Which providers offer residential care in Rickmansworth?

Seven providers are listed on this page, all registered with the Care Quality Commission as residential care homes. Five are rated Good and one is rated Requires Improvement, 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 any published inspection report.

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

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 too, including the weekly fee, what is charged separately, laundry and visiting arrangements. Ask to see the most recent inspection report and what changed as a result of it.

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 seven 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.

Can Hertfordshire County 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 is a care needs assessment arranged in Rickmansworth?

Contact Hertfordshire County 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.

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. 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 Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth has 7 CQC registered care homes. 5 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 4 of the 7 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Rickmansworth at a glance

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

Hertfordshire County Council pays, residential care: £906 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,585 to £1,856, median £1,700
Care home beds filled across Hertfordshire: 86%. The 12 month average is 85%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 90. Hertfordshire average is 79.
People aged 75 and over: 9,000. Rising to 10,200 by 2035, up 12%
Care homes, last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed. 2 changed owner, covering 12 beds.
Who pays, across Hertfordshire (estimate): 34% council, 49% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,200. Rising to 1,400 by 2035, up 19%
People aged 85 and over: 2,500. Rising to 3,500 by 2035, up 36%

Planned and recent building work within 5 miles

Catlips Farm Berry Lane Chorleywood Rickmansworth Hertfordshire. Application for a 66 bed care home. Submitted 9 February 2026. Decision pending. (1.3 miles away)

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What Residential Care in Rickmansworth Involves

What These Homes Provide

All seven providers listed are registered as residential care homes, meaning accommodation, meals and personal care delivered by care staff. That covers help with washing, dressing, medication, mobility and the ordinary rhythm of a day, together with company and activity. It does not include nursing care, which requires a separate registration and qualified nurses on the premises. Where a physical condition needs regular clinical attention, that distinction matters a great deal.

Reading the Published Record

Five of the homes hold a Good rating and one is rated Requires Improvement, while one has not yet been rated. Where a judgement is lower, the report says exactly what inspectors found and when, which is a far better guide than the word alone. Where no rating exists, there is less published evidence to weigh, so ask more questions rather than fewer. Each report separates safety, effectiveness, caring, responsiveness and leadership, and the inspection date is worth checking too.

What a Visit Will Tell You

Go 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 before doing it. Ask what fills an ordinary day, how often residents get outside and whether visitors are welcome without an appointment.

Getting an Assessment and Sorting Out Funding

Requesting a Care Needs Assessment

A care needs assessment records formally what support someone needs and whether those needs meet the national eligibility threshold. It is free to anyone who appears to require help, whatever their savings, and families can approach Hertfordshire County Council to arrange it. 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. Families paying privately should ask for the fee in writing, what falls outside it and how much notice precedes an increase.

7 care homes in Rickmansworth

CareTech Community Services - 196 High Street · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire · CQC Good
Berrywood · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire · CQC Good
Riverside Lodge · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Three Rivers Care Home · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire · CQC Good
Clarendon Lodge · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire · CQC Good
Walsingham Support - 30 & 32 Church Lane · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire · CQC Good
Westerley Care Home · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire · CQC Requires improvement

What care costs in Hertfordshire, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care Middle half of prices from 12 Hertfordshire homes. Median £1,700.	£906	£1,585 to £1,856
Nursing care East of England figure, because too few Hertfordshire homes publish this price. 17 homes. Median £1,935.	£1,036	£1,800 to £2,126
Residential dementia care Middle half of prices from 12 Hertfordshire homes. Median £1,766.	Not published separately	£1,678 to £1,874
Nursing dementia care East of England figure, because too few Hertfordshire homes publish this price. 10 homes. Median £1,940.	Not published separately	£1,870 to £2,100

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

Westerley Care Home, 8 October 2025, Requires improvement
CareTech Community Services Limited - 196 High Street, 3 July 2025, Good
Three Rivers Care Home, 2 March 2022, Good

Longest since a report

Berrywood, 21 September 2018, Good
Walsingham Support - 30 & 32 Church Lane, 18 April 2019, Good
Clarendon Lodge, 26 February 2022, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Rickmansworth

How many care homes are there in Rickmansworth?

Rickmansworth has 7 CQC registered care homes: 5 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 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 Rickmansworth?

Hertfordshire County Council pays an average of £906 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,585 to £1,856 a week. Middle half of prices from 12 Hertfordshire homes. Median £1,700. 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 Rickmansworth were inspected most recently?

Westerley Care Home (8 October 2025), CareTech Community Services Limited - 196 High Street (3 July 2025) and Three Rivers Care Home (2 March 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Hertfordshire

CQC register adds a new care home in North Hertfordshire: Monread Lodge (5 November 2026)

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