Keychange Charity Rose Lawn Care Home

Keychange Charity Rose Lawn Care Home over the years

Registered in February 2011, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2017–2019), starting at Outstanding and staying Outstanding every time.

At 6 years old, the rating may not reflect the current team. CQC prioritises higher-risk services, so ask about recent changes rather than assuming the worst.

The CQC website holds 6 reports for it, the latest from 31 October 2019.

Ownership and company checks

Keychange Charity Rose Lawn Care Home is run by Keychange Charity (company 03317563), incorporated in 1997, 14 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 11 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people and other residential care.

Keychange Charity runs 7 CQC-registered services across 6 council areas; 6 of the 7 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (86%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

It trades under the Key Change Care brand, which covers 7 services run by 1 registered provider.

Likely fees

We estimate Keychange Charity Rose Lawn Care Home at £1,300–£1,590 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £68k–£83k.

Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.

Devon Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.

Around Sidmouth

There are 9 other care homes within 3 miles, 8 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Radway Lodge Residential Home, under 0.5 miles away.

13 of the 17 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Sidmouth Town ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Devon ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (2 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (3 min), a park (3 min), a café (3 min) and a bus stop (1 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

What the ratings tell you

Area by area, Caring, Responsive and Well-led are rated Outstanding; 2 other areas are Good.

Across Devon, 33 of 287 rated care homes are Outstanding for Caring (11%), while 30 of 287 rated care homes are Outstanding for Responsive (10%), while 19 of 287 rated care homes are Outstanding for Well-led (7%).

Outstanding ratings for a single area are uncommon; the Caring, Responsive and Well-led section of the report gives examples of what inspectors saw.