Care Homes in Nuneaton

Nuneaton has 24 CQC registered care homes. 16 are rated Good, 4 Requires improvement, and 4 have not yet been rated. 12 of the 24 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Choosing among the care homes in Nuneaton

A shortlist of three or four homes is far more useful than a longlist of twenty, and the quickest way to build one is to read rather than to telephone.

What the inspection grades do and do not settle

Sixteen homes on this list are rated Good, four are rated Requires Improvement and four carry no rating yet. A Good rating is built from separate judgements about safety, effectiveness, caring, responsiveness and leadership, and homes rarely score evenly across all of them, so the report tells you more than the summary word. Where a home is rated Requires Improvement, the report sets out precisely what fell short and what the provider was told to do, and a visit some years ago may bear little resemblance to the home today. Homes with no rating are usually newly registered or recently taken over, which means fewer published facts and a stronger case for asking direct questions.

What to look for when you go and see

Visit at a time the home would not choose, such as late afternoon or during a meal, and go back a second time if you can. Watch whether staff know residents by name, whether people who cannot easily ask for attention still receive it, and whether the place feels lived in. Ask how long the manager has been in post, what turnover among care staff has been like, and how the home supports someone whose needs grow. Ask about food, visiting, activities on a wet weekday and what happens overnight, then compare what you saw with what inspectors wrote.

Arranging a place and sorting out the funding

The formal route is worth following even where a family intends to pay privately, because it produces a clear record of what is needed.

The care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care is entitled to a free assessment, whatever their savings. It considers washing, dressing, meals, medication, mobility and safety alone at night, and it draws on what relatives have observed as well as what the person says. Warwickshire County Council social care team carries out the assessment and the financial assessment that follows it. A carer's assessment is available separately to the relative who has been providing support, and it is frequently forgotten.

Fees and contributions

The financial assessment weighs income, savings and capital, then sets what the person pays and what the council pays, if anything. Above the national threshold the placement is funded privately and arranged directly with the home. Below it, the council contributes up to a level it considers enough to meet assessed needs, and a third party top up may be sought where a more expensive home is preferred. Ask every home for its weekly rate in writing and for a clear statement of what is charged on top, since those extras accumulate quietly. Ask too how often fees are reviewed, how much notice is given of an increase, and what happens to the arrangement if savings run down to the threshold while someone is already living there.

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