Care Homes in Ilkeston
Ilkeston has 11 CQC registered care homes. 11 are rated Good. 8 of the 11 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Ilkeston at a glance
What the local numbers say about care for older people in Ilkeston, to help you judge the options below.
- Derbyshire County Council pays, residential care: £974 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,233 to £1,449, median £1,356
- Care home beds filled across Derbyshire: 80%. The 12 month average is 80%.
- Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 71. Derbyshire average is 73.
- People aged 75 and over: 12,600. Rising to 13,900 by 2035, up 10%
- Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 3 closed. 6 changed owner, covering 242 beds.
- Who pays, across Derbyshire (estimate): 41% council, 38% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,600. Rising to 1,900 by 2035, up 20%
- People aged 85 and over: 3,000. Rising to 4,500 by 2035, up 46%
Planned and recent building work within 5 miles
- Oliver House Nursing Home, Oliver Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Application for a 8 bed care home through a change of use. Submitted 17 December 2025. Approved with conditions 12 February 2026. (2.2 miles away)
- Foylebank Care Home Foyle Avenue Derby. Application for a 35 bed care home through a change of use. Submitted 16 December 2025. Approved 12 May 2026. (4.4 miles away)
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.
Arranging and Funding a Care Home Place in Ilkeston
There are two distinct routes into a residential placement, and they move at different speeds. A household can approach homes directly and meet the weekly fee itself, or it can go through an assessment and receive help towards the cost. The assessed route involves more stages, which is the clearest reason to begin it before a move becomes pressing.
Requesting a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support can ask for a care needs assessment, and a relative providing that care can request a separate carer's assessment in their own right. Both are arranged through Derbyshire County Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing need and for arranging funded support where someone qualifies. The assessment records how a person manages washing, dressing, meals, medication and moving about, and it ends in a written statement of need rather than a recommendation of any particular home.
Who contributes, and how much
Where eligible needs are identified, a financial assessment considers income and capital. Savings above the upper threshold mean the placement is funded privately; below it, the authority contributes and the resident pays an assessed share out of income. How a property is treated depends on who else lives in it and on the wider circumstances of the household, so ask the team to explain those rules before any decision is taken.
Understanding the weekly fee
Residential fees are charged weekly and normally take in the room, all meals, laundry and personal care. Rates differ between homes in Ilkeston even where ratings match, and extras such as hairdressing, chiropody, newspapers and escorted appointments are commonly billed on top. Ask every shortlisted home for a written breakdown, and ask what would happen to the fee if needs increased after someone had moved in.
Choosing the Right Care Home in Ilkeston and What to Look For
Where every home carries the same published judgement, the comparison has to be built from something else entirely: registration, the detail inside each report, and the impression a place makes in person.
What residential registration allows
All eleven providers here are registered for residential care, which means accommodation with personal care rather than nursing on site. Tasks needing a qualified nurse on the premises, such as complex wound management or a feeding tube, fall outside that registration. Where those needs already exist, or look likely to develop, a nursing registered home is the better starting point, because a second move is hard on everyone.
Reading the reports when the ratings match
Open the full inspection report for each home on your shortlist. Every report answers five questions, asking whether a home is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and two homes both rated Good can differ noticeably once those five are set side by side. Check the date of each inspection too, since a change of manager or owner in the meantime can matter considerably more than the rating that came out of the visit.
What a visit tells you
Go at a busy time rather than a quiet one and watch the ordinary details: whether residents are up and occupied, whether staff use people's names without checking a chart, whether the layout suits someone unsteady on their feet. Ask how many staff are on duty overnight and how often the same carers work with the same residents. Homes such as Fullwood House, Canal Vue and Victoria Court appear here alongside smaller houses, and scale shapes daily life far more than any published word.
11 care homes in Ilkeston
- West Hallam Care Home · 8 Newdigate Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6GZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Ashmere Derbyshire Limited
West Hallam Care Home is a residential care home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. We support older people who need help with daily living, along with younger adults and people with a physical disability, and we work to keep the atmosphere of a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Coppice and Oakside · Shipley Common lane, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8TQ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Achieve Together Limited
Coppice and Oakside is a residential care home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults. People live here, and we work to keep the feel of a household rather than a...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Canal Vue · 107 Awsworth Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8JF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Springcare (Ilkeston) Limited
We are a residential care home in Ilkeston, 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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Fullwood House · 67 Lord Haddon Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8AU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Approach Community Homes Limited
We are a residential care home in Ilkeston supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic people and people living with mental health conditions, including younger adults and older people. The house is run as a household rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Smalley Hall Care Home · Main Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6DS
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Ashmere Derbyshire Limited
We at Smalley Hall Care Home are proud to offer a warm, welcoming residential care home in the peaceful surroundings of Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Nestled within the East Midlands and serving families across the wider DE postcode area, our home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Victoria Court · Nesfield Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8AY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Anchor Hanover Group
Victoria Court is a care home in Ilkeston in Derbyshire. We provide residential care for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, and we offer respite stays for those needing care for a short spell. We want...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Bennerley Fields Centre · 22 Bennerley Avenue, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8PF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Derbyshire County Council
Bennerley Fields Centre provides residential care in Ilkeston for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people who have sight or hearing loss. We also take planned...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Hillside · 31 Albany Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 5AD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Achieve Together Limited
Hillside in Ilkeston is a residential home for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, most of them younger adults. We also offer respite stays. People live here for years rather than months, so we run the house as their...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Chilwell House · 24 Wilmot Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 8BD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Aspire Health and Care Limited
Chilwell House is a residential care home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire. We are home to older people and to younger adults who need support with daily life, including people living with mental health conditions. What we offer is residential...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Bramble Lodge · 82 High Lane West, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 6HQ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Only Care Limited
Bramble Lodge is a residential care home in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, providing a home for older people and for younger adults who need support with daily living, including people living with dementia. We work at the pace of the people who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care - Churchview and Larklands · St. Johns Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 5PA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Achieve Together Limited
Churchview and Larklands together provide residential care in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, for adults with a learning disability or autism, including younger adults. We also offer respite stays, which can give a family carer a genuine break while...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
What care costs in Derbyshire, per week
| Type of care | What the council pays | What self-funders are typically asked |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care East Midlands figure, because too few Derbyshire homes publish this price. 34 homes. Median £1,356. | £974 | £1,233 to £1,449 |
| Nursing care England figure, because too few Derbyshire homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916. | £1,118 | £1,600 to £2,071 |
| Residential dementia care East Midlands figure, because too few Derbyshire homes publish this price. 20 homes. Median £1,350. | Not published separately | £1,278 to £1,475 |
| Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Derbyshire 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
- Victoria Court, 23 April 2026, Good
- Bennerley Fields Centre, 26 January 2026, Good
- Hillside, 12 January 2024, Good
Longest since a report
- Churchview and Larklands, 3 February 2018, Good
- Smalley Hall Care Home, 8 June 2018, Good
- Coppice and Oakside, 13 March 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about care homes in Ilkeston
How many care homes are there in Ilkeston?
Ilkeston has 11 CQC registered care homes: 11 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does a care home cost in Ilkeston?
Derbyshire County Council pays an average of £974 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,233 to £1,449 a week. East Midlands figure, because too few Derbyshire homes publish this price. 34 homes. Median £1,356. 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 Ilkeston were inspected most recently?
Victoria Court (23 April 2026), Bennerley Fields Centre (26 January 2026) and Hillside (12 January 2024) have the most recent CQC reports.