Woodland View Care Home

How it fits locally

There are 11 other care homes within 3 miles, 11 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Newland Hurst, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: mental health conditions (2 of the nearest 25).

It sits in Droitwich South East ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (2 min), a park (2 min) and a bus stop (6 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Budgeting for this home

We estimate Woodland View Care Home at £1,210–£1,470 a week for residential care (dementia), based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £63k–£76k.

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People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Worcestershire Council after a needs and financial assessment.

Ownership and company checks

Woodland View Care Home is run by Ideal Carehomes (number One) Limited (company 07535382), incorporated in 2011, 11 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.

Ideal Carehomes (Number One) Limited runs 10 CQC-registered services across 10 council areas; 7 of the 8 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (88%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

It trades under the Welltower brand, which covers 623 services run by 76 registered providers.