Dementia Care Homes in Birmingham 63 dementia care homes · 50 rated Good by CQC

Of the 225 CQC registered care homes in Birmingham, 63 are registered for dementia care. Of those, 48 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 12 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 55 of the 63 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

All 63 dementia care homes in Birmingham

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    Tudor Gardens Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    27-29 Tudor Gardens, Birmingham, Birmingham B23 6FD

    1.7 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Nov 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Jaffray Care Society

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Tudor Gardens is a residential care home in Birmingham supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people with loss of sight or hearing, and people living with mental health conditions. Many of the people here are younger adults. That range works because we build support around the individual rather than around a label. One person may need help with almost every part of the day and another hardly any, and both live here on the same terms. We ask each person what a good day looks like for them, write it down in a form that makes sense to them, and change it when they say so. Communication gets close attention, using speech, signing, symbols, objects of reference or simply the understanding that comes from knowing somebody well. For people with sensory loss we adapt how rooms are lit and how we approach and announce ourselves, because those small things decide whether a person is included. People here are supported to get out into Birmingham, to clubs, appointments and family. Respite stays are available. Our most recent rating from the Care Quality Commission is good.

    • Dementia Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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  2. Tudor Rose Rest Home Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    671 Chester Road, Birmingham, Birmingham B23 5TH

    2.9 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Feb 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Careplex Limited

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Tudor Rose Rest Home is a residential care home in Birmingham providing a home for older people and for younger adults who need support with everyday life, including people living with dementia and people living with mental health conditions. We are not a large institution and we do not try to run like one. People keep their own routines as far as they can, which means breakfast when you wake rather than when a trolley arrives, and a day shaped around what a person actually enjoys. The care covers washing and dressing, medication, meals cooked here, mobility and the many small things that become difficult alone. For people living with dementia and for those managing mental health conditions, patience and familiarity achieve more than any amount of procedure. Our staff tend to stay with us, which means people here are looked after by faces they recognise, and that continuity counts for a great deal when memory or mood is unpredictable. Families are part of the household rather than visitors to be managed. Come when it suits you, join us for a meal, and tell us if you think we have got something wrong. Respite stays are available. Our most recent rating from the Care Quality Commission is good.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Mental Health
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Berwood Court Care Home Nursing home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Berwood Park, Birmingham, Birmingham B35 7EW

    2.9 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    Yes

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Oct 2021 over 5 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Dukeries Healthcare Limited

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Nursing Home
    • Care Home

    Berwood Court Care Home in Birmingham provides both nursing and residential care for older people, including those living with dementia and people with a physical disability. Respite stays are available too. Having both kinds of care under one roof matters more than it might sound. When somebody's health changes and they begin to need nursing input, they do not have to pack up, leave the staff they know and settle somewhere unfamiliar at the worst possible moment. For a lot of families that continuity is the thing they are most anxious about when they first come to look round. Registered nurses are on site at all hours, so clinical needs are met here. Most of good nursing care is small things done reliably. Pressure care that does not slip. Mouth care that is not skipped. Someone sitting with a person who is frightened in the night. Alongside that runs the ordinary business of a decent day, which counts just as much. Residents choose their routines, make their rooms their own and decide how much company they want. With dementia we rely on familiar faces and a predictable day. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and visit Berwood Court.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Respite Care

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  4. Clifton House Care home in Birmingham · Rated Requires improvement by CQC

    CQC: requires improvement

    165 Clifton Road, Birmingham, Birmingham B12 8SL

    3.0 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Aug 2023 over 3 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Legacy Healthcare Group Limited

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Clifton House is a residential care home in Birmingham. We support older people, including those living with dementia and those with physical disabilities, and we are home to younger adults as well. We also offer respite stays for families who need a break or are planning towards a longer arrangement. Most of what makes a care home good happens quietly and daily. Meals people want to eat. Being helped to the bathroom without a wait. Clean laundry that comes back. Knowing the name of whoever is on this evening. Somebody noticing that you are not quite yourself. We put our effort there rather than into anything that reads well from a distance. For residents living with dementia we work at keeping the day predictable and the surroundings familiar, and we ask families for the history that lets us understand what a person means rather than merely what they said. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement. We would rather write that here than let a family come across it elsewhere and wonder why we did not mention it. We have accepted the findings and we are working through them. Anyone thinking about a move here should visit without warning, talk to residents and relatives out of our hearing, and ask us directly what has changed and what has not yet.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Arden Lodge Residential Care Home for Elder Adults Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    946 Warwick Road, Birmingham, Birmingham B27 6QG

    3.2 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Apr 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Lindale Homes Limited

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Arden Lodge Residential Care Home is a care home in Birmingham. We provide residential care for older people and younger adults, and we support people living with dementia and people managing a mental health condition. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Birmingham is a city of many communities and our residents come from a good number of them. That shapes the ordinary business of the day. What is cooked and how it is prepared, which festivals are marked, which languages are spoken on a shift, whether somebody has a quiet place to pray. None of that is decoration. For most people it is the difference between living somewhere and being housed there. Where somebody has lived with a mental health condition for many years, we start from what they tell us works. They generally know more about it than we do, and being listened to is often the thing they have had least of. For those living with dementia, familiarity carries most of the weight. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and see us if you are considering care in the city, and speak to residents and relatives as well as to us.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Mental Health
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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  6. Victoria Lodge Care Home Care home in Birmingham · Rated Outstanding by CQC

    CQC: outstanding

    11 Victoria Road, Birmingham, Birmingham B27 7XZ

    3.7 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Mar 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Miss S G Howard

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Victoria Lodge Care Home is a residential home in Birmingham. We are a permanent home to older people, many of whom are living with dementia, and we also offer respite stays for people who need care for a short period or whose family carer needs a break. We help with the things that have become difficult: getting washed and dressed, moving about safely, taking medication at the right time, eating and drinking well, and having somebody nearby through the night. Where dementia is part of the picture, it shapes the whole house rather than a single corner of it. We keep the day recognisable, we keep familiar staff around, we let people keep their own belongings and their own habits, and we sit with someone who is upset instead of trying to talk them out of it. Food is cooked here and we cater for the tastes and the dietary and religious requirements of the people who live with us, which in a city like Birmingham means asking rather than assuming. Families visit whenever they can and are welcome at mealtimes. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is outstanding. We would still rather you came and saw the place for yourself, talked to residents and staff, and made up your own mind.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Respite Care

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  7. Evergreen Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    119 Wake Green Road, Birmingham, Birmingham B13 9UT

    3.8 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jun 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Accomplish Group Limited

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Evergreen is a residential care home in Birmingham. We support older people and younger adults who need help with everyday life, including residents living with dementia, residents with mental health needs and residents with physical disabilities, and we offer respite stays for shorter periods. Residents here have different histories, different routines and very different ideas of a good day, so we plan support one person at a time rather than running the house on a single timetable. Help with personal care, meals, medication and appointments is given quietly and with respect for privacy, and whatever a resident can still manage themselves is protected rather than taken over. Dementia care shapes much of our work. Knowing a person's history and the rhythms that suit them is what allows us to reassure rather than argue when someone is unsettled. Mental health needs ask for the same patience and for noticing a change early rather than waiting for it to become a crisis, and we work alongside colleagues in local health teams where that helps. For residents with physical disabilities we pay attention to mobility and to the arrangements that let someone do more without help. Families are welcome whenever they wish to come and we would far rather hear a concern while it is small. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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  8. Silver Birches Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    23 Tyne Close, Birmingham, Solihull B37 6QZ

    4.9 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Sep 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Affinity Care Consortium Ltd

    Local authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Silver Birches is a residential care home in the Solihull area of Birmingham, providing care for older people, including people living with dementia. We offer permanent places and shorter respite stays. We keep the home domestic in feel rather than institutional. People get up when they wake, eat what they like, and spend their days as they choose. Some are in company from breakfast onwards. Others would far rather have their own room, the window open and the paper, and neither preference draws any comment from us. The care covers help with washing and dressing, prompting and administering medication, meals cooked on the premises, support with mobility, and somebody always about when a person wants them. For those living with dementia we keep the routine steady and the staff familiar, and we arrange the house so that it is easy to understand and move around. We take the view that behaviour is almost always communication, and the question worth asking is what somebody is trying to tell us. Families are welcome whenever they wish to come, and we would much rather hear a worry early than have it go unsaid. Respite can cover a family holiday or a period of recovery after illness. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good, and you are welcome to visit.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Respite Care

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  9. Orchard Blythe Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Wingfield Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire B46 3LL

    6.0 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jul 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Runwood Homes Limited

    Local authority: Warwickshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Orchard Blythe is a residential care home in Warwickshire, on the edge of Birmingham. We provide a permanent home to older people and to some younger adults, and we also offer respite stays for those needing care for a short period or whose family carer needs a break. Most of our residents need help with washing and dressing, moving about safely, medication and meals, and reassurance that somebody is nearby at night. Many are living with dementia, and we let that shape the whole house rather than treating it as a separate wing. The day follows a recognisable pattern, familiar staff are around, people keep their own belongings and habits, and somebody who is anxious gets company and time rather than correction. We also support people with physical disabilities, where equipment, seating and access decide how much independence somebody actually has, and people living with sight or hearing loss. Food is cooked on the premises and people are asked what they would like. There is somewhere sociable to sit and somewhere quiet, the grounds get used when the weather allows, and visitors do not need an appointment. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please arrange to come and see us and talk to whoever is on duty.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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  10. Cherry Lodge Care home in Birmingham · Rated Requires improvement by CQC

    CQC: requires improvement

    6 Manningford Road, Birmingham, Birmingham B14 5LD

    6.2 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Aug 2025

    Run by

    Care First Class (UK) Limited

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Cherry Lodge is a residential care home in Birmingham for older people who need help with daily living. We support people living with dementia, people with mental health needs, people with physical disabilities and people with sight or hearing loss, and we offer respite stays. Our everyday work is the ordinary business of a household run well. Help with washing, dressing and moving about, given at the person's own pace and as privately as possible. Medication managed properly. Meals cooked here with real choice. Rooms that people make their own. Where there is sensory loss we attend to lighting, contrast and hearing aids that have actually been checked. We should be open about where we stand. Our most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission rated us requires improvement overall. We did not dispute the findings. Since then we have strengthened staffing and supervision, tightened how we manage medicines and the records we keep, and had senior staff check the care actually being given rather than the care described on paper. That work continues and we are not going to claim it is finished. We would far rather raise this ourselves and answer questions honestly than leave a family to discover it later. Anyone considering the home is welcome to visit, see how things are now, talk to the people who live here, and ask us anything at all.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Mental Health
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Respite Care

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  11. Lucton House Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    8 Long Wood, Birmingham, Birmingham B30 1HT

    6.2 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Nov 2018 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    GCH (Midlands) Ltd

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Lucton House is a care home in Birmingham. We provide residential care for older people and younger adults, we support people living with dementia, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. Birmingham is a city of many communities and our residents come from a good number of them. That shapes the ordinary business of the day. What is cooked and how it is prepared, which festivals are marked, which languages are spoken on a shift, whether somebody has a quiet place to pray. None of that is decoration. For most people it is the difference between living somewhere and being housed there. The day belongs to the residents. They choose when to get up, what to eat, where to spend their time and how much company they want. Rooms belong to the people in them, and relatives visit without appointment. For those living with dementia, we work from who the person has been rather than what they can currently manage, and families are usually the ones who can tell us that history. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and see us if you are considering care in the city, and speak to residents and relatives as well as to us.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Kingsleigh House Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    37 Harbinger Road, Birmingham, Birmingham B38 0AD

    6.6 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Apr 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Christadelphian Care Homes

    Local authority: Birmingham City Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Kingsleigh House is a residential care home in Birmingham. We support older people, including those living with dementia and those with physical disabilities, and we offer respite stays for families who need a break or are planning ahead. A care home either feels like somebody's home or it does not, and residents work that out long before any visitor does. So we pay attention to the things that decide it. Whether you can make a cup of tea when you want one. Whether staff knock. Whether the person helping you knows what you did for a living. Whether anybody notices you have gone quiet. For residents with physical disabilities the practical side has to be right, and we plan moving and handling around what the person can still do themselves rather than around what is fastest for us. Independence lost through convenience is rarely regained. Families are welcome whenever they want to come. We would rather be seen on a normal afternoon than on a prepared one, and relatives often notice things we have stopped seeing. The Care Quality Commission rates us good overall. We treat that as a floor. We ask residents and their families regularly what we should be doing differently, and we act on the answers rather than filing them.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Respite Care

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  13. Redwood House Residential Home Care home in Birmingham · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Cherry Hill Road, Birmingham, Worcestershire B45 8LL

    11.2 miles away

    Weekly fees

    £850 to £1,150 regional guide for the West Midlands, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Sep 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Clarendon Care Group Limited

    Local authority: Worcestershire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Redwood House is a residential home for older people near Birmingham, in Worcestershire. We are a house rather than an institution, and we would like the people who live here to feel that it is theirs. Our care is residential rather than nursing. We help with personal care, medication, meals, mobility and company, calling in community health professionals whenever something more clinical is needed. We support residents living with dementia, and the things we rely on are unglamorous and effective: familiar staff, a routine that stays the same, food people recognise and reassurance repeated as often as it is wanted. We care for residents with physical disabilities and those with a visual or hearing impairment, adapting how we communicate and how we help people move about so that dignity and independence are protected. Respite stays are available too, giving family carers a genuine rest and letting a prospective resident spend time here before any permanent decision is made. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. We treat that as a standard to hold rather than a badge to point at. If you are considering Redwood House for a relative, please come during an ordinary day, meet the people who live here and make up your own mind.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Respite Care

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What dementia care homes cost in Birmingham, per week

Type of careWhat the council paysWhat self-funders are typically asked
Residential care Middle half of prices from 30 West Midlands homes. Median £1,398.Varies by council£1,219 to £1,579
Nursing care Middle half of prices from 16 West Midlands homes. Median £1,646.Varies by council£1,460 to £1,936
Residential dementia care Most relevant to this page Middle half of prices from 23 West Midlands homes. Median £1,484.Not published separately£1,375 to £1,681
Nursing dementia care Most relevant to this page England figure, because too few West Midlands 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. What a council pays differs from council to council. Ask the home for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

CQC inspection dates for dementia care homes in Birmingham

Inspected most recently

Longest since a CQC report

Arranging and funding a dementia care home place in Birmingham

What the Published Ratings Show

63 residential care homes registered for dementia support appear in this collection. Two hold an Outstanding judgement, forty six are rated Good, eleven are rated Requires Improvement and one has not yet been inspected for a rating, which usually indicates a recent registration rather than any known problem. The rating is a starting point rather than a verdict. Each inspection report sets out separate findings on safety, effectiveness, caring, responsiveness and leadership, and for dementia the responsiveness and caring sections often carry the most useful detail about daily life in the home.

What to Look For in Dementia Support

Good dementia care shows itself in small things. Look for signage and layout that help someone find their own room and the bathroom without asking, for secure outdoor space that can be used freely, and for lounges quiet enough that a conversation is possible. Ask what training staff receive, how often agency workers are used and whether the same faces appear on the same shifts, because familiarity matters enormously when memory does not. Ask how the home responds to distress or restlessness in the evening, and what it does instead of reaching for medication.

Involving the Person and the Family

A home should want to know who the person was before their diagnosis, and should be able to explain how that history shapes a care plan. Ask whether relatives can visit without notice, how changes in condition are communicated and what happens if needs progress beyond what the home is registered to provide.

Choosing between dementia care homes in Birmingham

Requesting a Care Needs Assessment

The starting point for most families is a care needs assessment, which records what help a person requires and whether those needs meet the national eligibility threshold. Anyone can ask for one, and it is free regardless of savings or income. Birmingham City Council is responsible for carrying out that assessment and for arranging a financial assessment where funded support might follow. A carer supporting someone at home can request an assessment of their own needs alongside it.

How Fees and Funded Support Work

Dementia care is generally charged as a weekly fee covering the room, meals and personal care, with the level often reflecting how much supervision a person needs. Where capital falls below the relevant threshold and eligible needs are identified, the council may contribute towards the placement, and continuing healthcare funding is assessed separately by the health service where needs are primarily clinical. Families paying privately should ask for written confirmation of the fee, what sits outside it and how much notice is given of an increase.

Moving From Shortlist to Decision

Draw up a short list from the entries below, visit more than once and at different times of day, and read the inspection report in full before committing. Taking someone who knows the person well on a second visit often surfaces questions a first look misses. The profiles here bring registration details and published judgements together so that comparison rests on evidence rather than on marketing material.

Frequently asked questions about dementia care homes in Birmingham

How many dementia care homes are there in Birmingham?

Birmingham has 63 CQC registered care homes that are registered for dementia care, out of 225 CQC registered care homes in Birmingham: 2 Outstanding, 48 Good, 12 Requires improvement, 1 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

Which dementia care homes in Birmingham were inspected most recently?

Platinum Care Services (16 September 2026), Marian House (26 June 2026) and Washwood Healthcare Service (25 June 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

Which providers offer dementia care in Birmingham?

63 providers appear on this page, each registered with the Care Quality Commission as a residential care home offering dementia support. Two are rated Outstanding, forty six are rated Good, eleven are rated Requires Improvement and one is awaiting a first rating. Availability changes week by week, so it is worth approaching more than one at a time. Every profile below sets out the registration details and links through to the published inspection report.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation, meals and personal care, including help with washing, dressing, medication and daily routine, delivered by care staff. A nursing home offers all of that alongside qualified nurses on site at all hours. Every provider listed here is registered as a residential care home rather than a nursing home. Where dementia is accompanied by a clinical need such as wound care, a feeding tube or unstable physical health, a nursing registration is usually the right fit.

What should families ask when visiting a dementia care home in Birmingham?

Ask about staff training in dementia, how consistent the staffing is and whether agency cover is used regularly. Find out how the home occupies people during the day, how it handles distress or walking about at night, and what its approach to medication is. Ask to see a sample care plan and to hear how the home learns about someone's life before their diagnosis. It is also fair to ask what would happen if needs increased and whether the home could continue to meet them.

How is a care needs assessment arranged in Birmingham?

Contact Birmingham City Council and ask for a care needs assessment, which is the statutory route into arranged or funded support. The assessment is free and open to anyone who appears to need help, whatever their financial position. A social care practitioner will look at daily living, safety, mobility and the support already being given by family. The written outcome is useful to keep, because a home will ask for the same information before offering a place.

Can Birmingham City Council fund a dementia care home placement?

It can, where the care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and a financial assessment shows that capital sits below the relevant threshold. The council then contributes towards the weekly fee, with the person paying an assessed contribution from income. Where needs arise mainly from health rather than social care, continuing healthcare funding may be assessed by the health service instead. Because both assessments take time, it is sensible to begin the process well before a move becomes urgent.

How early should the search for dementia care begin?

Starting several months ahead is ideal, since it allows time to visit homes properly rather than deciding under pressure after a hospital admission or a crisis at home. Waiting lists for well regarded homes can run to weeks or longer, particularly for rooms suited to higher levels of need. If council funding may be involved, allow additional time for the assessments that precede it. Even an early look at the profiles below makes a later decision considerably calmer.

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Local authority support in Birmingham

Birmingham City Council arranges and funds adult social care in this area. Use these official council links to check funding, request an assessment and get support.

Adult social care website Birmingham City Council

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Guides for choosing a dementia care home

Plain-English advice on choosing and paying for dementia care homes.

Free care planning tools

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Provider information is sourced from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), last updated September 2026.