Eastbourne · BN20 9AN
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Jump to the free analysis ↓Eastbourne Gardens Care Home is listed as a nursing home. A published inspection rating is not available. Family feedback highlights staff kindness and compassion.
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Provider network: 49 homes; 47% rated Good or better (23 Good, 3 Requires Improvement).
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A published overall inspection rating is not confirmed for this home. Review the dates and any findings below; a data review is not a new inspection.
Listed support includes dementia support, sight or hearing impairment support, physical disability support. Confirm the support and environment needed for the individual person.
What type of care is provided
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Available information about staffing arrangements. Family descriptions of staff appear in the family experiences section; they are not verified staffing levels.
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Indicative weekly fees
From £1,350/week
From ≈ £5,870 per month (estimate)
Monthly estimate uses an average of 4.348 weeks per month.
You may pay less if council or NHS-funded care applies.
From £1,350 per week (indicative fee estimate from ).
You pay the full fee directly if assessable capital exceeds £23,250. Between £14,250 and £23,250, tariff income applies.
Your council contributes based on a financial assessment. You may still pay a contribution.
Funding options depend on individual eligibility and the arrangements the home accepts. Our Care Home Funding Report gives a screening indication for NHS-funded care, council support and Deferred Payment Agreements.
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Background context
Provider and registration context for Eastbourne Gardens Care Home, useful once you have already reviewed the main decision sections above.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home is a care home with nursing in Eastbourne, South East, operated by Willowbrook Healthcare Limited since 2023. The home has 107 beds. The home specialises in dementia care, including support for Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia. Qualified nursing staff are on-site 24 hours.
Contact & location
Travel time, nearby GP services, and neighbourhood safety — so the whole family can visit comfortably.
6 Upper Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN20 9AN
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Nearest green space
1.0km away
Daily Life
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Next Steps
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Has the use of agency staff increased in the past year, and how is continuity managed?
How do you support residents who wander or become distressed in practice?
Can management provide a clear breakdown of all costs and recent changes to billing?
Ask for a written breakdown of regular fees and optional extras.
Ask about current staff turnover and use of agency staff.
What actions followed the inspection report, and can you show examples?
What are staffing levels on day and night shifts?
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How are families updated when needs change?
How often is the care plan reviewed, and who is involved?
May we speak with a current resident family member?
Indicative weekly fees at Eastbourne Gardens Care Home: From £1,350/week. Confirm your assessed quote, including care and extras, with the home.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home accepts self-funding and local authority funded residents. For NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility, refer to NHS guidelines.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home is registered as a nursing home. This means the home provides nursing care alongside personal care support. Round-the-clock nurse cover is listed. Confirm the current on-site arrangements for individual needs.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home specialises in dementia care. This includes Alzheimer's disease support. The home is registered for this specialism.
We do not treat the phrase 'dementia care' on its own as proof of quality. On RightCareHome, dementia-specialist homes are checked more carefully for dementia-specific fit signals such as whether dementia care is registered, whether secure or wandering support is clearly published, whether nursing cover is available when needs are more complex, and whether inspection or family feedback supports that positioning. If wandering support is not clear in the public data, that becomes a follow-up question rather than a positive signal.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home has 107 registered beds. The home provides nursing care.
Family feedback raises points to discuss with the home. The combined public feedback rating is 4.3 out of 5.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home's public feedback assessment is useful, but it should not be the only reason to choose the home. Treat it as one evidence layer, then compare it with the inspection rating, safety and well-led domains, weekly fees, funding fit, and provider-record questions. Reviews are strongest when they confirm the same strengths or concerns that appear in inspection evidence and your visit questions.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home is operated by WILLOWBROOK HEALTHCARE LIMITED (Company registration number: 06655208). Ownership type: independent.
There are no current enforcement actions recorded against Eastbourne Gardens Care Home in the inspection history.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home's provider public-record check is: Records reviewed. No material provider-record points to clarify were found in the public records reviewed. The company accounts record is dated 31 March 2025. This is not a credit rating, solvency assessment or prediction about the home.
Ask Eastbourne Gardens Care Home how care is kept consistent when staffing or residents' needs change, how families are informed about management changes, and what the contract says about notice periods and deposits. Discuss these points with the manager during your visit and ask for key commitments in writing.
Before choosing Eastbourne Gardens Care Home, compare published inspection overall, Safe, and Well-Led ratings with their inspection history, family review volume and repeated themes, published weekly fees and what is included, funding routes accepted by the home, and the operator’s public company records. Compare these points with other care homes in Eastbourne to find the best fit for your relative’s care needs, budget and visiting arrangements.
Eastbourne Gardens Care Home currently has a food hygiene hygiene rating of 5 out of 5. The food hygiene record is dated 13 February 2025.
When visiting Eastbourne Gardens Care Home, start by asking the team to ask to see the latest inspection report and what has changed since it, ask how staffing levels work on day and night shifts, ask how families are updated when needs change, and ask who provides overnight clinical cover if nursing needs escalate. These questions help you test whether the public picture on this page still matches day-to-day reality inside the home.
Our visit checklist for Eastbourne Gardens Care Home starts with the basics families often miss: the latest inspection report, staffing levels across day and night shifts, how the team updates relatives when needs change, and how care plans are reviewed in practice. On RightCareHome, the page-level checklist is then extended with personalised follow-up questions based on the home’s inspection, review, provider-record and practical signals.
Care Home Check
Care Home Check brings the findings on Eastbourne Gardens Care Home into a single decision summary, explains how they relate to your choice and gives you a practical plan for your visit.
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Indicative weekly fees
From £1,350/week
From ≈ £5,870 per month (estimate)
Monthly estimate uses an average of 4.348 weeks per month.
You may pay less if council or NHS-funded care applies.
From £1,350 per week (indicative fee estimate from ).
You pay the full fee directly if assessable capital exceeds £23,250. Between £14,250 and £23,250, tariff income applies.
Your council contributes based on a financial assessment. You may still pay a contribution.
Funding options depend on individual eligibility and the arrangements the home accepts. Our Care Home Funding Report gives a screening indication for NHS-funded care, council support and Deferred Payment Agreements.
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Read the recurring strengths and concerns below alongside inspection findings and individual care needs.
Family feedback rating (out of 5)
Family feedback highlights caring and attentive staff
What matters to families:
Feedback raises these points. Ask the home how it handles them in day-to-day care:
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Family feedback on care, surroundings and daily life
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Staff perspective
Family reviews tell you how care feels from the outside. But the people delivering that care have their own story — about workload, management, and whether they feel supported to do their job well.
The Care Home Check report considers available staffing information alongside family experiences. Coverage varies, and any gaps remain questions to confirm with the home.
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We found no significant points to clarify in the provider records reviewed. Some information may still be unavailable.
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Turnover, profit and EBITDA were not available in the accounts format reviewed.
We have not drawn conclusions about profitability from substitute balance-sheet fields.
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For context
The linked company is recorded as active.
This is a company-register fact, not a guarantee of future performance or continuity.
We matched this home to WILLOWBROOK HEALTHCARE LIMITED · Company no. 06655208. Accounts dated: Mar 2025.
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WILLOWBROOK HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Company record
06655208
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Comparison angle: Residential care in the same city. Confirm supported needs and today’s written fees.
Comparison angle: Nursing care in the same city. Confirm the clinical support your relative needs.
Comparison angle: Nursing care in the same city. Confirm the clinical support your relative needs.