Prince Alfred Residential Care Home

Rose Villas, Prince Alfred Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L15 8HH

01517342587

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

2 May 2024

Provider

Sanctuary Care Limited

Beds

50 beds

Rating history

GoodJul 2022
GoodJul 2024

Rated Good at every inspection since 2022.

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

Costs and who runs this home

Run by Sanctuary Care Limited, which runs 85 care homes in England: 3 rated Outstanding, 76 Good, 4 Requires Improvement and 2 not yet rated.

Average care home fees in the North West: £882 a week for residential care and £1,196 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

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 Prince Alfred Residential Care Home

Prince Alfred Residential Care Home is a residential care home in Liverpool, offering accommodation and personal care for older people. Further details from the most recent CQC assessment are set out below.

Prince Alfred Residential Care Home provides accommodation and personal care for up to 50 people across two floors, with 36 people living there at the time of assessment. The CQC rated the home good overall, with an outstanding rating for how caring the service is. Inspectors found good risk management, safe staffing levels, and a strong learning culture among staff and leaders.

People and relatives said they felt safe and well cared for, praising the cleanliness of the environment and the attentiveness of staff. Safeguarding processes were in place and understood by staff, while governance systems were found to be robust. Staff said they felt able to raise concerns and be listened to.

Source: CQC assessment, 29 July 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesOlder peopleYounger 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 21 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing
Registered capacity: 50 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · L15 8HH

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Learning 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 29 July 2024. Assessment date recorded: 2 May 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 29 July 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Prince Alfred is a residential care service that provides accommodation and personal care for up to 50 people. It accommodates people across two floors, each of which has separate facilities. At the time of our inspection there were 36 people living at the home. At our last inspection the service was rated good. We initiated this assessment of the service on 2 May 2024. The assessment was prompted by a review of information we held about the service. Following the assessment the service has remained good. We found good practice in relation to risk management and safe and effective staffing. The environment was safe for people to live and there was a learning culture amongst staff and leaders. Safeguarding processes were in place and staff fed back they understood how to keep people safe from harm. Governance systems were robust, and staff felt they could freely raise concerns and be listened to.

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

Read Prince Alfred Residential Care 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 Prince Alfred Residential Care 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 Prince Alfred Residential Care 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 Prince Alfred Residential Care 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