Which care homes serve Yeovil?

Twelve registered residential care homes cover the town and all of them appear on this page. They include Grovelands, Fir Villa Residential Home, The Elms Residential Home, Beechwood House Care Home, Compton View Residential Care Home and Potter House among others. Each entry shows the provider type alongside the current Care Quality Commission rating where one has been published. Comparing them here saves approaching each home separately for the same details.

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

Ask how many care staff are on duty by day and overnight, and how sickness and annual leave are covered. Ask how care plans are reviewed, how promptly families are told about falls or infections, and what happens if a resident becomes unwell during the night. Request a recent menu and activities programme, then ask what a day involves for someone who prefers to remain in their room. A manager who answers uncomfortable questions directly is offering better evidence than a well presented lounge.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation with personal care, meaning help with daily living from trained care staff rather than clinical treatment. A nursing home is registered to keep a qualified nurse on the premises, allowing it to manage wounds, complex medication and conditions needing regular clinical oversight. All twelve providers on this page are registered for residential care rather than nursing. Where someone already needs regular nursing attention, a nursing registration is the more appropriate starting point.

Can Somerset Council fund a care home placement?

It can, where a needs assessment confirms residential care is required and a financial assessment shows capital and income below the national thresholds. The resident normally contributes an assessed amount from income while the authority meets the balance up to the rate it usually pays. If a family prefers a home charging above that rate, a third party may be asked to cover the difference. Asking the authority what its usual rate is before committing to a home avoids an awkward surprise later.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Yeovil?

Contact adult social care at Somerset Council by telephone or through the referral form on its website and explain what has changed. Assessments are free and open to anyone who appears to need care and support, whatever their means. A practitioner will discuss daily tasks, health, safety at home and the help already coming from family or neighbours. Jotting down how the last fortnight has genuinely gone helps the assessment reflect a typical week rather than a good day.

How far in advance should the search begin?

Sooner than most families anticipate, because sought after homes keep waiting lists and hurried decisions rarely wear well. Beginning while the current arrangement still holds allows a second visit and time to compare properly. Where a hospital discharge is expected, tell the ward team and the local authority promptly so assessment and placement can advance together. Even an outline shortlist takes a great deal of pressure out of a sudden change.

Care Homes in Yeovil

Yeovil has 13 CQC registered care homes. 9 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 3 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 13 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Yeovil at a glance

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

Somerset Council pays, residential care: £805 a week. Self-funders are typically asked £1,400 to £1,650, median £1,549
Care home beds filled across Somerset: 85%. The 12 month average is 85%.
Care home beds per 1,000 people aged 75+: 71
People aged 75 and over: 81,600. Rising to 97,500 by 2035, up 19%
Care homes, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 7 changed owner, covering 353 beds.
Who pays, across Somerset (estimate): 35% council, 44% self. The rest is NHS funded or other.
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 10,500. Rising to 13,600 by 2035, up 29%
People aged 85 and over: 21,600. Rising to 33,700 by 2035, up 56%

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

What residential care in Yeovil involves and how to judge it

Families arriving here often expect the hardest part to be comparing buildings. In practice the harder work is deciding what the person moving in actually needs, because a home that suits someone who wants quiet company is not the home that suits someone who thrives on activity and noise. Twelve residential care homes serve the town, which is enough choice for that distinction to be worth making carefully.

The needs residential registration covers

A residential home offers accommodation together with help around washing, dressing, medication, meals and the ordinary business of the day, delivered by staff on duty at every hour. None of the homes listed here is registered for nursing, so no qualified nurse is based in the building, though community nursing can visit. Where a health condition is likely to require regular clinical attention, a home with nursing registration may spare a second move later. Ask each manager plainly what they would not be able to manage, since the limits they set out reveal more than a list of what is on offer.

Reading the ratings and looking past them

The record across the town is encouraging. Grovelands holds an Outstanding rating, nine homes are rated Good, and two have no published rating yet, which normally reflects the absence of an inspection report rather than any known concern. For those two, ask how long the home has been open and how it checks its own standards. Elsewhere, read the report rather than the rating word, noting when the visit took place and whether the findings concerned paperwork or the care residents received. Then visit at a busy hour, watch how staff speak to residents who cannot easily reply, and ask what staff turnover has been across the past year.

Getting an assessment in Yeovil and meeting the fees

Why the assessment comes first

Anyone who appears to need care and support has a legal right to an assessment, whatever their savings, and requesting one costs nothing. It is carried out by Somerset Council Adult Social Care, whose practitioners consider washing, dressing, meals, medication, mobility, night time needs and how much a relative is currently taking on before recording whether residential care is the proportionate answer. A financial assessment then establishes contributions. Even households expecting to pay their own fees gain from the written outcome, because it converts a general worry into a specification each home can be tested against.

Weekly fees and who contributes

Residential fees are quoted by the week and vary with the room, the level of support and whether the placement is privately funded. Where capital and income fall below the national thresholds, the local authority contributes and the resident pays an assessed amount from income; if a family chooses a home charging more than the authority normally pays, a third party may be asked to meet the difference. Above the thresholds a person funds the placement themselves, although the authority can still give advice and in some circumstances arrange it on their behalf. Ask each home for its charges in writing, including anything that sits outside the weekly rate.

13 care homes in Yeovil

Cambian Lufton Manor College · Lufton, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8ST
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited
Lufton Manor College near Yeovil provides residential places for younger adults with a learning disability or autism. We also offer respite stays. Our setting brings together living and learning, so the support somebody receives here and...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Compton View Residential Care Home · 267 St Michaels Avenue, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Blue Sunrise Care Limited
We are a residential care home in Yeovil, providing a home for older people who need help with daily living but who do not require nursing care. We are not a large place and we do not try to run like one. Residents have their own rooms...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
Mrs A and Mr R Brooks - 5 Everton Road · 5 Everton Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1UF
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Mrs A and Mr R Brooks
5 Everton Road is a small family run care home in Yeovil. We provide residential care for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, including people with a physical disability, and we offer respite stays alongside permanent...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Respite Care
The Elms Residential Home · Yeovil Marsh, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3QG
Care home · CQC Good · Run by The Elms Residential Home (Yeovil) Limited
The Elms Residential Home is in Yeovil, Somerset. We provide residential care for older people who need support with daily living, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Respite Care
Fir Villa Residential Home · Camel Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8DB
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Marston Care Limited
We at Fir Villa Residential Home offer warm, dedicated residential care in the welcoming town of Yeovil, Somerset. Our home has become a trusted place where older people and adults with a range of care needs can settle, feel safe, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Respite Care
Potter House · Potter House, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4RJ
Care home · Run by Crystal Care Homes Yeovil Limited
Potter House is a residential care home in Yeovil, Somerset. We care for older people and younger adults, including residents living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a visual or hearing impairment. Respite...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Cambian Lufton Manor College - White Horse · 10 St. Michaels Avenue, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4LB
Care home · Run by Cambian Whinfell School Limited
White Horse is a residential setting at Cambian Lufton Manor College in Yeovil, Somerset, supporting young adults with learning disabilities and autistic young adults, including those with sight or hearing loss. Our purpose is to help...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Potter House · 103 Highfield Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4RJ
Care home · Run by Crystal Care Homes Yeovil Opco Limited
Potter House is a residential care home in Yeovil, supporting older people and younger adults from across Somerset, including people living with dementia and people with a physical disability. What we are aiming for is a household rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Beechwood House Care Home · 60 West Coker Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2JA
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Beechwood House Limited
Beechwood House Care Home is in Yeovil, providing residential care for older people who can no longer manage comfortably at home. We are not a large setting and have no wish to be, because a smaller home means the team genuinely know the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Respite Care
Wisteria House Residential Home · 6 Montacute Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8QD
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Mr & Mrs S Wortley
Wisteria House is a residential care home in Yeovil. We care 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, given without fuss:...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Respite Care
Dimensions Spring View · Springview, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2DU
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Dimensions Somerset Sev Limited
Spring View, part of Dimensions, is a residential care home in Yeovil, Somerset, supporting adults with a learning disability or autism, including older people and younger adults. We also offer respite stays. This is somebody's home before...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Dimensions Selwyn House · Selwyn House, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3ED
Care home · CQC Good · Run by Dimensions Somerset Sev Limited
Here at Dimensions Somerset Selwyn House, we are a care home based in Yeovil, Somerset, providing a genuine home from home for the people who live with us. We support a wide range of individuals, including older people, younger adults, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults, Respite Care
Grovelands · 45 Grove Avenue, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2BE
Care home · CQC Outstanding · Run by Somerset Care Limited
We are a residential care home in Yeovil, providing a home for older people and younger adults who need help with daily living, including those living with dementia. We try to run the place so that it belongs to the people who live in it....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults, Respite Care

What care costs in Somerset, per week

Type of care	What the council pays	What self-funders are typically asked
Residential care South West figure, because too few Somerset homes publish this price. 52 homes. Median £1,549.	£805	£1,400 to £1,650
Nursing care South West figure, because too few Somerset homes publish this price. 16 homes. Median £1,810.	£832	£1,599 to £1,983
Residential dementia care South West figure, because too few Somerset homes publish this price. 19 homes. Median £1,665.	Not published separately	£1,450 to £1,813
Nursing dementia care England figure, because too few Somerset 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

Compton View Residential Care Home, 10 August 2026, Good
Dimensions Somerset Spring View, 8 October 2025, Good
Grovelands, 11 September 2025, Outstanding

Longest since a report

Dimensions Somerset Selwyn House, 26 June 2018, Good
Beechwood House Care Home, 12 March 2020, Good
The Elms Residential Home, 4 December 2020, Good

Frequently asked questions about care homes in Yeovil

How many care homes are there in Yeovil?

Yeovil has 13 CQC registered care homes: 1 Outstanding, 9 Good, 3 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 Yeovil?

Somerset Council pays an average of £805 a week for residential care. Self-funders are typically asked £1,400 to £1,650 a week. South West figure, because too few Somerset homes publish this price. 52 homes. Median £1,549. 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 Yeovil were inspected most recently?

Compton View Residential Care Home (10 August 2026), Dimensions Somerset Spring View (8 October 2025) and Grovelands (11 September 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Somerset

New 20 bed care home registered with CQC in Somerset: St Georges Care Home (5 November 2026)

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