Which care homes in Camberley are listed on this page?

Eight registered residential care homes match this search, each with its own profile. Seven hold a Good rating from the Care Quality Commission and one has not yet been given a published rating. Registration says nothing about current vacancies, so availability has to be confirmed with each home directly. Because the ratings are so similar, the reports are where comparison really begins.

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

A care home provides personal care, meaning help with washing, dressing, meals, medicines and getting about, delivered by trained care staff. A nursing home offers the same alongside a registered nurse on duty, which matters where there are wounds to dress, a feeding tube, unstable diabetes or complex medication to manage. Every provider on this page is registered as a residential care home rather than a nursing home. If nursing care is needed, the assessment should record that and the search should move to nursing provision.

What should be asked when visiting a care home in Camberley?

Ask how care plans are written and reviewed and how families are informed when something changes. Check how medicines are stored, administered and recorded, and what happens when a resident becomes unwell out of hours. Ask about staffing levels overnight, staff turnover and how often agency cover is relied upon, since continuity shapes daily life more than furnishings. With ratings this similar, asking what each home does particularly well helps tell them apart.

How is a care needs assessment arranged in Camberley?

Contact the adult social care team at Surrey County Council and request an assessment of care and support needs. There is no charge and no means test attached, so it is worth doing even where care will be funded privately. The written outcome gives every home a clear starting point and saves repeating the same account many times. If the person is in hospital, the ward team can begin the process before discharge.

Can Surrey County Council fund a care home placement in Camberley?

It may, once both a care needs assessment and a financial assessment have been completed. The needs assessment must establish that residential care is the appropriate form of support rather than help at home. The financial assessment then examines income, savings and capital to set the contribution expected from the person moving in. If a council contribution is agreed, ask in writing whether a third party top up would be sought and who would be liable for it.

How far ahead should the search begin?

Starting before a crisis forces the issue is always better, because choice narrows sharply when a decision must be made within days. Six to eight weeks allows time for assessments, several visits and a careful read of the inspection reports. After a hospital admission the timescale is often much shorter, and the council team is the quickest route then. Even a provisional shortlist prepared early means an urgent decision is still an informed one.

Care Homes in Camberley

Camberley has 8 CQC registered care homes. 7 are rated Good, and 1 has not yet been rated. 6 of the 8 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Camberley at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in Camberley, to help you judge the options below.

Surrey County Council pays, residential care: £952 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,654 to £1,931, median £1,772
Care home beds filled across Surrey: 88%. The 12 month average is 87%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 127. Surrey average is 90.
People aged 75 and over: 10,600. Rising to 12,300 by 2035, up 16%
Care homes, last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed. 4 changed owner, covering 245 beds.
Who pays, across Surrey (estimate): 32% council, 52% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,400. Rising to 1,800 by 2035, up 26%
People aged 85 and over: 3,300. Rising to 4,900 by 2035, up 49%

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Choosing Between the Camberley Homes

Where matching ratings leave you

Eight homes appear on this page, seven rated Good and one without a published rating. Judgements that agree this closely do almost no sorting, so the reports have to carry the comparison. Start with the publication date, because a report written some years ago may describe a staff team that has turned over entirely. Then read what inspectors recorded about staffing levels, medicines management and how residents spend their day, and note whether a home was commended for something specific or simply found to be meeting the standard expected. For the unrated home, ask the manager when an inspection is expected.

What a visit is actually for

Go late in the afternoon rather than mid morning, when staffing is thinnest and nothing has been arranged for a visitor. Sit in the communal areas instead of touring only the show bedroom, and notice whether staff speak to residents in passing or only while carrying out a task. Ask who writes the care plan, how often it is reviewed, and how a family is told about a fall or a change in health. Questions about staff turnover and reliance on agency cover are reasonable, and the frankness of the reply is informative in itself.

Points to settle before committing

Ask about trial periods, the notice required on either side, and what the home would do if needs rose beyond what it is registered to provide.

Arranging Care and Understanding the Cost

Beginning with an assessment

A care needs assessment records the support required with washing, dressing, eating, mobility and medicines, and notes anything clinical that must continue. It is free and open to anyone who appears to need care, whatever their savings. Where a relative already provides most of that support, a carer assessment can be requested at the same time and often changes what help is offered.

How funding is decided

A financial assessment weighs income, savings and capital to establish the contribution expected and whether public money meets the balance. Property is treated differently depending on circumstances, including whether a spouse continues to live there, so raise that directly rather than assuming. The adult social care team at Surrey County Council carries out both assessments and can explain what support may be available while an application is pending.

Making sense of fees

Ask for a written schedule separating accommodation, personal care, laundry, activities, chiropody, hairdressing and escorted appointments, with extras marked plainly, and ask how often fees are reviewed and by what margin recently.

8 care homes in Camberley

Whitebourne · Camberley, Surrey
Cottage · Camberley, Surrey · CQC Good
Dimensions 42 Jubilee Road · Camberley, Surrey · CQC Good
Rainbow Lodge · Camberley, Surrey · CQC Good
Dimensions 1 Ridgewood Drive · Camberley, Surrey · CQC Good
Upalong Residential Home · Camberley, Surrey · CQC Good
Cherrydale · Camberley, Surrey · CQC Good
Hill View Care Home · Camberley, Surrey · CQC Good

What care costs in Surrey, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care Middle half of prices from 18 Surrey homes. Median £1,772.	£952	£1,654 to £1,931
Nursing care Middle half of prices from 13 Surrey homes. Median £2,025.	£988	£1,920 to £2,155
Residential dementia care Middle half of prices from 14 Surrey homes. Median £1,842.	Not published separately	£1,725 to £2,020
Nursing dementia care South East figure, because too few Surrey homes publish this price. 37 homes. Median £2,050.	Not published separately	£1,975 to £2,226

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

Cherrydale, 16 April 2025, Good
Rainbow Lodge, 6 July 2023, Good
Dimensions 1 Ridgewood Drive, 18 October 2019, Good

Longest since a report

Camberley Cottage, 13 April 2018, Good
Upalong Residential Home, 1 February 2019, Good
Hill View Care Home, 17 September 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Camberley

How many care homes are there in Camberley?

Camberley has 8 CQC registered care homes: 7 Good, 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 Camberley?

Surrey County Council pays an average of £952 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,654 to £1,931 a week. Middle half of prices from 18 Surrey homes. Median £1,772. 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 Camberley were inspected most recently?

Cherrydale (16 April 2025), Rainbow Lodge (6 July 2023) and Dimensions 1 Ridgewood Drive (18 October 2019) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Surrey

New 30 bed care home registered with CQC in Waverley: Bridge House Care Home (5 November 2026)
CQC register adds a new care home in Waverley: Cedar Court Care Home (5 November 2026)

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