Lifeways Community Care (Inverness) Limited
Home care in Inverness, registered for 200 people. Regulated by Care Inspectorate.
What the inspectors scored
| Area assessed | Rating |
|---|---|
| Supporting wellbeing | Very good |
| Care and support planning | Good |
| Staff team | Very good |
| Leadership | Good |
Details
- Type of care
- Home care
- Registered places
- 200
- Address
- Suite 2A 1 Metropolitan House, 31-33 High Street, Inverness, IV1 1HT
- Telephone
- 01463 719 818
- Registered provider
- Lifeways Community Care Ltd
- Registered manager
- Carolyn Dickie
- Registered since
- 2010-01-05
- Local authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
- Neighbourhood deprivation
- SIMD decile 1 of 10 (1 = most deprived)
- Staff (whole-time equivalent)
- 0.1
- Regulator record
- View on careinspectorate.com
At 200 beds it is larger than 93% of the 29 home care agencies in Highland.
Evidence and freshness
This is a permanent CareFacts record built from the service’s regulator identifier. It is evidence from the public register, not a recommendation or a live vacancy check.
- CareFacts record ID
sCS2009235248- Regulator location ID
CS2009235248- Current source release
- Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07
- CareFacts data rebuilt
- 2026-10-07
- Inspection evidence
- Latest published date 2024-11-15
A newer source release may change the registration, operator, capacity or rating shown here. CareFacts preserves the identifier so future real changes can be compared once more than one compatible snapshot exists.
Who this service is for
- Care at Home
The operator’s wider record
Lifeways Community Care Limited runs 51 services in the UK with 617 beds. Across the estate:
- 28 good
- 7 need improvement
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Source: Care Inspectorate datastore, archived 2026-10-07. Ratings and inspection dates are published by Care Inspectorate and reproduced here under the Open Government Licence. Always check the regulator’s own record before making a decision.
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