Home Instead
Home care agency in Waltham Forest
Operated by Home Instead
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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
Home Instead is a home care agency that provides care and support in people's own homes, based in Waltham Forest, Greater London. Its stated focus is dementia, and it supports older people, younger adults under 65, people with physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairments and learning disabilities. The agency says it matches its Care Professionals with clients according to skills, interests and personality, so that care can be tailored to each person. It describes its aim as brightening the lives of ageing adults and giving them a sense of purpose, wellbeing and worth.
The Care Quality Commission rates Home Instead Good overall, with Caring rated Outstanding and Safe, Effective, Responsive and Well-led each rated Good. The report was published in 2021.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 5 January 2021 · Last inspected 20 November 2020
Inspectors judged this domiciliary care service good overall, based on a remote pilot inspection that reviewed the safe and well-led key questions. The report describes staff who know the people they support well, feel confident about safeguarding procedures, and involve people and relatives in decisions about their care. Inspectors also recommended that the provider check medicines information and look into medicines-related incidents.
- Staff knew about safeguarding and whistleblowing procedures and people had risk assessments in place to keep them safe.
- People and relatives described staff as caring, and care was personalised with people's choices promoted.
- Leaders were spoken of positively by people, relatives and staff, and there was a system for checking quality with feedback from people and staff.
- The service worked in partnership with other agencies and professionals to provide joined-up care.
- Inspectors recommended that the provider check medicines information and investigate medicines-related incidents.
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 SpaceAdequate
- Golf CoursePlentiful
- Public ParkAmple
- Tennis CourtPlentiful
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldSparse
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAdequate
- Restaurants & CafesAmple
- Retail ShoppingAmple
- SupermarketsAmple
- TakeawaysAdequate
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What home care costs
Estimated typical UK ranges — Home Instead 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
Home Instead is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is North Middlesex Hospital, 3.5 miles away. The local GP practice is LARKSHALL MEDICAL CENTRE, 0.3 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
Part of Home Instead
Home Instead is one of 220 services run by Home Instead on AskBart. See how the group's services are rated and where it operates.
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