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Riverview Care HomeBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Rated:GoodResidential

Riverview Care Home

Throop Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 0DG
01202516411
Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

3 February 2025

Provider

Miss Claire Louise Light

Beds

6 beds

Rating history

  1. GoodFeb 2018
  2. GoodFeb 2025

Rated Good at every inspection since 2018.

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 Miss Claire Louise Light runs in England.

Average care home fees in the South West: £1,170 a week for residential care and £1,472 for nursing care (2024-25 averages). Self-funders usually pay more. See our care home costs guide.

  • 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 Riverview Care Home

Riverview Care Home is a residential care home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, providing support for people with learning disabilities and autism. Details of the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Riverview Care Home provides care and support for people with learning disabilities and autism, accommodating up to six people. At the time of the assessment, five people were living at the home.

The CQC found the service was performing well overall. Care was person-centred, with people supported to make their own decisions and stay in control of their lives. Risks were properly assessed, safeguarding procedures were in place, and staff understood how to raise concerns.

Inspectors saw staff treating people with kindness, dignity and respect, and people described feeling safe, valued and welcomed at the home.

Source: CQC assessment, 14 February 2025

Specialist Care

Learning 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.

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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
6 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked
Registered · BH8 0DG

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; 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 14 February 2025. Assessment date recorded: 3 February 2025.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 14 February 2025. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Riverview Care Home is registered to provide care and support to people with learning disabilities and autism. The service can accommodate up to 6 people. At the time of our inspection 5 people were living at the service. The inspection took place between 3 February and 12 February 2025. This inspection consisted of quality statements under the key questions of safe, effective, caring and responsive. We visited the service on 6 February 2025. We inspected the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether Riverview Care Home guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. Care was person-centred, the provider’s policy and staff practices placed people’s right to make decisions and be in control of their care at the heart of the service. The registered manager told us, “This home is run as a democracy, I’m here to support with the administration and make things happen, but it’s the people who live here who are in charge.” Risks were assessed to help keep people safe. Information was presented to people in an accessible way to support choice and decision-making. Care promoted people’s dignity, privacy and human rights. Care staff protected people’s dignity and treated them with kindness and respect. Safeguarding procedures were in place. Staff told us they knew how to raise concerns both within the service and outside. Staff told us they were confident the registered manager would follow up any concerns.

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

Read Riverview 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 Riverview Care Home, consider asking...

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

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Riverview Care Home, look out for...

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

Could the NHS fund Riverview 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.

Location

Throop Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 0DG

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Riverview Care Home

CQC overall rating

Good

Assessment date: 3 February 2025

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