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Home Instead Senior Care
Home care agency in Baldock, Hertfordshire
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- Peaceful Neighbourhood — Among the lowest for recorded anti-social behaviour and public disorder of comparable areas (police-recorded crime).
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About
Home Instead Senior Care is a home care agency that provides care and support in people's own homes across North Hertfordshire, with its office in Baldock. It matches its carers with clients according to skills, interests and personality, so that each person's care is tailored to their own circumstances. The agency has a particular focus on dementia, and the groups it supports also include older people, younger adults, people with physical disabilities, mental health needs, sensory impairment and learning disabilities.
The Care Quality Commission rates the agency Outstanding overall, with Caring, Responsive and Well-led also rated Outstanding, and Safe and Effective rated Good. That overall rating was published in 2019.
What inspectors found
CQC: OutstandingReport published 26 September 2019 · Last inspected 4 September 2019
Inspectors rated this domiciliary care agency outstanding in September 2019, up from good at its previous inspection. The report describes staff as caring and compassionate and says people help shape their own care plans, with support tailored to individual goals and wishes. It also notes that people are encouraged to take positive risks and that staff are trained and skilled, with good links to health and social care professionals.
- Care is described as person-centred, with people involved in designing their own care alongside staff
- Staff are described as caring, compassionate and willing to go beyond what is expected to help people live well
- Staff training and skills are described as enabling good care, and recruitment matches people and staff with shared interests
- Good working links with health and social care professionals support people's wellbeing, and people are supported to make their own choices with minimal restriction
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
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceSparse
- Golf CourseLimited
- Public ParkSparse
- Tennis CourtSparse
- Bowling GreenAdequate
- Playing FieldAmple
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsAdequate
- Restaurants & CafesSparse
- Retail ShoppingLimited
- SupermarketsAdequate
- TakeawaysSparse
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What home care costs
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 Lister Hospital, 4.7 miles away. The local GP practice is THE BALDOCK SURGERY, 0.4 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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Home Instead Senior Care 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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