Home Instead Senior Care

Home care agency in Folkestone, Kent

Operated by Home Instead

CQC GoodDementia
NeighbourhoodCultural HubGreen SurroundingsWell Served
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  • Cultural Hub — An excellent range of libraries, museums, galleries, theatres and community venues within easy reach (OpenStreetMap).
  • 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).
Address300 Cheriton Road, Folkestone, CT19 4DP

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About

Home Instead Senior Care is a home care agency based in Folkestone, Kent, providing care and support in people's own homes. Its specific focus is dementia, and it also supports older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairment and learning disabilities. Support ranges from a few hours of companionship to more specialist or intensive care and round-the-clock help, and visits are arranged around each person's schedule.

The agency says it matches its Care Professionals with the people it supports according to skills, interests and personality, and that it sets out pricing from the outset. The Care Quality Commission rates the agency Good overall, with Good ratings for each key question: safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. The rating report was published in 2018.

Care provided

Dementia

Specialist care

Dementia
Learning disabilities
Mental health
Older people (65+)
Physical disabilities
Sensory impairment
Younger adults (under 65)

What's nearby

GP surgery300 m
Hospital10.9 miles

Straight-line distances.

What’s in the area

Outdoor Spaces

  • AllotmentsAdequate
  • Play SpacePlentiful
  • Golf CourseSparse
  • Public ParkAmple
  • Tennis CourtPlentiful
  • Bowling GreenAmple
  • Playing FieldAdequate

Local Amenities

  • Pubs & BarsAmple
  • Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
  • Retail ShoppingSparse
  • SupermarketsAmple
  • TakeawaysAmple

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What home care costs

Hourly (visiting) care — typically £22–£30 per hour
Overnight (waking) care — typically £150–£220 per night
Live-in care — typically £1,100–£1,600 per week

Estimated typical UK ranges — Home Instead Senior 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

Home Instead Senior Care is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is William Harvey Hospital (Ashford), 10.9 miles away. The local GP practice is WHITE HOUSE SURGERY, 0.2 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.

Nearest hospital · A&E
William Harvey Hospital (Ashford) · 10.9 mi
Nearest GP · CQC Good
WHITE HOUSE SURGERY · 0.2 mi

Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.

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Information last reviewed October 2026.

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