Blackthorns Care Home

Blackthorns Care Home is a residential care home in Halstead, Essex. The home has 62 beds. Blackthorns Care Home specialises in care for people with dementia, physical disabilities, and sensory impairment.

Summary

  • CQC Rating: Requires Improvement
  • Type: Residential
  • Size: Medium (30 to 60 beds)
  • Price: From £1,250 per week
  • Bed Availability: 51 beds — contact for availability
  • Location: Sible Hedingham, CO9 1JW

CQC Inspection Ratings

  • Safe: Requires improvement
  • Effective: Good
  • Caring: Good
  • Responsive: Requires improvement
  • Well-led: Requires improvement

Who This Home Cares For

  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Physical disabilities
  • Sensory impairment

Regulated Activities

  • Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

Google rating: 3.6★ (31 reviews)

Care Provided

  • Sensory Impairment
  • Dementia
  • Physical Disability

Quick facts & FAQs about Blackthorns Care Home

Blackthorns Care Home, residential care home in Sible Hedingham

What type of care does Blackthorns Care Home provide?

Blackthorns Care Home is a residential care home in Sible Hedingham. It supports people needing sensory impairment, dementia, physical disability care.

What is Blackthorns Care Home's CQC rating?

Blackthorns Care Home has a CQC rating of Requires Improvement. The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England, rating services as Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement or Inadequate after inspection.

View the official CQC inspection report for Blackthorns Care Home ↗

Blackthorns Care Home reviews: what do families say?

3.6 31 Google reviews
Google review

Unfortunately no option to give 0 stars. Do not send your loved one here; what was meant to be a temporary 6 week stay ended up in death. Severe dehydration which A&E Dr estimated was 2 weeks not a day or 2, caused acute kidney failure from …

Google review

My Father was admitted to Blackthorns after an extensive hospital stay. We couldn’t be happier with the care he received. Every member of staff was extremely kind and helpful. My Father being bedridden was treated with respect and dignity …

Google review

Unfortunately, we cannot leave a good review for this home. Our mother was admitted as an emergency, due to her husband needing to go into hospital, and we were grateful for that. However, she deteriorated drastically over the three weeks …

Google review

Please please don't send any of your family members there. My mum went onto this home and lost 7kgs in 2 months. The toilets are dirty, the food they get is cold. She had things taken out of her room... things went missing all the time. So stay away from this home.

Google review

If I could give zero I would, my grandad went in for respite care as a dementia patient for a month, he’s just come out and gone straight to hospital, severe dehydration, if it had been another week I think he’d of passed away in this heat, …

Where is Blackthorns Care Home?

Blackthorns Care Home is located at 21-29 Dooley Road Halstead Essex Eastern CO9 1JW, Sible Hedingham.

How do I contact Blackthorns Care Home?

You can contact Blackthorns Care Home using the enquiry button on this page to ask about availability, arrange a visit or request more information. The phone number at the bottom of this page is CareFinder's helpline, not the number for Blackthorns Care Home.

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