What is carehome.co.uk?

What is carehome.co.uk?

Carehome.co.uk is a reference website for those looking for a care home for someone, as well as jobs within the sector, training courses and more.

The website features a review and ratings system for the 18,000 care homes listed on the website. They are arguably the leading care home review website in the UK.

The website receives over 16 million visitors per year.

Reviews are hand-verified

According to carehome.co.uk, their in-house reviews team process around 500 reviews from friends and family each day. Each one is confirmed as genuine ensuring a balanced, and trustworthy reflection of a home’s services.

The reviews provide a detailed snapshot of resident and family ratings of a variety of areas within the home including:

• Facilities

• Care / support

• Cleanliness

• Food & drink

• Activities

• Rooms

• Value for money

• and more...

Overall over 140,000 reviews have been published on the website to date.

Detailed care home listings

The website provides a clear breakdown of all the essential information you need to make an informed decision about a care home for a loved one.

Listed information includes:

• Maximum number of service users

• Types of care provided

• Person in charge

• Admission information

• Number of rooms

• Fees

• Facilities

• Directions

• Parking information

• Team member information

• Photos/videos and tours

• Bed vacancies

• CQC rating

Quite rightly carehome.co.uk say that “choosing the right care home can sometimes be overwhelming”. In their words they aim to help people make informed decisions through their online reviews, awards and detailed listings.

Abbey Lodge on carehome.co.uk

Abbey Lodge Residential Care Home has a listing on carehome.co.uk and to date has received 18 reviews from residents and their family members with an average rating of 4.8 / 5.

16 of these reviews rated the home as “excellent” and 2 as “good”.