The Village Nursing Home

190 Commonside, Brierley Hill, DY5 4AA

01384884499

Care Type

Nursing Care

Inspection date

13 June 2022

Provider

Absolute Healthcare West Ltd

Beds

90 beds

About The Village Nursing Home

The Village Nursing Home brings nursing care to the Dudley community, offering families a local option when looking for support for a loved one with more complex care needs. The team aims to provide a comfortable, familiar environment where residents can feel at home, with staff on hand around the clock to attend to their wellbeing. For families in and around Dudley, having a dedicated nursing home close by can make a real difference when it comes to staying connected with those they care about.

The home provides personal and nursing care for up to 90 people across three floors, with each floor divided into two separate units with their own communal areas. It supports people with complex needs including dementia and those requiring nursing care. At inspection, 68 people were using the service.

Inspectors identified concerns about medicines management, finding insufficient information in records for time-sensitive medications to ensure people received them as prescribed. Risk management was also inadequate, with gaps in records to support how risks were being managed and discrepancies between different records. The home's own internal checks had not identified these shortfalls before the inspection.

Source: CQC inspection report, 30 July 2022

Specialist Care

DementiaMental healthOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger 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 with nursing
Registered capacity: 90 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · DY5 4AA

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Mental health conditions; Physical disabilities; Sensory impairment.

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 30 July 2022. Latest inspection date recorded: 13 June 2022.

Safe: Requires improvement
Effective: Requires improvement
Caring: Requires improvement
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?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
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 The Village Nursing 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 The Village Nursing 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 The Village Nursing 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 The Village Nursing 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