Blackburn · BB6 7HL
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Mill Lodge Residential Care Home is listed as a residential care home. The historical inspection rating, published before the current registration, is Good (Nov 2021).
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Five general checklists and four follow-up emails over two weeks to help you research Mill Lodge Residential Care Home. Keep this profile open as you use the checklists.
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The rating history records Good, published before the current registration. Review the dates and any findings below; a data review is not a new inspection.
This rating was published before the current registration. Read it alongside the registration and inspection history below.
Listed support includes dementia support. Confirm the support and environment needed for the individual person.
What type of care is provided
Specialist experience with
Can support people living with
Available information about staffing arrangements. Family descriptions of staff appear in the family experiences section; they are not verified staffing levels.
Published fees help you plan your budget. Assessed needs, room type and extras can change your written quote.
Published weekly fees
From £1,339/week
From ≈ £5,822 per month (estimate)
Monthly estimate uses an average of 4.348 weeks per month. Published fees may be older; confirm today’s written quote, included care and any extras with the home.
You may pay less if council or NHS-funded care applies.
Your council contributes based on a financial assessment. You may still pay a contribution.
Funding options depend on individual eligibility and the arrangements the home accepts. Our Care Home Funding Report gives a screening indication for NHS-funded care, council support and Deferred Payment Agreements.
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Background context
Provider and registration context for Mill Lodge Residential Care Home, useful once you have already reviewed the main decision sections above.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home is a residential care home in Blackburn, North West, operated by Platinum Care 4U Ltd since 2023. The home has 16 beds and is an inspection rating of Good in its history, published before the current registration. The home specialises in dementia care, including support for Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia.
Contact & location
Travel time, nearby GP services, and neighbourhood safety — so the whole family can visit comfortably.
Belmont Road, Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6 7HL
Open mapDistances and local context help you plan visits. They do not establish how suitable the setting is for an individual resident. Deprivation deciles describe the area: 1 is most deprived and 10 least deprived; they do not assess the home or its care.
Nearest green space
126m away
Daily Life
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Food standards and dining arrangements based on hygiene records and published information.
Evidence scope for this section
The current public evidence does not support a reliable dining and nutrition profile for this home. Confirm the arrangements that matter directly and use the published food hygiene evidence where available.
Evidence scope for this section
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Next Steps
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Ask about medication management routines and checks
How do you support residents who wander or become distressed in practice?
Request to meet the manager and observe communication style
Check recent inspection reports for safety and refurbishment status
What actions followed the inspection report, and can you show examples?
What are staffing levels on day and night shifts?
Ask whether these numbers include agency staff.
How are families updated when needs change?
How often is the care plan reviewed, and who is involved?
May we speak with a current resident family member?
The rating history records Good, published before the current registration. The inspection report was published on 18 November 2021.
The rating history records Good, published before the current registration. The inspection report was published on 18 November 2021. Explore family feedback alongside the inspection findings and your visit questions. The combined public feedback rating is 3.0 out of 5. No current enforcement actions are recorded. The safest next step is to compare these signals with your visit questions and care needs.
Weekly fees at Mill Lodge Residential Care Home: From £1,339/week. Costs may vary depending on the level of care required.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home accepts local authority funded residents. For NHS Continuing Healthcare eligibility, refer to NHS guidelines.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home is registered as a residential care home. Personal care is the listed service. Ask how visiting clinicians and overnight clinical needs are supported.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home specialises in dementia care. This includes Alzheimer's disease support. The home is registered for this specialism.
We do not treat the phrase 'dementia care' on its own as proof of quality. On RightCareHome, dementia-specialist homes are checked more carefully for dementia-specific fit signals such as whether dementia care is registered, whether secure or wandering support is clearly published, whether nursing cover is available when needs are more complex, and whether inspection or family feedback supports that positioning. If wandering support is not clear in the public data, that becomes a follow-up question rather than a positive signal.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home has 16 registered beds. Personal care is the listed service.
Explore family feedback alongside the inspection findings and your visit questions. The combined public feedback rating is 3.0 out of 5.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home's public feedback assessment is useful, but it should not be the only reason to choose the home. Treat it as one evidence layer, then compare it with the inspection rating, safety and well-led domains, weekly fees, funding fit, and provider-record questions. Reviews are strongest when they confirm the same strengths or concerns that appear in inspection evidence and your visit questions.
The published inspection Safety rating for Mill Lodge Residential Care Home is "Good". This rating history predates the current registration. No enforcement actions are currently recorded.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home is operated by PLATINUM CARE 4U LTD (Company registration number: 12115869). Ownership type: independent.
There are no current enforcement actions recorded against Mill Lodge Residential Care Home in the inspection history.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home's provider public-record check is: Records reviewed. No material provider-record points to clarify were found in the public records reviewed. The company accounts record is dated 31 July 2025. This is not a credit rating, solvency assessment or prediction about the home.
Ask Mill Lodge Residential Care Home how care is kept consistent when staffing or residents' needs change, how families are informed about management changes, and what the contract says about notice periods and deposits. Discuss these points with the manager during your visit and ask for key commitments in writing.
Before choosing Mill Lodge Residential Care Home, compare published inspection overall, Safe, and Well-Led ratings with their inspection history, family review volume and repeated themes, published weekly fees and what is included, funding routes accepted by the home, and the operator’s public company records. Compare these points with other care homes in Blackburn to find the best fit for your relative’s care needs, budget and visiting arrangements.
Mill Lodge Residential Care Home's weekly fees (From £1,339/week) are above area average when compared with the local care home benchmark. Final weekly costs can vary depending on the level of care required.
Start by comparing Mill Lodge Residential Care Home's published weekly fees with the local care home benchmark. On this page, those fees look above area average. A higher price does not automatically mean overpaying, but you should expect clear reasons for the premium, such as stronger nursing cover, dementia support, facilities, or inspection evidence. The safest way to judge value is to compare price against care fit, inspection strength, and the unanswered questions you still have after reviewing the page.
When visiting Mill Lodge Residential Care Home, start by asking the team to ask to see the latest inspection report and what has changed since it, ask how staffing levels work on day and night shifts, and ask how families are updated when needs change. These questions help you test whether the public picture on this page still matches day-to-day reality inside the home.
Our visit checklist for Mill Lodge Residential Care Home starts with the basics families often miss: the latest inspection report, staffing levels across day and night shifts, how the team updates relatives when needs change, and how care plans are reviewed in practice. On RightCareHome, the page-level checklist is then extended with personalised follow-up questions based on the home’s inspection, review, provider-record and practical signals.
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Published fees help you plan your budget. Assessed needs, room type and extras can change your written quote.
Published weekly fees
From £1,339/week
From ≈ £5,822 per month (estimate)
Monthly estimate uses an average of 4.348 weeks per month. Published fees may be older; confirm today’s written quote, included care and any extras with the home.
You may pay less if council or NHS-funded care applies.
Your council contributes based on a financial assessment. You may still pay a contribution.
Funding options depend on individual eligibility and the arrangements the home accepts. Our Care Home Funding Report gives a screening indication for NHS-funded care, council support and Deferred Payment Agreements.
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Read the recurring strengths and concerns below alongside inspection findings and individual care needs.
Family feedback rating (out of 5)
What matters to families:
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Staff perspective
Family reviews tell you how care feels from the outside. But the people delivering that care have their own story — about workload, management, and whether they feel supported to do their job well.
The Care Home Check report considers available staffing information alongside family experiences. Coverage varies, and any gaps remain questions to confirm with the home.
The rating and family experiences can highlight different aspects of a home. Read both in context:
We found no significant points to clarify in the provider records reviewed. Some information may still be unavailable.
Information unavailable
Turnover, profit and EBITDA were not available in the accounts format reviewed.
We have not drawn conclusions about profitability from substitute balance-sheet fields.
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For context
The linked company is recorded as active.
This is a company-register fact, not a guarantee of future performance or continuity.
We matched this home to PLATINUM CARE 4U LTD · Company no. 12115869. Accounts dated: Jul 2025.
Linked provider
PLATINUM CARE 4U LTD
Company record
12115869
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Information gap · provider-level information · record dated Jul 2025
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