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Dane View Care Home With NursingLeicester

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Rated:Requires ImprovementNursing

Dane View Care Home With Nursing

165 Glenfield Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 6DP

01163651535

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

10 January 2024

Provider

Alexandra Care (Leicester) Limited

Beds

41 beds

Rating history

Requires ImprovementAug 2019
Requires ImprovementMay 2021
InadequateAug 2023
Requires ImprovementMar 2024

Improved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement in 2024. CQC has rated this home 4 times since 2019.

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

Costs and who runs this home

This is the only care home Alexandra Care (Leicester) Limited runs in England.

Average care home fees in the East Midlands: £958 a week for residential care and £1,250 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

NHS-funded Nursing Care pays £267.68 a week to the home towards registered nursing care for eligible residents (2026/27). A quoted fee may already exclude it.
This home lists dementia care, which usually costs more than standard residential care. See dementia care home costs. NHS Continuing Healthcare may apply where someone's needs are primarily health needs.
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 Dane View Care Home With Nursing

Dane View Care Home With Nursing is a welcoming nursing home based in Leicester, offering families in the area a local option for professional, compassionate care. The team there understands how much it means to find the right place for a loved one, and that commitment to getting it right shines through in their day-to-day approach. For families beginning this journey, having a care home close to home can make a real difference to how connected and supported everyone feels.

Dane View Care Home with Nursing provides residential care to up to 41 people, some of whom have dementia care needs. At the time of inspection, 34 people were living at the service, receiving either personal or nursing care as part of a single package under one contractual agreement.

Source: CQC inspection report, 16 March 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger adults

Facilities & Amenities

GardenActivities Programme

Practical details from the provider

The provider describes Dane View as set in three acres of landscaped gardens and orchards.

Published on the provider's website, checked 20 September 2026. Confirm arrangements with the home before deciding.

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 with nursing
Registered capacity: 41 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · LE3 6DP

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning disabilities; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

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 16 March 2024. Latest inspection date recorded: 10 January 2024.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Requires improvement
Caring: Good
ResponsivePublished 26 May 2021: 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 Dane View Care Home With Nursing'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 Dane View Care Home With Nursing, 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 Dane View Care Home With Nursing, 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 Dane View Care Home With Nursing'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