Home care agency
Continuum Care (Cornwall)
Home care agency in Penryn, Cornwall
Continuum Care (Cornwall)
Home care agency in Penryn, Cornwall
Operated by First Call Care Solutions
What do these badges mean?
- High Retirement Community — An above-average share of residents are aged 65 and over (ONS Census) — often a sign of established later-life communities and services.
- Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
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About
Continuum Care (Cornwall) is a home care agency based in Penryn, Cornwall, providing care and support in people's own homes. The agency supports older people, those living with dementia, and people with physical disabilities, sensory impairment, learning disabilities and substance misuse.
Continuum Care (Cornwall) was rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in 2023, receiving Good grades across all five key questions: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 28 March 2023 · Last inspected 31 January 2023
Inspectors found that people in the supported living service could choose how to spend their days, with staff respecting those decisions and encouraging skills that could lead to voluntary work. In the home care service, visits were generally punctual and of full length, although the provider has paused taking on new packages because of difficulty recruiting drivers. The report describes a well-staffed setting with a positive effect on people's wellbeing, and the rating stayed Good.
- Supported living residents could make their own daily choices, and staff respected those choices.
- People were encouraged to do more for themselves, building skills that helped some secure voluntary placements.
- Staff spoke with clear pride about people's recent achievements, and relatives and health professionals praised the positive effect on wellbeing and quality of life.
- Home care carers usually arrived on time and stayed the full visit length, with travel time built into rotas.
- The home care service has struggled to recruit staff able to drive, so it is not currently accepting new packages of care.
- Occasional missed visits occurred, and the provider has introduced extra processes to lower the chance of this happening again.
- Inspectors recommended that the provider seek advice on accurately recording information in medicines administration records.
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Care provided
Specialist care
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceAmple
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtLimited
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAmple
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingAmple
- SupermarketsSparse
- TakeawaysAdequate
What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Continuum Care (Cornwall) is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske), 7 miles away. The local GP practice is PENRYN SURGERY, 0.5 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of First Call Care Solutions
Continuum Care (Cornwall) is one of 2 services run by First Call Care Solutions on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.
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