4life Healthcare Services
Home care agency in Canterbury, Kent
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- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
4life Healthcare Services is a home care agency based in Canterbury, Kent, providing domiciliary care and support to adults aged 18 and over in their own homes. The agency supports people with a range of needs, including dementia, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, learning disabilities and older people. It offers 24-hour care options, including live-in support and complex care for those with long-term health conditions.
4life Healthcare Services is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission across all five key questions: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. The agency is family-run and takes a person-centred approach to the care it delivers, with a focus on enhancing wellbeing and quality of life for the people it supports.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 10 April 2019 · Last inspected 22 March 2019
Inspectors rated this domiciliary care service Good in March 2019, up from Requires Improvement at the February 2018 inspection. The report describes care calls that are reliably completed by staff who know what they are doing, with people supported to take medicines safely and treated with dignity. Feedback from people using the service and their relatives is consistently positive.
- Care calls are reliably completed by staff who understand the care people need
- People are safeguarded from abuse and receive person-centred, dignified care
- Medicines are managed so that people are supported to take them safely
- Complaints are handled properly, and people are invited to suggest improvements
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 CourseSparse
- Public ParkSparse
- Tennis CourtAdequate
- Bowling GreenLimited
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAmple
- Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
- Retail ShoppingAmple
- SupermarketsAmple
- TakeawaysAmple
What home care costs
Estimated typical UK ranges — 4life Healthcare Services will give you a written quote after a free needs assessment. Check who pays with the funding calculator.
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Local health safety net
4life Healthcare Services is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is William Harvey Hospital (Ashford), 13.1 miles away. The local GP practice is NORTHGATE MEDICAL PRACTICE, 0.8 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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