Which care homes in Sunderland are listed on this page?

Fifty six residential care homes registered with the Care Quality Commission in Sunderland appear here. Beechwood, Belle Vue House, Laverneo and Holly House Care Home hold Outstanding ratings, and homes such as Primrose Care Home, The Village Care Home, Cedars Lodge and Thorndale are rated Good. Each entry shows the provider type and the current rating. Opening a profile leads to the inspection findings behind that grade.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation with personal care, meaning help with washing, dressing, meals, medicines and daily routine. A nursing home provides the same and has a registered nurse on duty at all hours for clinical needs such as wound care or complex medication. Every provider listed here holds a residential registration. Where nursing input is already needed most days, a home registered for nursing care is the right choice.

What should I ask when visiting a care home in Sunderland?

Ask how many care staff are on duty by day and overnight, and how sickness and holidays are covered. Ask how long the manager has been in post and how much of the team has been there more than a year. Find out how the home handles illness, falls and hospital admissions, and how soon relatives are told. Ask to see the room that is actually available and to stay for part of a meal.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Sunderland?

Contact the adult social care team at Sunderland City Council and request a care needs assessment. It is free and anyone who appears to need care can ask for one, whatever their savings. A social worker will talk through daily living, mobility, memory, medication and the support family already provide, at home or on a hospital ward. The written outcome records the level of care needed and is the basis of any support plan.

Can Sunderland City Council pay towards a care home place?

It can, where the needs assessment identifies eligible needs and the financial assessment shows capital and income below the national thresholds. Property is normally taken into account once a move is permanent, though a deferred payment agreement may be possible while a house is sold. Where the council contributes, the resident pays an assessed amount from their income. Families above the threshold arrange the placement privately and may request an assessment later if capital reduces.

How far in advance should we start looking?

Start before a crisis makes the choice for you, because assessments, visits and trial stays each take time. A home that suits well may have no vacancy in the week it is needed, and decisions made overnight after a hospital admission rarely feel settled later. A few weeks is usually enough to see more than one home properly. Reading the inspection reports early costs nothing and sharpens every question you ask.

Care Homes in Sunderland

Sunderland has 59 CQC registered care homes. 54 are rated Good, 4 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement. 41 of the 59 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Sunderland at a glance

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

Sunderland City Council pays, residential care: £919 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,331 to £1,392, median £1,369
Care home beds filled across Sunderland: 91%. The 12 month average is 91%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 84
People aged 75 and over: 28,600. Rising to 33,600 by 2035, up 18%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 8 changed owner, covering 405 beds.
Who pays, across Sunderland (estimate): 53% council, 22% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,700. Rising to 4,500 by 2035, up 20%
People aged 85 and over: 7,200. Rising to 9,800 by 2035, up 36%

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Choosing between the care homes in Sunderland

When every home is rated well

Fifty two homes here are rated Good and four are rated Outstanding, namely Beechwood, Belle Vue House, Laverneo and Holly House Care Home. A list without a single poor grade is genuinely reassuring, yet it hands the decision back to you. The reports still differ underneath the shared word, so read the ones on your shortlist and look at what inspectors singled out for praise, since that detail tells you what a particular home is good at rather than simply that it is good.

What residential registration covers

Each provider on this page offers accommodation together with personal care: help with washing and dressing, meals cooked and served, medicines given on time, laundry and daily company. Staff are present through the night. What is not included is a registered nurse on site around the clock, which is the line to watch if someone already needs wound care, insulin or close clinical monitoring. Where that is the case, a home registered to provide nursing is the right place to look.

The things that decide it

Weigh the journey relatives will make each week, because regular visits shape daily life more than any facility. Ask whether bedrooms are single and have their own bathroom, how the building handles someone unsteady on their feet, and whether a resident can bring their own furniture. Ask how the home supports people living with dementia, particularly anyone who becomes restless as the evening draws in. Then visit at a busy hour, count the staff you can see and listen to how residents are spoken to.

Arranging a place and paying for it in Sunderland

The care needs assessment

Almost every placement begins with a care needs assessment, which is free and open to anyone who appears to need care whatever their savings. A social worker discusses washing, dressing, mobility, memory, medication and the help family already give, then sets out in writing what level of care is required. That document becomes the basis of the support plan and of any funding decision. It can be requested from Sunderland City Council Adult Social Care, which is responsible for assessing need and arranging funded placements.

Working out the contribution

A separate financial assessment compares income and capital with the national thresholds. Savings count, and the value of a property is usually counted once a move is permanent, although a deferred payment arrangement may help while a house is on the market. Where the council contributes, the resident still pays an assessed sum from pension and benefits. Where capital is above the threshold the family arranges the placement itself, and can ask for an assessment later if savings fall.

Fees, notice and timing

Ask each home for its weekly fee in writing and for a list of what is charged on top, which often includes hairdressing, chiropody and outings. Ask how frequently fees are reviewed and what is payable while a resident is in hospital. Then give the process room, since assessments, visits and a suitable vacancy rarely line up neatly. Each profile here carries the full inspection report, which makes the early sorting quick and the later conversations far more useful.

59 care homes in Sunderland (showing 1–50)

All Saints Vicarage · Church Road, Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland, DH5 9AJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Swanton Care & Community (Autism North) Limited
All Saints Vicarage is a care home in Hetton le Hole. We provide residential care for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. This is a house, and it is meant to feel...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Dairy Lane Care Centre · Dairy Lane, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH4 5EH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Dairy Lane (St. Michael's) Limited
Dairy Lane Care Centre is a residential care home in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland, 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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Grangewood Care Centre · Chester Road, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH4 4RB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Care UK Care Services Limited
Grangewood Care Centre is a care home in Houghton le Spring. We provide residential care for older people, including many living with dementia, and for younger adults, and we support people with mental health needs and with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Holly House · Hall Lane, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 8DA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
Holly House is a residential care home in Houghton Le Spring, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. We also offer respite stays. We are deliberately small. That means quiet attention rather than scale: somebody...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Paddock Stile Manor · Philadelphia Lane, Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, DH4 4ES
Nursing home · Care home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by Indigo Care Services Limited
Paddock Stile Manor is a care home with nursing in Sunderland, offering residential care, nursing care, specialist support for people living with dementia and respite stays for people who need somewhere for a few weeks rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Primrose Care Home · 62-62A Station Road, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 0AT
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Primrose Care Home Hetton Ltd
We are a residential care home in Houghton Le Spring, supporting older people and younger adults who need help with daily life. We aim to run the place as a home before anything else, with people keeping their own belongings, their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
S E L F - 14 Park View · 14 Park View, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 9JH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by S.E.L.F. (North East) Limited
We are a residential care home at Park View in Houghton Le Spring, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, and people managing mental health conditions. We also offer respite stays. The scale is the point. Few...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Respite Care
S E L F - 15 Park View · 15 Park View, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 9JH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by S.E.L.F. (North East) Limited
15 Park View is a small residential care home in Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland. We support adults with a learning disability or autism and adults living with a mental health condition, and we offer respite care for planned short stays....
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Respite Care
SELF - 16 Park View · 16 Park View, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 9JH
Care home · CQC Good · Run by S.E.L.F. (North East) Limited
We are 16 Park View in Houghton Le Spring, a small residential care home run as part of SELF. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults, and we also offer respite stays. Being a small house...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Springfield Care Home · Bunker Hill, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH4 4TN
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Springfield Care Sunderland Limited
Springfield Care Home is a residential care home in Houghton Le Spring, in the Sunderland area. The people living here include older people, many of them living with dementia, along with younger adults, people with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
The Grange Care Home · South Burn Terrace, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH4 7AW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Herrington Grange Care Home Limited
At The Grange Care Home in Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, we provide residential care for older people, those living with dementia, and individuals with physical disabilities or visual and hearing impairments. We also welcome younger...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Valley View and Penshaw House · Back Lane, Houghton le Spring, Sunderland, DH4 7ER
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Roseberry Care Centres GB Limited
Valley View and Penshaw House provide residential care in Houghton le Spring for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities. We also take planned respite stays. Our aim is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
14 Thornhill · 14 Thornhill Park, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7LA
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by North East Autism Society
14 Thornhill is a small residential care home in Sunderland supporting adults living with learning disabilities and autism, including younger adults moving into adult services for the first time. Being small is the point. A house with a...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Archers Court · Archer Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3DJ
Nursing home · Care home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by Indigo Care Services Limited
Archers Court in Sunderland provides both nursing and residential care for older people, including those living with dementia, and we also support some younger adults. Respite stays are available too. Having both kinds of care under one...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Archers Park · Archer Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3DJ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Indigo Care Services Limited
We at Archers Park are proud to offer warm, person centred residential care in the heart of Sunderland, welcoming older people, younger adults and those living with dementia into a home where comfort, dignity and community truly matter....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Ashbourne Lodge Care Centre · The Cedars, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7TW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by HC-One Limited
We at Ashbourne Lodge Care Centre are proud to offer a welcoming residential care home in the heart of Sunderland, providing compassionate older person care and specialist residential support for adults living with a range of needs. Set...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Ashdale · 14a Beresford Park, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7JU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
Ashdale is a residential care home in Sunderland, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. We also offer respite stays. We are small on purpose. It means real familiarity rather than the appearance of it, and it...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Ashgate Cottage · 14 Beresford Park, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7JU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
Ashgate Cottage is a small residential care home in Sunderland, supporting adults who need help with daily living in an ordinary house rather than an institutional setting. Most of our work is with adults who have a learning disability or...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Ashton Grange Residential Home · St Lukes Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR4 6QU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by HC-One Limited
We are a residential care home in Sunderland, providing a permanent home to older people and support to younger adults who need residential care. Many of those living here are living with dementia or with a mental health condition, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Ashton Way · 2 Ashton Way, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3RX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
Ashton Way is a residential home in Sunderland for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including people who live with sight or hearing loss. The people here are mostly younger adults, and the home belongs to them far...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Beechwood · 29 Thornholme Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7LZ
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
We at Beechwood are proud to offer a warm and welcoming residential care home in the heart of Sunderland, providing personalised support for older people, younger adults, and those living with learning disabilities or autism. Our home has...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Belle Vue House · 1-3 Mowbray Close, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 8JA
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Malhotra Care Homes (Sunderland) Limited
Belle Vue House is a residential care home in Sunderland, and we provide a home for older people who need support with daily living. Respite stays are available too, for planned breaks and for the times when a family needs cover quickly....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Brentwood · 5 Thornholme Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7QF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
Brentwood is a residential care home in Sunderland supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. We are a small house and we want it to feel like one. People have their own rooms, decorated as they like them, and a say...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Cedar House Care Home · 3-4 The Cedars, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7TW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Cedar House Sunderland Limited
We are Cedar House Care Home in Sunderland. We provide residential care for older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people living with mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Cedars Lodge · 3 Cedars Court, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7EN
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
Here at Cedars Lodge, we provide residential care for adults in the heart of Sunderland, and we take real pride in the community we have built here. Our home supports people with a range of needs, including learning disabilities, autism,...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Dunelm · 115 Dunelm South, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7QY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
Dunelm is a residential care home in Sunderland for adults with a learning disability and for autistic adults. We provide permanent places and also respite stays, which give families who usually provide the support a planned and...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Eastcliffe · Sidecliff Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 9PX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Swanton Care & Community (Autism North) Limited
We are a residential home in Sunderland supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, including younger adults. Because the house is run as a household rather than a service, the people who live here have their own...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Education and Services for People with Autism - 7 The Cedars · Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7TW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
We are 7 The Cedars, a residential care home in Sunderland 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...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Education and Services for People with Autism - 8-8a The Cedars · 8 The Cedars, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7TW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
We are a residential care home in Sunderland supporting autistic adults and adults who have a learning disability, including older people and younger adults. Autism is not an illness to be treated and we do not approach it that way. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Farmborough Court Intermediate Care Service · Farmborough Court, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 4EU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sunderland City Council
We at Farmborough Court Intermediate Care Service are proud to offer a welcoming residential care home in the heart of Sunderland, where compassionate support meets a genuine sense of community. Our home provides specialist residential...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Glenholme Residential Care Home · 4 Park Avenue, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 9PU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Wellburn Care Homes Limited
Glenholme Residential Care Home is in Sunderland. We provide care for older people, including those living with dementia, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent places. We keep things straightforward. People usually come to us...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Grindon Mews Short Break Centre · Grindon Mews, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR4 8PQ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sunderland City Council
Grindon Mews Short Break Centre in Sunderland provides short breaks and residential care for adults with a learning disability and for autistic adults, including older people and younger adults. Short breaks are what we do, and we think...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Grindon Short Break Service · 210 Grindon Lane, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR4 8HW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sunderland City Council
We at Grindon Short Break Service offer a warm and welcoming residential care home in Sunderland, providing respite and short break support for adults across the North East. Our home is a place where individuals can enjoy a genuine change...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Highcliffe Care Centre · Whitchurch Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 5SX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Highcliffe Care Centre Limited
Highcliffe is a residential care home in Sunderland. Those living here include older people, many living with dementia, and people with physical disabilities. We support younger adults too, and respite stays are part of what we do. We keep...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Inverthorne · 20 Thornholme Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7QG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
Inverthorne in Sunderland is a residential care home supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. We keep the house small and domestic on purpose. People live here rather than being placed here, and that shows in the...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Lansbury Court · Parkhouse Avenue, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 3DF
Nursing home · Care home · CQC Good · Nursing on site · Run by Indigo Care Services Limited
Lansbury Court is a nursing home in Sunderland. We provide nursing care and residential care, we support people living with dementia and people with a physical disability, and we offer respite stays for those who need care for a shorter...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Respite Care
Laverneo · Pennywell Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR4 9HX
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Salutem LD BidCo IV Limited
Laverneo is a residential care home in Sunderland, and we support adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing loss, older people and younger adults. Respite...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Marquis Court · Tunstall Village Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 2BB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by George Ronald Limited
Marquis Court is a residential care home in Sunderland, providing a home and short stays for older people who need support with daily living. People come to us for different reasons. Sometimes keeping on top of a house had become too much....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Meldan · 16a Leechmere Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 9NB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
We are a residential home in Sunderland supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic people. The house runs as a household rather than an institution. Everyone has their own room and their own things, and the week is worked...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Montpelier Terrace · 3 Montpelier Terrace, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7TZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
Montpelier Terrace is a residential home in Sunderland. We support adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, most of them younger adults, and we offer respite stays as well as permanent places. This is a house on a terrace...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Moorpine · 18 Thornholme Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7QG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
We at Moorpine are proud to offer a welcoming residential care home in the heart of Sunderland, where every resident is supported to live life with dignity, purpose, and joy. Nestled within the SR postcode area of the North East, our home...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
No 9 · 9 Thornhill Park, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7JZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
We are No 9, a small residential care home in Sunderland. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, and we also offer respite stays. Being a small house is the point of us. It means the people who live here are not...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
Park Lodge · Park Avenue, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 9PU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Swanton Care & Community (Autism North) Limited
Park Lodge is a residential care home in Sunderland, supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. Most of the people who live here are younger adults, and we run the home on the basis that this is their home and their...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Princess House Seaburn · Princess House, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 9NS
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Danick Limited
Princess House Seaburn is a residential care home in Sunderland, caring for older people who can no longer manage safely on their own, and supporting younger adults who need residential care. We aim for the feel of a household rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Rosehill · 31 Thornholme Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7JX
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
Rosehill is a residential care home in Sunderland supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. It is a house where people live, and we do our best to make sure it feels like one rather than like a service with bedrooms...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
The Cedars · 11 The Cedars, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7TW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Swanton Care & Community (Autism North) Limited
Here at The Cedars, we offer residential care for adults in the heart of Sunderland, and we are proud to support people from all walks of life under one welcoming roof. Our team works with people who have learning disabilities or autism,...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
The Court · 22 Thornholme Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7QG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by North East Autism Society
The Court is a residential care home in Sunderland, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults. We also offer respite stays. We treat this as where people live rather than where they have been placed. People arrange...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
The Croft Residential Care Home · Ettrick Grove, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR4 8QE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Clovely Care Limited
The Croft Residential Care Home is in Sunderland, and we provide residential care for older people and younger adults, including many people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities or a visual or hearing impairment. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
The Hermitage · Ravine Terrace, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 9LZ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
The Hermitage is a residential care home in Sunderland supporting adults who have a learning disability and adults who are autistic. We are a household rather than an institution, and the people who live here have a genuine say in how it...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care
The Village Care Home · Hylton Bank, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR4 0LL
Care home · CQC Good · Run by The Village Care Home (South Hylton) Limited
Here at The Village Care Home in Sunderland, we provide residential care for older adults in a warm and welcoming environment where people genuinely feel at home. We support individuals living with dementia, mental health conditions and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Respite Care

What care costs in Sunderland, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care North East figure, because too few Sunderland homes publish this price. 13 homes. Median £1,369.	£919	£1,331 to £1,392
Nursing care England figure, because too few Sunderland homes publish this price. 140 homes. Median £1,916.	£929	£1,600 to £2,071
Residential dementia care North East figure, because too few Sunderland homes publish this price. 14 homes. Median £1,458.	Not published separately	£1,268 to £1,548
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Sunderland 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

14 Thornhill, 8 September 2026, Requires improvement
The Court, 20 April 2026, Good
Inverthorne, 17 April 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Thorndale, 19 May 2018, Good
No 9, 19 May 2018, Good
The Croft Residential Care Home, 26 June 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Sunderland

How many care homes are there in Sunderland?

Sunderland has 59 CQC registered care homes: 4 Outstanding, 54 Good, 1 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 Sunderland?

Sunderland City Council pays an average of £919 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,331 to £1,392 a week. North East figure, because too few Sunderland homes publish this price. 13 homes. Median £1,369. 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 Sunderland were inspected most recently?

14 Thornhill (8 September 2026), The Court (20 April 2026) and Inverthorne (17 April 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.