Kensington Lodge
Residential care home in Littlehampton, West Sussex
Operated by Mrs K Kalkat and Mr GS Nijjar
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- Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
Kensington Lodge EMI Residential Home is a residential home for people living with Alzheimer's and other dementias, registered for 18 beds. It stands in the village of Rustington, West Sussex, close to the sea and the village shops, with a library, churches and clubs nearby. The larger towns of Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Worthing and Chichester are within easy reach, offering golf, bowling and theatres.
Most bedrooms are single rooms with en-suite facilities, and a lift serves all floors. The home offers a wide range of activities so that residents can keep up their preferred lifestyles as far as possible. The Care Quality Commission rates the home Requires Improvement overall (report published 2023). Its key-question grades are Good for effective, caring and responsive care, and Requires Improvement for safe care and well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: Requires improvementReport published 21 April 2023 · Last inspected 23 March 2023
Inspectors found that people feel safe, can raise worries with staff or the registered manager, and have warm, familiar relationships with the care team. Staff are trained and recruited safely, medicines are handled by competent staff, and relatives say they are kept well informed. Management oversight and the assessment of health risks were less consistent, so the service was rated requires improvement.
- People said they feel safe and comfortable speaking with staff or the registered manager about concerns.
- Staff know people well, and relatives described caring, friendly interaction and good communication.
- Medicines are given by trained, competent staff, and people and relatives are told about any changes.
- Care plans were detailed and guided staff on how to support people safely, and infection control practice was followed.
- Quality assurance and management checks did not always work effectively, and some earlier improvement areas had not been fully addressed.
- Some health risks were not consistently assessed or managed, and certain assessment tools did not match people's recorded weight loss.
- Records were not always stored confidentially, some care records contained inconsistencies, and medicine and environment audits were not always accurate.
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Care provided
Specialist care
Facilities
What's nearby
- Set back from main road noise
Straight-line distances. Road and rail noise from government strategic noise mapping (modelled, not measured). A&E departments from the NHS website.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceAmple
- Golf CourseAmple
- Public ParkPlentiful
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingAdequate
- SupermarketsAdequate
- TakeawaysAdequate
Local crime statistics
248 recorded crimes in the local area (April 2026)
Top categories:
Source: data.police.uk · within 1 mile
Fees and funding
| Care type | Weekly fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Residential care | Fees on request | — |
| Dementia care | Fees on request | — |
- Funding accepted
- Not stated
Fees depend on the room and the care needed, so ask the home for a written quote. Check who pays with the funding calculator, or see what West Sussex council pays.
Care fee trajectory
| Year | Council rate (per week) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | £984 |
| 2025 | £1,033 |
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Local health safety net
Kensington Lodge is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Worthing Hospital, 6.3 miles away. The local GP practice is WESTCOURT MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.5 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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