Dementia Care Home

Cayton View Care Home

Cayton View Care Home, Heather Pastures, Scarborough, Yorkshire, YO11 3YH

Residential homes

At a Glance

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

DCC Family Score
72/ 100
Weighted from family reviews
Dementia SpecialismConfirmed

Residential homes

Families Rate The Staff72 / 100

Staff warmth score

“Well Looked After”70%

of reviewers answered yes

Good to know

  • Registered beds66
  • SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia, Physical disabilities
  • Last inspected2025-09-03

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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

People talk about the structured, gentle way staff help during those first difficult days. The warmth from the team apparently makes a real difference when everything feels overwhelming.

The eight family priority themes

  • Staff warmth72
  • Compassion & dignity72
  • Cleanliness70
  • Activities & engagement65
  • Food quality65
  • Healthcare70
  • Management & leadership72
  • Resident happiness70
Section 02

What inspectors found

Inspected 2025-09-03 Report published 2025-09-03

  • Is this home safe?

    Good
    The Safe domain was rated Good at the September 2025 inspection. This covers staffing levels, medicines management, infection control, and the physical safety of the environment. The published text does not record specific staffing ratios, night cover numbers, or detail on how incidents and falls are logged and reviewed. No concerns were identified in this domain.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the care effective?

    Good
    The Effective domain was rated Good at the September 2025 inspection. This domain covers care planning, staff training, healthcare access including GP involvement, and food quality and nutrition. The home lists dementia as a registered specialism, which means inspectors will have considered whether training and practice meet the needs of people living with dementia. The published text does not record specific training content, GP visiting frequency, or detail on how meals are planned and delivered.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is this home caring?

    Good
    The Caring domain was rated Good at the September 2025 inspection. This covers warmth and friendliness of staff interactions, respect for privacy and dignity, and how well staff support independence. No concerns were identified. The published text does not include specific observations of staff interactions, direct quotes from people living at the home, or examples of how dignity is maintained in practice.
    Verified by inspectorResident testimony recorded
  • Is the home responsive?

    Good
    The Responsive domain was rated Good at the September 2025 inspection. This domain covers activities and meaningful engagement, how well the home responds to individual needs and preferences, and end-of-life care planning. The home supports people with dementia and physical disabilities, both groups who may need tailored rather than generic activity provision. The published text does not record specific activities, their frequency, or how they are adapted for people who cannot join group sessions.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the home well-led?

    Good
    The Well-led domain was rated Good at the September 2025 inspection. This covers the quality of management, governance systems, staff culture, and how the home uses feedback and incident data to improve. A named registered manager, Mrs Leah Corinne Moon, is confirmed as in post, alongside nominated individual Ms Rachel Louise Harvey. The published text does not record how long the manager has been in post, detail on governance systems, or examples of how staff are supported to raise concerns.
    Verified by inspector
  • Source: CQC inspection report →

    Section 03

    What the evidence base says

    The home supports adults both under and over 65, including people with physical disabilities. It also provides care for people living with dementia. For families thinking about dementia care, the home offers specialist support. Staff are described as bringing patience and understanding to caring for people with dementia, though families are encouraged to ask specific questions about training and daily practice on a 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.

72/ 100

DCC Family Score

Cayton View Care Home received a Good rating across all five inspection domains in September 2025, which is a positive baseline. However, the published inspection text provides limited specific detail, observations, or direct testimony, so scores reflect confirmed Good ratings rather than rich, specific evidence.

Homes in Yorkshire & Humberside typically score 68–82.

The three-lens summary

Lens 01

What families tell us

People talk about the structured, gentle way staff help during those first difficult days. The warmth from the team apparently makes a real difference when everything feels overwhelming.

Lens 02

What inspectors have recorded

Lens 03

How it sits against good practice

Worth visiting to see if this feels right for your situation.

DCC Recommendation

Worth a visit

Cayton View Care Home in Scarborough was rated Good across all five inspection domains at its assessment on 3 September 2025, with the report published on 30 October 2025. The home supports up to 66 people, including those living with dementia and people with physical disabilities, and has a named registered manager in post. All domains, covering safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness, and leadership, were found to meet the Good standard. The main limitation of this report is that the published inspection text contains very little specific observational detail, direct quotes, or named examples. A Good rating tells you the home met the required standard, but it does not tell you what day-to-day life looks and feels like for your parent. Before you visit, prepare questions about night staffing ratios, agency staff usage, how often care plans are reviewed with families, and what one-to-one engagement looks like for someone who cannot join group activities. On the visit itself, watch how staff speak to people in corridors and communal areas: unhurried, preferred-name interactions are the clearest observable signal of genuine warmth.

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In Their Own Words

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

What Cayton View Care Home says about itself

Where difficult transitions become bearable journeys

Residential home in Scarborough: True Peace of Mind

Placing someone you love in care feels impossible. Cayton View Care Home in Scarborough seems to understand this deeply. Families describe finding real support here during what might be the hardest decision they've ever faced.

Care & specialisms

Who they care for

    The home supports adults both under and over 65, including people with physical disabilities. It also provides care for people living with dementia.

    How they describe their dementia care

    For families thinking about dementia care, the home offers specialist support. Staff are described as bringing patience and understanding to caring for people with dementia, though families are encouraged to ask specific questions about training and daily practice on a visit.

    “Worth visiting to see if this feels right for your situation.”

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

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