Dementia Care Home

Aden View Care Home Huddersfield

Preseverance Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, HD4 6AP

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At a Glance

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

DCC Family Score
73/ 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 beds46
  • SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia
  • Last inspected2024-02-01

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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

When families visit, they notice care workers who show real warmth during their one-to-one time with residents. The activities programme keeps people engaged throughout the week, with outings that residents genuinely seem to enjoy.

The eight family priority themes

  • Staff warmth72
  • Compassion & dignity72
  • Cleanliness70
  • Activities & engagement60
  • Food quality55
  • Healthcare65
  • Management & leadership75
  • Resident happiness70
Section 02

What inspectors found

Inspected 2024-02-01

  • Is this home safe?

    Good
    The Safe domain was rated Good at the January 2024 inspection. This covers areas including staffing levels, medicines management, infection control, and how the home responds to safeguarding concerns. The previous Requires Improvement rating means inspectors had identified concerns in an earlier inspection; a return to Good indicates those issues were resolved. No specific detail about staffing ratios, medicines processes, or falls management is included in the published text.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the care effective?

    Good
    The Effective domain was rated Good. This domain covers whether staff have the right training and knowledge, whether care plans are detailed and kept up to date, and whether residents' health needs, including access to GPs and specialist services, are well managed. Dementia is listed as a specialism of this home, which means inspectors would have considered whether dementia-specific training and practice were in place. The published text does not provide specific examples of training content, care plan quality, or healthcare coordination.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is this home caring?

    Good
    The Caring domain was rated Good. This is the domain that most directly reflects whether staff are kind, respectful, and attentive in their day-to-day interactions. It covers whether residents are spoken to with warmth, whether their privacy is protected, whether they are supported to maintain independence, and whether their dignity is respected in personal care. The published text does not include specific inspector observations of staff interactions, resident testimony, or examples of dignified practice.
    Verified by inspectorResident testimony recorded
  • Is the home responsive?

    Good
    The Responsive domain was rated Good. This covers whether the home meets each person's individual needs, whether activities are meaningful and varied, whether the home listens to and acts on complaints, and whether end-of-life care is well planned. The home supports people with dementia as a specialism, which means inspectors would have considered whether the environment and routines reflect dementia-specific good practice. No specific activities, individual engagement examples, or end-of-life care detail is included in the published text.
    Verified by inspector
  • Is the home well-led?

    Good
    The Well-led domain was rated Good. A named Registered Manager, Miss Kimberley McKay, is in post, and a Nominated Individual, Mrs Mandy Vernon, is also identified. The improvement from a previous Requires Improvement to a Good across all five domains is the strongest leadership signal available in the published findings: it indicates that the management team identified what was not working and made changes that satisfied inspectors on a return visit. The published text does not include detail about governance processes, staff culture, or how the home handles complaints.
    Verified by inspector
  • Source: CQC inspection report →

    Section 03

    What the evidence base says

    The home provides care for adults both under and over 65, with specific expertise in supporting people living with dementia. For those living with dementia, the team works to include residents in the regular activity schedule. The home has experience supporting people at different stages of their dementia journey. 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.

73/ 100

DCC Family Score

Aden View Care Home scores 73 out of 100, reflecting a genuine and encouraging improvement from a previous Requires Improvement rating to a Good across all five inspection domains. The score is held back by limited specific detail in the published report on food, activities, and healthcare, which means several important areas need to be explored directly with the home on a visit.

Homes in Yorkshire & Humberside typically score 68–82.

The three-lens summary

Lens 01

What families tell us

When families visit, they notice care workers who show real warmth during their one-to-one time with residents. The activities programme keeps people engaged throughout the week, with outings that residents genuinely seem to enjoy.

Lens 02

What inspectors have recorded

Lens 03

How it sits against good practice

If you're considering Aden View for someone you love, visiting in person will help you get a feel for daily life there.

DCC Recommendation

Worth a visit

Aden View Care Home, on Perseverance Street in Huddersfield, was rated Good across all five inspection domains at its last inspection in January 2024, with the report published on 1 February 2024. This is a meaningful improvement: the home had previously been rated Requires Improvement, and achieving a Good in every domain, including Safe, Caring, Effective, Responsive, and Well-led, signals that leadership identified earlier problems and addressed them. The home supports 46 people, including those living with dementia, and is led by a named Registered Manager (Kimberley McKay) with a Nominated Individual also in place. The main limitation of this report is that the published text is very brief and does not include the detailed inspector observations, resident testimony, or staff quotes that would allow a confident picture of day-to-day life. That means a significant number of the things families care about most, including food quality, night staffing, activity variety, and how staff respond to distress, cannot be confirmed from published findings alone. The improvement trend is genuinely encouraging, but a personal visit is essential. When you go, arrive at a mealtime if possible, observe how staff speak to your parent's potential neighbours in corridors and communal areas, and ask the manager specifically about night staffing numbers and agency use.

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In Their Own Words

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

What Aden View Care Home Huddersfield says about itself

Yorkshire care home where residents enjoy regular outings and activities

Dedicated residential home Support in Huddersfield

Families exploring care options in Huddersfield often ask about Aden View Care Home, particularly for its activity programme. The home caters to adults of all ages, including those living with dementia, and residents here take part in regular organised outings and events.

Care & specialisms

Who they care for

    The home provides care for adults both under and over 65, with specific expertise in supporting people living with dementia.

    How they describe their dementia care

    For those living with dementia, the team works to include residents in the regular activity schedule. The home has experience supporting people at different stages of their dementia journey.

    “If you're considering Aden View for someone you love, visiting in person will help you get a feel for daily life there.”

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

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