4life Healthcare Services
- Home care
- Dementia care
- Registered since 2017
- Canterbury, Kent, South East
Good
Rated on
Rating from the Care Quality Commission.
At a glance
2 ratings
Its last inspection improved it from Requires improvement to Good.
8 years
since the latest rating was published. A rating this old may not show how the service is today.
165 of 212
rated home care services in Kent are rated Good, like this one.
4life Healthcare Services: inspection record
Rated Good in April 2019, up from Requires improvement.
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Ratings published by the Care Quality Commission.
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What inspectors found
From the Care Quality Commission's inspection report published 11 April 2019. Quoted under the Open Government Licence.
About the service: • 4Life Healthcare Services is registered as a domiciliary care service and a supported living service. At the time of our inspection the service was only operating as a domiciliary care service. It provides a service to older people, people living with dementia, people with mental health conditions and people with learning and/or physical adaptive needs. At the time of this inspection the service was providing care calls to 30 people. • For more details, please read the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Read the rest of CQC's summary
People's experience of using the service: • People received safe care and treatment with their care calls being reliably completed by care staff who knew how to provide the right care. • People were safeguarded from the risk of abuse and received person-centred care that promoted their dignity. • People were supported to safely take medicines. • People were consulted about and consented to the care they received. • Complaints were managed in the right way and people had been invited to suggest improvements to the service. • People who used the service and their relatives were consistently positive in the feedback. One relative said, "This is the best care at home service we've tried by a mile. The care staff arrive on time, know what they're doing and can be relied upon."
Questions to ask the service
- The last rating is 8 years old. Ask what has changed since then.
- Ask to see the most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) report and what the service did about any points in it.
- Ask how visit times are agreed and who covers when your usual carer is away.
Registration details
- Registered manager
- Elizabeth Tumber
- Registered with the CQC since
- What it provides
- Domiciliary care service, Supported living service
- Who it supports
- Dementia, Learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder, Mental Health, Older People, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Inspection report
Read the full inspection report (opens the Care Quality Commission website)2 inspection reports, latest 11 April 2019. The reports are on the Care Quality Commission website.
The rating is the Care Quality Commission's. We show it as published and do not change it.
Who runs it
- Ownership type
- Organisation
- Companies House number
- 10252547 (opens Companies House)
Getting help from Kent County Council
The council can assess what care someone needs and tell them what help with the cost they may get.
- Adult social care at Kent County Council
- Ask for a care needs assessment
- Phone: 03000 41 61 61, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Contact adult social care online
- Support for carers
- Paying for care: Kent County Council
Checked on the council's website, November 2026.
Common questions
- Does 4life Healthcare Services provide nursing care?
- The Care Quality Commission's register does not list nursing care for 4life Healthcare Services.
- When was 4life Healthcare Services last inspected?
- The Care Quality Commission's latest rating for 4life Healthcare Services was published on 11 April 2019.
- Who runs 4life Healthcare Services?
- 4life Healthcare Services is run by 4Life Healthcare Services Limited.
- What is 4life Healthcare Services's CQC rating?
- Its overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is Good, published on 11 April 2019.
Contact
- Phone
- 01227 936957
- Address
- Unit 1, City Business Park, Marshwood Close, Canterbury, CT1 1DX Map (opens Google Maps)
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- – Thrive Homecare Not yet rated, 1.2 miles away