Which care homes are listed for Nantwich?

Five residential care homes cover Nantwich: Barony Lodge Residential Care Home, Woodeaves Residential Care Home, Brookfield House Care Home, Elm House Residential Care Home and Richmond Village Nantwich. Four of them are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. Elm House Residential Care Home does not have a published rating at present. Every profile links through to the inspection report behind its rating where one exists.

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

A residential care home provides personal care from care staff, covering help with washing, dressing, meals and prompting medication. A nursing home holds a further registration for clinical nursing, with registered nurses on duty at all hours. That allows wound care, tube feeding, catheter management or palliative nursing to be handled in house rather than by visiting community nurses. All five homes listed for Nantwich are residential rather than nursing.

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

Ask about staffing on each shift, overnight included, and how heavily the home relies on agency staff. Find out what would happen if a resident's needs moved beyond personal care into nursing. Request the fee schedule in writing together with the notice period on both sides. Where a home has no published rating, ask how long it has been open and who the registered manager is.

How is a care needs assessment arranged in Nantwich?

Ask Cheshire East Council for an adult social care needs assessment, which anyone can request, including a relative acting with the person's consent. There is no charge and the outcome does not depend on income or savings. An assessor will consider daily living, mobility, medication, continence and overnight needs before recommending a level of care. If the person is in hospital, the discharge team usually begins the process, though you can follow it up yourself.

Can Cheshire East Council fund a care home placement?

Cheshire East Council can fund or part fund a placement where the needs assessment confirms residential care is appropriate and the financial assessment shows capital below the upper threshold. Anyone above that threshold meets the fees privately, although the needs assessment is still worth having on record. A deferred payment agreement may be available where most of the capital is held in a property. Where the council rate sits below a home's fee, ask in writing who would cover the difference.

How far in advance should the search begin?

Start while a move still feels some way off rather than waiting until the decision cannot be put off. Six to eight weeks allows for repeat visits, a careful read of the inspection reports and a settled funding position. Hospital discharge rarely leaves that much room, so a shortlist held in reserve earns its keep. Where a suitable room comes free sooner, many homes will hold it for a short period against a deposit.

Care Homes in Nantwich

Nantwich has 5 CQC registered care homes. 4 are rated Good, and 1 has not yet been rated. 4 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Nantwich at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in Nantwich, 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%

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Choosing between the care homes covering Nantwich

Settle the line between personal care and nursing before any viewing, because everything else follows from it. These homes are staffed to help with washing, dressing, continence, meals and prompting medication, with district nurses visiting for clinical tasks. None holds a nursing registration, so ask each one how it manages a resident whose health declines and what would prompt a move elsewhere.

Where the grades sit

Barony Lodge Residential Care Home, Woodeaves Residential Care Home, Brookfield House Care Home and Richmond Village Nantwich are each rated Good. Elm House Residential Care Home has no published rating as yet. Where no report exists the questions have to do the work instead, so ask who the registered manager is and how long the team has been in place.

Questions a viewing should answer

Ask how many care staff are on duty by day and overnight, and how much agency cover the home relies on. Request the fee schedule and the notice period in writing before anything is signed. Visit near a mealtime, because the way residents needing help to eat are supported tells you more than a tour of empty bedrooms.

Arranging the assessment and funding the placement

The care needs assessment comes before any contract and decides whether residential care is the right level of support at all. It is free, open to anyone who asks, and a relative may request it with the person's consent. Cheshire East Council is responsible for that assessment and for the financial assessment that follows it, and where a hospital stay is involved the discharge team usually begins the process.

How the means test is applied

Savings, income and, in a permanent placement, usually the value of a property are measured against the national capital thresholds. Capital above the upper threshold means fees are met privately. Below the lower threshold only income is counted, with a weekly personal allowance protected, and a deferred payment arrangement can postpone a sale.

Fees and the allowances people miss

Ask what a weekly figure includes and what appears as an extra, since hairdressing, chiropody and escorted appointments are usually charged separately. Attendance allowance and the daily living part of personal independence payment are not means tested and are frequently overlooked. Where a council contribution falls short of a home's private rate, establish in writing whether a third party payment is expected and who would be liable for it.

5 care homes in Nantwich

Barony Lodge Residential Care Home · Nantwich, Cheshire East · CQC Good
Woodeaves Residential Care Home · Nantwich, Cheshire East · CQC Good
Brookfield House Care Home · Nantwich, Cheshire East · CQC Good
Elm House Residential Care Home · Nantwich, Cheshire East
Richmond Village · Nantwich, Cheshire East · CQC Good

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

Brookfield House Care Home, 15 February 2023, Good
Barony Lodge Residential Care Home, 3 August 2019, Good
Richmond Village Nantwich, 11 June 2019, Good

Longest since a report

Woodeaves Residential Care Home, 8 March 2019, Good
Richmond Village Nantwich, 11 June 2019, Good
Barony Lodge Residential Care Home, 3 August 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Nantwich

How many care homes are there in Nantwich?

Nantwich has 5 CQC registered care homes: 4 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 Nantwich?

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 Nantwich were inspected most recently?

Brookfield House Care Home (15 February 2023), Barony Lodge Residential Care Home (3 August 2019) and Richmond Village Nantwich (11 June 2019) have the most recent CQC reports.

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