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Beach HouseBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Rated:GoodResidential

Beach House

94 Alexandra Road, Poole, Dorset, BH14 9EP
01202739930
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

10 April 2024

Provider

Harbour Care (UK) Limited

Beds

7 beds

Rating history

  1. GoodJun 2016
  2. GoodDec 2018
  3. GoodJun 2024

Rated Good at every inspection since 2016.

Source: CQC inspection reports. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Harbour Care (UK) Limited, which runs 9 care homes in England: 1 rated Outstanding and 8 Good.

Average care home fees in the South West: £1,170 a week for residential care and £1,472 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

  • How to pay for a care home explains the council means test, what counts as capital and the funding you can ask to be assessed for.

About Beach House

Beach House is a residential care home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people. The most recent CQC findings for the home are set out below.

Beach House is a care home supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people. The CQC found the service performing well, with people involved in managing their own risks and treated with dignity, equality and choice. Inspectors saw staff adapting their approach to include people fully in daily tasks and support independence.

People told inspectors they felt safe and happy living there, and a relative praised the care as loving and dignified. The assessment followed concerns about risk management, but inspectors found no evidence people were at risk of harm. Overall, the CQC rated Beach House Good.

Source: CQC assessment, 10 June 2024

Specialist Care

Learning disabilitiesOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

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
Registered capacity
7 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · BH14 9EP

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Learning disabilities; Physical disabilities.

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: Good.

Assessment published 10 June 2024. Assessment date recorded: 10 April 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 10 June 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it. We carried out our on-site assessment on the 21 April 2024, off site assessment activity started on 10 April 2024 and ended on 29 April 2024. During this assessment we looked at 2 quality statements: Involving people to manage risks and Equity in experiences and outcomes. The inspection was prompted in part due to concerns received about people’s involvement in the management of risk, and how people are protected from risks which may cause harm. A decision was made for us to inspect. We found no evidence during this inspection that people were at risk of harm from these concerns.

Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good

Read Beach House'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 Beach House, consider asking...

  1. 1.What happens if my relative's care needs increase significantly -- will they have to move?
  2. 2.How do you handle concerns or complaints from families?
  3. 3.What does the monthly fee cover and what will cost extra?
  4. 4.How do you keep families informed about their relative's day-to-day wellbeing?
  5. 5.What happens if my relative is unhappy here?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Beach House, look out for...

  1. 1.Do staff greet residents by name and stop to chat?
  2. 2.Are residents dressed, up and occupied, or sitting alone in front of a TV?
  3. 3.Does the home smell fresh and feel clean without being clinical?
  4. 4.Do residents look comfortable and at ease, or anxious and withdrawn?
  5. 5.Does the manager answer your questions openly or deflect?

Could the NHS fund Beach House'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.

Location

94 Alexandra Road, Poole, Dorset, BH14 9EP

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Beach House

CQC overall rating

Good

Assessment date: 10 April 2024

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