Dementia Care Homes in Dewsbury 5 dementia care homes · 4 rated Good by CQC
- 4 Good
- 1 Inadequate
Of the 14 CQC registered care homes in Dewsbury, 5 are registered for dementia care. Of those, 4 are rated Good, 1 Inadequate. 1 of the 5 was last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
All 5 dementia care homes in Dewsbury
Ashworth Grange Care home in Dewsbury · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Ashworth, Dewsbury, Kirklees WF13 2SU
Less than 0.5 miles
Weekly fees
£800 to £1,050 regional guide for Yorkshire and the Humber, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Dec 2023
Run by
Ideal Carehomes (Number One) Limited
Local authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
We at Ashworth Grange are proud to offer compassionate residential care in the heart of Dewsbury, providing a warm and welcoming home for older people across Kirklees and the wider Yorkshire community. Our comfortable setting has been thoughtfully designed to feel like a true home from home, where every resident is treated with the dignity, respect, and kindness they deserve. Nestled within Dewsbury, our home benefits from a peaceful location that combines the tranquillity residents enjoy with the convenience of being close to local amenities, making visits from family and friends easy and stress free. The environment throughout Ashworth Grange has been created with older people in mind, offering comfortable communal areas where residents can socialise, quiet corners for reflection, and welcoming spaces where loved ones can spend meaningful time together. Our specialism lies in supporting older people who require residential care, including those living with dementia, as well as those who need shorter stays through our respite care offering. For families whose loved ones are living with dementia, we understand how important it is to feel confident that care is delivered with patience, understanding, and genuine expertise. Our team works to create familiar routines, meaningful moments, and a calm atmosphere that helps residents feel secure and valued every single day. Respite care at Ashworth Grange provides a wonderful option for families who may need a short break from caring responsibilities, or for individuals recovering after a hospital stay. Whether the stay is planned in advance or arranged at shorter notice, we aim to make the transition as smooth and reassuring as possible, welcoming every guest with the same warmth extended to our permanent residents. At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to person centred care. We take the time to understand each resident as an individual, learning about their life story, preferences, hobbies, and the small daily details that make them feel truly at home. From favourite meals to cherished routines, we believe it is these thoughtful touches that transform a care home into a place where residents can flourish. Families can take comfort in knowing that Ashworth Grange has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission across all five inspection domains, including Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, and Well led, following our most recent inspection in December 2023. This consistent rating reflects the dedication of our team and our ongoing commitment to delivering care that meets the high standards families rightly expect. It offers reassurance that residents are supported by a home which is safe, well managed, and genuinely caring in every aspect of daily life. We recognise that choosing a care home is one of the most important decisions a family can make, and we are here to support you every step of the way. Whether you are exploring long term residential care, seeking specialist dementia support, or considering respite for a loved one, we warmly invite you to get in touch with Ashworth Grange to learn more about our home and arrange a visit. We would be delighted to welcome you, answer your questions, and show you first hand the care and community that make our Dewsbury home such a special place to live.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Respite Care
Ashworth Grange Care home in Dewsbury · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Ashworth, Dewsbury, Kirklees WF13 2SU
Less than 0.5 miles
Weekly fees
£800 to £1,050 regional guide for Yorkshire and the Humber, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Ask the home
CQC rated
Dec 2023
Run by
WT NB OpCo 1 Limited
Local authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Ashworth Grange is a residential care home in Dewsbury, supporting older people from across Kirklees, including many people living with dementia. Our ambition here is unfashionably plain. We want the ordinary days to be good ones. Food cooked in our own kitchen that people look forward to. Personal care given calmly and in private. Medication managed properly. Warm rooms that look like they belong to the person in them. Somebody awake at night. Enough going on in the house that there is a reason to come downstairs, and no pressure on anyone who would rather not. People keep their own habits wherever we can arrange it. A home that insists everybody rises at the same hour and bathes on a schedule has stopped being a home and become a timetable with beds in it. Dementia care is most of what we do and we have clear views about it. Correcting somebody about the year, or about where a long dead spouse has got to, helps nobody. Familiar staff, a calm and unhurried house, and knowing enough of a person's life to find the thread of a conversation help enormously. Relatives are the best source of that history and we ask for it early. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. We would rather keep improving than defend a grade. Come and see us at a busy time of day and ask the residents what they think.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
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York House Care home in Dewsbury · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Old Bank Road, Dewsbury, Kirklees WF12 7AH
0.5 miles away
Weekly fees
£800 to £1,050 regional guide for Yorkshire and the Humber, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Aug 2025
Run by
Highgate Care Services (Yorkshire) LTD
Local authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
York House is a residential care home in Dewsbury. We provide care for older people, including those living with dementia, and we also support some younger adults. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. We aim for an ordinary, comfortable household. Residents get up when they wake, eat what they actually enjoy and spend their days as they choose. Some are sociable and are downstairs from breakfast onwards. Others would rather have their own room, their own television and a quiet word with somebody who is not in a hurry. Both are perfectly reasonable and neither needs explaining. People usually arrive having struggled at home for a while, and the first few weeks are about settling rather than fitting in. We learn routines rather than imposing them, and we encourage people to bring their own furniture and pictures so a room becomes theirs quickly. Dementia care here rests on familiar staff, a steady rhythm and knowing something of a person's earlier life. Families often supply the detail that explains everything, and we ask for it early. Where somebody is distressed, we look for the cause. Having younger adults living here as well means we are careful not to let anyone's day drift into a pattern built around much older residents. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and visit York House.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Serene Residential Care Care home in Dewsbury · Rated Inadequate by CQC
CQC: inadequate
14 Quarry Road, Dewsbury, Kirklees WF13 2RZ
0.6 miles away
Weekly fees
£800 to £1,050 regional guide for Yorkshire and the Humber, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Jul 2025
Run by
Serene Residential Care Limited
Local authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Serene Residential Care is a care home in Dewsbury, and we support a wide range of adults: older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability or autism, people who live with mental health conditions, and people with physical disabilities or with a visual or hearing impairment. We also take respite bookings for people who need somewhere for a short stay. Supporting such a mix of people well means resisting the temptation to run the house to one rigid pattern. Somebody in their thirties with a learning disability wants a very different week from somebody in their nineties who has lived through a great deal and now wants peace, familiar faces and a comfortable chair. We take time at the start to understand what a good day looks like for each person, and we plan their care around that rather than around our convenience. Practically, we help with washing, dressing, medication, meals, mobility and continence, at whatever level each person needs, and we bring in the district nurses, GPs and specialist teams when health needs require it. We keep a close eye on wellbeing as well as health, because low mood and boredom do as much harm as anything physical. Families and friends are an important part of life here and we encourage them to visit and stay involved. If you would like to see the home in Dewsbury for yourself, you are welcome to arrange a visit at a time that suits you.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Learning Disability / Autism
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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Oak Park Care Home Care home in Dewsbury · Rated Good by CQC
CQC: good
Walnut Lane, Dewsbury, Kirklees WF12 8NJ
1.2 miles away
Weekly fees
£800 to £1,050 regional guide for Yorkshire and the Humber, ask the home
Nursing on site
No, residential
Short stays
Yes, respite
CQC rated
Dec 2021 over 4 years ago, ask what has changed
Run by
Bondcare (Darrington) Limited
Local authority: Kirklees Metropolitan Council · Check what you would pay
- Care Home
Oak Park Care Home is a residential care home in Dewsbury, in the Kirklees district. The people living here include older people, many of them living with dementia, along with younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with sight or hearing loss and people managing mental health conditions. Respite stays are available. Because our residents need quite different things from us, support is planned with each person rather than run to a single pattern. People keep their own rooms, their own belongings and their own routines, and they decide how much of the day to spend in company and how much on their own. We ask about the small preferences in detail and expect our staff to follow them, since those details are most of what makes a place feel like home. For residents living with dementia, consistency helps more than anything. Familiar staff, routines that change only when there is a reason, and the patience to understand what somebody means when words have become unreliable. Where people have sight or hearing loss we take particular care over how we communicate, so that nobody is left out of what is going on around them. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. We take it as evidence that the everyday work is being done properly and we keep looking at the detail. If you are considering a care home in this area for someone close to you, you are welcome to visit and ask us anything you like.
- Older Person Care
- Dementia Care
- Mental Health
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Younger Adults
- Respite Care
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What dementia care homes cost in Dewsbury, per week
| Type of care | What the council pays | What self-funders are typically asked |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care Middle half of prices from 14 Yorkshire & Humberside homes. Median £1,316. | Varies by council | £1,165 to £1,475 |
| Nursing care England figure, because too few Yorkshire & Humberside homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916. | Varies by council | £1,600 to £2,071 |
| Residential dementia care Most relevant to this page Middle half of prices from 13 Yorkshire & Humberside homes. Median £1,399. | Not published separately | £1,199 to £1,581 |
| Nursing dementia care Most relevant to this page England figure, because too few Yorkshire & Humberside 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 Dewsbury
Inspected most recently
- York House 5 August 2025, Good
- Serene Residential Care 25 July 2025, Inadequate
- Ashworth Grange 5 December 2023, Good
Longest since a CQC report
- Oak Park Care Home 30 December 2021, Good
- Ashworth Grange 5 December 2023, Good
- Ashworth Grange 5 December 2023, Good
Arranging and funding a dementia care home place in Dewsbury
Requesting a care needs assessment
The practical starting point is a written account of what the person needs, produced by a care needs assessment. It is free, carries no means test and can be requested by the person or by a relative acting on their behalf. Assessment and funded support in this area are the responsibility of Kirklees Metropolitan Council, whose assessor will consider memory, risk, mobility, medication, continence and the load currently falling on family carers. Describe the worst nights rather than the manageable days, because an assessment written from a good week understates what is really needed. A relative giving unpaid care can request a separate assessment of their own.
What the fees involve
Dementia placements are priced by the week and differ between homes in Dewsbury, so rely only on a figure a home has put in writing. Ask what the rate covers and what is billed on top, since hairdressing, chiropody, outings and certain continence products commonly sit outside it. Where the council contributes after a financial assessment, the rate it pays may be lower than a home's private fee, and that shortfall must be met by a third party top up rather than by the resident. Someone with substantial health needs may also qualify for continuing healthcare funding through the National Health Service, which is assessed by a separate process.
Choosing between dementia care homes in Dewsbury
How to weigh an Inadequate rating
Ashworth Grange, Oak Park Care Home and York House are each rated Good, while Serene Residential Care Limited has been rated Inadequate. An Inadequate judgement means inspectors found serious shortcomings, and it is not a grade to set aside because a room happens to be free. Read that report in full, note the date of the inspection, identify which of the five key questions were failed and establish whether the commission has returned since. If you are considering the home at all, ask the provider directly what it was required to do, what has changed and who is now in charge. For the homes rated Good, read the reports too, since inspectors usually describe how staff responded to someone who was distressed.
Questions that reveal the quality of dementia care
Ask how many staff on each shift have completed dementia specific training and who delivers it. Ask what the home does when a resident becomes agitated towards the end of the afternoon, and weigh whether the answer is about finding the cause or about containing the behaviour. Find out how life history is gathered and where staff actually read it. Ask how long the manager has been in post and how much agency cover the home uses in a month, because familiar faces matter enormously when memory is failing. Ask finally what happens if nursing needs develop, and whether that would mean moving again.
Frequently asked questions about dementia care homes in Dewsbury
How many dementia care homes are there in Dewsbury?
Dewsbury has 5 CQC registered care homes that are registered for dementia care, out of 14 CQC registered care homes in Dewsbury: 4 Good, 1 Inadequate. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
Which dementia care homes in Dewsbury were inspected most recently?
York House (5 August 2025), Serene Residential Care Limited (25 July 2025) and Ashworth Grange (5 December 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.
Can Kirklees Metropolitan Council fund a dementia care home placement?
It may, where the person meets the national eligibility criteria and a financial assessment shows they qualify for support. Care needs are considered first, then capital and income separately, to establish how much of the cost the council will meet. Someone with significant health needs may additionally qualify for continuing healthcare funding through the National Health Service, assessed by a different process. Where a person pays for their own care, the council can still provide advice and information.
How do we arrange a care needs assessment in Dewsbury?
Contact the adult social care team at Kirklees Metropolitan Council and ask for a care needs assessment, which anyone can request for themselves or on behalf of a relative. It is free and does not depend on income, savings or any previous contact. An assessor will discuss memory, safety, mobility, medication and the help a family already provides, then record the eligible needs in writing. Ask for a carer's assessment in the same conversation if a relative is giving regular unpaid support.
How early should we begin looking for a dementia care home?
Sooner than most families feel ready to, and in this area the reason is sharper than usual, because the homes rated Good are the ones most likely to have waiting lists. Starting early also allows the person moving to express a preference while they still can. If a crisis has already arrived, say so plainly when you telephone and ask how soon the home could assess. Avoid letting urgency push you towards a home whose inspection report you have not read.
Which homes in Dewsbury provide dementia care?
5 residential care homes match this search, namely Serene Residential Care Limited, Ashworth Grange, Oak Park Care Home and York House. Three of them currently hold a rating of Good and one has been rated Inadequate. Availability changes week by week, so a home listed here may have no vacancy when you make contact. Open each profile for the registration details and the most recent Care Quality Commission report, and read that report before anything else.
What should we ask when visiting a dementia care home in Dewsbury?
Ask how many staff on each shift hold dementia specific training and who provides that training. Ask what the home does when a resident becomes distressed late in the day, and judge whether the answer is about understanding the cause or about control. Where a home has been rated below Good, ask what the commission required, what has changed since and whether inspectors have returned. Ask as well about staff turnover and agency use, because recognition depends on seeing familiar faces.
What is the difference between a dementia care home and a dementia nursing home?
A care home provides personal care, meaning help with washing, dressing, eating, medication and daily routine, delivered by care staff. A nursing home additionally keeps qualified nurses on duty and can manage clinical needs such as complex wounds, feeding tubes, unstable conditions and much end of life care. All of the providers matching this search in Dewsbury are registered as residential care homes rather than nursing homes. If a hospital or community nursing team has indicated that nursing care is needed, look at nursing provision or ask whether district nurses can visit the home.
Other types of care in Dewsbury
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Local authority support in Dewsbury
Kirklees Metropolitan 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 Kirklees Metropolitan Council
Council service pages 12 of 19
- Request a care needs assessment (Care Act assessment)
- Carer's assessment (for unpaid carers)
- Charging policy — non-residential care
- Charging policy — residential care
- Deferred Payment Agreement scheme
- Direct Payments
- Paying for care / financial assessment (means test)
- Personal Budgets and Individual Service Funds
- Reablement / intermediate care services
- Safeguarding adults — how to report concerns
- Self-assessment tools and online referral forms
- Twelve-week property disregard
Guides for choosing a dementia care home
Plain-English advice on choosing and paying for dementia care homes.
- Dementia Care Specialists, Explained in Plain English 12 min read
- What Is a Care Home? A Plain English Guide for Families 8 min read
- Residential Care Homes: Costs, Eligibility, Types and How to Choose the Right Care Home 13 min read
- NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), Explained in Plain English 12 min read
Free care planning tools
Tools to help you understand your options, check funding eligibility, and plan ahead.
- Personalised Assistant Answer a few questions and get a tailored list of suitable care homes.
- Concierge Answer 13 questions about care needs, location, and preferences to receive a personalised shortlist of matched homes.
- Funding Calculator Estimate how much care will cost and what financial support may be available.
- CHC Assessment Check whether your relative may qualify for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding.
- CHC DST Assessment Complete the Decision Support Tool used in NHS CHC funding assessments.
- Map Explorer Browse care homes near you on an interactive map.
Provider information is sourced from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), last updated October 2026.