Lowenac

What the ratings tell you

All five areas CQC looks at are rated Good for Lowenac: no single area stands out above or below the rest.

For leadership (Well-led), it shares its Good rating with 142 of the 193 other care homes in Cornwall that CQC has rated.

How long it has been running

Lowenac has been registered with CQC since December 2014, about 11 years.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2016–2019), starting at Good and staying Good every time.

7 years have passed since the last overall rating. Services judged lower-risk wait longer for a visit, but teams change, so check what is different today.

2 reports have been published for this location, most recently on 27 March 2019.

What it may cost

We estimate Lowenac 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.

Get the extras in writing: items such as hairdressing and outings are usually charged on top.

People with savings under £23,250 may get help from Cornwall Council after a needs and financial assessment.

Ownership and company checks

Lowenac is run by Green Light Pbs Limited (company 06842869), incorporated in 2009, 5 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 7 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is care for people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or substance misuse.

Green Light PBS Limited runs 18 CQC-registered services; 18 of the 18 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

All 18 are in Cornwall, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

The local picture

There are 16 other care homes within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is St Clair House, under 0.5 miles away.

21 of the 25 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Camborne West & Treswithian ward, classed by ONS as urban (further from a major town or city), among the 40% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a GP surgery (2 min), a pharmacy (3 min), a shop (4 min), a park (3 min), a café (3 min), a bus stop (2 min) and a railway station (4 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.