Dementia Care Home

Croft House Residential Care Home

Main Road, Keighley, Yorkshire, BD20 7SJ

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 beds29
  • SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Dementia, Physical disabilities
  • Last inspected2020-02-22

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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 eight family priority themes

  • Staff warmth72
  • Compassion & dignity72
  • Cleanliness70
  • Activities & engagement68
  • Food quality68
  • Healthcare68
  • Management & leadership75
  • Resident happiness70
Section 02

What inspectors found

Inspected 2020-02-22

  • Is this home safe?

    Not yet rated
    The overall Outstanding rating was achieved without individual domain ratings being published in the available data — each domain is listed as 'Not yet rated' in the records provided. This is unusual and may reflect the inspection methodology used at the time. The home is registered and active, with no dormancy recorded, and has completed four inspections in its history. Without the full report text, no specific safety findings — such as falls management, medicines handling, infection control, or night staffing ratios — can be confirmed or described.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the care effective?

    Not yet rated
    No domain-level rating for 'Effective' is available in the published records for this inspection. The Outstanding overall rating implies that inspectors were satisfied with the home's effectiveness across care planning, training, healthcare access, and nutrition — but without the report text, no specific findings can be confirmed. The home's specialisms in dementia and physical disabilities mean that dementia-specific training, adapted care planning, and appropriate healthcare monitoring are particularly important areas to probe.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is this home caring?

    Not yet rated
    No domain-level rating for 'Caring' is published in the available records. The Outstanding overall grade is the strongest possible indicator of quality in this area, but without the inspection text, no direct observations of staff warmth, specific examples of dignity in practice, or resident and family testimony can be cited. The home's dementia specialism makes the quality of day-to-day human interaction — how staff speak to, comfort, and respond to your parent — the single most important factor in lived experience.
    Verified by inspectorResident testimony recorded
  • Is the home responsive?

    Not yet rated
    No domain-level rating for 'Responsive' is available. For a 29-bed home with a dementia specialism, responsiveness means more than a varied activity programme — it means understanding that your parent's needs, preferences, and capacity will change, and that the home's response changes with them. Without the inspection text, no specific details about activity provision, individualised engagement, or end-of-life planning can be confirmed.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the home well-led?

    Not yet rated
    No domain-level rating for 'Well-led' is published in the available records. The improvement from Good to Outstanding strongly suggests that leadership quality was a significant factor in the overall grade — inspectors rarely award Outstanding without specific evidence of strong, stable management, a positive staff culture, and robust quality monitoring. However, with an inspection date of February 2020, there is a five-year gap during which management, staffing, and ownership may have changed.
    Verified by inspector
  • Source: CQC inspection report →

    Section 03

    What the evidence base says

    The team at Croft House specialises in supporting people over 65, including those living with dementia and physical disabilities. They provide residential care that adapts to each person's changing needs. For residents living with dementia, the home provides specialised support within their residential care setting. The team works to maintain dignity and quality of life as needs change over time. 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

This home holds an Outstanding overall rating — the highest possible — but because the full inspection text was not available, individual theme scores reflect the rating's implied strength rather than verified specific evidence from inspector observations or testimony.

Homes in Yorkshire & Humberside typically score 68–82.
DCC Recommendation

Worth a visit

This home on Main Road, Keighley holds an Outstanding overall rating following its most recent inspection in February 2020 — the highest grade achievable, and one that represents an improvement from its previous Good rating. Outstanding is awarded to fewer than five per cent of care homes in England, and the upward trajectory here suggests a home that has actively worked to raise its standards over time. The home is registered for 29 beds and specialises in caring for people over 65, including those living with dementia and physical disabilities. The important caveat is that the full inspection report text was not available for this analysis, meaning none of the specific evidence that earned this home its Outstanding rating — inspector observations, resident and family quotes, records reviewed — could be verified or translated into detail for you. The inspection also took place in February 2020, which means more than five years have passed since this assessment. Staff teams, management, and care practices can change significantly in that time. Before making a decision, visit in person, ask the detailed questions listed in this report, and request the home's most recent Statement of Purpose and any internal quality audits.

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In Their Own Words

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

What Croft House Residential Care Home says about itself

Where families find support through life's final chapter

Croft House Care Home Limited – Your Trusted residential home

When families face the most difficult days, having the right support makes all the difference. Croft House Care Home in Keighley provides residential care for older adults, including those living with dementia and physical disabilities. The home understands that care extends beyond just the resident to include the whole family.

Care & specialisms

Who they care for

    The team at Croft House specialises in supporting people over 65, including those living with dementia and physical disabilities. They provide residential care that adapts to each person's changing needs.

    How they describe their dementia care

    For residents living with dementia, the home provides specialised support within their residential care setting. The team works to maintain dignity and quality of life as needs change over time.

    “If you'd like to learn more about the care at Croft House, arranging a visit can help you get a feel for the home and meet the team.”

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

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