Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home
At a Glance
The information you need to decide whether this home warrants a closer look.
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Staff warmth score
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Good to know
- Registered beds50
- SpecialismsCaring for adults over 65 yrs, Caring for adults under 65 yrs, Dementia, Mental health conditions, Physical disabilities, Sensory impairment
- Last inspected2022-07-20
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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
The eight family priority themes
- Staff warmth72
- Compassion & dignity72
- Cleanliness70
- Activities & engagement65
- Food quality65
- Healthcare70
- Management & leadership72
- Resident happiness68
What inspectors found
Inspected 2022-07-20
Is this home safe?
Is the care effective?
The home was rated Good for Effectiveness at the June 2022 inspection. This domain covers training, care planning, healthcare access, nutrition, and how well the home meets the needs of the people it cares for. Dementia is listed as a specialism, which means inspectors will have assessed whether staff have appropriate dementia-specific training. No specific detail about the content or currency of training, GP access frequency, or care plan quality is available in the published text.Is this home caring?
Rushey Mead Manor received a Good rating for Caring at the June 2022 inspection. This domain assesses staff warmth, dignity, respect, and how well people's independence is supported. The Good rating indicates inspectors were satisfied with the culture of care they observed. No specific observations, such as staff using preferred names, responding calmly to distress, or allowing unhurried mealtimes, are recorded in the published text. No concerns about dignity or respect were noted.Is the home responsive?
The home received a Good rating for Responsiveness at the June 2022 inspection. This domain covers activities and engagement, how well the home responds to individual needs and preferences, and end-of-life care planning. The published summary does not describe the activities programme in any detail, nor does it record whether residents with advanced dementia receive one-to-one engagement. No concerns about responsiveness were noted by inspectors.Is the home well-led?
Rushey Mead Manor was rated Good for Well-led at the June 2022 inspection. This domain assesses management visibility, culture, governance, and how the home learns from incidents and feedback. The home lists two registered managers and a nominated individual, indicating a formal leadership structure. The improvement from Requires Improvement to Good across all five domains is a meaningful indicator that leadership engaged with previous concerns and drove change. No specific detail about management visibility on the floor, staff culture, or governance systems is available in the published text.
Source: CQC inspection report →
What the evidence base says
The home supports people with sensory impairments and physical disabilities, alongside those living with dementia or mental health conditions. They're equipped to care for adults of all ages, from younger people needing specialist support to older residents requiring nursing care. For those living with dementia, the home provides specialist care as part of their nursing and residential services. Staff work with families to create individual care plans that reflect each person's needs. 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
Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home achieved a Good rating across all five inspection domains in June 2022, improving from a previous Requires Improvement rating. The score reflects positive but largely general findings: the inspection text available does not contain the specific observations, quotes, or detailed evidence needed to push scores into the higher bands.
Homes in East Midlands typically score 68–82.Worth a visit
Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home, on Coatbridge Avenue in Leicester, was rated Good across all five inspection domains at its last inspection in June 2022, with the report published in July 2022. This is a meaningful improvement from a previous rating of Requires Improvement, which signals that the management team recognised problems and addressed them. The home is registered to care for up to 50 people and lists dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, and sensory impairment among its specialisms. The main limitation of this report is that the published inspection text contains very little specific detail: no direct observations of care in practice, no resident or family quotes, and no breakdown of what was found within each domain. That makes it difficult to give you a confident picture of day-to-day life here. Before visiting, prepare specific questions: ask how many permanent staff are on the dementia unit after 8pm, how often agency staff cover shifts, and when care plans were last reviewed with family involvement. On the visit itself, watch how staff interact with residents in corridors and communal areas, and ask to see the actual staffing rota for the previous week rather than a template.
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In Their Own Words
How Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Specialist care across Leicester for complex health needs
Residential home in Leicester: True Peace of Mind
Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home in Leicester provides specialist support for people with dementia, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities. The home welcomes both younger adults and those over 65, offering nursing care alongside residential support. Recent refurbishment work has modernised the facilities.
Who they care for
The home supports people with sensory impairments and physical disabilities, alongside those living with dementia or mental health conditions. They're equipped to care for adults of all ages, from younger people needing specialist support to older residents requiring nursing care.
For those living with dementia, the home provides specialist care as part of their nursing and residential services. Staff work with families to create individual care plans that reflect each person's needs.
“Given the mixed feedback about care standards here, you'll want to ask detailed questions about staffing levels and safeguarding procedures when you visit.”
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
Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home achieved a Good rating across all five inspection domains in June 2022, improving from a previous Requires Improvement rating. The score reflects positive but largely general findings: the inspection text available does not contain the specific observations, quotes, or detailed evidence needed to push scores into the higher bands.
Homes in East Midlands typically score 68–82.Worth a visit
Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home, on Coatbridge Avenue in Leicester, was rated Good across all five inspection domains at its last inspection in June 2022, with the report published in July 2022. This is a meaningful improvement from a previous rating of Requires Improvement, which signals that the management team recognised problems and addressed them. The home is registered to care for up to 50 people and lists dementia, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, and sensory impairment among its specialisms. The main limitation of this report is that the published inspection text contains very little specific detail: no direct observations of care in practice, no resident or family quotes, and no breakdown of what was found within each domain. That makes it difficult to give you a confident picture of day-to-day life here. Before visiting, prepare specific questions: ask how many permanent staff are on the dementia unit after 8pm, how often agency staff cover shifts, and when care plans were last reviewed with family involvement. On the visit itself, watch how staff interact with residents in corridors and communal areas, and ask to see the actual staffing rota for the previous week rather than a template.
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In Their Own Words
How Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home describes itself — collected from its own website. DCC has not edited or independently verified the content in this tab.
Specialist care across Leicester for complex health needs
Residential home in Leicester: True Peace of Mind
Rushey Mead Manor Care and Nursing Home in Leicester provides specialist support for people with dementia, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities. The home welcomes both younger adults and those over 65, offering nursing care alongside residential support. Recent refurbishment work has modernised the facilities.
Who they care for
The home supports people with sensory impairments and physical disabilities, alongside those living with dementia or mental health conditions. They're equipped to care for adults of all ages, from younger people needing specialist support to older residents requiring nursing care.
For those living with dementia, the home provides specialist care as part of their nursing and residential services. Staff work with families to create individual care plans that reflect each person's needs.
Management & ethos
Families have shared very different experiences of care at this home. While some describe friendly staff who develop person-centred care plans, others have raised serious concerns about safeguarding and dignity that deserve careful consideration.
“Given the mixed feedback about care standards here, you'll want to ask detailed questions about staffing levels and safeguarding procedures when you visit.”
DCC does not edit or curate content in this tab. For independently curated information, see The Evidence and DCC Verdict.
