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Stamford House Care HomeRochdale

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Rated:Requires ImprovementResidential

Stamford House Care Home

3 Stamford Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 5DS

01706645401

Care Type

Residential Care

Assessment date

8 May 2024

Provider

Antonipillai Gnanabalan

Beds

23 beds

How this home compares nearby

Of 57 care homes for older people within 5 miles, 40 are rated higher by CQC, 17 are the same and none are lower.

17 of these nearby homes have been inspected more recently than this one.

Based on CQC ratings, updated 23 October 2026. How we compare homes | See the nearby homes

Rating history

GoodJun 2015
Requires ImprovementJul 2017
GoodSept 2018
InadequateJan 2022
InadequateAug 2022
Requires ImprovementNov 2022
GoodFeb 2023
Requires ImprovementDec 2024

Rating dropped from Good to Requires Improvement in 2024. CQC has rated this home 8 times since 2015.

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 Antonipillai Gnanabalan runs in England.

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 Stamford House Care Home

Stamford House Care Home is a residential care home in Rochdale, providing accommodation and personal care for people who need support with daily living. Details of the most recent CQC findings are set out below.

Stamford House Care Home provides accommodation and personal care for people who need support with daily living, including those at risk of falls. It has an overall rating of Requires Improvement.

Inspectors found that risks, such as falls, were not always well managed, with care plans and risk assessments not always accurate or consistently followed, and the environment not always adapted to meet people's needs. Oversight of the service also needed strengthening. Even so, people generally felt happy and safe, described staff as kind, knew the manager, and felt confident raising concerns.

Source: CQC assessment, 9 December 2024

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder 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: 23 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · OL16 5DS

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 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.

Assessment published 9 December 2024. Assessment date recorded: 8 May 2024.

Read CQC's assessment overview

The following is CQC's published account of its assessment, published 9 December 2024. References to “we” mean CQC. It describes findings at that time.

Date of Assessment: 4 July to 31 July 2024. This assessment was a responsive assessment due to concerns about the management of people’s fall risk. The decision was made to complete an onsite assessment reviewing the questions of safe and well led? We found breaches in relation to how people’s needs and risk were managed and the systems in place to ensure oversight of the service and that people received safe care. Whilst people were generally happy with the care and support they received, it was not always evident that care plans and risk assessment were accurate and reflective of a person’s needs, being followed by staff or that the environment had been adapted to meet the person’s needs.

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 Stamford House 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 Stamford House 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 Stamford House 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 Stamford House 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