Church View Residential Home

Church Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3QA

01254381652

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

15 July 2022

Provider

People in Care Ltd

Beds

30 beds

About Church View Residential Home

Church View Residential Home brings together a dedicated team in Lancashire, offering residential care in a setting where families can feel confident their loved ones are known and valued. The home's single-storey layout makes it an accessible and practical choice for older people, and the surrounding community adds a familiar, grounded feel to everyday life. Families exploring care options will find a team that genuinely cares about the people it supports.

Church View provides personal care for up to 30 older people and those living with dementia in a single-storey adapted building. At inspection, 20 people were using the service.

While people felt safe and staff were recruited safely with good knowledge of safeguarding concerns, there were significant gaps in safety systems. Staffing levels at night were insufficient to ensure people's safety, and risk assessments were not always in place or updated when people's needs changed. Medicines were not managed safely in line with prescribers' directions, and infection prevention and control practices did not consistently follow good practice guidance.

Source: CQC inspection report, 8 September 2022

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder people

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: 30 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BB5 3QA

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Dementia.

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 8 September 2022. Latest inspection date recorded: 15 July 2022.

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 Church View Residential 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 Church View Residential 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 Church View Residential 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 Church View Residential 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