Elderthorpe Residential Home

230-232 Bradford Road, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 3AN

01274583375

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

24 February 2022

Provider

Mr Kevin Driscoll & Mrs Joanne Driscoll

Beds

28 beds

About Elderthorpe Residential Home

Elderthorpe Residential Home is a residential care home in Bradford, providing accommodation and personal care for older adults. The details below set out what the CQC found on its most recent inspection.

Elderthorpe provides accommodation and personal care for up to 28 residents. The service demonstrates good practice in managing visitor safety, having facilitated both remote video calls and safely managed onsite visits during challenging times. Professional visitors and relatives were tested for COVID-19 before visits, with visiting professionals also asked to provide evidence of vaccination status.

Staff and residents completed regular COVID-19 testing and had received their COVID-19 vaccinations.

Source: CQC inspection report, 31 March 2022

Specialist Care

Older 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: 28 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · BD18 3AN

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs.

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.

Rating report published 9 May 2019. Latest inspection date recorded: 24 February 2022.

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

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?

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

Read Elderthorpe 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 Elderthorpe Residential Home, consider asking...

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

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Elderthorpe Residential Home, look out for...

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

Could the NHS fund Elderthorpe 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