Brendoncare Alton

The registered provider

Brendoncare Alton is run by The Brendoncare Foundation (company 01791733), incorporated in 1984, 26 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 12 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people and social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care).

Brendoncare Foundation(The) runs 11 CQC-registered services across 3 council areas; 11 of the 11 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 85% for the same mix of services across England.

8 of its services are in Hampshire.

History with CQC

Registered in January 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2015–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

At 7 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

6 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 24 October 2019.

Reading Brendoncare Alton's CQC ratings

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Brendoncare Alton: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 324 of the 435 other care homes in Hampshire that CQC has rated.

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Brendoncare Alton at £1,660–£2,030 a week for nursing care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £86k–£106k.

Part of a nursing fee may be met by the NHS (NHS-funded nursing care), paid to the home rather than to you.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Hampshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

How it fits locally

There are 9 other care homes within 3 miles, 7 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Jasmine House, under 0.5 miles away.

10 of the 23 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Alton Holybourne ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a pharmacy (1 min), a shop (3 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (1 min) and a railway station (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.