Which providers offer residential care in Crewe?

Eight providers are listed on this page, all registered with the Care Quality Commission as residential care homes. Four are rated Good, two Requires Improvement and one Inadequate, while one is awaiting a first rating. Vacancies change from week to week, so it is worth contacting more than one home at a time. Each profile below sets out registration details and links to the published inspection report.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation, meals and personal care such as help with washing, dressing and medication, delivered by care staff. A nursing home holds a registration allowing qualified nurses to be on the premises at all hours as well. All eight providers on this page are registered as residential care homes rather than nursing homes. Where a clinical need is involved, such as a wound requiring regular dressing or unstable health, a nursing registration is normally required.

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

Ask about staffing during the day and overnight, how often agency workers are used and whether the same staff work the same shifts. Find out what residents do with their time, how care plans are written and reviewed and how families are told when something changes. Cover the practical points as well, including the weekly fee, what is charged separately, laundry and visiting arrangements. Ask to see the most recent inspection report and what the home changed in response to it.

How is a care needs assessment arranged in Crewe?

Contact Cheshire East Council, the authority responsible for adult social care in this area, and ask for a care needs assessment. It is free and open to anyone who appears to need support, whatever their income or savings. A practitioner will look at daily living, safety, mobility and the help relatives are already providing. The written outcome can then be shared with any home you approach.

Can Cheshire East Council fund a care home placement?

It can, where a care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and a financial assessment shows capital below the relevant threshold. The council then contributes towards the weekly fee, with the person paying an assessed amount from income. Where needs are primarily clinical, continuing healthcare funding may be assessed by the health service instead. Both routes take time, so the request is best made before a move becomes urgent.

How early should families start looking at care homes?

Starting several months ahead is ideal, because it allows time to visit properly rather than deciding in the days after a crisis. Waiting lists can run to weeks, particularly at homes with few rooms and a settled reputation. Where council funding may be involved, allow further time for the assessments that come first. Reading the profiles below early makes the eventual decision a calmer one.

Care Homes in Crewe

Crewe has 8 CQC registered care homes. 5 are rated Good, 2 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate. 3 of the 8 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Crewe at a glance

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

Cheshire East Council pays, residential care: £921 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,249 to £1,514, median £1,409
Care home beds filled across Cheshire East: 86%. The 12 month average is 86%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 86
People aged 75 and over: 51,700. Rising to 60,600 by 2035, up 17%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 10 changed owner, covering 552 beds.
Who pays, across Cheshire East (estimate): 32% council, 46% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 6,700. Rising to 8,600 by 2035, up 28%
People aged 85 and over: 13,900. Rising to 21,300 by 2035, up 53%

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Choosing Between the Care Homes Listed for Crewe

A Mixed Record and How to Read It

Of the eight homes here, four are rated Good, two are rated Requires Improvement and one is rated Inadequate, while one has not yet been rated. That spread is a reason to read rather than to assume. Each report behind a rating sets out separate findings on safety, effectiveness, caring, responsiveness and leadership, and a poor judgement will say precisely what inspectors found and when. Check the date as well, since ownership and management change and an older report may no longer describe the home you would walk into.

What to Look For in Person

Visit when the home is busy rather than at a quiet hour arranged for your convenience. Watch whether residents look occupied and comfortable, how staff speak to people who take longer to reply, and whether anyone explains what is about to happen rather than simply doing it. Ask what fills an ordinary day, how often residents get outside and whether visitors are welcome without an appointment.

Staffing and Continuity

Ask how many staff are on duty during the day and overnight, how much agency cover is used and whether the same people work the same shifts, because familiarity counts for a great deal to someone settling in. Ask how care plans are written and reviewed, how families are told when something changes, and what would happen if needs grew beyond what the home is registered to provide.

Arranging a Place in Crewe and Meeting the Cost

The Care Needs Assessment

A care needs assessment records formally what support a person needs, and it is free to anyone who appears to require help, whatever their savings. Families can approach Cheshire East Council to arrange one, and a relative providing care at home can request a separate assessment of their own needs. Keep the written outcome, because every home you contact will ask for much the same information.

Fees and Funded Support

Residential care is charged as a weekly fee covering the room, meals and personal care, with the level often reflecting how much help a person needs rather than the size of the room. Where eligible needs are identified and a financial assessment shows capital below the relevant threshold, the council may contribute, with an assessed amount paid from the person's income. Where needs arise mainly from health rather than social care, continuing healthcare funding is assessed separately by the health service. Anyone paying privately should ask for written confirmation of the fee, what sits outside it and how much notice precedes an increase.

8 care homes in Crewe

The Cedars Residential Care Home · Crewe, Cheshire East · CQC Good
Wood Cottage · Crewe, Cheshire East · CQC Good
Primrose Avenue · Crewe, Cheshire East · CQC Good
The Emmie Dixon Home · Crewe, Cheshire East · CQC Good
The Elms Residential Care Home · Crewe, Cheshire East · CQC Good
Danebank · Crewe, Cheshire East · CQC Requires improvement
Wistaston House · Crewe, Cheshire East · CQC Requires improvement
Mayfield House · Crewe, Cheshire East · CQC Inadequate

What care costs in Cheshire East, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care North West figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,409.	£921	£1,249 to £1,514
Nursing care England figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916.	£1,108	£1,600 to £2,071
Residential dementia care North West figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 17 homes. Median £1,533.	Not published separately	£1,372 to £1,648
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 75 homes. Median £2,050.	Not published separately	£1,890 to £2,221

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

The Emmie Dixon Home, 7 September 2026, Good
Wood Cottage, 27 August 2026, Good
Mayfield House, 28 October 2025, Inadequate

Longest since a report

Primrose Avenue - Crewe, 18 January 2018, Good
The Elms Residential Care Home, 5 February 2019, Good
The Cedars Residential Care Home, 22 January 2020, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Crewe

How many care homes are there in Crewe?

Crewe has 8 CQC registered care homes: 5 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a care home cost in Crewe?

Cheshire East Council pays an average of £921 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,249 to £1,514 a week. North West figure, because too few Cheshire East homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,409. 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 Crewe were inspected most recently?

The Emmie Dixon Home (7 September 2026), Wood Cottage (27 August 2026) and Mayfield House (28 October 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Cheshire East

The Belvedere registered as a 41 bed care home in Cheshire East (5 November 2026)

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