Beeches Care Home
At a Glance
The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.
Nursing homes
Staff warmth score
of reviewers answered yes
Good to know
- Registered beds40
- SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia
- Last inspected2023-12-13
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The Evidence
What the review data, the inspection reports, and the dementia-care evidence base tell us about this home.
What families say
When things go well here, relatives describe seeing real improvements in their loved ones' wellbeing. Some families have watched residents become more engaged and active after moving from other care settings.
The eight family priority themes
- Staff warmth55
- Compassion & dignity52
- Cleanliness60
- Activities & engagement55
- Food quality55
- Healthcare60
- Management & leadership65
- Resident happiness55
What inspectors found
Inspected 2023-12-13
Is this home safe?
Is the care effective?
The Effective domain is rated Good in the most recent assessment. This domain covers care planning, dementia training, healthcare access, and food quality. No specific inspector observations, care plan examples, training records, or dietary detail are included in the published findings provided. The previous Inadequate rating means earlier assessments found significant shortfalls; the current Good rating indicates these have been addressed.Is this home caring?
The Caring domain is rated Requires Improvement in the most recent assessment of June 2025. This is the only domain not yet rated Good. No specific inspector observations about staff interactions, dignity, or privacy are included in the published findings provided. Caring covers staff warmth, respect, independence, and how staff treat your parent as an individual. A Requires Improvement rating means the inspector found the standard was not consistently met.Is the home responsive?
The Responsive domain is rated Good in the most recent assessment. This domain covers activities, engagement, and how well the home meets individual needs. No specific activity programmes, observations of engagement, or examples of person-centred responsiveness are included in the published findings provided. The home specialises in dementia care, which means meaningful individual engagement is a particular priority.Is the home well-led?
The Well-led domain is rated Good in the most recent assessment, and a named registered manager, Miss Katie Louise Dagnall, is in post. The home is run by a named provider. The improvement from Inadequate to Good in Well-led suggests that governance, oversight, and management culture have changed substantially since the previous poor rating. No specific detail about management visibility, staff culture, or incident learning processes is included in the published findings provided.
Source: CQC inspection report →
What the evidence base says
The home provides care for adults both under and over 65, with a particular focus on supporting people living with dementia. Some families have seen encouraging progress in their relatives' dementia symptoms here. However, questions about staff training in dementia-specific approaches would be worth exploring during any visit. All areas worth probing directly during a visit.
The DCC Verdict
Our editorial view, built from the three lenses: what families tell us, what inspectors record, and how the home sits against good dementia-care practice.
DCC Family Score
Beeches Care Home carries a previous overall rating of Inadequate, though the most recent assessment (June 2025) returned Good across Safe, Effective, Responsive, and Well-led, with Caring rated Requires Improvement. The scores here reflect the limited specific detail available in the published findings rather than a full evidenced picture.
Homes in North West typically score 68–82.The three-lens summary
What families tell us
When things go well here, relatives describe seeing real improvements in their loved ones' wellbeing. Some families have watched residents become more engaged and active after moving from other care settings.
What inspectors have recorded
The staff's approach to communication varies significantly. While some families receive regular, thoughtful updates about their relative's care, others have experienced less positive interactions that have left them feeling concerned.
How it sits against good practice
Given the contrasting experiences families have shared, spending time observing daily routines and asking specific questions about care practices will help you make the right choice.
Worth a visit
Beeches Care Home, at 25 Park Road, Chorley, was previously rated Inadequate overall. The most recent assessment, carried out in June 2025 and published in July 2025, found the home has improved significantly: Safe, Effective, Responsive, and Well-led are all now rated Good. Caring is rated Requires Improvement. The home specialises in dementia care and nursing for adults of all ages, across 40 beds. A named registered manager is in post. The improvement from Inadequate to largely Good is an encouraging shift, but the Caring rating deserves close attention because it covers the things families tell us matter most: staff warmth, dignity, and how your mum or dad is actually treated day to day. The published report text provided contains very little specific detail, so many of the questions you would want answered are not addressed in the findings. Use the checklist below on your visit, pay particular attention to how staff interact with residents in corridors and communal areas when they think no one is watching, and ask the manager directly about night staffing ratios and agency use.
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In Their Own Words
How Beeches Care Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Dementia care showing promise but needs careful consideration in Chorley
Dedicated nursing home Support in Chorley
Families looking at Beeches Care Home in Chorley will find a place where some residents with dementia have genuinely thrived, while others have encountered concerning care situations. This mixed picture means taking extra time to ask detailed questions during visits will be particularly important.
Who they care for
The home provides care for adults both under and over 65, with a particular focus on supporting people living with dementia.
Some families have seen encouraging progress in their relatives' dementia symptoms here. However, questions about staff training in dementia-specific approaches would be worth exploring during any visit.
“Given the contrasting experiences families have shared, spending time observing daily routines and asking specific questions about care practices will help you make the right choice.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
The DCC Verdict
Our editorial view, built from the three lenses: what families tell us, what inspectors record, and how the home sits against good dementia-care practice.
DCC Family Score
Beeches Care Home carries a previous overall rating of Inadequate, though the most recent assessment (June 2025) returned Good across Safe, Effective, Responsive, and Well-led, with Caring rated Requires Improvement. The scores here reflect the limited specific detail available in the published findings rather than a full evidenced picture.
Homes in North West typically score 68–82.The three-lens summary
What families tell us
When things go well here, relatives describe seeing real improvements in their loved ones' wellbeing. Some families have watched residents become more engaged and active after moving from other care settings.
What inspectors have recorded
The staff's approach to communication varies significantly. While some families receive regular, thoughtful updates about their relative's care, others have experienced less positive interactions that have left them feeling concerned.
How it sits against good practice
Given the contrasting experiences families have shared, spending time observing daily routines and asking specific questions about care practices will help you make the right choice.
Worth a visit
Beeches Care Home, at 25 Park Road, Chorley, was previously rated Inadequate overall. The most recent assessment, carried out in June 2025 and published in July 2025, found the home has improved significantly: Safe, Effective, Responsive, and Well-led are all now rated Good. Caring is rated Requires Improvement. The home specialises in dementia care and nursing for adults of all ages, across 40 beds. A named registered manager is in post. The improvement from Inadequate to largely Good is an encouraging shift, but the Caring rating deserves close attention because it covers the things families tell us matter most: staff warmth, dignity, and how your mum or dad is actually treated day to day. The published report text provided contains very little specific detail, so many of the questions you would want answered are not addressed in the findings. Use the checklist below on your visit, pay particular attention to how staff interact with residents in corridors and communal areas when they think no one is watching, and ask the manager directly about night staffing ratios and agency use.
The three questions to ask when you visitSave this home. Compare it against your shortlist.
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In Their Own Words
How Beeches Care Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Dementia care showing promise but needs careful consideration in Chorley
Dedicated nursing home Support in Chorley
Families looking at Beeches Care Home in Chorley will find a place where some residents with dementia have genuinely thrived, while others have encountered concerning care situations. This mixed picture means taking extra time to ask detailed questions during visits will be particularly important.
Who they care for
The home provides care for adults both under and over 65, with a particular focus on supporting people living with dementia.
Some families have seen encouraging progress in their relatives' dementia symptoms here. However, questions about staff training in dementia-specific approaches would be worth exploring during any visit.
Management & ethos
The staff's approach to communication varies significantly. While some families receive regular, thoughtful updates about their relative's care, others have experienced less positive interactions that have left them feeling concerned.
“Given the contrasting experiences families have shared, spending time observing daily routines and asking specific questions about care practices will help you make the right choice.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
