Castlemaine Care Home
Castlemaine Care Home is a care home in St Leonards On Sea, run by Alpha Care Castlemaine Limited. CQC rated it Good overall in June 2023 (last checked 6 June 2023). It has 42 beds. It is registered to support people living with dementia.
- Care home without nursing
4 Avondale Road, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, TN38 0SA
What CQC says
Overall rating
The service is performing well and meeting expectations.
Up from Requires improvement, 1 June 2022.
Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)Last checked by CQC: 6 June 2023.
The five key questions
CQC rates each service on five questions. Each has its own rating.
Is it safe?
Goodrated 3 years ago (6 June 2023)Is it effective?
Goodrated 6 years ago (16 November 2019)Is it caring?
Goodrated 6 years ago (16 November 2019)Is it responsive to people’s needs?
Goodrated 6 years ago (16 November 2019)Is it well-led?
Requires improvementrated 3 years ago (6 June 2023)
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Understanding this rating
Plain facts about how CQC rates and inspects services, as CQC describes them. This is not advice and not a rating of ours.
This rating is from June 2023. That is more than 2 years ago. A service can change a lot in that time, for better or worse. CQC decides when to inspect again.
CQC rated it Good overall. It rated “Well-led” as Requires improvement.
What CQC looks at
Well-led: Requires improvement
CQC checks how well the service is run. It looks at the managers and leaders, the culture, how the service checks and improves its own quality, and whether staff feel able to speak up.
Questions you could ask
- Who is the registered manager, and how can families contact them?
- How do you check the quality of care yourselves?
- How can staff raise worries, and how are they supported when they do?
Questions you could ask
- What has changed since the last inspection?
How often CQC looks again
There is no fixed timetable. CQC decides when to look at a service again. It uses the information it holds about the service and how much risk it sees. It may look sooner if it hears of concerns.
Earlier ratings
Overall ratings this service had before, newest first. These are CQC’s own earlier ratings.
- Requires improvement1 June 2022Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Good16 November 2019Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement6 November 2018Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement7 October 2017Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Inadequate14 September 2017Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Inadequate9 December 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Inadequate16 February 2016Read the report (opens in a new tab)
- Requires improvement30 March 2015Read the report (opens in a new tab)
About this service
- Type of care
- Care home without nursing
- Who it supports
- Dementia
- Number of beds
- 42
- Nursing care
- No, personal care only
- Registered since
- 2 December 2010
- Local council area
- East Sussex
Who runs it
- Provider
- Alpha Care Castlemaine Limited
- Kind of provider
- Company or organisation