Maria Residential Home

Silver Birches, Kendalls Close, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 7NJ

01494530042

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

14 May 2019

Provider

Maria Residential Home (EMI) Limited

Beds

8 beds

About Maria Residential Home

Maria Residential Home brings a sense of warmth and familiarity to residential care in Buckinghamshire, offering a place where people can feel genuinely at home. The team is dedicated to providing thoughtful, personalised support in a setting that feels comfortable and welcoming for residents and their families alike. For those exploring care options in the area, it is a home where kindness and compassion sit at the heart of everyday life.

Maria Residential Home is a family-run care home that accommodates up to eight people in an adapted building. At the time of inspection, seven people were living there, receiving both accommodation and personal care as a single package. The service was undergoing a period of transition during the visit.

Source: CQC inspection report, 8 June 2019

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: 8 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · HP13 7NJ

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 June 2019. Latest inspection date recorded: 14 May 2019.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Good
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?
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 Maria 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 Maria 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 Maria 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 Maria 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