Which providers in Ripon are listed as care homes?

Six residential care homes appear for Ripon: Ellershaw House Limited, Borrage House, Caxton Lodge, United Response - 47 Doublegates Green, St Anne's Community Services - Greenacres and Long Meadow Care Home. All six hold registration with the Care Quality Commission for accommodation with personal care, and all six are currently rated Good. Registration describes what each home may provide rather than whether a room is free, so availability has to be checked directly. The profiles on this site carry the inspection history for each one.

How does a care home differ from a nursing home?

A care home provides a room, meals and personal care, with staff helping people wash, dress, eat, take medication and get through the day safely. A nursing home holds a further registration requiring qualified nurses on the premises at all times, which matters for wound care, feeding tubes, unstable medical conditions or complex medication. Every provider listed for Ripon is a residential care home rather than a nursing home. Where nursing input looks likely before long, raise it during the assessment so that the right type of home is considered from the start.

What questions should I take with me when I visit a care home in Ripon?

Lead with staffing, asking about numbers on each shift, the overnight arrangement, reliance on agency workers and how settled the permanent team is. Ask to see the last fortnight of menus and activities and how residents have a say in them, rather than accepting a general description. Work through the weekly fee in detail, including what falls outside it, how reviews happen and what changes if needs increase. Ask too what the home does when a resident is admitted to hospital and how families are told about changes.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Ripon?

Ask the adult social care team at North Yorkshire Council for a care needs assessment. The entitlement applies to anyone who appears to need care and support, whatever their financial position, and an unpaid carer can ask for a separate carer's assessment covering their own situation. The assessor will go through washing and dressing, mobility, meals, medication, and how safe things are at home. The written outcome then underpins every later conversation about homes and about money.

Can North Yorkshire Council fund a care home placement in Ripon?

It can contribute once the care needs assessment has found that the needs meet national eligibility criteria and a financial assessment has established what the person should pay. North Yorkshire Council then meets the remainder where the responsibility sits with it. Where someone has substantial ongoing health needs, it is also worth asking whether NHS continuing healthcare should be assessed, because that is funded through a different route. Those with capital above the threshold arrange and pay for a placement themselves.

How far ahead should the search for a care home in Ripon begin?

Two to three months is a realistic run up for a planned move, allowing for the assessment, the financial assessment, visits and a proper handover. Where all the local homes are well rated, the practical constraint becomes availability rather than quality, and the better suited homes are often the ones without a vacancy at short notice. If a move follows a fall or a hospital discharge, the decision compresses into days and the choice shrinks with it. Looking round a couple of homes before anything is pressing is time well spent.

Care Homes in Ripon

Ripon has 6 CQC registered care homes. 6 are rated Good. 4 of the 6 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Ripon at a glance

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

North Yorkshire Council pays, residential care: £1,086 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,165 to £1,475, median £1,316
Care home beds filled across North Yorkshire: 81%. The 12 month average is 82%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 72
People aged 75 and over: 87,700. Rising to 106,000 by 2035, up 21%
Care homes, last 12 months: 4 opened, 2 closed. 14 changed owner, covering 644 beds.
Who pays, across North Yorkshire (estimate): 38% council, 40% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 11,300. Rising to 14,700 by 2035, up 29%
People aged 85 and over: 23,200. Rising to 35,500 by 2035, up 53%

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Choosing Between the Care Homes in Ripon

When every home shares the same rating

A uniform set of judgements is reassuring and inconvenient at the same time. With Ellershaw House Limited, Borrage House, Caxton Lodge, United Response - 47 Doublegates Green, St Anne's Community Services - Greenacres and Long Meadow Care Home all rated Good, the rating cannot narrow a shortlist of six down to one. The reports behind those judgements can, because they describe different things: how settled the staff team is, how people spend their days, how well medicines are managed, how the home responds when something goes wrong. It is also worth checking, home by home, exactly who each one is registered to support, because a shared rating does not imply a shared purpose, and the registration details on each profile will show whether a home is set up for the person you are enquiring for.

What to look for in person

Visit more than once if you can, and at different times of day, because mid morning and late afternoon in a care home can look like two different places. Watch whether residents are occupied and spoken to, or seated in front of a television that nobody is watching. Ask how many staff are on each shift, what the overnight arrangement is, how much agency cover the home uses and how long the current team has been in post. Ask to see a fortnight of menus and activity records rather than a glossy summary, and find out how residents shape either. Then ask how the home manages hospital admissions, medication reviews and keeping families informed.

Arranging and Paying for Care in Ripon

Starting with the care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support is entitled to a care needs assessment regardless of their means, and a relative providing unpaid care can request a carer's assessment of their own. A request to North Yorkshire Council begins both, and the council is the body responsible for deciding on funded support after a financial assessment of capital and income. The assessment produces a written record of what help is needed, which is what homes and funding decisions then refer back to. Ask for it early, since it is arranged rather than instant.

What a placement costs

Fees are set weekly and cover the room, meals and personal care, with the rate reflecting the room and the level of support required. Where eligible needs are confirmed, the financial assessment decides the personal contribution and the council covers the rest where the duty is its own. Private funders should get the weekly rate in writing and ask what is billed on top, commonly hairdressing, chiropody and transport. Check how often fees are reviewed and what notice of a rise is given.

6 care homes in Ripon

Ellershaw House · Ripon, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Borrage House · Ripon, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Caxton Lodge · Ripon, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
United Response - 47 Doublegates Green · Ripon, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
St Anne's Community Services - Greenacres · Ripon, North Yorkshire · CQC Good
Long Meadow Care Home · Ripon, North Yorkshire · CQC Good

What care costs in North Yorkshire, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care Yorkshire and The Humber figure, because too few North Yorkshire homes publish this price. 14 homes. Median £1,316.	£1,086	£1,165 to £1,475
Nursing care England figure, because too few North Yorkshire homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916.	£1,358	£1,600 to £2,071
Residential dementia care Yorkshire and The Humber figure, because too few North Yorkshire homes publish this price. 13 homes. Median £1,399.	Not published separately	£1,199 to £1,581
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few North Yorkshire 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

Long Meadow Care Home, 5 November 2025, Good
St Anne's Community Services - Greenacres, 12 December 2023, Good
Ellershaw House Limited, 8 August 2023, Good

Longest since a report

United Response - 47 Doublegates Green, 29 January 2019, Good
Caxton Lodge, 21 December 2019, Good
Borrage House, 12 February 2020, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Ripon

How many care homes are there in Ripon?

Ripon has 6 CQC registered care homes: 6 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a care home cost in Ripon?

North Yorkshire Council pays an average of £1,086 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,165 to £1,475 a week. Yorkshire and The Humber figure, because too few North Yorkshire homes publish this price. 14 homes. Median £1,316. 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 Ripon were inspected most recently?

Long Meadow Care Home (5 November 2025), St Anne's Community Services - Greenacres (12 December 2023) and Ellershaw House Limited (8 August 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.

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