Care Homes in Hertfordshire 180 care homes · 125 rated Good by CQC

• 3 Outstanding
• 122 Good
• 29 Requires improvement
• 2 Inadequate
• 24 Not yet rated

Hertfordshire is set out here in one place, with the care homes registered across the county gathered into a single listing that can be sorted and compared rather than trawled through. Inspection outcomes run the full length of the scale, because the Care Quality Commission has awarded Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement and Inadequate among these homes, while a further group has yet to receive a published rating. One hundred and seventy five residential care homes match the search, each registered for personal care and everyday support rather than nursing delivered on site. Hertfordshire County Council carries out the care needs assessment that establishes what support a person requires, and arranges funded help for those who meet the eligibility rules. Given how widely the judgements differ here, treat a rating as the start of the enquiry rather than the end of it. Open the profiles that draw you in, read the inspection report sitting behind each one, and let the evidence rather than the brochure settle where you visit.

All 180 care homes in Hertfordshire

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   Blossom House Care home in Potters Bar · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   134 Auckland Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3HE

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Mar 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   P & P Community Services Ltd

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   We are Blossom House, a residential care home in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. We offer permanent places and respite stays. A home for a small number of people allows support to be genuinely individual rather than a compromise between competing demands. Staff here know everybody properly, including a great deal that never appears in a care plan, such as which sounds are unbearable on a difficult day and which subject will always improve one. We treat autism as something that shapes how a person experiences the place they live rather than as a line at the top of a file. Predictability matters. The sensory environment matters. Saying what is going to happen and when, and then being right about it, does more than any amount of reassurance, and when those things go wrong nothing else we do compensates for it. People here make their own choices and do as much for themselves as they can, with help offered rather than assumed. Respite guests visit beforehand where possible so that arriving is familiar rather than a shock. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good.

   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Respite Care

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2. Strathmore Lodge Care home in St Albans · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   2 Hall Place Gardens, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 3SP

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Aug 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   ODK Care Hotels Ltd

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   We are Strathmore Lodge, a residential care home in St Albans, Hertfordshire. We provide a home for older people, including those living with dementia and people with a physical disability, and we also take respite stays. A home of our size has an advantage that is easy to overlook, which is that staff genuinely know everybody who lives here. Not just the care plan but the preferences, the history and the small things that make a difference to somebody's day. That knowledge is what good care is actually built on. Dementia shapes much of our work. We have found that correcting somebody's account of things achieves nothing, and that knowing who a person has been tells us far more than any list of symptoms. Distress nearly always has a cause, and it is more often practical than people expect. For residents with a physical disability the practical details matter most: enough time that nothing is rushed, equipment set up properly, and asking the person how they prefer things done. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good.

   • Older Person Care
   • Dementia Care
   • Physical Disability
   • Respite Care

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3. 17 Walsworth Road Care home in Hitchin · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   Hitchin, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 9SP

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Dec 2019 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Voyage 1 Limited

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   We are 17 Walsworth Road, a residential care home in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults. We offer permanent places and respite stays. A house for a small number of people means support can be genuinely individual rather than a compromise between competing demands, and staff come to know everybody properly rather than only what is written in a file. We try to keep the place feeling like a home. People have their own rooms and their own belongings, decide how they spend the day, and are supported to do as much for themselves as they can manage. Where somebody needs help to make a decision, we give the help rather than making the decision for them. Predictability does a great deal of the work, particularly for autistic people. Saying what will happen and when, and then being right, is worth more than reassurance. Where a routine matters to somebody we protect it rather than asking them to be flexible for our convenience, and where the sensory environment causes difficulty we change the environment. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good.

   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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4. Dunsland House Care home in Berkhamsted · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   5 Shrublands Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 3HY

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Jun 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Dunsland House Limited

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Dunsland House is a residential care home in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, supporting older people and younger adults, including many people living with dementia. Families usually arrive tired. The decision to move a relative into a care home is rarely taken lightly and often follows a long spell of managing at home with less help than was needed. One of the most useful things we can do early is take some of that weight off, be honest about what we can and cannot offer, and make it possible for a daughter or a husband to go back to being family rather than a carer who never gets an evening off. For the person moving in, the first weeks matter most. We want to know how they have always run their day, what they are proud of, who they want to hear from, what unsettles them and what makes an afternoon good. We write it down, we use it, and we keep correcting it as we learn. Respite stays are available as well as permanent places, whether for a short period of care or to give a family carer a planned break. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and visit before deciding anything.

   • Older Person Care
   • Dementia Care
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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   Homeside Care home in Welwyn · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   6 Great North Road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire AL6 0PL

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Feb 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Candour Care Services (Homeside) Limited

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Homeside is a residential care home in Welwyn. We support older people needing help with daily living, adults who have a learning disability, autistic adults, people with a physical disability and people whose sight or hearing is impaired, along with some younger adults. Support is agreed with each person rather than handed out. For some it is help with personal care, medication and daily routines. For others it is practical assistance with cooking, laundry, money and appointments. For others again it is mainly having reliable people nearby while they get on with their own interests, work or social life. Where somebody has a physical disability we take the time that moving and transfers properly require, using the right equipment and explaining as we go. Where sight or hearing is impaired we keep belongings where they are expected and make sure we have been understood. For the autistic people we support, notice of change and attention to noise and busyness in shared areas make the greatest difference. Respite stays are available as well as permanent places. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Families across Hertfordshire are welcome to visit. Please contact us to arrange a time.

   • Older Person Care
   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Physical Disability
   • Visual / Hearing Impairment
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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6. Robin Hood House Care home in Little Gaddesden · Rated Requires improvement by CQC

   CQC: requires improvement

   Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire HP4 1PL

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Nov 2022 over 3 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Benslow Management Company Limited

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Robin Hood House is a residential care home at Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, caring for older people who need support with everyday life, including residents living with dementia. Our work is the practical daily sort: helping people wash and dress, managing medication properly, cooking on the premises, supporting people to move about safely and having staff available through the night. For residents living with dementia we keep routines steady and the faces around them familiar, and we ask families to tell us about working lives, music and habits, because that knowledge does real work on a difficult afternoon. We want to be open about where we stand. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement. We are working through the findings, with particular attention to record keeping, staff supervision and how consistently care plans are followed. We would sooner set that out ourselves and invite your questions than have you come across it elsewhere, and relatives are part of that work because they are the ones who can say whether things have genuinely changed. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Families in Hertfordshire are welcome to visit and ask us anything. Please ring and we will arrange a time.

   • Older Person Care
   • Dementia Care
   • Respite Care

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7. The Minims (12 & 31) Care home in Hatfield · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   31 The Minims, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 0AW

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Feb 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Saint John of God Hospitaller Services

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   The Minims (12 & 31) is a residential care setting in Hatfield, and we work in a deliberately domestic way. These are houses where people live, not units where care is delivered, and the difference shows in how the day runs. We support older people, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults and people living with a physical disability. Because our houses are small, the team know each person properly rather than working from written notes, which matters enormously when someone communicates in their own way or when a shift in mood is the first sign that something is wrong. Life here runs around the people who live in the house. People get up when they are ready, spend their time on things they actually enjoy and keep as much charge of their own day as they want. Where someone can take on more for themselves, whether that is helping with meals, looking after their own room or getting out locally, we make room for it rather than stepping in automatically. We offer respite stays as well, for people needing support for a short period and for families who need a break. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. What tells us more is whether people living here seem relaxed and whether relatives feel welcome to visit whenever suits them. They are.

   • Older Person Care
   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Physical Disability
   • Respite Care

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   Desborough Care - The Firs Care home in Potters Bar · Rated Good by CQC

   CQC: good

   77 The Causeway, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 5HL

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Jun 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

   Run by

   Desborough Care Limited

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   The Firs, part of Desborough Care, is a residential care home in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. We support adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and people with a visual or hearing impairment. Most of the people who live here are younger adults. A home for younger adults has to be about building a life rather than winding one down. People here have decades ahead of them, so we talk about work and college, money, cooking, travel, relationships and independence, and we expect people to take on more over time rather than less. Support is agreed with the person and shaped around them. Some need help with personal care and health needs. Others mainly want somebody alongside them so that a demanding world becomes manageable. For autistic residents in particular, predictable routine, clear information, honest notice of change and attention to sensory demands prevent far more distress than any response afterwards. Sight and hearing loss get the same practical attention, beginning with how we communicate, because somebody who cannot follow what is happening will withdraw. Respite stays are available and can be a sensible way of finding out whether we suit somebody. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please get in touch to arrange a visit.

   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Mental Health
   • Physical Disability
   • Visual / Hearing Impairment
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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   Treetops Care home in Hemel Hempstead

   353 Chambersbury Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP3 8LW

   Weekly fees

   £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

   Nursing on site

   No, residential

   Short stays

   Yes, respite

   CQC rated

   Not yet rated

   Run by

   London Paramount Care Ltd

   Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

   • Care Home

   Treetops is a residential care home in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, supporting adults living with learning disabilities and autism, including younger adults moving into adult services for the first time. That transition is a big one and it is often harder on families than on anybody else. We try to make it a beginning rather than a loss. The people who live here are adults and we support them to run their lives as adults do, with choices about their day, their room, their money and their company, and with help where help is genuinely needed. We support people to build on what they can already do, whether that is cooking, shopping, travelling independently, keeping up with college or work, or managing their own appointments. Communication is planned around each individual, since being properly understood is what makes choice real rather than theoretical, and we take change at a pace people can actually manage. Respite stays are available for short periods of support or to give a family carer a planned break. We are registered with the Care Quality Commission and have not yet been given an overall rating. We say so plainly and welcome visits.

   • Learning Disability / Autism
   • Younger Adults
   • Respite Care

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10. Newgrange Residential Home Care home in Waltham Cross · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Cadmore Lane, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire EN8 9JX

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Mar 2022 over 4 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Newgrange of Cheshunt Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    We are a residential care home in Waltham Cross, providing a home for older people and younger adults who need help with daily living, including those living with dementia. Our aim is an unhurried house. A good deal of care is spoiled simply by being rushed, so we try to give people the time to wash, dress and eat at their own pace, and to sit with somebody who wants to talk rather than moving straight on to the next task. Residents keep their own rooms, belongings and routines as far as we can manage, and they decide how much they want to be part of whatever is happening. Meals are cooked here and we pay attention when somebody would rather have something different. Dementia care comes down to knowing the person. We ask families to tell us about working life, children, music, faith and old habits, because that knowledge is what allows a member of staff to reassure somebody who is anxious or cannot place where they are. It is worth a great deal more than any written procedure. Respite stays are available as well as permanent places. A planned break can be what allows a relative to keep providing care at home for longer. Our most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission rated us good overall. Families are welcome whenever they wish to come. Please come and see the home for yourself.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Hillview Care Home Care home in Ware

    17 Collett Road, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 7LY

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Not yet rated

    Run by

    B & M Investments Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Hillview Care Home is a care home in Ware, Hertfordshire. We provide residential care for older people, including people living with dementia and people with a physical disability, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. We are registered with the Care Quality Commission and have not yet been given an overall rating. We would rather say that here than leave a family to discover it, and we would encourage anybody considering us to visit and judge the home on what they see rather than on what we write. What we are building is a place where the day belongs to the residents. People get up when they want, eat what they want and spend their time where they choose. Rooms belong to the people in them, with their own furniture and pictures, and relatives call in when it suits them rather than when a timetable allows. For people living with dementia, our starting point is who the person has been. A working life, a family, a routine held for decades. That history usually explains far more about how somebody is now than anything in a medical file. Please come and look round, and take your time over the decision.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Respite Care

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    The Mead Care home in Borehamwood · Rated Requires improvement by CQC

    CQC: requires improvement

    Castleford Close, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire WD6 4AL

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jun 2026

    Run by

    Quantum Care Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    The Mead is a residential care home in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. We provide a permanent home to older people and to some younger adults, and we also offer respite stays for those who need care for a short spell or whose family carer needs a break. Our residents need different things from us. Many need help with personal care, moving about safely, medication and meals. A good number are living with dementia, and we let that shape the whole house rather than treating it as a separate department. The day follows a recognisable pattern, familiar staff are around, people keep their own habits and belongings, and somebody who is upset gets company and time rather than correction. We also support people with physical disabilities, where equipment, seating and access decide how much independence somebody actually has. Food is cooked on the premises and people are asked what they would like rather than told what there is. There is somewhere sociable to sit and somewhere quiet, a garden that gets used when the weather allows, and families are welcome whenever they can come. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Deciding on a care home is not something to do from a brochure, so please come and visit, at a mealtime if you can, and talk to whoever is on duty.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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13. Ganwick House Care home in Barnet · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Waggon Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire EN4 0PH

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jun 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Accomplish Group Support Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Ganwick House is a residential care home near Barnet, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults and people managing mental health conditions. Respite stays are part of what we do. We are small on purpose, so people here are known as individuals rather than managed as a group. For some that matters more than any facility. People choose their own rooms, share properly in the shopping and the meals, and have a hand in how the place runs. Where somebody can do a thing themselves, our job is to make it possible rather than to do it faster on their behalf. Attitude counts as much as skill here. Several of the people living with us have been judged rather than helped before, and staff who arrive with opinions about how somebody came to need support are of no use to them. We are careful with routine and generous with warning, because for several people here knowing what is happening is what makes a day workable. Our overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Come without ringing ahead, because that is the version of us worth seeing.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Mental Health
    • Respite Care

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14. HF Trust - 38 South Road Care home in Bishops Stortford · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    38 South Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 3JJ

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Dec 2018 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    HF Trust Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    38 South Road is a small residential home in Bishops Stortford, run by HF Trust. It is home to adults with learning disabilities and to autistic adults, and we also offer respite stays, planned well in advance so that a short stay means arriving somewhere familiar rather than somewhere strange. We are a house on an ordinary street and we run it as the residents' home. People choose how their bedrooms look, have a genuine say in the shopping and the meals, and get involved in cooking, laundry and looking after the place as much as they want to. Support covers personal care where it is needed, medication, health appointments and managing money, and it covers helping people get out to whatever matters to them, whether that is a job, a course, a club, a place of worship or a regular visit to family. Communication is where we put most of our effort. Some people here use speech, others use signs, symbols or a device, and others tell us a great deal through their behaviour. We take the time to learn it, we write down what we learn so it survives a change of staff, and we listen to families and to health colleagues who have known somebody far longer than we have. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please arrange to visit.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Respite Care

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15. Ashwood Care home in Ware · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Dickens Way, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 7BU

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Aug 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Runwood Homes Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Ashwood in Ware is a residential care home in Hertfordshire, providing a permanent home for adults who need care and support with everyday life. We aim for a household where people are known properly rather than looked after efficiently. Our care is residential rather than nursing. We help with personal care, medication, meals, mobility and company, and we bring in community health professionals when something more clinical is needed. Many of our residents live with dementia, and we rely on familiar staff, a routine that stays where it is and reassurance repeated as often as it is wanted. We care for residents with physical disabilities and those with a visual or hearing impairment, adapting how we communicate and how we help people move about so that dignity and independence are protected. We support younger adults too, planning their interests and routines on their own terms. Respite stays are available, giving family carers a real break and letting somebody try the home before a permanent decision is made. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please visit on an ordinary day, speak to the people who live here and form your own impression of the place.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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16. Greenhill Care Home Care home in Barnet · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Waggon Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire EN4 0PH

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jun 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    B & M Investments Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Greenhill is a residential care home in Barnet, providing a permanent home for adults who need care and support with everyday life. We aim for a household where people are known properly rather than looked after efficiently. Our care is residential rather than nursing. We help with personal care, medication, meals, mobility and company, and we bring in community health professionals when something more clinical is needed. Many of our residents live with dementia, and we rely on familiar staff, a routine that stays where it is and reassurance repeated as often as it is wanted. We also support adults with a learning disability or autism, where communication suited to the person and a dependable routine matter most, and residents with physical disabilities, adjusting how we help with mobility so that independence is kept wherever it can be. Respite stays are available, giving family carers a real break and letting a prospective resident spend time here before any permanent decision. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please visit on an ordinary day, speak to the people who live here and form your own impression of the place.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Physical Disability
    • Respite Care

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17. Station Road Care home in St Albans · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    1 Station Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL4 8BU

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Dec 2017 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    MacIntyre Care

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Station Road is a residential care home in St Albans supporting adults with learning disabilities. We treat the house as belonging to the people who live in it, and we try to behave like people who are there to help rather than people who are in charge. People arrange their own rooms, take part in the shopping and cooking as much as they want to, and decide how their days are spent. We support people to get out to work, to college, to clubs, to appointments and to see family, because a home is somewhere you go out from and come back to. Support is individual and agreed with the person. Some here need a great deal of help and others very little, and both are entirely normal. We put real weight on communication, using speech, signing, symbols, objects of reference or simply the understanding that grows from living alongside somebody, since without that choice is a word rather than a fact. Short respite stays are available alongside permanent places. Our most recent rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please contact us if you would like to visit.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Respite Care

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    St Matthews Care Home Care home in Redbourn · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Chequer Lane, Redbourn, Hertfordshire AL3 7QG

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Feb 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Colleycare Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    St Matthews Care Home is a residential home in Redbourn, Hertfordshire. We offer older people a settled, permanent home, and we also provide respite stays for those who need care for a short period or whose family carer needs a break. Most of our residents need help with washing and dressing, moving about safely, medication given properly and on time, and meals worth looking forward to, with somebody nearby through the night. A good number are living with dementia, and we let that shape the whole house rather than treating it as a separate wing. The day follows a recognisable pattern, familiar staff are around, people keep their own belongings and habits, and somebody who is anxious gets company and time rather than correction. Days here run at a gentle pace. There is breakfast when people are ready for it, food cooked on the premises, newspapers, cards, music, visits from the hairdresser and time in the garden when the weather allows. Nobody is obliged to join in with anything, and families visit as often as they like and are welcome at mealtimes. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Choosing a home is not a decision to make from a brochure, so please come and visit and talk to whoever is on duty. That will tell you more than anything we can write here.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Respite Care

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    Scarborough House Care home in Stevenage · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    395 Scarborough Avenue, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2QA

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jan 2019 over 7 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Hertfordshire County Council

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Scarborough House is a care home in Stevenage. We provide residential care for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. The question we ask ourselves about this place is whether the people living here have lives they would recognise as their own. Not whether the building is tidy or the records are in order, though both matter, but whether somebody has friendships, somewhere to go and genuine say over an ordinary week. If everyone's week looks the same, we have got something wrong. So people here are involved in the shopping, the cooking and the decisions about their own rooms and their own time. Some go out to work or college, some use local groups and facilities, and some prefer a quieter life with a few things they enjoy properly. None of those is treated as the better answer. Communication takes the most effort. Where somebody does not use speech, we learn how they tell us things, and we treat behaviour as information rather than as a difficulty to be managed. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Families and social workers are welcome to visit and ask us whatever matters to them.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Respite Care

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20. Cuffley Manor Care Home Care home in Potters Bar · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Coopers Lane Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 4AA

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jan 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Cooperscroft Care Home Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Cuffley Manor Care Home is near Potters Bar. We provide residential care for older people, including those living with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with visual or hearing impairment and some younger adults. Respite stays are available too. We want the home to feel like a household rather than an institution, which in practice means residents run their own days as far as they are able. People get up when they wake, eat what they actually like, and decide how much time to spend with others. Rooms are personalised from the start, and we encourage people to bring their own furniture and pictures because a room that looks like yours settles you far faster. Where someone has a physical disability or reduced sight or hearing, we pay attention to the practical details. Equipment that suits the person, a layout that stays predictable, things kept where people expect to find them, and staff who adapt how they communicate rather than expecting the person to manage. Dementia care rests on familiar staff, a steady rhythm and knowing something of a person's earlier life. Families often supply the detail that explains everything, and we ask for it early. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please come and visit Cuffley Manor.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Visual / Hearing Impairment
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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21. Iris Court Care Home Care home in Hitchin

    Hitchin Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 7QH

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Not yet rated

    Run by

    Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Iris Court Care Home is in Hitchin. We provide residential care for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, along with respite and short stays. We are the size of place where everybody knows everybody. Staff know who is up early, who wants a late breakfast, who likes company and who would sooner be left alone with the radio. None of that appears in a policy, but it is most of what makes a care home somewhere a person could actually live. When somebody moves in we take time over their history. Work, family, places, music, faith, the things that shaped them. It helps us support people living with dementia, and it helps our staff see a person rather than a set of needs. Dementia care here depends on familiarity and on not rushing anyone. We keep staffing as steady as we can, avoid unnecessary change and work out what reassures a particular resident, since it is rarely the same for two of them. Families get honest updates from us rather than comfortable ones. Meals are cooked here and residents tell us what they want on the menu. There is something going on most days, and no obligation to take part. Visitors are welcome through the day and can stay for a meal. Please come and see the home for yourself and talk to the people living in it. We would rather you formed your own view than took our word for it.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Eggleton House Care home in Tring

    117 Miswell Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 4EU

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Ask the home

    CQC rated

    Not yet rated

    Run by

    WT UK Opco 4 Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Eggleton House in Tring is a residential care home for older people, supporting people from across Hertfordshire, including those living with dementia and people who have a physical disability. What we are trying to run is a household rather than an institution, and the difference shows in small, checkable things. Whether somebody knocks before coming into your room. Whether you can still make your own tea when you want one. Whether rising at half past nine counts as a preference or a problem. Whether the food is worth looking forward to. None of that works unless the practical side is dependable, so we are careful about personal care, medication, meals cooked in our own kitchen and having staff awake and available through the night. For residents with a physical disability, accessible bathrooms, the right equipment and staff who know how that individual prefers to be helped to move are what keep daily life from quietly shrinking. Dementia is part of most of our days, and we gave up correcting people a long time ago. Consistent staff, a calm house and enough of somebody's history to find the thread of a conversation achieve far more, and relatives are usually the ones who can give us that history. The Care Quality Commission has not yet given us an overall rating. Come and have a cup of tea with us and ask the people who live here what they make of the place.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability

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    Beane River View Care home in Hertford · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    1 Beane View, Hertford, Hertfordshire SG14 3UD

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jan 2020 over 6 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Quantum Care Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Beane River View is a residential care home in Hertford. We are home to older people, including many living with dementia and people with physical disabilities, and we support younger adults too. We also offer respite stays. Most of what makes a care home good happens quietly and every day. Food people actually want to eat. Being helped to the bathroom without waiting. Laundry that comes back. Knowing the name of whoever is on this evening. Somebody noticing that you have been quieter than usual for a few days. We put our effort there rather than into anything that reads well at a distance. For residents with physical disabilities we plan the practical side around what somebody can still manage themselves rather than what is quickest for us, because independence given up for convenience is rarely handed back. For those living with dementia we protect the routine and keep the surroundings familiar, and we ask families for the working life, the places and the names. Our overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. We would rather keep improving quietly than talk about having improved.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Thorpedale Care home in Chorleywood · Rated Requires improvement by CQC

    CQC: requires improvement

    Station Approach, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire WD3 5QJ

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Sep 2017 over 9 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Watford And District Mencap Society

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    We are a residential home in Chorleywood supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic people. The house runs as a household rather than an institution. People living here have their own rooms and their own belongings, and they take part in deciding how the place works: what is cooked, when meals happen, what gets bought and where everyone goes at the weekend. For adults who have often had very little say in daily life, that ordinary degree of control is much of the point of the place. Support is built around each person and what they want to be able to do, whether that is work, college, volunteering, getting out regularly, keeping up with family, managing money with a hand from staff or learning to do more in the kitchen. Predictability counts for a great deal here, particularly for autistic people, so we keep staffing as consistent as we can and try not to change arrangements without warning and explanation. Respite stays are available alongside longer places. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission was requires improvement. We prefer to say so plainly rather than leave you to discover it elsewhere. We are working through the matters the inspectors raised and are willing to go through the report with anyone considering the home. Please come and visit. Meeting the people who live here will tell you more than anything we can write.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Respite Care

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    Julians House Care home in Stevenage · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    6 Julians Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 3ES

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Nov 2017 over 9 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Julians House is a residential care home in Stevenage supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults. We also offer respite stays. This is somebody's home before it is anything else, and we try to keep that at the front of our minds. People choose how their rooms look, what they eat, when they get up and how much of the day they want to spend with others. Some of the people living here have been with us a long time and know the place thoroughly. Others arrive needing time and patience before they settle, and we give them both without treating a slow start as a problem. Support is planned around what each person wants to do. For some that is cooking, shopping and managing their own money. For others it is getting to college or work, keeping up friendships, or simply having a predictable environment where sensory needs are properly understood rather than worked around. For younger adults in particular we think about the longer view. The skills and confidence someone builds here shape what is possible for them later, and we would rather support that than keep things easy for ourselves. Stevenage and the area around it are part of everyday life here rather than an occasional outing. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please get in touch if you would like to come and see us.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    The Lodge Care Home Care home in Hemel Hempstead · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    5 Broad Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 5BW

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jun 2026

    Run by

    B & M Investments Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    We are a residential care home in Hemel Hempstead, providing a home for older people and younger adults who need help with daily living, including those living with dementia. Our aim is an unhurried house. A good deal of care is spoiled simply by being rushed, so we try to give people the time to wash, dress and eat at their own pace, and to sit with somebody who wants to talk rather than moving straight on to the next task. Residents keep their own rooms, belongings and routines as far as we can manage, and they decide how much they want to be part of whatever is happening. Meals are cooked here and we pay attention when somebody would rather have something different. Dementia care comes down to knowing the person. We ask families to tell us about working life, children, music, faith and old habits, because that knowledge is what allows a member of staff to reassure somebody who is anxious or cannot place where they are. It is worth a great deal more than any written procedure. Respite stays are available as well as permanent places. A planned break can be what allows a relative to keep providing care at home for longer. Our most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission rated us good overall. Families are welcome whenever they wish to come. Please come and see the home for yourself.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Westerley Care Home Care home in Rickmansworth · Rated Requires improvement by CQC

    CQC: requires improvement

    Westerley Care, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 4EG

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Oct 2025

    Run by

    Sunquest Homes Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Westerley Care Home is in Rickmansworth. We provide residential care for older people, including those living with dementia, and we also support some younger adults. Respite stays are available alongside permanent places. We aim for an ordinary, comfortable household. Residents get up when they wake, eat what they actually enjoy and spend their days as they choose. Some are sociable and are downstairs from breakfast onwards. Others would rather have their own room, their own television and a quiet word with somebody who is not in a hurry. Both are perfectly reasonable. People usually arrive having struggled at home for a while, and the first few weeks are about settling rather than fitting in. We learn routines rather than imposing them, and we encourage people to bring their own furniture and pictures so a room becomes theirs quickly. Dementia care here rests on familiar staff, a steady rhythm and knowing something of a person's earlier life. Where somebody is distressed, we look for the cause. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement. We would rather say that plainly than have you find it out elsewhere. We know what was identified, there is work under way, and we are happy to go through it. Please come and see Westerley, ask us direct questions and judge it on what you find.

    • Older Person Care
    • Dementia Care
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Walsingham Support - 39 Adeyfield Road Care home in Hemel Hempstead · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    Walsingham, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 5DP

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jan 2018 over 8 years ago, ask what has changed

    Run by

    Walsingham Support

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Our home at 39 Adeyfield Road in Hemel Hempstead, part of Walsingham Support, provides residential care for adults with a learning disability and for autistic adults, including older people, people with a physical disability and younger adults. We also offer respite stays. This is a house and we want it to feel like one. The people who live here have their own rooms, their own belongings and their own way of running a day, and support is arranged around that rather than around a timetable that suits staff. Support is planned around what each person wants to be able to do rather than simply around risk. Cooking, shopping, managing money, using transport, getting to activities, college or work, and keeping up with family and friends. Where somebody needs a lot of help, we still look for what they can take on themselves, because independence slips away quietly unless someone is protecting it. Where a person has a physical disability we think properly about equipment, access and the amount of help we offer, because being over assisted is a real loss. We learn how each person tells us what they want, including those who use little or no speech, and we pay attention to noise, lighting and predictability. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please get in touch to visit.

    • Older Person Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Luke's Place Care home in Luton · Rated Good by CQC

    CQC: good

    The Old Estates Office, Luton, Hertfordshire LU2 8LD

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Jan 2026

    Run by

    Anchusa Care Limited

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Luke's Place is a residential care home in Luton supporting adults with a learning disability, autistic adults and people with a physical disability, including younger adults. We also offer respite stays. This is somebody's home before it is anything else. People choose how their rooms look, what they eat, when they get up and how much of the day they spend in company. Those choices are most of what makes a place worth living in, and they take steady effort to protect when staff change and pressures build. Support is planned around what each person wants to be able to do rather than only around risk. Cooking, shopping, managing money, using the bus, getting to college, work or activities, and keeping up with family and friends. Where somebody needs a great deal of help, we still look hard for the parts they can take on themselves. Where a person has a physical disability we think properly about equipment, access and the amount of help we offer, because being over assisted is a real loss and it creeps in easily. We learn how each person communicates, including those who use little or no speech, and we pay attention to noise, lighting and predictability. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. Please get in touch to visit.

    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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    Manor View Care home in Kings Langley

    10 Toms Lane, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 8NB

    Weekly fees

    £1,000 to £1,350 regional guide for the East of England, ask the home

    Nursing on site

    No, residential

    Short stays

    Yes, respite

    CQC rated

    Not yet rated

    Run by

    London Paramount Care Ltd

    Local authority: Hertfordshire County Council · Check what you would pay

    • Care Home

    Manor View is a residential care home in Kings Langley. We provide care for older people and also support adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people with a physical disability and younger adults. Respite stays are available too. Having residents of different ages and needs living together works better than people often expect, provided it is thought about rather than left to chance. What makes it work is not assuming everybody wants the same things. Meals, routines, outings and how much say somebody wants over their own decisions get worked out person by person. For residents with a learning disability or who are autistic, we treat the environment itself as part of the support. Noise, lighting, how predictable the day is, and whether there is somewhere quiet to go when everything becomes too much. We also learn how each person communicates, including those who use little or no speech. Where somebody has a physical disability we think properly about equipment, access and the amount of help we offer, because being over assisted is a real loss. Respite stays are available for planned breaks and at shorter notice. Please come and visit Manor View and ask us anything.

    • Older Person Care
    • Learning Disability / Autism
    • Physical Disability
    • Younger Adults
    • Respite Care

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Provider information is sourced from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), last updated September 2026.