





Kemble at Home is a family run business, operating under the same family for over 30 years. It offers award-winning home care and live-in care in Herefordshire and neighbouring counties. The company is regarded among the best in the region and has been rated ‘Outstanding for Caring’ and ‘Good Overall’ by CQC in September 2019.
Kemble at Home has won several awards for its outstanding company culture, which is truly carer-led...
Care Provided by Kemble at Home
Types of Home Care
- Visiting Care
- Live-in Care
- 24 Hour Care
- Overnight Care (Waking)
Minimum Visit Duration (Visiting Care)
- 60 minutes
Contract Durations
- Ongoing / Long Term
- Respite / Short Term
Age Ranges
- Older Person Care (65+)
- Younger Adult Care (18-65)
Personal Care Services
- Washing & Dressing
- Toileting Assistance
- Medication Assistance (Oral)
- Companionship
- Continence Care
- Feeding & Drinking Assistance
Household Services
- Cleaning Service
- Food Preparation & Serving
- Laundry Service
- Shopping Service / Errands
Other Care Provided
- Dementia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stroke
- Cancer Care
- Palliative / End of Life Care
- Physical Disability
- Visual / Hearing Impairment
- Alcohol / Drug Misuse
- Hospital Discharge
Funding & Fees
Daily Charges per Person
- Hourly Visiting Care Fees: from £36
- Weekly Live-in Care Fees: from £1,800
Visiting Care - For visit on public holidays, Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday, we charge 50% above the standard weekday rates; for visits on Christmas Eve (from Noon), Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve (from Noon) and New Year’s Day we charge double the standard weekday rates.
Live-In Care - To enable us to reward our staff for working on holidays, we charge higher rates for visits on certain days of the year. For visits on public holidays, Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day we charge 50% above the standard daily rate; for visits on Christmas Day we charge double the standard daily rate.
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Funding Types Accepted
- Private Funding (Self-funded)
- Direct Payments (from Local Authority/NHS)
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Local Authority (Contracted Provider) - NHS (Contracted Provider)
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Good to Know
Owner
- Kemble Developments Ltd
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Jason Walker (Registered Manager)
Kemble at Home Reviews (61)
Kemble at Home has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.717) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Kemble at Home has 61 reviews.
The carers have been reliable, respectful, and attentive, always treating my cousin with dignity and kindness. It's been reassuring to know she is in safe hands, especially as his needs have changed over time. Communication with the office has also been excellent-they are easy to reach and quick to address any questions or concerns.
Overall, Kemble at Home has provided a high standard of care and peace of mind for our family. I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for dependable and compassionate home care services.
We have used Kemble at Home for many years because in our experience they are a cut above the rest. Management is always flexible, understanding and willing to change things around if necessary. Carers are the very best, just wonderful, always go above and beyond, a small team of regulars who make life so much easier for us all. We wouldn't go anywhere else!
Thank you for your feedback, our staff absolutely love visiting and it is a pleasure to work with you to support your loved one at home.
We live out of the city in a very rural area so visits aren't easy and quick, but still we receive a service that shows our parents are in very safe hands. Queries and requests are flagged promptly and we know who is visiting and when. We are very grateful indeed for the service we receive.
Dear Diane, it is an absolute pleasure to support your parents-in-law and to work with you all to ensure they can remain living at home.
Kemble are excellent,excellent communication via a messaging app and telephone,lovely people when you meet them,and doing an excellent job looking after my elderly friend who's like a second mum to me,kath is finding them all lovely and so helpful
Dear Sarah, it's a pleasure to support K in her own home, the carers really enjoy visiting her. Best wishes. Jason
The family group app is a great way of communication between Managers,carers & family,having the weekly rosta each week is great as we can let Mum know her times & days for following week.
All in all we have only been with Kemble House for couple of months but Mum and ourselves are very happy with the help & service that is provided.
This review is also written with Mums consent as she is the client and says her carers go above/beyond and are lovely ladies so thank-you ladies.
We are so pleased that your mother is happy with the service we are providing. I know the carers really enjoy visiting and supporting her. Best wishes. Jason
The care provided by kemble care has been excellent to date they are very caring and do everything that she has asked them we are happy with the service you are providing so far it has taken the pressure off me tremendously so I can concentrate on looking alfter her brother my partner now thanky you so much
Thank you for your review, it is a pleasure to be supporting your sister and I am pleased it has reduced the pressure on you.
On the last occasion in June 2025, my father was taken ill whilst I was away, Kemble ensured that a GP was called immediately and my father was taken into hospital. Kemble liaised with the hospital regarding his release and kept me up to date; they were totally flexible in the care provided to meet my father's changing needs and, with very little notice, were able to continue the care well past the originally agreed end date.
An excellent service, caring and supportive staff.
Thank you for your review, it was an absolute pleasure to support your father and I will share your review with the team. Best wishes
My Father lost his wife over 12 months ago, I have LPA over my Father but live far away and can only visit monthly. Kemble set up a group App & if I have any issues ( not that I have had any ) everyone within Kemble is aware of any changes to visits, medication, appointments etc, it gives me great piece of mind. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your feedback,, I know the carers enjoy supporting your father and I'm pleased we are able to give you peace of mind.
Kemble provide total support for my sister who, due to a debilitating disease, is unable to carry out any tasks for herself. I can relax knowing she is in caring, safe hands through 4 visits of 2 carers a day. They carry out all tasks from personal care, feeding and lots of cheerful social interaction. This has become particularly important to us since the death of my sister's husband last September. I always know that someone is always keeping an eye on her, and the communication is fabulous: I am always informed of any issues that need my input or that I need to visit urgently. As I am the sole family member and am 40 minutes away this helps me enormously and allows me to relax and carry on a normal life while my sister is so reliably cared for.
Thank you for your review, we are so pleased that you feel reassured by the support we provide to your sister. I know the staff are very fond of her. I will pass on your feedback to the team. Best wishes.
Excellent support for my mother-in-law. The carers understand her needs and help her in a casual, friendly way that makes her feel comfortable. They keep us informed and we appreciate the communication.
Thank you for your review, the carers really enjoy supporting your mother-in-law and I will pass your feedback on to the team.
My Father had live in/stay over care for nearly three years. He had one constant exceptional (5*) carer who brought light and laughter into his life and always went over and above the call of duty. She anticipated and cared for his every need, really understanding his personality and participating in his interests and passions. She built good relationships with his medical team and his friends and neighbours. She became a friend of the family.
Four other carers came and went, two in negative circumstances. After the initial meetings setting up the care package, the management team did not interact with me often and personnel changed a number of times without me being told. As my Father's health deteriorated and his needs changed, management did not communicate with me to help reassess his needs and offer further support to my Father, the carer or me, until it was too late. I was surprised that Kemble was not able to offer night care to facilitate my Father staying in his own home.
Thank you for your review. We greatly enjoyed looking after your father, however we disagree with a number of the points you have made and always swiftly looked into concerns you raised and are disappointed you feel this way and it is at odds with all the wonderful reviews we receive from both our clients and all our longstanding staff.
Clear with advice and support, good consistency of staff, both careers and management/administration.
Always looking to be proactive and putting Mum first.
Thank you for your feedback, I will make sure I share this with the team. Best wishes.
Totally reliable. Never had to use outside help before, but all the staff put me completely at ease. Lovely, lovely people all around!
Thank you for your feedback, it was an absolute pleasure to support you while you recovered from your operation and we are so pleased you are back to being fully independent. Best wishes.
We have recently increased the frequency of care visits to my parents following a period of time where my dad was unwell. As he is primary carer for my mum (who lives with Alzheimer's), we needed daily visits at varying intervals as dad recovered. The staff at Kemble at Home are unfailingly helpful, concerned and adaptable to our needs. They respond within the hour to requests and prompt, inform and advise as necessary. The group app is immensely helpful to relay information. We have discussed further levels of care moving forward and my parents and I are confident in care Kemble can provide. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your review. I will ensure to share it with the team. Best wishes.
The wonderful carers of Kemble at Home first came to help look after Dad in 2017. Following his passing and our Mum's diagnosis of dementia, they were our first choice for care at home. Mum felt very lonely, upset and isolated although we as her family were visiting often. In August 2021 it was decided that care at home was needed, she did not want carers but as time went by she grew to love them all and enjoyed their company immensely. The care package was increased incrementally in line with the development of Mum's condition. The carers provided excellent care, they were kind, respectful, very supportive and went above and beyond to help her. As her family we were very grateful to know Mum was happy and enjoyed their visits at a very vulnerable time in her life. I had very good liaison with the office staff and the carers became part of my friendship group as well as Mums. I have no hesitation in recommending Kemble at Home to future clients. Thank you all so much.
Thank you so much for this review, it was a pleasure to support both your Dad and Mum. I hope Mum has settled in well to her new home. Best wishes.
Kemble at Home has provided excellent service to my father and my mother for the last four years until my father recently passed away. The care package was increased incrementally as his capabilities reduced, following a management home visit at each step. In the latter period, a small team of carers provided outstanding personal care, despite his behavioural challenges, they went above and beyond our expectations. We have so much praise and thanks for the Kemble team.
Thank you for your review the carers were very fond of your mother and father. I shall pass on your lovely review to them, they will be over the moon with your feedback. Best wishes to your mother and the family.
We started using Kemble at Home five months ago and to date have had excellent care for our mother who has dementia. We wanted her to stay in her own home as this is where she is happy and this seems to be working very well. We have two carers who work on a two-week on two week-off basis and both girls give our mother 100% first-rate care. She is very settled with them and stimulated as they take her out for drives in their car and arrange outings and meetings with her friends where possible. We are very satisfied with Kemble at Home and would recommend them.
The carers are very caring and kind to Mum, she is forgetful at times and does not hear well at all.
Mum's quality of life has been improved by having someone to take care of her. She is eating well now and happy with both carers she has.
It was difficult to get Mum to have a carer, but now she would not be without them.
It is also a great weight off my mind knowing someone is with her all day and night. The most important thing is that Mum is happy with Kemble.
Thank you so much for your review, it is an absolute pleasure to support your mother. I will pass your feedback on to the team.
I started using Kemble in June when individual day care visits ceased to be enough to look after my mother who is living with deteriorating dementia. The Kemble carers have made a huge difference to her life, not just in addressing the specific issues that were facing us in terms of her wandering and putting herself at risk inside the home, but in providing her with regular, tailored home-cooked meals that she loves, keeping her clean and very well presented, organising regular low-cost outings and, above all, providing her with the companionship to reduce the anxiety that her condition generates. The difference in her overall well-being from a year ago, when her condition was actually less advanced, is quite astounding. The carers are flexible in helping me manage my life and work around Mum's needs, are always professional in their approach, but are deeply caring and kind. What they do is truly a vocation and I am in awe of their patience and commitment.
Thank you so much for your lovely feedback, I will share this with the team.
We have been using Kemble for a couple of years to provide home care and support for my elderly mother who has dementia. We feel very lucky to have found them as the service is excellent. Kemble is very proactive and helps with all sorts of things from shopping, cleaning, hair washes, taking my mother to appointments, cooking etc. The staff are very caring and my mother enjoys the visits.
Thank you for your reveiw, which I have already shared with the team. It's an absolute pleasure to support your mother and work with you and the family to continue supporting her at home.
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Awards / Recognitions (12)
- Recipient: Kemble at HomeDate: Thursday 12 Oct 2023
- Recipient: Kemble at HomeDate: Wednesday 19 Oct 2022
- Recipient: Kemble at HomeDate: Thursday 21 Oct 2021
Meet the Team (6)
Meet Martin, another one of our visiting carers - who celebrated his 10th anniversary with the company in August 2021 and joined us after initially retiring. Martin is one of those people who is really easy to talk to; he’s definitely a people person and he loves any opportunity to have a chinwag.
He was originally from Birmingham where he started off as an apprentice electrician. At the age of 21, he began his career with BT. He did a short stint of just some 37 years in total. It’s not very often these days you hear of someone staying in the same role for their entire working career. In 1990 he moved to the Madley BT station in Herefordshire as a sat comms power engineer.
In August 2011 Martin joined the team at Kemble and in that time Martin has been both a carer and trainer, helping new employees at Kemble to find their feet. Some of the staff Martin has trained are still working for the company now.
When asked what would he say to someone in his shoes, looking for something to do part-time in retirement or semi-retirement he said “just give it a try, everyone is different with what they are happy doing. You are well supported at Kemble, the hours are good and I can fit my working hours around my home life and family”. The managers definitely know not to ask Martin for work on a Wednesday evening as Wednesdays are his wife’s night out for a meal!
Outside of work, Martin enjoys spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He’s heavily involved in the Hereford Rugby Club. He helped out in the juniors when his son was younger, he then became the 2nd Team Manager before becoming Fixture Secretary for a number of years. He now meets and greets opposition committee members on the 1st team match days both home and away.
Carly is one of our Visiting Care Co-ordinators and has been with us since 2009. There's not much Carly doesn't know about the ins and outs of the company. She works closely with two of our visiting care teams to ensure the smooth running of the rotas and that clients receive support from a familiar face.
Marisa started off as a visiting carer with Kemble ten years ago, and after two years, ended up becoming an on-call manager, where she was a point of contact for the out-of-hours. She then became a trainer and trained all the new carers in induction. Marisa then helped in the office. After a short while, she became a Live-in Care manager. For the last 2 years, she has been the Visiting Care manager for our South and West Teams and is close to completing her NVQ Level 5 in Adult Social Care.
Jason has been with Kemble for over 13 years and wears multiple hats. As well as being a Registered Manager, Jason is also our Head of Training & Development and runs our visiting care East and Ledbury teams alongside Carly.
Jason is - in some way - the most musically talented of our office staff. He initiated our Music Memories programme, which encourages people to explore the health benefits of music. He also plays the organ for local churches and leads a handbell ringing ensemble.
Dominic took over the day-to-day running of the business from Peter in 2021. Prior to joining Kemble, Dominic had a varied career as a civil servant, which included supporting the successful sale of British Steel in 2020 and running the Secretary of State for Business’s office during the Covid pandemic, leading on the business support schemes, workplace guidance and the purchasing of vaccines.
Dominic has recently moved to Ledbury with his wife and soon-to-be first child (due in June). He is a keen tennis player, an open water swimmer, and enjoys mowing his lawn!
Sharon and Michael King established Kemble Care in 1993. They retired from day-to-day management in 2009 but continue to be involved with strategic issues that concern the business.
Peter King, their eldest son, has been Managing Director since July 2009. Previously an Army Officer with the Royal Engineers, he set up and ran his own business before coming to Kemble Care. He was a director of the UKHCA — our national home care association — where he represented smaller providers of care.
Frequently Asked Questions about Kemble at Home
How many Carers does Kemble at Home employ?
Kemble at Home employs 80 carers.
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