Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth)

Kerns House, Unit 11, Threemilestone Industrial Estate, Truro TR4 9LD
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  • Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth), Truro
Since 2009, Home Instead has built a fantastic reputation for providing the highest quality of support to older people to help them stay independent at home for as long as possible. The team covers Truro, Falmouth, Redruth and the surrounding areas.

What makes Home Instead different?

- Full support for loved ones and for family members provided by a welcoming office team
- Minimum one hour of contact time
- Care Professionals matched to their clients' needs
- Care Professionals always introduced to clients
- The same Care Professionals visiting each time
- Family app providing live updates on each visit
- Falls prevention and alerting system available
- Fixed monthly cost
- Caring and compassionate Care Professionals, well rewarded, fully trained, DBS checked and insured

Care Provided by Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth)

Types of Home Care

  • Visiting Care
  • 24 Hour Care
  • Overnight Care (Waking)
  • Overnight Care (Sleeping)

Minimum Visit Duration (Visiting Care)

  • 60 minutes

Contract Durations

  • Ongoing / Long 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
  • Transportation Service

Other Care Provided

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Cancer Care
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment
  • Hospital Discharge

Funding & Fees

Available on request.
We provide an all-inclusive fixed monthly cost so you know exactly how much your bill will be each month. We do not charge extra for travel time or Bank Holidays.

Funding Types Accepted

  • Private Funding (Self-funded)
  • Direct Payments (from Local Authority/NHS)
  • Local Authority (Contracted Provider)
  • NHS (Contracted Provider)
Explain these funding types

Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in charge

  • Richard Asbridge (Care Manager)

Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth) Reviews (21)

9.7

Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth) has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.715) out of 10, based on 8 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth) has 21 reviews.

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Reviewer Connection to Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth)
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Review from L J P (Client) published on 4 December 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Home Instead was originally a service provided to both my parents and was invaluable to myself as their main carer as their intervention enable me to have a more flexible and enjoyable relationship. Since my mother has gone into a nursing home the package supplied by Home Instead has enabled my father
to maintain a well-supported lifestyle.
Home Instead always try to meet your needs and are at the end of a phone if required. The Caregivers are polite, efficient and help me with anything that is required within their remit. They have been a godsend.
  • Staff
  • Care / Support
  • Management
  • Treated with Dignity
  • Value for Money
Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.715)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.715) out of 10 for Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth) is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 8 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 8 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Home Care Provider is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.915 for Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth) is calculated as follows: ( (43 Excellents x 5) + (4 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 47 Ratings = 4.915
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows: 3 points for the first Positive Review, 2 points in total for each of the next 9 Positive Reviews (1st = 3, 2nd = 0.5, 3rd = 0.5, 4th = 0.25, 5th = 0.25, 6th = 0.1, 7th = 0.1, 8th = 0.1, 9th = 0.1, 10th = 0.1)

    The 5 points relating to the number of Positive Reviews for Home Instead (Truro, Falmouth & Redruth) is based on 8 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as follows: 3 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4.8
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Home Care Provider does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 14 Jun 2018

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
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Meet the Team (2)

Richard

Richard Asbridge

Job Title: Care Manager Joined: 2018

Richard is our Care Manager and has overall responsibility for our care operations and ensuring our clients are happy with the service they receive from Home Instead.


Richard is a highly experienced Care Manager who holds an NVQ level 4 Health and Social Care and a QCF level 5 Diploma in Management, a Level 3 Diploma in End of Life Care and has his PTTLS certificate which enables him to train new staff to ensure consistency and quality of the service.


Richard has worked in the care field for many years, beginning his working life as a care worker with children with profound and multiple physical difficulties and associated learning difficulties. He spent 17 years working for SCOPE in a variety of roles the last of which was acting head of care in a special school, before moving to set up a supported living scheme with a Local Charity in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. Following two years setting up the scheme he stayed on with the charity to manage two community living schemes for a further 8 years before moving into recruitment and managing a care desk supporting homes and community services throughout West Yorkshire. He then went on to manage supported living services for adult with Autism and Mental Health problems in Leeds and Wakefield. Prior to joining Home Instead Richard was the Care Manager for another care at home business based in Bradford, which he helped to set up and turn into a very successful business.


Richard is married with two children and has been holidaying in Cornwall with his family for many years. He also has family in Cornwall. Like many other people, Richard and his family decided to make the move to Cornwall from West Yorkshire in order to enjoy the unique lifestyle that Cornwall offers, and they intend to make the most of it!

Sian

Sian Higgins

Job Title: Head of Care Professional Experience Joined: 2023

Sian has over 12 years of Human Resources experience working across a variety of roles. Sian's role is to recruit and support our wonderful Care Professional team, working closely with Richard and our Team Leaders.

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