SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
The home changed owner in April 2024. Its rating dates from before the change. ?
This rating was carried over from the home's previous registration, usually after a change of owner. ?
Keychange Charity Alde House is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 29 other homes in Buckinghamshire.
73% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Keychange Charity Alde House is a 16-bed residential care home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The home is its own registered provider. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Buckinghamshire, where the median is 30 beds.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in September 2019. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. The rating was carried over from a previous registration, which usually happens when a home changes owner. That matches its previous rating, from August 2018. The rating is more than 5 years old. In Buckinghamshire, 54% of ratings are that old (see how rating age varies by council).
Across Buckinghamshire, 73% of rated homes are Good or Outstanding, against 82% for England. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from August 2026. That is true of 90% of homes in Buckinghamshire. The home changed owner in April 2024. Ashley Drive, 1.7 km away, is the closest home rated Good. It is one of 7 homes run by Keychange Charity. 6 of those with a rating are Good or Outstanding.
