Hundreds of elderly people do not receive a good standard of care despite forking out thousands of pounds for support.

An assessment by The Argus of the most recent reports from the Care Quality Commission watchdog has shown 14% of the 458 homes listed do not meet the its key standard of either “good” or excellent”.

This is despite a Government report revealing people spend an average of £50,000 on care when they are elderly.

Using the most recent reports from the CQC, The Argus can reveal there are more than 1,500 spaces at the 61 elderly homes in the city.

This does not include those homes which specifically provide care for those with mental illnesses or other conditions.

Thousands more are available to the 300 more homes dotted across East and West Sussex.

See below for a full comprehensive breakdown of the state of elderly care in Sussex.

See today's Argus for the full story.

BRIGHTON AND HOVE

EXCELLENT

Arundel Park Lodge, Arundel Drive East, Saltdean; Brighton Bethesda Home, Hove Park Gardens, Old Shoreham Road, Hove; Bramble Cottage Retirement Home, Carden Avenue, Brighton; Conifer Lodge, Pembroke Crescent, Hove Craven Vale, Craven Road, Brighton; Wilbury Rest Home, Wilbury Road, Hove; The Pines Nursing Home, Furze Hill, Hove; Highbury House Nursing Home, Steyning Road, Rottingdean, Brighton; Patcham Nursing Home, Eastwick Close, Eastwick Barn, Brighton; Pembroke Hotel for the Retired, Third Avenue, Hove; St Christopher's Residential Home, Rutland Gardens, Hove; Pilgrim Homes, Egremont Place, Brighton; Princess Alexandra House, Preston Park Avenue, Brighton

GOOD

Arlington House, Tennis Road, Hove; Barford Court, Kingsway, Hove; Birchgrove Nursing Home, Stanford Avenue, Brighton; Brittany Lodge, Brittany Road, Hove; Caburn House, Caburn Road, Hove; Charles Lodge, New Church Road, Hove; Charlesworth Rest Home, Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton; Crescent House, The Drive, Hove; Dane House, Dyke Road Avenue, Brighton; Fairdene Lodge, Walsingham Road, Hove; Gate Cottage, Bazehill Road, Rottingdean, Brighton; Glentworth House Nursing Home, Pembroke Avenue, Hove; Hyman Fine House, Burlington Street, Brighton; Marine View Rest Home, Kingsway, Hove; Oasis House, Arundel Drive West, Saltdean, Brighton; Pembroke Lodge, Aymer Road, Hove; Place Farm House, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton; Regent House Nursing Home, The Drive, Hove; Rottingdean Nursing And Care Home, Newlands Road, Rottingdean, Brighton; Seaway Nursing Home, Vallance Gardens, Hove; Springfields, Langdale Road, Hove; St Joseph's Rest Home, Bristol Road, Brighton; St Mary's House, Preston Park Avenue, Brighton; Sycamore Court Nursing and Residential Care Home, Bear Road, Brighton; The Adelaide Nursing Home, New Church Road, Hove; The Churchley Rest Home, New Church Road, Hove; The Downs Care Centre, Laburnum Avenue, Hove; The Grange Rest Home, Sackville Gardens, Hove; The Roan Rest Home, Pembroke Crescent, Hove; The White House, Chichester Drive West, Brighton; Vallance Rest Home, Vallance Road, Hove; Victoria, Dyke Road Avenue, Hove; Victoria, The Drive, Hove Victoria, Dyke Road Avenue, Hove; Victoria Highgrove, Dyke Road Avenue, Hove; Victoria Oaklands, Dyke Road Avenue, Hove; Westwood, Knoyle Road, Brighton; Z & M Care, Lyndhurst Road, Hove

ADEQUATE

Eaton Lodge, Eaton Gardens, Hove; Oakleigh Lodge, New Church Road, Oakleigh Lodge, Hove; Pembroke House, Pembroke Crescent, Pembroke House, Hove; Summer Lodge, Sackville Road, Hove; Portland House, Portland Road, Hove

POOR

Hereford House, Hereford Street, Brighton

NOT RATED

Cavendish House, Pembroke Crescent, Hove; Hazel Grove Nursing Home, Heath Hill Avenue, Bevendean; Brighton Swallows Lodge, Pembroke Avenue, Hove; R Janmayur Care Home, Osmond Gardens, Osmond Road, Hove

EAST SUSSEX

EXCELLENT

Ashridge Court Nursing Centre, Barnhorn Road, Bexhill; Bernhard Baron Cottage Home, Lewes Road, Polegate; Brooklands, Wych Cross, Forest Row; Carlisle Lodge, Carlisle Road, Eastbourne; Downside, Church Lane, Kingston, Nr Lewes; Old Hastings House, High Street, Old Town, Hastings; Pentlow Nursing Home, Summerdown Road, Eastbourne; Queen Alexandra Cottage Homes, Seaside, Eastbourne; Springcroft, Springfield Road, St Leonards; Warren Drive, Fielden Road, Crowborough; Whitegates Retirement Home Westfield Lane, Westfield

GOOD

142 homes

ADEQUATE

Alma Lodge Residential Care Home, Staveley Road, Eastbourne; Ashberry Court, Lewes Road, Eastbourne; Ashley Gardens, Willoughby Crescent, Eastbourne; Bendigo Nursing Home, Arundel Road, Eastbourne; Cedarwood House, Hastings Road, Battle; Cross Lane House, Cross Lane, Ticehurst, Wadhurst; Havelock House, Victoria Road, Polegate; Kestrel House, Willingdon Road, Eastbourne

POOR

Ashridge House, Dorset Road, Bexhill; Beechwood Lodge, Barnhorn Road, Bexhill

NOT RATED

Aaron Manor, Penland Road, Bexhill; Rippleside Home Ltd, Jameson Road, Bexhill; St. Margarets, Carlisle Road, St Margarets Care Home, Eastbourne; The Maples, South Coast Road, Peacehaven

WEST SUSSEX

EXCELLENT

Abbeyfield (Bognor Regis) Society Ltd, Richmond Avenue, Abbeyfield, Bognor; Acorn Lodge, Turners Hill Road, East Grinstead; Aronel Cottage, Highfield Road, Bognor; Ashdown Lodge, Wendy Ridge, Rustington, Littlehampton; Ashton House Nursing Home, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath; Church Farm Residential Home, Church Farm Lane, East Wittering, Chichester; Compton House, Compton Road, Lindfield, Haywards Heath; Crossways Care Home, Sunte Avenue, Lindfield, Haywards Heath; Dovecote View, Claypit Lane, Westhampnett, Chichester; Fairlight Nursing Home, Worthing Road, Rustington; Ferndale Residential Care Home, Stein Road, Southbourne, Emsworth; Ferringham House, Ferringham Lane, Ferring, Worthing, Green Willow Residential Home, Vicarage Lane, East Preston, Littlehampton; Highgrove House, Winchester Road, Worthing Hilgay, Keymer Road, Burgess Hill; Ifield Park, Rusper Road, Ifield, Crawley; Longfield Manor, West Street, Billingshurst Manorfield, Clappers Lane, Earnley, Chichester Melrose Care Home, Wykeham Road, Worthing; Oakland Court, Admiralty Road, Felpham, Bognor; Oakwood Court, Amberley Close, Haywards Heath; Pendean House, West Lavington, Midhurst, Chichester; Princess Marina House, Seafield Road, Rustington, Littlehampton; Red Oaks, The Hooks, Red Oaks, Henfield; Rosemary Mount Residential Home, Chesswood Road, Worthing; Royal Bay Residential Home, Aldwick Road, Aldwick, Bognor; Saxby Lodge, Victoria Drive, Bognor; Scotch Dyke, Beehive Lane, Ferring, Worthing St George's Lodge, Chesswood Road, Worthing; St Joseph's, Albert Road, Bognor; St Josephs Nursing Home, East Street, Littlehampton; St Wilfred's - Arundel Priory, London Road, Arundel; Summerfields, Church Road, Selsey, Chichester; The Bell Memorial Home, South Street, Lancing; The Shelley, Shelley Road, Worthing; Wellcross Grange, Lyons Corner, Five Oaks Road, Slinfold, Horsham; Westlake, Pondtail Road, Horsham

GOOD

143 homes

ADEQUATE

Aniska Lodge, Brighton Road, Warninglid, Haywards Heath; Ashmount Residential and Nursing Home, Southey Road, Worthing; Augusta Court, Winterbourne Road, Chichester; Beggars Roost Nursing Home, Old Park Lane, Fishbourne, Chichester; Camelot Nursing Home, Tennyson Road, Worthing; Firgrove Nursing Home, Keymer Road, Burgess Hill; Fitzroy Lodge, Windsor Road, Worthing; Gracelands, Richmond Avenue, Bognor; Hambrook Meadows, Broad Road, Hambrook, Chichester; Hillside Lodge, Spiro Close, London Road, Pullborough; Hollymead House, Downview Road, Felpham, Bognor; Homebeech, Stocker Road, Bognor; Homelands Nursing Home, Horsham Road, Cowfold; Irene House, Parkfield Road, Worthing; Kingsmead Care Centre, Crawley Road, Roffey, Horsham; Marjorie Cobby House, St Peters Crescent, Selsey; Oakhurst Court Rest Home, Carron Lane, Midhurst; Oakhurst Grange, Goffs Park Road, Crawley; Rosecroft, Cross Road, Southwick Royal Garden Hotel, Princess Avenue, Bognor; Royston Nursing Home, Brighton Road, Clayton, Hassocks; St Michaels Nursing Home, Downview Road, Worthing; The Gables Nursing Home, Ifield Green, Crawley; The Victoria Parkview, Madeira Avenue, Worthing; White Waves, Seal Road, Selsey, Chichester; Willow Lodge, Stein Road, Emsworth

POOR

Cavell House, Middle Road, Shoreham; Heathfield Care Home, Main Road, West Wittering, Chichester

NOT RATED

Berkeley Lodge, Shelley Road, Worthing; Chiltingtons Residential Home, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing; Harmony House, Old Shoreham Road, Southwick; Lavender Lodge, Mill Road, Worthing; Pelham House Nursing Home, London Road, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath; Rookwood, Silverdale Road, Burgess Hill; Summerlands, Summerhill Lane, Lindfield, Haywards Heath; Summerlea House Nursing Home, East Street, Littlehampton; Tenby House Residential Care Home, Downview Road, Worthing; The Heathers Residential Care Home, Salvington Road, Durrington, Worthing; Westall House, Birch Grove Road, Horsted Keynes; Wraysbury House, Beccles Court Beccles Road, Worthing;

NOTES

*based on most recent inspection

*note: the current system of inspecting ceased in October