Unique Senior Care - Queensway Court

The registered provider

Unique Senior Care - Queensway Court is run by Understanding Care (extra Care) Limited (company 09361706), incorporated in 2014, 9 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 2 active directors and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is social work without accommodation for older and disabled people (which includes home care) and other social work without accommodation.

Understanding Care (Extra Care) Limited runs 2 CQC-registered services; 2 of the 2 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (100%), against 88% for the same mix of services across England.

All 2 are in Warwickshire, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

Costs to expect

We estimate visits from Unique Senior Care - Queensway Court at £30–£37 an hour (visiting care, weekdays), based on published prices in the region. As an example, an hour each morning and a 30-minute evening call comes to about £350 a week.

A live-in carer typically costs £1,450–£1,770 a week locally.

If savings are under the upper limit (£23,250 in England), Warwickshire Council may pay part of the cost after a free care needs assessment.

Reading Unique Senior Care - Queensway Court's CQC ratings

Looking at the five areas: Effective is rated Outstanding; 4 other areas are Good.

Across Warwickshire, 2 of 96 rated agencies are Outstanding for Effective (2%).

The report's Effective section explains what earned the Outstanding rating, which is a useful benchmark when comparing services.

Choice nearby

Choice is wide here: the 25 nearest other agencies are all within 3 miles, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding, and the closest is Warwickshire Supported Living, under 0.5 miles away.

Every one of the 17 nearest rated agencies has a more recent rating than this one, so ask what has changed since its inspection.

It sits in Leamington Brunswick ward, classed by ONS as urban (nearer to a major town or city), among the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB.

Track record

Unique Senior Care - Queensway Court has been registered with CQC since March 2024, about 2 years.

CQC has published 2 overall ratings for it (2018–2019), starting at Requires improvement and improving to Good.

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.

This rating belongs to the former operator. The current provider has not had its own inspection here yet.