Which care homes in Chard are listed on this page?

Eight residential care homes appear here: Chard Manor, Eleighwater House, Gillingham Grange, Sunnyside Care Home, Springside, Sunnymeade, Yew Tree Cottage Residential Home and Ashcroft. Each is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide accommodation with personal care. The list reflects current registration records for this area and care type, so it includes homes at every stage of the inspection cycle. Opening a profile shows that home's rating and the report behind it.

What should I ask when I look round a residential care home in Chard?

Ask how many staff are on duty overnight as well as during the day, and how long the current team has worked there. Find out what happens if your relative's needs grow beyond what the home is registered to provide, and who makes that decision. Ask to see a sample weekly menu and to hear how choices are handled for someone who eats little. It is also fair to ask what the fee covers and what appears as an extra charge.

How does a residential care home differ from a nursing home?

A residential care home provides accommodation and personal care, which covers help with washing, dressing, medicines, meals and keeping company through the day. A nursing home is registered for that plus nursing care, meaning a registered nurse is on the premises to manage clinical needs. Every provider listed for Chard is a residential care home, so none of them is registered to deliver nursing care on site. If a relative needs regular clinical attention, that points towards a nursing registration rather than the homes shown here.

Can Somerset Council pay towards a care home place in Chard?

It can, provided the person is eligible on both counts. Somerset Council first assesses care needs, then carries out a financial assessment of capital and income against the national means test limits. Where someone falls below those limits the council contributes towards the weekly fee, and where they sit above them they fund the place themselves. Asking for both assessments before choosing a home avoids an awkward conversation about money once someone has moved in.

How do I get a care needs assessment arranged in Chard?

Contact Somerset Council and request an assessment of care needs for the person concerned. Anyone who appears to need care and support has a right to one, and it does not depend on savings or income. Before the visit, note down what daily tasks have become difficult, what has changed recently and anything that has gone wrong at home. A relative or friend can be present, and an advocate can be arranged if the person would struggle to put their own case.

How far ahead should a family start looking at care homes?

Start earlier than feels necessary, because the good homes in a small town fill up and a preferred room rarely comes free on demand. Several weeks gives you time to request an assessment, visit more than once and read the inspection reports properly. Where a hospital discharge is driving the timing you may have only days, so it helps to know the ground already. Even a rough shortlist made in calmer circumstances takes much of the panic out of a sudden decision.

Care Homes in Chard

Chard has 9 CQC registered care homes. 5 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 3 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 9 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Chard at a glance

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

Somerset Council pays, residential care: £805 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,400 to £1,650, median £1,549
Care home beds filled across Somerset: 85%. The 12 month average is 85%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 71
People aged 75 and over: 81,600. Rising to 97,500 by 2035, up 19%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 7 changed owner, covering 353 beds.
Who pays, across Somerset (estimate): 35% council, 44% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 10,500. Rising to 13,600 by 2035, up 29%
People aged 85 and over: 21,600. Rising to 33,700 by 2035, up 56%

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

What Residential Care in Chard Involves and What to Look For

Moving into a residential care home means handing over the parts of daily life that have become unmanageable while holding on to as much ordinary routine as possible. The eight homes listed for Chard are registered to provide accommodation alongside personal care, so staff are on hand through the day and overnight to help with washing, dressing, medicines and meals. Nursing tasks sit outside that registration, which matters a great deal if a relative already depends on wound care, injections or the judgement of a registered nurse.

Weighing the homes by what inspectors found

Published ratings give a family somewhere firm to start. Five homes here hold a Good rating: Chard Manor, Eleighwater House, Sunnyside Care Home, Sunnymeade and Yew Tree Cottage Residential Home. Springside currently sits at Requires Improvement, and reading that report in full is wiser than ruling the home out on the grade alone, since the concerns raised may have little bearing on the care your relative would receive. Gillingham Grange and Ashcroft have not yet been rated, so no published judgement is available for either, and in those two cases the questions you ask in person carry more weight than usual.

What to notice on a visit

Sit for a while in the communal areas rather than touring only the show bedroom, and watch whether residents seem occupied and whether staff greet them by name. Ask directly how the home responds when someone's needs increase, because a residential setting can reach the limit of what it is registered to provide safely. Continuity of staff, flexibility around mealtimes and how easily residents get outdoors will tell you more about the texture of daily life than any brochure.

Arranging an Assessment and Meeting the Cost in Chard

Getting the needs assessment underway

Before comparing homes in earnest, ask for a care needs assessment. Somerset Council is the authority responsible for assessing anyone in Chard who appears to need care and support, and that assessment records what help is needed and why a care home may be the right answer. A financial assessment normally follows to establish whether the council will contribute towards the fees. Starting both early keeps your options open, because funding is considerably harder to sort out after a placement has already begun.

How the fees are put together

Residential fees are charged weekly and cover the room, meals, personal care and everyday support, while extras such as hairdressing or private chiropody are usually billed on top. Where a person's capital and income fall below the national means test limits, the council meets part or all of the cost; anyone assessed as able to pay in full contracts directly with the home instead. Fees vary between homes in the same town, so ask each one for a written schedule showing exactly what is and is not included. If a family home will eventually be sold to fund the place, ask the council about a deferred payment agreement rather than assuming a quick sale is the only route.

9 care homes in Chard

Eleighwater House · Combe St. Nicholas, Chard, Somerset, TA20 3AG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by EWH Investments Ltd
Here at Eleighwater House, we are a residential care home based in the heart of Chard, Somerset, and we take genuine pride in the community we have built within our walls. We support a range of people across different stages of life,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Manor · Tatworth Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 2DP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
At Chard Manor, we provide residential care for adults in the heart of Chard, Somerset. We support people with learning disabilities and autism, as well as younger adults who need either a permanent home with us or a shorter respite stay....
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Gillingham Grange · Furnham Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1BE
Care home · Run by Crystal Care Homes Chard Limited
Gillingham Grange is a residential care home in Chard, Somerset. We provide care for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with visual or hearing impairment,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Sunnyside Care Home · Crewkerne Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1EZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Aiveda SS Limited
We at Sunnyside Care Home are proud to offer a warm and welcoming residential care home in the heart of Chard, Somerset, where compassionate support meets a genuine sense of belonging. Our home has been thoughtfully created to feel like...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Sunnymeade · Helliers Close, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1LJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Agincare (Somerset) Limited
Sunnymeade is a residential care home in Chard, Somerset. We are home to older people who need daily support, and we also welcome younger adults whose needs are best met in a small residential setting. We provide care for people living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Yew Tree Cottage Residential Home · Hornsbury Hill, Chard, Somerset, TA20 3DB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Ambridge Estates Limited
Yew Tree Cottage Residential Home is a care home in Chard supporting older people, including people living with dementia. We are small and rural, and the pace of the house reflects that. There is time here, and time turns out to be the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Ashcroft · 30 Ashcroft, Chard, Somerset, TA20 2JH
Care home · Run by OA2 Adults Limited
We are Ashcroft, a residential care home in Chard supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. Most of the people who live here are younger adults. The home works rather like a shared household. People have their own...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Springside · 71 Halcombe, Chard, Somerset, TA20 2DU
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by All Seasons Care Homes
Springside is a residential care home in Chard, Somerset, supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. The people who live here call it home, and our job is to help each person live the life they choose within it, with...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Gillingham Grange · Furnham Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1BE
Care home · Run by Crystal Care Homes Chard Opco Limited
Gillingham Grange is a residential care home in Chard, supporting older people and younger adults from across Somerset, including people living with dementia and people who have a physical disability. We think of ourselves as part of the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults

What care costs in Somerset, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care South West figure, because too few Somerset homes publish this price. 52 homes. Median £1,549.	£805	£1,400 to £1,650
Nursing care South West figure, because too few Somerset homes publish this price. 16 homes. Median £1,810.	£832	£1,599 to £1,983
Residential dementia care South West figure, because too few Somerset homes publish this price. 19 homes. Median £1,665.	Not published separately	£1,450 to £1,813
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Somerset 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

Yew Tree Cottage Residential Home, 20 May 2026, Good
Eleighwater House, 11 March 2024, Good
Chard Manor, 26 July 2023, Good

Longest since a report

Sunnyside Care Home, 20 October 2017, Good
Sunnymeade, 22 September 2021, Good
Springside, 4 July 2023, Requires improvement

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Chard

How many care homes are there in Chard?

Chard has 9 CQC registered care homes: 5 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 3 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 Chard?

Somerset Council pays an average of £805 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,400 to £1,650 a week. South West figure, because too few Somerset homes publish this price. 52 homes. Median £1,549. 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 Chard were inspected most recently?

Yew Tree Cottage Residential Home (20 May 2026), Eleighwater House (11 March 2024) and Chard Manor (26 July 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Somerset

New 20 bed care home registered with CQC in Somerset: St Georges Care Home (5 November 2026)

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