The Limes
CQC: Outstanding Residential care home in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire
The Limes is a residential care home in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, run by Optimal Living (Luton) Limited. It is registered for 6 beds. The Care Quality Commission rated it Outstanding on 1 October 2024. It is registered to care for people with sensory impairments, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, physical disabilities.
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What the regulator found
The Care Quality Commission rated The Limes Outstanding on 1 October 2024, from an assessment. At least one of the five areas it looks at scored lower than the overall rating, shown below.
Safe
Good
Effective
Outstanding
Caring
Outstanding
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Outstanding
The registration
- Type
- Residential care home
- Beds
- 6
- Address
- Cumberland Street, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5BW
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- On the register
- 4 years, since 26 May 2022
- Last CQC check
- 1 October 2024
- Phone
- 01582946229
Registered to care for
- Sensory impairments
- Caring for adults under 65 yrs
- Learning disabilities
- Mental health conditions
- Caring for adults over 65 yrs
- Physical disabilities
From the public register, which we read every week. Registration means a home is allowed to operate and is inspected; it is not a recommendation. Visit, ask to see the most recent report, and ask about fees in writing. Where our data comes from
Central Bedfordshire spent an average of £902 a week per resident on residential care for over-65s in 2024-25. That is a council average, not this home’s fee, and people paying for themselves are usually charged more. What every council pays
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