Midshires Care Ltd
Helping Hands Dartford
Home care agency in Dartford, Kent
Operated by Midshires Care
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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
Helping Hands Dartford is a home care agency run by Midshires Care Ltd, with its office in Dartford, Kent. It provides care and support in people's own homes and has a particular focus on dementia. The agency describes its services as personalised to each person's needs, and says it supports people with ongoing, progressive or terminal conditions, whether these result from ageing, accident or injury. It aims to help people keep living well at home and within their local community.
The agency supports older people, younger adults under 65, and people with dementia, physical disabilities, sensory impairments or learning disabilities. The Care Quality Commission rates it Good overall, based on a report published in 2019, and it received Good ratings across all five key questions: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 10 September 2019 · Last inspected 15 August 2019
Inspectors rated this newly registered home-care service, which mainly supports older people in their own homes, as good. Feedback from people and relatives was very positive, describing reliable communication from staff, well-matched carers and strong working relationships. The report describes thorough assessments, personalised care plans, sound risk management, infection control, safe medicines handling and safe recruitment, with enough staff and an effective quality audit system.
- Care plans are personalised and built from an initial assessment, with records fully completed
- Risks are assessed for each person and for their home environment, with control measures in place
- Staff receive infection control training and suitable protective equipment, and medicines are handled safely under managerial oversight
- Feedback from people and relatives is very positive, and the quality audit system is used to plan 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
- AllotmentsPlentiful
- Play SpacePlentiful
- Golf CourseAdequate
- Public ParkAdequate
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAmple
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingAmple
- SupermarketsAdequate
- TakeawaysPlentiful
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What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Helping Hands Dartford is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Darent Valley Hospital, 2 miles away. The local GP practice is HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY, 0.2 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Midshires Care
Helping Hands Dartford is one of 150 services run by Midshires Care on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.
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