Dementia Care Home

Egerton Manor Care Home

Blackburn Road, Bolton, Greater Manchester, BL7 9PL

Nursing homes

At a Glance

The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.

DCC Family Score
68/ 100
Weighted from family reviews
Dementia SpecialismConfirmed

Nursing homes

Families Rate The Staff65 / 100

Staff warmth score

“Well Looked After”60%

of reviewers answered yes

Good to know

  • Registered beds64
  • SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia, Physical disabilities
  • Last inspected2025-05-29

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The Evidence

What the review data, the inspection reports, and the dementia-care evidence base tell us about this home.

Section 01

What families say

The atmosphere here seems to put both residents and their families at ease. Visitors talk about staff who are genuinely warm and approachable, taking time to chat and respond to residents throughout the day. People notice how comfort and dignity shape the daily routines.

The eight family priority themes

  • Staff warmth65
  • Compassion & dignity65
  • Cleanliness65
  • Activities & engagement55
  • Food quality55
  • Healthcare65
  • Management & leadership70
  • Resident happiness60
Section 02

What inspectors found

Inspected 2025-05-29 Report published 2025-05-29

  • Is this home safe?

    Good
    Egerton Manor Care Home was rated Good for safety at the May 2025 inspection. The home is a nursing home, meaning registered nurses are required to be on duty. No specific inspector observations about staffing ratios, medicines management, falls prevention, or infection control are available in the published report text. The stable rating trend suggests no recent decline in safety standards. Beyond the rating itself, the detail needed to assess day-to-day safety in practice is not available from the published findings.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the care effective?

    Good
    The home was rated Good for effectiveness at the May 2025 inspection. Egerton Manor is registered as a nursing home, which requires trained nursing staff and implies a higher level of clinical oversight than a residential-only home. No specific inspector observations about care plan quality, dementia training content, GP access, medication management, or food provision are available in the published text. The Good rating indicates inspectors found the home met the standard, but the evidence behind that judgement is not visible in the published findings.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is this home caring?

    Good
    Egerton Manor received a Good rating for caring at the May 2025 inspection. No inspector observations about staff interactions, use of preferred names, pace of care, response to distress, or dignity in personal care are available in the published report text. The Good rating in this domain indicates inspectors found the standard met, but without narrative findings it is not possible to describe what that looked like in practice.
    Verified by inspectorResident testimony recorded
  • Is the home responsive?

    Good
    The home was rated Good for responsiveness at the May 2025 inspection. No specific inspector observations about activity programmes, individualised engagement, response to changing needs, or complaints handling are available in the published text. The home is registered for dementia care and physical disabilities, suggesting it is expected to respond to a range of complex and changing needs. Beyond the rating, no detail is available from the published findings.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the home well-led?

    Good
    Egerton Manor Care Home was rated Good for well-led at the May 2025 inspection. A named registered manager, Mrs Joanne Louise Morton, is confirmed as in post, alongside a nominated individual, Mrs Cathryn Fairhurst. The stable rating trend suggests leadership has maintained consistent standards. No specific inspector observations about management visibility, staff culture, governance systems, or how the home learns from incidents are available in the published text.
    Verified by inspector
  • Source: CQC inspection report →

    Section 03

    What the evidence base says

    The home welcomes younger adults under 65 as well as older people, supporting those with physical disabilities alongside those living with dementia. For people living with dementia, the spacious layout provides room to move around safely, while consistent warmth from staff helps create a reassuring daily environment. 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.

68/ 100

DCC Family Score

Egerton Manor Care Home received a Good rating across all five inspection domains at its May 2025 assessment, which is a positive baseline. However, the published report text contains no narrative detail, direct observations, or resident and family quotes, so scores reflect the Good rating rather than specific verified evidence, and families should seek that detail directly from the home.

Homes in North West typically score 68–82.

The three-lens summary

Lens 01

What families tell us

The atmosphere here seems to put both residents and their families at ease. Visitors talk about staff who are genuinely warm and approachable, taking time to chat and respond to residents throughout the day. People notice how comfort and dignity shape the daily routines.

Lens 02

What inspectors have recorded

Staff here come across as both professional and content in their work, maintaining high standards while staying responsive to individual needs. The team's pleasant, welcoming approach seems to create an environment where residents feel properly looked after.

Lens 03

How it sits against good practice

It's the combination of cleanliness, space and genuinely caring staff that seems to matter most to the families who know this home.

DCC Recommendation

Worth a visit

Egerton Manor Care Home, on Blackburn Road in Bolton, was rated Good across all five inspection domains at its most recent assessment, carried out on 29 May 2025 and published on 29 July 2025. The home is a 64-bed nursing home registered for dementia care, care of adults over and under 65, and physical disabilities, with a named registered manager confirmed as in post. A consistent Good rating across every domain is a meaningful baseline and is more encouraging than a home with a mixed or improving picture. The main limitation of this report is that the published inspection text contains no narrative findings: no inspector observations, no quotes from people living at the home or their families, and no specific detail about staffing, activities, food, or care planning. Every item on the evidence checklist falls into the not-assessed category as a result. Before making a decision, visit the home in person, ask to see last week's actual staffing rota (not a template), spend time in the communal areas to observe how staff interact with people, and ask the manager directly about dementia training, night staffing ratios, and how they keep families informed.

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In Their Own Words

How Egerton Manor Care Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.

What Egerton Manor Care Home says about itself

Where warmth and professionalism meet in a spotless Bolton setting

Compassionate Care in Bolton at Egerton Manor Care Centre

Families visiting Egerton Manor Care Centre in Bolton often mention the same thing — how clean and welcoming everything feels from the moment they walk through the door. The home provides care for adults of all ages, including those living with dementia or physical disabilities, in what visitors describe as a spacious, well-maintained environment.

Care & specialisms

Who they care for

    The home welcomes younger adults under 65 as well as older people, supporting those with physical disabilities alongside those living with dementia.

    How they describe their dementia care

    For people living with dementia, the spacious layout provides room to move around safely, while consistent warmth from staff helps create a reassuring daily environment.

    “It's the combination of cleanliness, space and genuinely caring staff that seems to matter most to the families who know this home.”

    DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.

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