Which care homes in Solihull are listed on this page?

This page covers forty two residential care homes in Solihull registered with the Care Quality Commission. Each home has a profile carrying its current rating and the inspection report behind it. The homes listed include Blossomfield Grange, The Grove Residential Home, Merstone House, Silver Birches and The Friendly Inn. Reading the profiles alongside one another gives a fuller picture than the rating on its own.

What should families ask when visiting a care home in Solihull?

Ask about staffing overnight and at weekends, and how far the home relies on agency workers who do not know the residents. Ask to see the room actually being offered rather than a show room, and ask what the home does when a resident's needs grow beyond its registration. Take the most recent inspection report with you and put anything the inspectors raised to the manager directly. Stay long enough to see an ordinary part of the day rather than only the guided tour.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation, meals and personal care, meaning help with washing, dressing, moving about and taking medication. A nursing home offers all of that with registered nurses on duty at all hours, for people whose medical needs require daily clinical attention. Every provider on this page holds residential care home registration. If the care needs assessment concludes that nursing care is needed, the search should move to homes registered to provide it.

Can the council fund a care home placement in Solihull?

Birmingham City Council may fund a placement where the needs assessment shows that residential care is appropriate and the financial assessment shows capital below the relevant threshold. Support is means tested, so many families contribute towards the weekly fee and some meet it in full. If the chosen home costs more than the council will fund, a third party top up may be sought from a relative rather than from the resident. Where the primary need is a health need, NHS continuing healthcare may cover the cost instead.

How do you arrange a care needs assessment in Solihull?

Contact the adult social care team at Birmingham City Council and ask for a care needs assessment, which anyone who appears to need care and support can request. It can take place at home, in hospital or over the telephone, and a relative or advocate may be present. If the person is already an inpatient, the hospital discharge team can usually make the referral. The written outcome sets out the needs identified and forms the basis of any funded support.

How far in advance should the search start?

Begin while a move is still only a likelihood rather than an emergency, because the homes that suit best are often the ones without a vacancy that week. A few weeks allows time to visit more than once, read the inspection reports and speak to relatives of current residents. Hospital discharge tends to compress that into days, and a decision taken at that pace is harder to undo than to make carefully. Requesting the assessment early keeps options open even if the move is later postponed.

Care Homes in Solihull

Solihull has 42 CQC registered care homes. 38 are rated Good, 4 Requires improvement. 36 of the 42 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Solihull at a glance

What the numbers say about care for older people in Solihull.

Birmingham City Council pays, residential care: £1,012 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,219 to £1,579, median £1,398
Care home beds filled across Solihull: 85%. The 12 month average is 88%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 67
People aged 75 and over: 25,700. Rising to 27,700 by 2035, up 8%
Care homes, last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed. 4 changed owner, covering 306 beds.
Who pays, across Solihull (estimate): 38% council, 58% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,300. Rising to 3,900 by 2035, up 17%
People aged 85 and over: 7,100. Rising to 9,800 by 2035, up 39%

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What residential care in Solihull involves and what to look for

Moving into a care home means handing over meals, laundry, medication and personal care to someone else, while trying to keep as much of a person's own routine as the home allows. How much of that routine survives has far more to do with the individual home than with the category it belongs to, which is why forty two listings need narrowing before they can be compared usefully.

Making sense of the ratings

The Care Quality Commission judges each home against five questions, asking whether it is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and the overall rating is a summary of those five. Thirty eight homes in Solihull are rated Good and four sit at Requires Improvement. Where a home carries the lower rating, look at what the inspectors were actually concerned about, because a shortcoming in record keeping reads very differently from one affecting the safety of care, and check whether the home has been reinspected since. For the homes rated Good, the individual judgements behind that word are where the useful detail lies.

Questions that separate one home from another

Ask how many staff are on duty overnight as well as during the day, and how regularly agency workers cover shifts. Ask how long the registered manager has held the post, since settled leadership usually shows up in everything else. Establish whether the home could keep caring for someone as dementia advances or mobility declines, or whether that would mean another move later on. Visiting twice, with one visit around a mealtime, reveals more about daily life than any arranged tour.

Getting an assessment and sorting out the funding

The care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for an assessment, whatever their income or savings, and it is worth requesting even where a family expects to fund the placement themselves. The assessment covers daily tasks, mobility, medication, health conditions, risk at home and the support a relative already provides, and it produces a written record of what is needed. Requests go to Birmingham City Council, which is responsible for adult social care assessments and for arranging funded support. Anyone caring unpaid for a relative can request a carer's assessment of their own needs alongside it.

Means testing, fees and the contract

A financial assessment follows the needs assessment, considering income, savings and, for a permanent placement, the value of a property in most circumstances. Above the capital threshold the resident meets the fees; below it the council contributes according to the assessment. Homes set their own charges rather than working from a common rate, so fees vary across Solihull with the room, the level of support and whether nursing care is involved. Ask for a written breakdown showing what the weekly fee covers and what sits outside it, including hairdressing, chiropody and outings, and ask how much notice is given before an increase. Where someone has substantial health needs, ask whether NHS continuing healthcare has been considered, since that is assessed separately and can change who pays.

42 care homes in Solihull

1a West Avenue · Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, Solihull, B36 0EB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by GreenSquareAccord Limited
We at 1a West Avenue offer warm, person centred residential care in Birmingham, within the Solihull area of the West Midlands. Our home is a welcoming place where adults with learning disabilities, autism, and younger adults can feel truly...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
429 Warwick Road · Solihull, Birmingham, Solihull, B91 1BD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
We are a residential care home on Warwick Road in Solihull, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, including younger adults and older people who need help with daily living. The house is run as a household rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Alcott Lane · 2 Alcott Lane, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 7AT
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Midway Care Ltd
Alcott Lane is a residential care home in Solihull supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing mental ill health and people with visual or hearing impairments, including many younger adults. We offer...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Arbor Way · 78a Arbor Way, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 7LD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Royal Mencap Society
At Arbor Way, we provide residential care for adults in the heart of Birmingham, Solihull, and we take genuine pride in the home we have built together as a team and community. We specialise in supporting people with learning disabilities...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Aviary House · 60 Burton's Way, Birmingham, Solihull, B36 0UG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Home Group Limited
Aviary House is a residential care home in Birmingham, serving families across Solihull and the surrounding area. We support older people and younger adults, including adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and people managing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Caretech Community Services - Danzey Green · 41-45 Danzey Green, Birmingham, Solihull, B36 9EE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by CareTech Community Services Limited
We are a residential home at Danzey Green near Birmingham, supporting adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people living with mental health conditions and people with physical disabilities. The house is run as a household...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Respite Care
Caretech Community Services - Yorkminster Drive · 1-5 Yorkminster Drive, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 7UG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by CareTech Community Services Limited
We are Yorkminster Drive, a residential care home in Solihull run as part of Caretech Community. We support adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing a mental health condition and people with a physical...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Respite Care
Coleshill Road · 74 Coleshill Road, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 7HW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Midway Care Ltd
Coleshill Road is a residential care home in Solihull, Birmingham, supporting adults with a learning disability or autism alongside older people who need residential care. It is a home rather than a placement, and the household is arranged...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Greenview · 109 Coleshill Road, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 7HT
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Accomplish Group Limited
We are a residential care home in this part of the West Midlands, supporting older people and younger adults who need help with daily life, including people living with mental health needs. We run the place as a household rather than a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Lonsdale Midlands - Windward Way · 170-174 Windward Way, Birmingham, Solihull, B36 0PS
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Lonsdale Midlands Limited
We are the Lonsdale home at Windward Way in the Solihull area, a residential care home supporting adults with a learning disability or autism, adults living with a mental health condition and people with a physical disability. We also...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Respite Care
Lynncare 2000 · 573 Chester Road, Birmingham, Solihull, B36 0JU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Lynncare 2000 Limited
Lynncare 2000 is a residential care home in Solihull. We support older people who need help with daily life, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults and people with mental health needs, including younger adults. We also offer...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Merstone House · 180 Coleshill Road, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 7HP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Accomplish Group Limited
Merstone House is a residential care home in the Solihull part of Birmingham. We support adults who need help with daily living, including older people and adults whose mental health makes living alone difficult. Many of the people here...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Rons Place · 4 Cardiff Grove, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 5EY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by The Maples Residential Care Home Limited
Rons Place is a residential care home in the Birmingham and Solihull area, supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, most of them younger adults. Respite stays are available as well as permanent places. We are a...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Silver Birches · 23 Tyne Close, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 6QZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Affinity Care Consortium Ltd
Silver Birches is a residential care home in the Solihull area of Birmingham, providing care for older people, including people living with dementia. We offer permanent places and shorter respite stays. We keep the home domestic in feel...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Stapleton Drive · 25, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 5LQ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Stapleton Drive is a residential care home in the Solihull area supporting adults with a learning disability or autism. We offer permanent places and respite stays. The house is run so that the people living in it make the everyday...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
The Friendly Inn · Gloucester Way, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 5PE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Friendly Inn Residential Home Limited
We are The Friendly Inn, a care home in Birmingham serving families across the Solihull area. We provide residential care for older people, including people living with dementia, and for younger adults, and we offer respite stays for those...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
The Maples Residential Care Home · 10 Maple Leaf Drive, Birmingham, Solihull, B37 7JB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by The Maples Residential Care Home Limited
The Maples Residential Care Home is a care home in the Solihull area of Birmingham, supporting adults with a learning disability or autism. We also offer respite stays, which can give a family carer a genuine break while the person staying...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
222 Bills Lane · 222 Bills Lane, Solihull, Solihull, B90 2PP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Bills Lane is a small residential care home in Solihull supporting adults with a learning disability or autism. We also offer respite stays for people who need support for a shorter period or whose usual carer needs a break. Being small is...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
7-9 Downing Close · 7-9 Downing Close, Solihull, Solihull, B93 0QA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
7 to 9 Downing Close is a small residential home in Solihull. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, and we offer respite stays. Being small is the point rather than a limitation. This is a house and it feels...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Autumn Leaf House · 38 Chester Road, Solihull, Solihull, B36 9BX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Parkcare Homes (No.2) Limited
Autumn Leaf House is a residential care home in Solihull supporting adults with a learning disability or autism, adults living with mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and people with a visual or hearing impairment....
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Birchmere Mews · 1270 Warwick Road, Solihull, Solihull, B93 9LQ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Willowbrook Healthcare Limited
At Birchmere Mews, we provide residential and dementia care for older adults in the heart of Solihull, and we are proud to also support younger adults, people living with mental health conditions, physical disabilities, and visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Blossomfield Grange · 1 Worcester Way, Solihull, Solihull, B90 4JX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by WT UK Opco 4 Limited
Blossomfield Grange provides residential care in Solihull 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 respite...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Castle Lane · 126 Castle Lane, Solihull, Solihull, B92 8RW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
Castle Lane is a residential care home in Solihull supporting younger adults, including people who have a learning disability and people who are autistic. It is somebody's home before it is anything else, and we work to keep that order of...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Claridge Place · 111 Warwick Road, Solihull, Solihull, B92 7HP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sanders Senior Living Limited
Here at Claridge Place, we provide residential care for older adults in the heart of Solihull, and we take genuine pride in the community we have built together — residents, families, and our team alike. We support people with a wide range...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Creynolds Lane · 268 Creynolds Lane, Solihull, Solihull, B90 4ET
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Creynolds Lane is a residential care home in Solihull. We support older people and adults with learning disabilities, including autistic adults, and we offer both permanent places and respite stays. Because the people who live here have...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Eastcote Park Care Home · Knowle Road, Solihull, Solihull, B92 0JA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Eastcote Care Limited
We at Eastcote Park Care Home are proud to offer dedicated residential and dementia care in the welcoming town of Solihull, West Midlands. Our home has been thoughtfully designed to be a place where older people, younger adults, and those...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Elizabeth House · 77 Elizabeth Grove, Solihull, Solihull, B90 3BX
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Shirley Old Peoples Welfare Committee
Elizabeth House is a residential care home in Solihull, providing a settled home for older people who can no longer manage easily on their own. We are not a large place, and that shapes how it feels. Staff know everybody who lives here and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
Elmdon House · 190 Elmdon Lane, Solihull, Solihull, B37 7EB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Midway Care Ltd
We at Elmdon House are proud to offer dedicated residential care in the heart of Solihull, providing a warm and welcoming home for adults living with learning disabilities and autism. Our setting has been thoughtfully designed to feel like...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Fountains Care Home · 1355 Stratford Road, Solihull, Solihull, B90 4EF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited
Fountains Care Home is a residential care home in Solihull. We support older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. We try to make this a home rather than a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Hurst Green Road · 9 Hurst Green Road, Solihull, Solihull, B93 8AE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Hurst Green Road is a residential care home in Solihull, supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. We also offer respite stays, which families often use for a planned break or at short notice when circumstances...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly · Lodge Road, Solihull, Solihull, B93 0HF
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Job's Close Residential Home For The Elderly
We at Job's Close Residential Home for the Elderly offer a welcoming residential care setting in the heart of Solihull, providing dedicated older person care to those who call our home their own. Nestled within the wider West Midlands...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
Lyndon Croft · 144 Ulleries road, Solihull, Solihull, B92 8ED
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Prime Life Limited
Lyndon Croft is a residential care home in Solihull. We provide accommodation and personal care for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, and we also offer respite stays for people who need care for a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Mereside Care Home · 42 St Bernards Road, Solihull, Solihull, B92 7BB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Mereside Care Home Ltd
Mereside Care Home is a residential home in Solihull supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults moving into a home of their own for the first time. We also offer respite stays, planned in...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Rayner House · 3-5 Damson Parkway, Solihull, Solihull, B91 2PP
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Rayner House and Yew Trees Limited
Rayner House provides residential care in Solihull for older people, including people living with dementia, and we also take planned respite stays. Most of what makes a care home a decent place to live is ordinary and daily. Getting up at...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Select Lifestyles - 512-514 Stratford Road · Shirley, Solihull, Solihull, B90 4AY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Select Lifestyles Limited
We are Select Lifestyles on Stratford Road in Solihull, a residential care setting supporting adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with a physical disability and people with sight or hearing loss, including...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
St Bernards Care Home · 76 St Bernards Road, Solihull, Solihull, B92 7BP
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by St Bernards Residential Care Home Limited
We at St Bernards Care Home offer a warm and welcoming residential care setting in the heart of Solihull, providing dedicated older person care for those seeking a comfortable place to call home. Nestled within the familiar surroundings of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Sunny Mount (Knowle) - 127 Longdon Road · 127 Longdon Road, Solihull, Solihull, B93 9HY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sunny Mount (Knowle)
127 Longdon Road is a small residential care home in Solihull supporting adults with a learning disability or autism. Being small is the point: the household can be shaped around the people who live in it rather than around a routine that...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson · Masters House, Solihull, Solihull, B93 0AL
Care home · CQC Good · Run by The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson
The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson is a residential care home in Solihull. We provide care for older people who need help with daily life but do not need nursing, and we take respite bookings as well as permanent places. We are a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
The Grove Residential Home · 48 Lode Lane, Solihull, Solihull, B91 2AE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by The Grove Residential Home (Solihull)
We at The Grove Residential Home offer a warm and welcoming residential care home in Solihull, where older people receive the compassionate support they deserve in a setting that truly feels like home. Nestled within the Solihull community...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
The Pines · 29 Bishopton Close, Solihull, Solihull, B90 4AH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Extel Limited
The Pines is a residential care home in Solihull, and we support adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, and adults living with mental ill health. Respite stays are available as well. We run a household rather than a unit....
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Respite Care
Wagstaff Way · 3 Wagstaff Way, Solihull, Solihull, B37 7GW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Autism.West Midlands
Wagstaff Way is a residential care home in Solihull for adults with a learning disability and for autistic adults. Most of the people who live here are younger adults, and we also offer respite stays for people who usually live at home...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Willow Grange Care Home · 119 St Bernards Road, Solihull, Solihull, B92 7DH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by 3A Care (Solihull) Limited
Willow Grange is a residential care home in Solihull. We are home to older people, including many living with dementia, and we offer respite stays for families needing a planned break. Our priorities are plain: food worth eating, warm...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care

What care costs in Solihull, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care West Midlands figure, because too few Solihull homes publish this price. 30 homes. Median £1,398.	£1,012	£1,219 to £1,579
Nursing care West Midlands figure, because too few Solihull homes publish this price. 16 homes. Median £1,646.	£1,037	£1,460 to £1,936
Residential dementia care West Midlands figure, because too few Solihull homes publish this price. 23 homes. Median £1,484.	Not published separately	£1,375 to £1,681
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Solihull 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

Birchmere Mews, 30 July 2026, Good
The Pines, 27 April 2026, Good
Elizabeth House, 6 January 2026, Requires improvement

Longest since a report

Rons Place, 29 December 2017, Good
The Maples Residential Care Home Limited, 5 January 2018, Good
Hurst Green Road, 16 January 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Solihull

How many care homes are there in Solihull?

Solihull has 42 CQC registered care homes: 38 Good, 4 Requires improvement. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a care home cost in Solihull?

Birmingham City Council pays an average of £1,012 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,219 to £1,579 a week. West Midlands figure, because too few Solihull homes publish this price. 30 homes. Median £1,398. 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 Solihull were inspected most recently?

Birchmere Mews (30 July 2026), The Pines (27 April 2026) and Elizabeth House (6 January 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Birmingham

New 68 bed care home registered with CQC in Birmingham: The Orchards (5 November 2026)

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