Inchwater Home Care

Inchwater Home Care is a home care agency based in Dover, in the Kent council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Inchwater Home Care provides outstanding care at home in Dover & Deal district, Sandwich & Ash, and Folkestone & Hythe areas. In the Dover district we also cover the following areas: Dover, Capel-le-Ferne, St Margaret’s at Cliffe, Kingsdown, Deal and Walmer, Sandwich, Eastry, Ash, Wingham, Aylesham, Eythorne, Sheperdswell, Addisham. In the Folkestone, Sandgate and Hythe district, we also cover the following areas: Folkestone, Capel-le-Ferne, Hawkinge, Newington, Hythe, Sandgate. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits and companionship without personal care. It is part of Home Instead, which has 145 branches in England. The agency has been registered since July 2012.

At its latest inspection, published September 2019, the CQC rated Inchwater Home Care Outstanding, which means the CQC found the service performing exceptionally well. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Inchwater Home Care has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Kent with a rate on record typically charge about £25.50 an hour and £1,375 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

On how it works, the agency says: free assessment and 10 years operating. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 383 registered home care agencies in Kent. Others working the same area include Lauriem Beeches (EC), Royal Care Dover and Lauriem Ceaser Court (EC), 2 of which have a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.