Care Homes in Crawley

Crawley has 19 CQC registered care homes. 13 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 4 Requires improvement. 10 of the 19 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Planning and paying for a care home place in Crawley

Cost is usually the first worry and the last thing anyone explains properly. The order that helps is to establish what a person needs, in writing, and to treat the money as a separate question answered afterwards.

Requesting the assessment

Any adult who appears to need care and support has the right to a free assessment, whatever their savings and whether or not they expect to pay privately. A practitioner reviews washing and dressing, mobility, medication, meals, safety and isolation, then records what support is required. That written outcome shapes which homes will suit and underpins any later funding claim. Arrange it through West Sussex County Council adult social care, and ask for a carer's assessment in your own right if you have been providing support at home.

Who pays, and how much

A financial assessment then compares capital and income with the national thresholds. Above the upper threshold the placement is self funded. Below it the council contributes on a sliding calculation while the resident pays a share from income and keeps a protected personal allowance. Where a property is involved, the rules turn on who else lives there, and a deferred payment agreement can postpone a sale. Ask for the workings in writing.

Reading a fee quotation

Weekly fees differ between homes and between rooms within one home, according to size, outlook and the support needed. Ask for an itemised list of what is included and what is billed separately, such as hairdressing, chiropody, outings or escorted appointments. Ask how often fees are reviewed and what notice is given before a rise. Two similar looking figures can mean quite different things.

Choosing a home here and what to check

When most of the list is already Good

With one home rated Outstanding and fourteen rated Good, the published grade will not narrow this list very far. Three homes hold Requires Improvement, which is a prompt to read the report rather than to dismiss them outright. For the rest, the useful detail sits in the reports themselves: how the home recruits and keeps staff, what residents and relatives told inspectors, how medication is handled, and how recently the visit took place.

Registration against the need

All the providers listed are registered as residential care homes, offering a permanent home with personal care rather than nursing on site. Community health staff visit for particular tasks and that covers most circumstances. A continuing clinical need points instead to a nursing registered home. Ask each home what it does when a resident's needs increase, and whether anyone has had to move on because of it.

What only a visit will tell you

Arrange one visit and drop in unannounced for the second, at teatime rather than mid morning. Watch whether residents look comfortable and occupied, whether staff use people's names, and how long a call bell rings before it is answered. Ask how many carers are on at night, how long the team has been in post, and what the home does when somebody is unsettled in the early hours.

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