Can Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council fund a care home placement in West Bromwich?

It can, where a care needs assessment establishes eligible needs and a financial assessment shows the person qualifies for help with the fee. Income and capital are both assessed, and in most permanent placements the value of a property forms part of that calculation. The council contributes up to its own rate, so a home charging above it may need a third party top up. Ask for the decision and the agreed amount in writing before a place is accepted.

How do we arrange a care needs assessment in West Bromwich?

Contact the adult social care team at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and set out what has become unsafe or unmanageable at home. The assessment is free and is not means tested, although the financial assessment that follows does look at income and capital. A GP, district nurse or hospital discharge team can refer on your behalf if that is easier. If you are an unpaid carer, ask for a carer assessment at the same time, as it is a separate entitlement.

How far in advance should we start looking for a care home in West Bromwich?

Start as soon as a move looks probable rather than waiting for a crisis to settle it. Assessments and funding decisions both take time and cannot easily be hurried along. A few weeks allows you to visit shortlisted homes more than once and at different times of day, which is the most useful thing you can do. If a hospital discharge is approaching, the discharge team can arrange interim support while a permanent place is found.

Which providers in West Bromwich offer residential care?

Sixteen residential care homes in West Bromwich are listed on this page. Eight hold a Good rating from the Care Quality Commission, including Whitehall Lodge Care Home, Nicholl Grange, Caldene Rest Home and Hall Green Care Home. Four are currently marked Requires Improvement and four have not yet been rated. Availability changes from week to week, so open the profiles that interest you and contact each home about vacancies.

What should we ask when visiting a care home in West Bromwich?

Ask how many staff are on duty overnight and at weekends, and how much agency cover the home uses. Ask who writes and reviews the care plan, and how families are contacted when circumstances change. Ask to see the room that is genuinely available rather than a show room, and look at how residents are spending the afternoon. Then ask for the latest inspection report and what has been put right since.

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home provides accommodation and personal care, meaning help with washing, dressing, meals, mobility and medication. A nursing home provides that same support with a registered nurse on duty at all hours, which is what clinical needs require. All sixteen providers listed here are registered as residential care homes rather than nursing homes. If the care needs assessment identifies a nursing need, look at nursing registered homes instead.

Care Homes in West Bromwich

West Bromwich has 16 CQC registered care homes. 8 are rated Good, 4 Requires improvement, and 4 have not yet been rated. 10 of the 16 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

West Bromwich at a glance

What the local numbers say about care for older people in West Bromwich, to help you judge the options below.

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council pays, residential care: £892 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,219 to £1,579, median £1,398
Care home beds filled across Sandwell: 88%. The 12 month average is 89%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 93
People aged 75 and over: 24,300. Rising to 26,600 by 2035, up 10%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 10 changed owner, covering 476 beds.
Who pays, across Sandwell (estimate): 48% council, 20% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,200. Rising to 3,700 by 2035, up 13%
People aged 85 and over: 6,500. Rising to 7,600 by 2035, up 17%

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Planning and paying for a care home place in West Bromwich

Needs and money are assessed through two separate processes, and knowing which one does what removes most of the confusion families run into. Both take time, so both are better started early.

The assessment of need

Every adult who appears to need care and support is entitled to a care needs assessment, free of charge and irrespective of income or savings. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is responsible for carrying it out and for the separate financial assessment that follows where funded support may be available. Anyone providing unpaid care can request a carer assessment in their own name. The support plan produced at the end describes the level of care considered necessary, and it is the first thing a home will ask to see.

What the council may contribute

The financial assessment considers income and capital, and in most permanent placements the value of a property is included once the relevant disregards have been applied. Where the council pays, it does so up to its own agreed rate, which means a home charging more will generally require a top up from a relative or another third party. If the need is mainly clinical rather than practical, ask whether continuing healthcare funding has been assessed, as that decision is taken through the health service.

Fees and the things that sit outside them

Weekly rates differ according to the room, its size and outlook, and how much personal support is required. Ask for the figure in writing and establish what is charged separately, because hairdressing, chiropody, escorted appointments, newspapers and certain activities often are. Ask what notice is given of an increase, and what happens to the fee if assessed needs rise after a move.

Comparing homes in West Bromwich and what to check

With sixteen to choose between, the work is in narrowing the field rather than gathering more names. Three or four seen properly will tell you far more than a dozen enquiries by email.

Getting real value from the reports

The eight homes rated Good include Whitehall Lodge Care Home, Nicholl Grange, Caldene Rest Home and Hall Green Care Home. Four sit at Requires Improvement, among them Churchfield Court, Pegasus Care Home and Allerton Court, and four have not been rated at all. Read the report rather than the headline. It names which of the five key questions the judgement rested on, what the home was asked to change, and when the inspector called, all of which matter more than the single word on the front.

What to watch for on a visit

Choose a busy hour. Watch whether staff speak with residents rather than about them, whether people are occupied or simply seated, how long a call bell sounds, and how the place feels in the late afternoon when staffing is thinnest. Ask whether you may return unannounced, and pay attention to how readily that is agreed.

The questions that get past the tour

Ask how long the manager has been in post and how much agency cover is used, because stability shows up in everything else. Ask how a fall is handled and who telephones the family. Ask how a new resident is supported through the first fortnight, and what the home has put right since its last inspection.

16 care homes in West Bromwich

Churchfield Court · 236 All Saints Way, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B71 1RR
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Mr Nitin Gunputh & Mrs Amrita Gunputh
Churchfield Court is a residential care home in West Bromwich, Sandwell, supporting older people and younger adults. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement. We would rather put that first...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Pegasus Care Home · 65-67 Beeches Road, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 6HQ
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Pegasus Care Homes Limited
Pegasus Care Home is in West Bromwich, and we support a wider range of people than most residential homes take on. Older people who need help with daily living, including those living with dementia. Adults with learning disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Whitehall Lodge Care Home · 109 Whitehall Road, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 0HG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Mr & Mrs P Gunputh
Whitehall Lodge is a residential care home in West Bromwich supporting adults, including many younger adults, who live with mental health conditions. We offer respite stays alongside permanent places. Our most recent inspection by the Care...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Nicholl Grange · 14-22 Nicholl Street, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 6HW
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Kaleidoscope Plus Group
Nicholl Grange is a residential care home in West Bromwich. We support adults living with mental health conditions, in a house that is meant to feel like somebody's home rather than a facility. Recovery is not a straight line and we do not...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Respite Care
SENSE - 20-32 Horton Street · 20-32 Horton Street, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 7SG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Sense
We are Sense at Horton Street in West Bromwich, 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. Our particular...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Respite Care
Autumn Lodge · 96a & 96b, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 9LZ
Care home · Run by New Era Residence Ltd
Autumn Lodge is a residential care home in West Bromwich supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including many younger adults. We provide permanent places and planned respite stays. We run a house where people...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Hilltop View · 23 Barncroft Street, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 0QJ
Care home · Run by MAITRI CARE LTD
Hilltop View provides residential care in West Bromwich for older people and younger adults, including adults with learning disabilities and autism and people with mental health needs. We also offer planned respite stays. The people who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
66 Dudley Street · Dudley Street, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 9LU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
We are 66 Dudley Street, a residential care home in West Bromwich, Sandwell, supporting adults who have a learning disability and autistic adults, including younger adults. We also offer respite stays for people who need support for a...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Caldene Rest Home · 27-29 Beeches Road, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 6QE
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Richmond Court Nursing Home Limited
We are Caldene Rest Home in West Bromwich, in the borough of Sandwell. We provide residential care for older people, including those living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a visual or hearing impairment,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Respite Care
45 Hall Green Road · Hall Green, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B71 3JS
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
45 Hall Green Road is a small residential home in West Bromwich. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including younger adults, and we offer respite stays. We should say plainly that our most recent overall...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Hall Green Care Home · 107 Hall Green Road, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B71 3JT
Care home · CQC Good · Run by The Sandwell Community Caring Trust
We are a residential care home in West Bromwich, providing a home for older people who need help to get comfortably through the day. We try to keep the feel of a household rather than an institution, with people bringing their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Allerton Court · 234 Hydes Road, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B71 2ED
Care home · CQC Requires improvement · Run by The Sandwell Community Caring Trust
Allerton Court is a residential care home in West Bromwich caring for older people who need support with everyday life, including residents living with dementia. What we provide is help with the ordinary business of the day: assistance to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Birmingham Road · 75 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 6PY
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Achieve Together Limited
Here at Birmingham Road, we are a residential care home based in West Bromwich, Sandwell, supporting adults with a range of needs including learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities and younger adults who require day to day care...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Respite Care
The Grange · 12 Grange Road, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 8PD
Care home · Run by NR Care Group Limited
Here at The Grange, we provide residential care for adults in the heart of West Bromwich, Sandwell. We are a care home that genuinely gets to know the people who live with us, taking time to understand what matters to each individual and...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Summer View · 17 Lee Street, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B70 0QY
Care home · Run by New Era Residence Ltd
Ours is a residential care home in West Bromwich supporting adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. We think of it as a household rather than a service. People have their own rooms and their own things, keep their own hours...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Lonsdale Midlands - New Street North · 1-5 New Street North, West Bromwich, Sandwell, B71 4AQ
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Lonsdale Midlands Limited
Here at Lonsdale Midlands New Street North, we are a care home based in West Bromwich, Sandwell, and we take genuine pride in the community we have built here. We support adults with a range of needs, including those living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Respite Care

What care costs in Sandwell, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care West Midlands figure, because too few Sandwell homes publish this price. 30 homes. Median £1,398.	£892	£1,219 to £1,579
Nursing care West Midlands figure, because too few Sandwell homes publish this price. 16 homes. Median £1,646.	£968	£1,460 to £1,936
Residential dementia care West Midlands figure, because too few Sandwell 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 Sandwell 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

Churchfield Court, 22 July 2025, Requires improvement
Pegasus Care Home, 17 November 2023, Requires improvement
Lonsdale Midlands Ltd - New Street North, 15 November 2022, Good

Longest since a report

Whitehall Lodge Care Home, 6 September 2018, Good
Birmingham Road, 17 January 2019, Good
SENSE - 20-32 Horton Street, 31 January 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in West Bromwich

How many care homes are there in West Bromwich?

West Bromwich has 16 CQC registered care homes: 8 Good, 4 Requires improvement, 4 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does a care home cost in West Bromwich?

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council pays an average of £892 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,219 to £1,579 a week. West Midlands figure, because too few Sandwell 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 West Bromwich were inspected most recently?

Churchfield Court (22 July 2025), Pegasus Care Home (17 November 2023) and Lonsdale Midlands Ltd - New Street North (15 November 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.