in the borough

There are currently 5 EC schemes in Camden:

Daily meal options:

Three of the services, Esther Randall Court, Roseberry Mansions and Charlie Ratchford Court, have a daily meal for residents as part of their service charge. When developing a care and support plan it is important to note that calls to support a resident with preparing food are not required at lunchtime for these services.  

Residents will be auto-enrolled at Esther Randall Court and Roseberry Mansions but there is an opportunity for them to 'opt out' of the daily meal. 

The daily meal is a mandatory component of the service charge at Charlie Ratchford Court. This should be clearly communicated to residents as it will impact on financial planning and budgeting. 

Mora Burnet House and Gospel Oak Court do not currently have a meal option for residents.