Ashley House Residential Home
CQC ratings by category
Inspected 4 October 2021 · report published 27 October 2021What inspectors found
Ashley House Residential Home provides personal care for older people, maintaining a warm and welcoming atmosphere where residents and their families feel supported. Families consistently praise the open communication with the management and note that staff are always present, attentive, and responsive to individual needs. The team works hard to create a secure environment, relying on thorough recruitment processes and clear daily routines that keep everyone well-cared for and valued.
When it comes to safety, the home maintains clean spaces, follows strict infection control measures, and ensures that staff complete proper training to handle emergencies and manage everyday risks. Medications are generally handled properly, though staff need to ensure that topical cream application charts are consistently signed to track usage accurately.
Residents receive effective support from a knowledgeable team that regularly reviews care plans and works closely with external healthcare professionals to maintain health and wellbeing.
The staff show genuine warmth and compassion in their daily interactions, fostering strong, trusting relationships with residents and maintaining reassuring communication with families.
Care is highly responsive to personal needs, with flexible arrangements for family involvement, regular feedback surveys, and proactive adjustments based on individual preferences.
The leadership team is approachable and transparent, actively seeking external audits and implementing improvements, although management missed a formal notification to regulators regarding a recent safeguarding incident that was otherwise handled correctly.
This is an editorial summary intended to make the inspection findings easier to read — it is not a substitute for the full report, and is not medical or care advice.
At a glance
- Regulated activity
- Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care
- Registration status
- Registered
- Local authority
- Manchester
Estimated weekly cost
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Specialisms & care types
Location & nearby homes
Plotted from registered coordinates · straight-line distance, not a road route.Frequently asked
Good, following the inspection on 4 October 2021.
Yes — Dementia is listed among Ashley House Residential Home's registered specialisms with the CQC.
Ashley House Residential Home is registered for 18 beds.