Bluebird Care Medway

Hamilton House, 84-86 High Street, Gillingham ME8 7JH
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9.9 49 Reviews
  • Bluebird Care Medway, Gillingham
Bluebird Care (Medway) tailor care services to the preferences of each client, helping them to make the most of life in the comforts of their own homes.

Versatile home care and support services include live-in care, with each professional looking to build strong relationships with clients and their loved ones, enabling them to progress with compassion and understanding.

The provider demonstrates a commitment to independent living and undertakes robust recruitment practices.

Care Provided by Bluebird Care Medway

Types of Home Care

  • Visiting Care
  • Live-in Care
  • 24 Hour Care
  • Overnight Care (Waking)
  • Overnight Care (Sleeping)

Minimum Visit Duration (Visiting Care)

  • 30 minutes

Contract Durations

  • Ongoing / Long Term
  • Respite / Short Term

Age Ranges

  • Older Person Care (65+)
  • Younger Adult Care (18-65)
  • Children (0-18)

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
  • Learning Disability / Autism
  • Mental Health Condition
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment
  • Hospital Discharge

Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in charge

  • Jordan Byrne (Director)
9.9

Bluebird Care Medway has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.908) out of 10, based on 20 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Bluebird Care Medway has 49 reviews.

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Review from Gary T (Son-in-law of Client) published on 6 September 2023 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All the individual carers from Bluebird Care Medway have taken it upon themselves to engage with both my mother-in-law, the client, and her husband and not just worry about the care they are providing. They are extremely professional and I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone who has care
needs. It was important that my mother-in-law liked her carers and could not have asked for anyone better.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write your review. We always strive to be professional and caring and to promote our values and services, we are very proud of our care team.

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Review from Ruth W (Client) published on 4 September 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The carers have been on time, left on time and been very helpful. The dinners have been great.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write your review, your feedback is very much appreciated. We aim to provide a valued service to our customers wherever needed, so happy to be of help to you.

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Review from Sharon K (Daughter of Client) published on 11 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have been using Bluebird Care Medway live in for my mother for four weeks now and the service is excellent. The two carers that alternate are so considerate and caring to Mum and provide great service and have fitted in with our family very well.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review, we are very happy to be of service, such a lovely compliment for our staff too. We pride ourselves on providing a caring and professional way.

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Review from B C (Partner of Client) published on 3 August 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We used Bluebird as a temporary measure whilst my spouse who cares for me was recovering from an operation. We had carers twice a day, we found them to be very professional, caring and thoughtful. We would not hesitate to use them again.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write a review. We were happy to have been a help when needed.

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Review from Donna H (Daughter of Client) published on 7 July 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Bluebird have been a great help in looking after both my mother and father. Any issue is dealt with straight away. The care and dignity was perfect, all the carers are lovely. Since my father has died, the carers gave Mum that extra support she needed by taking her out or just sitting with her and having
a chat. Overall, very pleased with the service.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you for taking the time to write your review. We always strive to give 100% and all our staff are caring and professional to be able to provide the care and support Mum needs. So happy to be of service.

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Review from K K (Daughter of Client) published on 30 June 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Carers have been considerate and respectful towards the client and his family. Care is delivered professionally and in a caring manner. Carers are patient and respond flexibly to changes in the care plan. Concerns are dealt with promptly and efficiently when these are flagged by carers and family alike.
We're glad we chose Bluebird.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you for taking the time to write your review, we appreciate your feedback. We always want to do our best for our customers and support families also, in caring for their loved ones, we are happy to be of service.

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Review from Karen L (Daughter of Client) published on 24 May 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very good service - thoroughly well-trained and effective team members - friendly but thoroughly professional - administration team effective. Fees are high but you do get a good standard of care. The treatment of my dad by the team are done with patience, dignity, care and professionalism.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

We very much aim for high standards and appreciate the recognition that you are happy with the services received for your dad. Thank you very much for taking the time to write your review.

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Review from V E (Niece of Client) published on 19 May 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Kind and friendly face to face and on the phone. Any queries are dealt with quickly and professionally. Very thorough review and comforting to know there are other services we can access if needs be.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you very much for taking the time to write a review, we aim to provide an excellent service to our customers. We have a great team and we are always happy to help.

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Review from Gillian P (Client) published on 28 March 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent service - Very satisfied.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write your review, we are very happy you are very satisfied with our services. Our mission and values are all centred around providing the best possible care.

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Review from Barbara W (Client) assisted by family/friend published on 22 March 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Overall, very happy with overall care. Timings at weekend are sometimes an issue. The staff are very caring and supportive one, in particular, is extremely caring and is very good at seeing to all aspects of care.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write your review. We will always strive to provide a first-class service to you and value your feedback. We are very pleased you are overall happy with our service and particularly that our staff are caring and treat you with dignity and respect.

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Review from J S (Client) published on 23 February 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All staff from my first telephone enquiry to my actual care were so professional, reassuring, caring ad friendly.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

We thank you on behalf of our team for your complimentary review, we aim to provide a first-class experience of care and are happy to have been of service to you.

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Review from P T (Client) published on 2 September 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The carers are excellent, good quality of responsive care and good attention to detail from all carers. Reliable with timely notification on the few occasions when the carer was going to be delayed by the company.
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Review from S R (Daughter of Client) published on 1 September 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Bluebird Care has offered a professional first-class service to my mother for the past 20 months. When she needed additional help within her home the agency was always happy to support her needs.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write your review, we will always strive to give the best care to our clients and are very proud of our care staff. We are happy to have been of service to Mum and wish her well.

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Review from J M (Son of Client) published on 1 September 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My mother has been with Bluebird Care for around a year, at the start she was not happy with any care.
As time went on she enjoyed the carers coming in and talking to them about her days living in London. All the carers treated mum with dignity, they did their best to be on time and they were all in
their uniform. Helpful and supportive.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review, we pride ourselves on working with our clients to engage and support with them to achieve the best possible care. We are happy to be of service.

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Review from C D (Client) published on 19 July 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My carer has always been very professional, in a very pleasant and caring way. Having the same carer more or less all the time is also very good. Long may it continue.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you for taking the time to write your review; we appreciate your feedback and are happy to be of service.

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Review from B B (Client) assisted by family/friend published on 17 December 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 3.0 out of 5
A useful service and happy with the carers.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you for taking the time to assist one of our customers. We are always seeking to provide a valuable service to our customers and are pleased you are happy with our care staff.

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Review from M S (Son of Client) published on 17 December 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent service provided by all carers who treated my mother with kindness and dignity during the years of care. She looked forward to their visits and became friends with them.
We could not fault the service and it gave the family peace of mind that Bluebird carers were taking care of her needs.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are happy the service provided by our staff gave confidence to yourselves as a family, that Mum would be well cared for. We will pass on your compliments to all the staff, it is very much appreciated. Thank you.

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Review from D T (Daughter of Client) published on 9 December 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have been using Bluebird Care for a number of weeks now and I would like to pass on my thanks to our carer who we have been very impressed with. He is a very warm and likeable person and very good with our dad. I have been present when he has cared for dad, he is very patient, warms his socks and
clothes for him on the radiator and chats with him our dad feels very comfortable with him.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you so much for taking the time to write a review. We will pass your commendation on to the carer in question, we very much appreciate it. We do our very best for all our customers so thank you again and happy to be of service.

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Review from J M (Client) published on 29 November 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The care I receive is good and the carers are polite and very professional. Everything I ask is always done for me, nothing is too much trouble. Very happy with Bluebird.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We are happy you are receiving a good service and satisfied with the care you receive.

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Review from N P (Daughter of Client) published on 8 October 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My dad has Parkinson's but was against having a carer that comes every day of the week and attends to my dad. She is polite, friendly and thorough. Dad is happy and his carer even makes him giggle which lately is very rare. We are very happy with the service Bluebird are providing.
Reply from Lorraine Crawley, Marketing at Bluebird Care Medway

Thank you for taking the time to complete your review. We are very happy you are satisfied with our services and we have managed to change Dad's mind about having care. It is fantastic to hear we have made him giggle and is enjoying the company of his carer.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.908)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.908) out of 10 for Bluebird Care Medway 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 20 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 20 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 4.908 for Bluebird Care Medway is calculated as follows: ( (109 Excellents x 5) + (9 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 119 Ratings = 4.908
  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 Bluebird Care Medway is based on 20 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 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 5
  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: 23 Mar 2019

Overall Good

  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
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Meet the Team (7)

Lorraine

Lorraine Crawley

Job Title: Registered Manager Head of Care and Support Joined: 2012

Lorraine joined Bluebird Care Medway, in June 2012 as a Community Care Worker, and worked for almost 4 years in the community.


Through the company’s career pathway, she became a Care Mentor in December 2014.


From her role as a Care Worker and Mentor including her previous experience in child protection and safeguarding, continuing on the career pathway Lorraine then gained promotion in 2015, to Support Supervisor for our customers and was responsible for all aspects of customer care and support.
 
Her previous career had always been in company business and management, giving her a wealth of knowledge, intuition, and relative skills to carry out her scope of duties and responsibilities professionally within her roles at Bluebird Care.


Promotion again followed to Deputy Head of Care in February 2017, further congratulations to Lorraine from May 2019 when she was promoted again to Head of Care.


Lorraine celebrated 10 years with the company in 2022, with the management and her colleagues for her long service.


Becoming our Registered Manager in 2023 is a recognition for her loyalty and hard work, Lorraine is always supportive of the care staff and office teams, leading and guiding them to promote the best customer experiences.


Her spare time is taken up with her family and several grandchildren, she also enjoys walking, cooking and travelling.

Catherine

Catherine Randall

Job Title: Care Co-ordinator Joined: 2014

Catherine actually started working for Bluebird Care (Medway) as a Care Assistant in 2014.  In February 2018, she was promoted to Care Coordinator. 


She has organised Dementia Friendly Musical Evenings for Bluebird Care (Medway and Swale) and raised over £900 for the Alzheimer's Association.  


Catherine is the very proud mother of ten-year-old Daisy and together they are part of the West End Wednesdays Singers.  


In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, visiting the theatre and shopping!

Amy

Amy Edwards

Job Title: Training Manager Joined: 2015

Amy joined Bluebird Care (Medway) in March 2015 as a Care Assistant. Her constant good conduct, devotion to customers and commitment to her caring role secured her promotion in February 2017 to Care Mentor and at the end of March 2018, Amy gained a further promotion to Support Supervisor and works in the office for three days per week.


Amy was shortlisted for a Bluebird Care national award in 2017.  She even went through to the finals having won Carer of the Year for the South East region. Well done Amy!


From November 2019, Amy's role as Support Supervisor changed to Training Supervisor with her having the sole responsibility for the training of new Care Workers in both the Medway area and the Swale area.

Lynsey

Lynsey Burton

Job Title: Compliance Support Supervisor Joined: 2004

Lynsey has worked within the care sector since 2004 in various settings including care homes, a school, a private care job and community care. She changed from her previous career so that she could do a job that helps people and would be rewarding.


She stated that:


'I love my job and enjoy the variety, as of course, everyone is unique!'


Lynsey gained her NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care in 2007 and Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care in 2015. She is also a qualified teaching assistant and school support worker, fully trained in child protection.


In October 2016 she was promoted to the role of Care Mentor which she really enjoys, supporting new employees and her Bluebird Care colleagues.


Lynsey gained another promotion in March 2017 to Support Supervisor and assists in the office one day per week where the main responsibility in her role is quality compliance.


Lynsey is an animal lover and has a menage of pets at home, cats, dogs, and a tortoise, she likes to keep busy!

Charmaine

Charmaine Whitbread

Job Title: Lead Customer Supervisor Joined: 2021

Charmaine joined Bluebird Care as a community carer, in July 2021, bringing with her the experience of working in care homes for some time and recently completing her NVQ L4 in Health & Social Care.


She has progressed through our career pathway and took the role of Support Supervisor joining the office team in May 2022.


Charmaine has said that caring is her passion and the most rewarding job. but outside of work Charmaine enjoys spending time with her family and friends and loves to shop.

Jade

Jade Colmer

Job Title: Support Supervisor Joined: 2018

Jade started working for Bluebird Care in 2018 as a community carer. She has progressed through our career pathway to joining the office team as the Support Supervisor for Recruitment in 2022.


After a short while moved over to existing customers, and her responsibilities were updating and reviewing our existing clients' care packages, and making sure everything was up-to-date and specific to their needs.


In 2023 Jade moved over to Carer Support Supervisor looking after all our care staff.


When Jade is not working for Bluebird Care she works part-time in a nursery as a support worker with young children.


In her spare time, she loves being with her Dad who is a great support to her and her two young children, who keep her busy.

Carla

Carla Whitbread

Job Title: Care Champion Joined: 2017

I have worked for Bluebird Care since 2017.


I love my job, caring for those who need extra assistance or for those who just like a friendly chat.


It's the most rewarding job, just to see people's smiles and gratitude for the smallest of things we do.

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