Ethos Care
Home care agency in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
What do these badges mean?
- High Retirement Community — An above-average share of residents are aged 65 and over (ONS Census) — often a sign of established later-life communities and services.
- 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).
- Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
Do you run Ethos Care? Manage this listing free.
About
Ethos Care is a home care agency based in Christchurch, Dorset, which provides care and support in people's own homes. It supports adults of all ages, including people living with dementia, younger adults under 65, older people and people with learning disabilities. The services it describes range from practical help such as shopping through to full personal care, and the agency can also arrange residential respite care and rehabilitation where health needs call for it. The agency is run by directors Mr and Mrs Kennedy, who have led it since 2014 and who oversee the service directly and are regularly on site. Ethos Care is rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission, with Good ratings across the Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led key questions.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 29 June 2023 · Last inspected 16 June 2023
Inspectors found Ethos Care, a domiciliary care agency in the Christchurch area of Dorset, provides good everyday support to people in their own homes. Staff were said to know people well, risk assessments covered daily care, and people reported being happy with the service and kept informed about their visits. Medicines, infection control and staff training were judged to be in good order.
- Staff know people well and risk assessments cover all aspects of daily care and support
- People feel supported to make choices and to live independently, with a sense of being listened to
- Medicines are managed safely with electronic systems, and changes are acted on promptly
- Management is visible and approachable, and the service works well with external health and social care professionals
- Governance systems did not always operate effectively, including gaps in some recruitment documentation and audit actions not always recorded
- Feedback from people was actioned but not consistently recorded, so it did not always shape the service
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
- AllotmentsSparse
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseAdequate
- Public ParkLimited
- Tennis CourtLimited
- Bowling GreenSparse
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsSparse
- Restaurants & CafesAdequate
- Retail ShoppingSparse
- SupermarketsSparse
- TakeawaysLimited
Gallery
What home care costs
Estimated typical UK ranges — Ethos Care will give you a written quote after a free needs assessment. Check who pays with the funding calculator.
Weighing up the options? Compare a care home with care at home, or check who pays with the means-test calculator.
Local health safety net
Ethos Care is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 5.4 miles away. The local GP practice is HIGHCLIFFE MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.2 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
More home care agencies near Christchurch
Information last reviewed October 2026.
Reviews from families
No reviews yet. If someone close to you lives or lived at Ethos Care, your experience helps other families.
Write a review
Make an enquiry
Free, independent help
Talk to an adviser
Not sure where to start with home care? Ask Bart, our AI assistant, answers questions about funding, care types and what to look for straight away. For anything you’d rather talk through, leave your number and a person from AskBart calls you back within one working day.
We don’t sell your details or take commission from homes, so the advice is the same whichever home you choose.
Do you run Ethos Care?
This profile is built from the public CQC register and independent data. Claim it — free — to add a description, fees, vacancies and photos. Spotted something wrong? Let us know and we’ll fix it.