SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Life Care Corporation Limited is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 6 other homes in Reading.
76% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Life Care Corporation Limited is an independent 41-bed residential care home in Reading, registered with CQC under its own name. CQC registers it to look after people with dementia. That is larger than most homes in Reading, where the typical home has 12 beds.
Northcourt Lodge Nursing Home, 0.6 km away, is the closest home rated Good. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. In Reading, 76% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2025. 77% of homes in Reading also score 5.
CQC last rated the home in April 2021, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective and well-led as well. Caring and responsive were rated Good. Before that, in May 2020, it was rated Inadequate. At over 5 years old, this rating is older than most. 66% of ratings in Reading are as old (how rating age varies by council).
