Midshires Care Ltd
Helping Hands Maidstone
Home care agency in Maidstone, Kent
Operated by Midshires Care
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About
Helping Hands Maidstone is a home care agency run by Midshires Care Ltd. It provides care and support in people's own homes from its office in Maidstone, Kent. The agency focuses particularly on dementia and also supports older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities, people with mental health needs and people with learning disabilities. It says its services are tailored to each person's needs and lifestyle, and that it supports people living with ongoing, progressive or terminal conditions, whether these result from ageing, accident or injury. Its stated aim is to help people keep living well at home in their local community.
The Care Quality Commission rates Helping Hands Maidstone Good overall, with a Good grade across each of its key questions: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. The rating was published in 2020.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 25 March 2020 · Last inspected 18 February 2020
Inspectors found that people and their relatives were positive about the service, describing staff they knew well and saying they would recommend it. Care plans were built from assessments and reflected people's preferences, and staff supported health, nutrition and medicines while protecting privacy and dignity. Staff were trained and supported by management, and recruitment checks, risk monitoring and audits were in place.
- People and their relatives gave positive feedback and would recommend the service to others.
- People felt safe with a consistent group of staff they knew well.
- Care plans were based on assessments, recorded people's likes, dislikes and histories, and were reviewed with people involved.
- Staff were trained and competent to support medicines, understood people's health needs, and encouraged independence and choice.
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 CourseLimited
- Public ParkPlentiful
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAmple
- Playing FieldPlentiful
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingPlentiful
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysAmple
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What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Helping Hands Maidstone is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Maidstone Hospital, 1.6 miles away. The local GP practice is BREWER STREET, 0.3 miles away.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Midshires Care
Helping Hands Maidstone 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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