Austen House, Reading

About Austen House

In the South East region, Austen House is a care home with nursing serving the Reading, Wokingham area. The home is operated by Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited and has capacity for 79 residents. Following their latest inspection on 04/10/2022, the Care Quality Commission rated Austen House as Requires improvement. Across the five inspection categories, the home scored Good for Caring, Responsive; Requires Improvement for Safe and Effective and Well-led. The home caters to a range of needs, including caring for adults under 65 yrs, dementia and caring for adults over 65 yrs. The service supports dementia, older people, younger adults. Regulated activities at the home include accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The RG6 postcode area has 6 registered care homes with a combined 223 beds.