Home care agency
Better Life Care
Home care agency in Slough
Better Life Care
Home care agency in Slough
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- Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
Better Life Care is a home care agency based in Slough, Berkshire, providing care and support in people's own homes. It works with people whose daily lives have been affected by illness, and it can help individuals and their families find their way through the options available. The agency focuses on dementia care and also supports older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities and people with learning disabilities.
The Care Quality Commission rates Better Life Care Good overall, with Good ratings for the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led key questions. The rating report was published in 2020.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 22 April 2020 · Last inspected 11 March 2020
Inspectors describe a caring service for children, younger adults and older people with complex health needs, covering Slough and nearby areas and supporting nine people at the time of the visit. Relatives spoke warmly of the staff and manager, and the report says people were kept safe, staffing was sufficient, medicines were managed safely, and assessments and consent processes were sound. The report notes that people's preferences for end of life care were not recorded, and a recommendation was made about this.
- Relatives describe the manager and staff as caring and say they feel reassured and supported.
- People are kept safe, with staff trained in safeguarding and risk management plans in place.
- Staffing levels, medicines management and infection control are described as appropriate.
- Collaboration with other health and social care professionals supports good health outcomes, and complaints are handled and used for learning.
- People's preferences for end of life care were not captured in their care records, and the report makes a recommendation on this.
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
- AllotmentsAmple
- Play SpacePlentiful
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtPlentiful
- Bowling GreenSparse
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAdequate
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingAmple
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysPlentiful
What home care costs
Estimated typical UK ranges — Better Life Care 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
Better Life Care is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Wexham Park Hospital, 1.7 miles away. The local GP practice is HERSCHEL MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.3 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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