St Bernards Residential Care Home Limited

76 St Bernards Road, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 7BP

01217080177

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

10 October 2022

Provider

St Bernards Residential Care Home Limited

Beds

43 beds

About St Bernards Residential Care Home Limited

St Bernards Residential Care Home Limited is a residential care home in Solihull, providing personal care for older people, some of whom live with dementia. The CQC's most recent findings on the home are summarised below.

St Bernards Residential Care Home provides personal care for up to 43 older people, some of whom live with dementia. At inspection, 36 people were resident at the home with one person in hospital.

Managerial oversight required improvement. The provider's systems and processes for monitoring quality and safety remained ineffective and had not identified the shortfalls found during inspection. Policies and procedures were not always followed, and the management team needed to increase their knowledge of regulatory requirements to ensure compliance.

Risk management also required improvement, with staff lacking information needed to provide safe care.

Source: CQC inspection report, 11 November 2022

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 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: 43 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · B92 7BP

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 11 November 2022. Latest inspection date recorded: 10 October 2022.

Safe: Requires improvement
EffectivePublished 21 June 2019: Good
CaringPublished 21 June 2019: Good
ResponsivePublished 21 June 2019: 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 St Bernards 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 St Bernards Residential Care Home Limited, 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 St Bernards Residential Care Home Limited, 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 St Bernards Residential Care Home Limited'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