SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?★Outstanding
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Carebase (Colchester) Limited runs Alderwood Care Home, a nursing home in Colchester, Essex with room for 65 residents. Its CQC registration covers older people, people with dementia and younger adults. That is larger than most homes in Essex, where the typical home has 22 beds.
CQC last rated the home in May 2018, giving it Outstanding overall. Caring, responsive and well-led were also Outstanding. Safe and effective were rated Good. That is up from Good in September 2016. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Essex, 48% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
None of the 6 nearest homes is rated Outstanding. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. That is true of 89% of homes in Essex. In Essex, 84% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
