Ashmill Residential Care Home

141 Millfield Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B20 1EA

01213586280

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

27 November 2020

Provider

Care and Resolve Limited

Beds

19 beds

About Ashmill Residential Care Home

Ashmill Residential Care Home is a residential care home in Birmingham, offering personal care for older people. The CQC findings below cover the most recent inspection of the service.

Ashmill Residential Care Home provides personal care to up to 17 people. Staff consistently wore personal protective equipment in line with guidance and demonstrated knowledge about PPE requirements for different tasks. The home maintained regular cleaning routines with daily ventilation of residents' rooms to support infection control.

People's records included specific sections addressing pandemic-related needs, ensuring individual circumstances were carefully considered.

The service supported people to maintain contact with loved ones through video calls. For a resident receiving end of life care, the registered manager thoughtfully arranged safe visitor access. The premises appeared clean and hygienic throughout the inspection.

Source: CQC inspection report, 30 December 2020

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Facilities & Amenities

Activities ProgrammeDining Room

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing; Domiciliary care service
Registered capacity: 19 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · B20 1EA

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Eating disorders; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment; Substance misuse problems.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 13 March 2020. Latest inspection date recorded: 27 November 2020.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Requires improvement
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Ashmill Residential Care Home's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Ashmill Residential Care Home, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Ashmill Residential Care Home, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Ashmill Residential Care Home's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees