Can the London Borough of Brent fund a care home placement?

It can, where a needs assessment concludes that residential care is required and a financial assessment shows the person cannot meet the full cost from their own resources. Savings, income and sometimes the value of a property are taken into account, and most people contribute something towards their fees even with funded support in place. If the preferred home charges more than the authority will pay, a third party may be asked to cover the difference through a top up agreement. It is worth asking about funding even if you expect to pay privately.

How is a care needs assessment arranged in Brent?

Contact the adult social care team at the London Borough of Brent and ask for a needs assessment, which is free to anyone who appears to need care and support. The assessment considers how someone manages everyday activities, the risks they face and the outcomes that matter to them. It can be arranged while someone is still in hospital where a move is being planned from a ward. A relative providing regular unpaid support can request a separate carer assessment at the same time.

How far ahead should we start looking for a care home?

Sooner than feels necessary, and ideally while your relative is well enough to visit homes and give their own view. Homes with a good reputation in Brent often have waiting lists, and decisions taken hurriedly around a hospital discharge are the ones families most often revisit. A couple of months gives room to see places more than once, complete the needs assessment and read the inspection reports properly. If time is already short, say so when you call, since some homes can accept an admission quickly.

Which residential care homes serve Brent?

Thirty nine residential care homes are registered to serve Brent and are listed on this page. Those rated Good by the Care Quality Commission include Mosaic House, Riverview Lodge, Spring Lake, Lawnfield House, Dana House and Holt Road. Eden Lodge has yet to receive a published rating. Each entry links through to a profile giving the registration details and the current inspection findings in full.

What should we ask when visiting a care home in Brent?

Ask how many permanent care staff are on duty during the day and overnight, and how frequently the home relies on agency workers. Ask who would know your relative well, how their care plan would be written and reviewed, and how you would be told about any change in their health. Ask the practical questions too, covering mealtimes, visiting arrangements, personal belongings and how the home responds when someone is distressed. Then ask the manager what the last inspection found and what has changed since.

What is the difference between a residential care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home is registered to provide personal care, meaning support with washing, dressing, medication, meals and daily routines from trained care staff. A nursing home offers the same personal care alongside clinical care from a registered nurse present on site at all times. All the providers listed on this page hold residential rather than nursing registration. Where someone has a health condition requiring regular nursing input, a nursing home is generally the more suitable option.

Care Homes in Brent

Brent has 39 CQC registered care homes. 33 are rated Good, 5 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 27 of the 39 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Brent at a glance

What the numbers say about care for older people in Brent.

London Borough of Brent pays, residential care: £1,436 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,688 to £1,953, median £1,783
Care home beds filled across Brent: 85%. The 12 month average is 89%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 48
People aged 75 and over: 19,400. Rising to 24,600 by 2035, up 27%
Care homes, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed
Who pays, across Brent (estimate): 72% council, 19% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,700. Rising to 3,400 by 2035, up 26%
People aged 85 and over: 5,700. Rising to 7,000 by 2035, up 23%

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Planning and Paying for Residential Care in Brent

The funding side of a care home decision has a habit of arriving late and unwelcome. Dealing with it at the start clarifies which of the thirty nine homes on this page are realistically available and removes a good deal of anxiety from the search that follows.

The Care Needs Assessment Comes First

Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for a free assessment of their needs, regardless of savings, and it is worth doing even when a family fully expects to pay for the placement. The assessment is arranged through the London Borough of Brent adult social care team, the authority responsible for assessments and funded support in this area. A practitioner will consider how someone manages washing, dressing, eating, moving about safely and staying connected to people, and what they want to be able to go on doing. The resulting record is useful to every home you speak to.

How Contributions Are Decided

If residential care is agreed to be the right answer, a financial assessment works out what the person pays and whether the authority meets any part of the fees. Income, capital and in some cases the value of a property come into it, with separate rules where a partner continues living at home. Most people contribute something even when funded support is in place. Ask at the outset what would happen if savings later fell below the threshold, because knowing that in advance protects against a rushed second move.

The Real Cost of a Placement

Weekly fees vary between homes according to room size, facilities and how much support a resident needs, and the quoted rate seldom covers everything. Ask for a written fee schedule and the contract before committing, then check which items are billed separately, commonly hairdressing, chiropody, escorted appointments and trips out. Where a funded placement is at a home charging above what the authority will pay, a relative may be asked to sign a third party top up, and that promise should be weighed against several years rather than the opening months.

Comparing Care Homes in Brent and What to Check

Start From the Need, Not the List

All thirty nine providers here hold a residential registration, offering help with routines, medication and meals with staff awake or on call overnight. Set out clearly what your relative needs now and what may change within a year, covering mobility, memory, continence and how settled they are at night. Give each home that description and press for a straight answer about whether they can meet it, because a placement that breaks down within months serves nobody.

Reading Between the Ratings

With thirty three homes rated Good, the ratings alone will not narrow your shortlist far. The reports behind them will. Look at which key questions were strongest, how recent the inspection was and what inspectors noted about staffing and leadership, since those are the areas that shift first when a home comes under pressure. Five homes sit at Requires Improvement and one is not yet rated, and neither should be dismissed automatically, though both call for more questions from you.

What to Watch on a Visit

See any home you are serious about at least twice, at different times of day. Look past the tour to the ordinary business of the place: how staff speak to residents when nothing needs doing, whether quieter people are included, how long anyone waits for help. Ask how many permanent staff cover each shift, how much agency cover is used and how long the manager has been in post, because continuity is what makes a home feel like one.

39 care homes in Brent

Abilities Short Breaks - Preston Road · 340 Preston Road, Harrow, Brent, HA3 0QH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Abilities Development Ltd
Here at Abilities Short Breaks on Preston Road, we provide residential care for younger adults living with a range of needs, including learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, and eating...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care, Eating Disorders
Gencare Care Home · 176 Woodcock Hill, Harrow, Brent, HA3 0NY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Gencare Limited
Gencare Care Home is a residential care home in Harrow. We support a notably mixed group of people and that is a deliberate choice rather than an accident. Older adults live here. So do younger adults. Among the people we support are those...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
16 Balnacraig Avenue (The Leaves) · Neasden, London, Brent, NW10 1TH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
16 Balnacraig Avenue is a small residential care home in Brent supporting older people, younger adults, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and people with physical disabilities. Being small is the point. It means the people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
24 Fortune Gate · 24 Fortune Gate Road, London, Brent, NW10 9RE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Nisacraftcare Limited
Our home at Fortune Gate in Brent is a residential care home for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. It is a house on an ordinary street and we run it as a home, with the people who live here involved in how it works...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Brondesbury Road · 113 Brondesbury Road, London, Brent, NW6 6RY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Achieve Together Limited
We at Brondesbury Road offer a welcoming residential care home in London, providing specialised support for adults living in the heart of the Borough of Brent. Our home is a place where individuality is celebrated and every resident is...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Dana House · 5 Fairfields Crescent, London, Brent, NW9 0PR
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Care Worldwide (London) Limited
Dana House is a residential care home in Brent, north west London. We support older people needing help with daily living, including those living with dementia, adults who have a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Franklyn Lodge · 58 Kings Road, London, Brent, NW10 2BN
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Residential Care Services Limited
Franklyn Lodge provides residential care in Brent for adults, including younger adults and adults with learning disabilities and autism. We also offer planned respite stays. The people who live here are adults with their own lives to lead,...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Jerome House · 71 Randall Avenue, London, Brent, NW2 7SS
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Randall Care Homes Limited
Jerome House is a residential care home in Brent, London. We support older people and adults living with a mental health condition, and we offer respite care for planned short stays. This is somewhere people live rather than somewhere they...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Respite Care
Jude House · 92 Randall Avenue, London, Brent, NW2 7SU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Randall Care Homes Limited
At Jude House, we provide residential care for older adults in the heart of Brent, London. Our home is a place where people feel genuinely comfortable, supported and valued — not just looked after, but truly at home. We specialise in older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Respite Care
Lawnfield House · Coverdale Road, London, Brent, NW2 4DJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Methodist Homes
Lawnfield House is a residential care home in Brent. We are home to older people, including many living with dementia, and respite stays are part of what we do. What we promise is modest and we try to deliver it daily: decent meals, a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Matthew Residential Care - 1 Milton Avenue · Kingsbury, London, Brent, NW9 0EU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Matthew Residential Care Limited
Matthew Residential Care runs a small care home in the London borough of Brent. We support older people and younger adults, including adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and people managing mental health conditions. Respite...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Matthew Residential Care - 59 Woodgrange Avenue · Kenton, London, Brent, HA3 0XG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Matthew Residential Care Limited
We are a residential care home on Woodgrange Avenue in Brent, supporting adults with a range of needs in a house rather than an institution. The people who live here include older people, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Milverton Road · 6 Milverton Road, London, Brent, NW6 7AS
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
Milverton Road is a residential care home in Brent, London, supporting older people and younger adults, including adults with a learning disability, autistic adults and people with a physical disability. Respite stays are available too....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Princes Lodge · 268 Princes Avenue, London, Brent, NW9 9QU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by UK Care Service Limited
Princes Lodge is a residential care home in Brent supporting adults living with mental health conditions, including younger adults who are working towards greater independence. What we offer is stability. Most of the people who come to...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Randall House · 75 Randall Avenue, London, Brent, NW2 7SS
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Randall Care Homes Limited
At Randall House, we provide residential care for older adults in the heart of Brent, London. We are proud to have received a "Good" rating from the Care Quality Commission, which reflects the genuine commitment our team brings to the work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Respite Care
Riverview Lodge · Birchen Grove, London, Brent, NW9 8SE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Methodist Homes
Here at Riverview Lodge, we are a care home based in Brent, London, providing residential care, respite care and specialist support for older people. We are proud to have received a "Good" rating from the Care Quality Commission, which...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
St Mungo's Broadway - 53 Chichester Road · St Mungo's, London, Brent, NW6 5QW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by St Mungo Community Housing Association
Our home on Chichester Road in Brent provides residential care for older people and younger adults, including people dealing with alcohol or drug misuse. We take people as they are. Many of those who come to live here have had periods of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Tanfield House · 80 Randall Avenue, London, Brent, NW2 7SU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Randall Care Homes Limited
Tanfield House is a residential care home in Brent, north west London, supporting older people and adults living with mental health conditions. Mental health support in a residential setting works best when it is steady and undramatic....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Respite Care
Towerhouse Residential Home · 11 -13 Tower Road, London, Brent, NW10 2HP
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Ms Mary Mundy
Towerhouse is a residential home in Brent for older people who need help with daily living, including many people living with dementia. We offer respite stays as well as permanent places. Our everyday work is the ordinary business of a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Woodcock Dell Avenue · 1 Woodcock Dell Avenue, London, Brent, HA3 0PW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Norwood
Woodcock Dell Avenue is a residential care home in Brent, London, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. We run this as a household rather than a service. People choose how they spend their days, take part in...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
63 Eton Avenue · 63 Eton Avenue, North Wembley, Brent, HA0 3AZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by First Choice Care Services Ltd
63 Eton Avenue is a small residential care home in North Wembley supporting adults with learning disabilities and people living with mental health conditions. Being small is the point. It means the people living here know one another...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Respite Care
Franklyn Lodge The Farm House · Hundred Elms Farm, Sudbury, Brent, HA0 2NP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Residential Care Services Limited
Franklyn Lodge The Farm House in Sudbury provides residential care for adults with a learning disability and for autistic adults, including younger adults. We also offer respite stays. This is a house and we want it to feel like one. The...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
111 Rosebank Avenue · 111 Rosebank Avenue, Wembley, Brent, HA0 2TN
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Advent Care Solutions Ltd
We are a small residential care home in Wembley supporting adults with a learning disability or autism. Our aim is that the people who live here feel it is their house, with the routines, possessions and habits that come with that, and...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Advent Care Solutions · 120 Rosebank Avenue, Wembley, Brent, HA0 2TP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Advent Care Solutions Ltd
Advent Care Solutions is a residential care home in Wembley, supporting adults who need help with daily living in a house rather than an institutional setting. Much of our work is with adults who have a learning disability or who are...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Barn Rise · 3 Barn Rise, Wembley, Brent, HA9 9NA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
Barn Rise is a small residential care home in Wembley supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults working towards a more independent life. Being small is deliberate, because it means the...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Eden Lodge · 169 Monks Park, Wembley, Brent, HA9 6JU
Care home · Run by First Choice Care Limited
Eden Lodge is a care home in Wembley. We provide residential care for older people and younger adults, including people managing a mental health condition, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. We are registered with the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Franklyn Lodge · 8 Forty Lane, Wembley, Brent, HA9 9EB
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Residential Care Services Limited
Franklyn Lodge is a residential care home in Wembley supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults. We also offer respite stays. This is somebody's home before it is anything else. People choose...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Franklyn Lodge · 71A District Road, Wembley, Brent, HA0 2LF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Residential Care Services Limited
At Franklyn Lodge, we provide residential care for younger adults living with learning disabilities and autism, based in the heart of Wembley, Brent. We also offer respite care, giving families and carers a planned break while knowing...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Franklyn Lodge 9 Grand Avenue · 9 Grand Avenue, Wembley, Brent, HA9 6LS
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Residential Care Services Limited
Franklyn Lodge on Grand Avenue in Wembley is a residential care home supporting adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people with a physical disability and people with a visual or hearing impairment. Most of those who live...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Franklyn Lodge The Bungalow · Lyonpark Avenue, Wembley, Brent, HA0 4DN
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Residential Care Services Limited
Franklyn Lodge is a small residential home in Wembley supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, most of them younger adults getting on with lives of their own. Keeping the house small is deliberate. It means...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Holt Road · 28 Holt Road, Wembley, Brent, HA0 3PS
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Salisbury Support 4 Autism Limited
Holt Road is a residential care home in Wembley supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults and older residents. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Our most recent...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Lee Valley Care Services · 20 Queenscourt, Wembley, Brent, HA9 7QU
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Lee Valley Care Services Ltd
Lee Valley Care is a residential care home in Wembley, in the borough of Brent. We support older people and younger adults, including residents living with dementia and residents managing mental health conditions, and we offer respite...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Medway House · 62 Medway Gardens, Wembley, Brent, HA0 2RJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by First Choice Care Limited
Medway House is a residential care home in Wembley for adults living with mental health conditions. Most of the people we support are younger adults, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. We run the house as a household....
Specialisms: Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Mosaic House · 18 St Andrews Avenue, Wembley, Brent, HA0 2QD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by First Choice Care Limited
We are a residential home in Wembley supporting adults who need somewhere settled to live, including younger adults and people living with mental health conditions. What we try to offer is stability. Familiar staff, a predictable shape to...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Parkside · 31 College Road, Wembley, Brent, HA9 8RN
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Reeson Care Homes Limited
Parkside is a care home in Wembley. We provide residential care for adults with a learning disability, autistic adults and people managing a mental health condition, mostly younger adults. Respite stays are available alongside permanent...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Real Life Options - 96 Harrowdene Road · 96 Harrowdene Road, Wembley, Brent, HA0 2JF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Real Life Options
We at Real Life Options - 96 Harrowdene Road are proud to offer a warm, welcoming residential care home in the heart of Wembley, providing person centred residential care for adults with a diverse range of support needs. Nestled within a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Spring Lake · 17 Forty Lane, Wembley, Brent, HA9 9EU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Care Expertise Group Limited
Spring Lake is a residential care home in Wembley, and we support adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, including younger adults working towards a more independent life. Respite stays are available as well. We are a...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Sudbury Care Homes · 67 Sudbury Avenue, Wembley, Brent, HA0 3AW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sudbury Care Homes Limited
Sudbury Care Homes in Wembley provide residential care for adults with a learning disability and for autistic adults. We also offer respite stays. We run these as households rather than services with bedrooms attached. People choose how...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Viola House · 57-59 Castleton Avenue, Wembley, Brent, HA9 7QE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sunrise Care Limited
Viola House is a residential home in Wembley, in the borough of Brent. We support adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, most of them younger adults, and we offer respite stays as well as permanent places. This is a house...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care

What care costs in Brent, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care London figure, because too few Brent homes publish this price. 21 homes. Median £1,783.	£1,436	£1,688 to £1,953
Nursing care London figure, because too few Brent homes publish this price. 12 homes. Median £2,228.	£1,320	£2,060 to £2,276
Residential dementia care London figure, because too few Brent homes publish this price. 18 homes. Median £1,979.	Not published separately	£1,889 to £2,049
Nursing dementia care London figure, because too few Brent homes publish this price. 10 homes. Median £2,283.	Not published separately	£2,114 to £2,340

Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Inspected most recently

Lee Valley Care Services Limited, 28 July 2026, Requires improvement
Franklyn Lodge 9 Grand Avenue, 17 April 2026, Requires improvement
Sudbury Care Homes Limited, 30 March 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Lawnfield House, 18 October 2017, Good
St Mungo's Broadway - 53 Chichester Road, 29 March 2018, Good
Medway House, 7 June 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Brent

How many care homes are there in Brent?

Brent has 39 CQC registered care homes: 33 Good, 5 Requires improvement, 1 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a care home cost in Brent?

London Borough of Brent pays an average of £1,436 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,688 to £1,953 a week. London figure, because too few Brent homes publish this price. 21 homes. Median £1,783. Published prices are often starting prices, and come from homes that publish fees, so treat them as a guide. Ask the home for its own price.

Which care homes in Brent were inspected most recently?

Lee Valley Care Services Limited (28 July 2026), Franklyn Lodge 9 Grand Avenue (17 April 2026) and Sudbury Care Homes Limited (30 March 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.