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Take A Break With Choices

9 Chadwick Street, Bolton BL2 1JN — 7 beds, run by Freda Varley.

Dementia care 7 beds Registered 13 years

Bolton Council pays between £0 and £0 a week for a standard residential place, and more where needs are higher. It publishes bands rather than a single rate.

Level of careCouncil pays per week
Standard residential£754
Standard nursing£812
Dementia high needs supplement, added£84
Residential with dementia supplement£838
Nursing with dementia supplement£896
Which band applies is decided by the council, not the home. A Care Act assessment sets the level of need, and that sets the band. If you are paying for yourself, the home may charge more than any of these figures — ask it directly.

Source: Bolton Council, Care home fees — standard fee rates for homes caring predominantly for older adults. The dementia supplement applies where a resident is assessed as needing specialist dementia care in a dedicated unit. The council does not state whether its nursing rate includes NHS-funded nursing care; we last checked it on 11 August 2026. Bolton does not state whether its nursing bands include NHS-funded nursing care, so treat the nursing figures with care and ask which basis a quote uses.

How the inspectors rated it

Good

The Care Quality Commission rated Take A Break With Choices Good when it last published an assessment, in April 2020.

Older than mostThe national middle is 4.3 years. How we measure this.

That was 6.3 years ago. Managers move on, owners sell up, staff turn over. A rating this old describes the home as it was in 2020 — not as it is this month. Three questions worth asking on the phone: who is the manager now, how long have they been in post, and how many of the care staff have been there more than a year?
Safe — Good Effective — Good Caring — Good Responsive — Good Well-led — Good

Read the full CQC report · what these ratings mean · register retrieved 4 August 2026

The paperwork, plainly

Beds registered
7
Typical size in Bolton
32 beds
Registered with the CQC
13 years
Manager on the register
*
Who owns it
Freda Varley

Every line comes from the CQC register, not from the home. If something is wrong, tell us and we will check it against the register.

Other homes close by

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Nearby homes rated Good or better, inspected in the last two years

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Published fees go stale within months. Tell us what care is needed and we will ask Take A Break With Choices directly, then send you the reply. We are paid nothing if you move in, so we have no reason to push you here or anywhere else.

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Would the council pay towards this?

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Where to get advice

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Age UK — paying for a care home · MoneyHelper · Care Quality Commission · our guides to costs and funding

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