Standon House

12 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AG

01827310600

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

13 September 2022

Provider

Standon Gardens Limited

Beds

31 beds

About Standon House

Standon House is a residential care home in Staffordshire, offering a familiar and homely setting where residents can feel comfortable and at ease. The team there understands how significant it is to find the right place for a loved one, and that sense of responsibility shapes the way care is delivered day to day. Families considering Standon House will find a community-focused environment where the wellbeing of residents is always at the centre of things.

Standon House accommodates 31 people in a two-storey adapted building, providing residential care without nursing. At inspection, 27 residents lived there, several with dementia. The home has shared communal facilities including lounge and dining areas.

Inspectors identified concerns with infection prevention and control procedures not being consistently implemented, and the provider needed to improve systems for identifying and managing environmental risks. While some medicine administration protocols required development, staff who dispensed medications had received proper training and competency assessments, and people received prescribed medicines as intended. The management team reviewed incidents, accidents and near misses to identify trends and improve support practices.

Staff supported residents to make choices about their care in the least restrictive way possible, with policies and systems in place to uphold this practice. People were protected from abuse and ill treatment. The provider and management team were advised to strengthen quality assurance checks to ensure people consistently received good care in a safe environment.

Source: CQC inspection report, 5 October 2022

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder people

Facilities & Amenities

GardenEn-suite RoomsActivities ProgrammeHairdresserLaundry ServiceDining RoomCommunal Lounge

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: 31 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · B79 8AG

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 5 October 2022. Latest inspection date recorded: 13 September 2022.

Safe: Requires improvement
EffectivePublished 11 February 2022: Requires improvement
CaringPublished 11 February 2022: Good
ResponsivePublished 11 February 2022: Good
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
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 Standon House'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 Standon House, 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 Standon House, 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 Standon House'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