How do we arrange a care needs assessment in Hertfordshire?

Contact Hertfordshire County Council and request an adult social care assessment, which the person themselves or a relative, friend or GP can ask for on their behalf. It is free and there is no financial test involved in getting one. A practitioner will look at how someone manages daily tasks, mobility, medication and safety when alone, then record in writing what support is needed. That written outcome underpins any funding decision and helps you judge which of the homes listed here could meet the need.

Will Hertfordshire County Council fund a care home place?

Funding is available where the care needs assessment concludes that residential care is required and a financial assessment shows the person qualifies for help. Income, savings and capital are all considered, and receiving a contribution towards the fee is a more usual outcome than having the entire cost met. Where the primary need is a health need rather than a social one, NHS continuing healthcare may be the relevant route. It is worth asking about funding early, since the answer narrows the field considerably.

Which care homes in Hertfordshire appear in this listing?

One hundred and seventy five registered residential care homes serving Hertfordshire are included, among them Tanners Wood, Osbourne Court, Greenhill Care Home, Dunsland House, Hazel End Care Home and The Radley Care Home. Every one is registered to provide accommodation together with personal care. Each entry links to a profile carrying the current Care Quality Commission rating and the inspection report behind it. With a list this long, filtering by location before comparing profiles usually saves a good deal of time.

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

A residential care home provides a permanent place to live with meals, company and hands on help from care staff with washing, dressing and medication. A nursing home offers all of that and keeps registered nurses on duty to meet clinical needs such as complex medication, wound care or a condition that is deteriorating. Every provider on this Hertfordshire page is registered as a residential care home rather than a nursing home. If clinical needs are present or look likely to develop, raise it during the care needs assessment so the right category of home is identified.

How far ahead should we begin looking?

Beginning early is what gives you the benefit of a list this size, because the homes families like best are rarely the ones with a room free tomorrow. Several weeks allows time for an assessment, a discussion about money and unhurried visits to a few places. Searches that start during a hospital discharge tend to collapse down to whatever is available that week. Reading profiles before any move becomes pressing costs nothing and makes the eventual choice a considered one.

What should we ask when visiting a care home in Hertfordshire?

Ask how many carers are on duty by day and overnight, how long they have worked there, and what training they have had in dementia and end of life care. Find out how care plans are written and reviewed, and how families are told when something changes. Ask to see a week of menus and the activities programme, and get clear about what the fee covers and what is billed separately. If you can talk to a resident or a visiting relative, that conversation usually tells you more than the tour.

Care Homes in Hertfordshire

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180 care homes in Hertfordshire (showing 151–180)

Blossom House · 134 Auckland Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 3HE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by P & P Community Services Ltd
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Strathmore Lodge · 2 Hall Place Gardens, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3SP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by ODK Care Hotels Ltd
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Respite Care
17 Walsworth Road · Hitchin, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9SP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Dunsland House · 5 Shrublands Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3HY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Dunsland House Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Homeside · 6 Great North Road, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 0PL
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Candour Care Services (Homeside) Limited
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,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Robin Hood House · Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, HP4 1PL
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Benslow Management Company Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
The Minims (12 & 31) · 31 The Minims, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 0AW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Saint John of God Hospitaller Services
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Respite Care
Desborough Care - The Firs · 77 The Causeway, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 5HL
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Desborough Care Limited
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Treetops · 353 Chambersbury Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 8LW
Care home · Run by London Paramount Care Ltd
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Newgrange Residential Home · Cadmore Lane, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 9JX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Newgrange of Cheshunt Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Hillview Care Home · 17 Collett Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 7LY
Care home · Run by B & M Investments Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Respite Care
The Mead · Castleford Close, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 4AL
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Quantum Care Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Ganwick House · Waggon Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 0PH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Accomplish Group Support Limited
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Respite Care
HF Trust - 38 South Road · 38 South Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3JJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by HF Trust Limited
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Ashwood · Dickens Way, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 7BU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Runwood Homes Limited
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....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Greenhill Care Home · Waggon Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 0PH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by B & M Investments Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Respite Care
Station Road · 1 Station Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 8BU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by MacIntyre Care
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
St Matthews Care Home · Chequer Lane, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, AL3 7QG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Colleycare Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Scarborough House · 395 Scarborough Avenue, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2QA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Hertfordshire County Council
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Cuffley Manor Care Home · Coopers Lane Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 4AA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Cooperscroft Care Home Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Iris Court Care Home · Hitchin Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 7QH
Care home · Run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Eggleton House · 117 Miswell Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 4EU
Care home · Run by WT UK Opco 4 Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability
Beane River View · 1 Beane View, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 3UD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Quantum Care Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Thorpedale · Station Approach, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, WD3 5QJ
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Watford And District Mencap Society
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Julians House · 6 Julians Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3ES
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
The Lodge Care Home · 5 Broad Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 5BW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by B & M Investments Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Westerley Care Home · Westerley Care, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 4EG
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Sunquest Homes Limited
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Walsingham Support - 39 Adeyfield Road · Walsingham, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 5DP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Walsingham Support
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Luke's Place · The Old Estates Office, Luton, Hertfordshire, LU2 8LD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Anchusa Care Limited
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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Manor View · 10 Toms Lane, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, WD4 8NB
Care home · Run by London Paramount Care Ltd
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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care