How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Windsor and Maidenhead?

Contact the adult social care team at Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough and explain what has changed at home. The assessment is free and available to anyone who appears to need care and support, regardless of savings or income. A practitioner will discuss personal care, mobility, medication, nutrition and safety, then record which needs are eligible for support. If you have been caring for the person yourself, ask for a separate carer's assessment at the same time.

Can Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough fund a residential care home placement?

It can, where a care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and a financial assessment of income and capital supports it. The council may meet the fees in full, meet part of them with a contribution from the person moving in, or decide that the placement is privately funded. If a family prefers a home costing more than the council will pay, a third party top up may be required and should be documented before the move. Requesting both assessments costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

Which residential care homes in Windsor and Maidenhead are listed on Care Assura?

Care Assura lists twenty one residential care homes serving Windsor and Maidenhead, all registered with the Care Quality Commission. The listing includes homes such as Bramerton, Heronsmede, Fearnley House, Clara Court and Normanhurst Residential Home. Each profile carries the current CQC rating where one has been published, together with the details needed to arrange a visit. Filtering by the town you want keeps the shortlist practical.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation with personal care, so staff help with washing, dressing, meals, medication and daily routines. A nursing home offers the same personal care but also has registered nurses on duty at all times, allowing it to meet clinical needs such as complex wound care or tube feeding. Some homes are registered to provide both, and a care needs assessment will indicate which category is appropriate. Settling this early avoids a further move a few months later.

How far ahead should I start looking at care homes in Windsor and Maidenhead?

Start well before a place is needed, ideally while the person can still take part in the decision. With so few homes locally, the better rated ones fill quickly and waiting lists build up. Assessments, visits and financial arrangements all take time to complete. Having two or three homes already visited makes an urgent decision far less overwhelming.

What should I ask when visiting a care home in Windsor and Maidenhead?

Ask how many permanent staff are on duty during the day and overnight, and how much agency cover is used. Find out how care plans are written and reviewed, how families are told when someone becomes unwell, and what happens on an ordinary weekday afternoon. Request the weekly fee in writing along with what it includes and what is charged as an extra. Ask what would happen if your relative's needs increased and whether the home could continue caring for them.

Care Homes in Windsor and Maidenhead

Windsor and Maidenhead has 20 CQC registered care homes. 11 are rated Good, 4 Outstanding, 5 Requires improvement. 13 of the 20 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Windsor and Maidenhead at a glance

What the numbers say about care for older people in Windsor and Maidenhead.

Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough pays, residential care: £1,184 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,500 to £1,809, median £1,600
Care home beds filled across Windsor and Maidenhead: 84%. The 12 month average is 85%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 85
People aged 75 and over: 16,300. Rising to 19,000 by 2035, up 17%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 1 changed owner, covering 88 beds.
Who pays, across Windsor and Maidenhead (estimate): 29% council, 55% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,200. Rising to 2,700 by 2035, up 26%
People aged 85 and over: 4,800. Rising to 7,100 by 2035, up 47%

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Arranging a place and paying for residential care in Windsor and Maidenhead

The care needs assessment

Before any placement is agreed, ask for a care needs assessment. It is free, open to anyone who appears to need care and support whatever their means, and it produces the written record of eligible needs that homes will work from. A practitioner from Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough will consider personal care, mobility, nutrition, medication, mental wellbeing and the risks of remaining at home. If you have been providing care yourself, ask for a carer's assessment during the same conversation, since that is a separate entitlement rather than a favour.

Fees, contributions and top up payments

A financial assessment of income and capital follows where needs are found eligible. The council may then meet the fees in full, meet part of them with a contribution from the person moving in, or conclude that the placement is privately funded. Weekly fees in this part of the country tend to sit at the higher end and rise further where needs are greater, so ask each home for its current fee, exactly what that covers and what is billed separately, such as hairdressing, chiropody or escorted appointments. Where a family expects to add a top up payment to secure a particular room, agree in writing who will carry future increases before anybody moves in.

Choosing a home and what to check before deciding

Reading the inspection report

All twenty one homes listed here are registered with the Care Quality Commission. Four have been rated Outstanding and eleven Good, five hold Requires Improvement, and one is not yet rated. That is a wide spread within a small field, so the report deserves proper attention. Inspectors judge whether a home is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and a home rated Good overall can be weaker in the one area that matters most to your relative. Check the inspection date as well, since a home under new management may already have acted on what was found.

What to notice on a visit

See every home you are seriously considering and try to arrive around a mealtime rather than mid morning. Watch how staff speak to residents who are not asking for anything, whether people are dressed and occupied, and how quickly call bells are answered. Ask how many permanent staff are on duty by day and overnight and how much agency cover is used. Homes in this listing include settings such as Bramerton, Heronsmede, Fearnley House and Normanhurst Residential Home.

Thinking about what comes next

Ask what the home can manage if needs increase and whether it is registered to support dementia, because a home unable to continue caring for somebody means a second move at the worst possible time. Check the practical points too: whether a room takes familiar furniture, how visiting works for a family who work, and what happens about hospital appointments and transport. Ask too how the home keeps families informed between visits, because regular contact matters a great deal once somebody has moved in.

20 care homes in Windsor and Maidenhead

White House · 334 Horton Road, Datchet, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL3 9HY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
We are a residential care home in Datchet, supporting older people and younger adults, including adults with a learning disability or autism. We also offer respite stays, whether booked in advance so that a family carer can have a break or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
16 Homeside Close · 16 Homeside Close, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 7RB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Optalis Limited
16 Homeside Close is a small residential care home in Maidenhead. We support adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people with physical disabilities and older people, including younger adults, and we offer both permanent...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
25 Welby Close · 25 Welby Close, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 3PY
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
Welby Close is a residential care home in Maidenhead, supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, most of whom are younger adults. We also offer respite stays for people who need somewhere for a shorter period,...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
5 Winston Court · 5 Winston Court, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 5HU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Optalis Limited
Here at 5 Winston Court, we are a residential care home based in the heart of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, and we are proud to support a genuinely diverse group of people who call our home their own. We offer care for older people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
9 Allenby Road · 9 Allenby Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 5BF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Optalis Limited
We are 9 Allenby Road, a residential care home in Maidenhead. We support older people and younger adults, including adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and people with a physical disability, and we offer respite stays as...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Boulters Lock Residential Home · 56 Sheephouse Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 8HP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Hartford Care (2) Limited
Boulters Lock Residential Home in Maidenhead is a care home supporting older people and younger adults, including many people living with dementia. Respite stays are part of what we do. The house runs on the idea that people have moved...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Bramerton · Upper Bray Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 2DB
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Bramerton is a residential home in Maidenhead supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including both older and younger adults. We offer permanent places and respite stays. Our most recent overall rating from the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Clara Court · 21 Courthouse Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 6JE
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd
Clara Court is a residential care home in Maidenhead. Those living here include older people, many living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions and people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Respite Care
Edith Road (Tregona) · 3 Edith Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 5DY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
Here at Edith Road, we are a residential care home based in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, supporting younger adults who have learning disabilities and autism. We also offer respite care, providing short term support for individuals...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Herewards House · 15 Ray Park Avenue, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 8DP
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Herewards House Ltd
Herewards House is a residential care home in Maidenhead. We support older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, and we offer respite stays as well as permanent places. We aim to be a home rather than an...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Meadowbank Residential Care Home · 44 Braywick Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 1DA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Cedar House Care Home Limited
We are Meadowbank Residential Care Home in Maidenhead, in the borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. We provide residential care for older people, as a permanent home and as a respite stay for those who need support for a while. Residential...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
Nightingales Care Home · Islet Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 8LD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Thames Carehome Limited
Nightingales Care Home is a residential home in Maidenhead caring for older people, with respite stays available alongside permanent places. We do not provide nursing care on site, so we work closely with general practitioners, district...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
Normanhurst Residential Home · 26 High Town Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 1PB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by NHRH Limited
Normanhurst is a residential care home in Maidenhead. We support older people and younger adults who need help with daily living, including people living with dementia, and we take respite bookings for families needing a short break or a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Pinkneys Road · 87 Pinkneys Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 5DT
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
Pinkneys Road is a small residential home in Maidenhead supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults moving into a home of their own. We also offer respite stays, planned in advance so that a...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
White Lodge Care Home · White Lodge, Marlow, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL7 1RP
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by White Lodge Care Home Limited
Here at White Lodge Care Home in Marlow, we provide residential and dementia care for older people, as well as support for those living with physical disabilities. We also offer respite care for individuals who need short term support, or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Respite Care
Fearnley House · 86 Straight Road, Old Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL4 2RX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Fearnley House is a care home in Old Windsor. We provide residential care for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. This is a house, and it is meant to feel like one....
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Heronsmede · 88-90 Straight Road, Old Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL4 2RX
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Heronsmede is a residential care home in Old Windsor supporting adults with learning disabilities. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is outstanding. We mention it because it reflects the way we have chosen to...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Eton House Residential Home · 68 Eton Road, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL3 9AY
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Eton House Residential Home
Eton House Residential Home is a care home near Slough. We provide a home for older people, including many living with dementia, and we also support some younger adults and offer respite stays for shorter periods of care. We would rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
43 Station Road · Wraysbury, Staines, Windsor and Maidenhead, TW19 5ND
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
We are a residential care home on Station Road in Staines, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. Most of those living here are younger adults, and respite stays are part of what we do. Our size means attention...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Winton House · 51 Dedworth Road, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL4 5AZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by The Abbeyfield (Maidenhead) Society Limited
Winton House is a residential care home in Windsor. We support older people who need help with daily life, including many living with dementia, and younger adults who need residential care. We also offer respite stays. Moving into a home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care

What care costs in Windsor and Maidenhead, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care South East figure, because too few Windsor and Maidenhead homes publish this price. 107 homes. Median £1,600.	£1,184	£1,500 to £1,809
Nursing care South East figure, because too few Windsor and Maidenhead homes publish this price. 63 homes. Median £1,933.	£1,359	£1,617 to £2,080
Residential dementia care South East figure, because too few Windsor and Maidenhead homes publish this price. 82 homes. Median £1,709.	Not published separately	£1,571 to £1,942
Nursing dementia care South East figure, because too few Windsor and Maidenhead homes publish this price. 37 homes. Median £2,050.	Not published separately	£1,975 to £2,226

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

Fearnley House, 27 August 2026, Good
Meadowbank Residential Care Home, 21 August 2026, Good
Normanhurst Residential Home, 10 July 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Heronsmede, 6 November 2018, Outstanding
5 Winston Court, 5 December 2018, Good
Nightingales Care Home, 21 December 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Windsor and Maidenhead

How many care homes are there in Windsor and Maidenhead?

Windsor and Maidenhead has 20 CQC registered care homes: 4 Outstanding, 11 Good, 5 Requires improvement. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a care home cost in Windsor and Maidenhead?

Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough pays an average of £1,184 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,500 to £1,809 a week. South East figure, because too few Windsor and Maidenhead homes publish this price. 107 homes. Median £1,600. 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 Windsor and Maidenhead were inspected most recently?

Fearnley House (27 August 2026), Meadowbank Residential Care Home (21 August 2026) and Normanhurst Residential Home (10 July 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.