Home Instead (Basingstoke)

Riverside View, Basing Road, Old Basing, Basingstoke RG24 7AL
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9.9 53 Reviews
  • Home Instead (Basingstoke), Basingstoke
Home Instead (Basingstoke) provides high-quality, person-centred care services which can support clients with a wide range of personal needs. Services are non-medical and can provide social interaction, mental stimulation, help around the house, meal preparation and help with personal care to enhance a client's wellbeing and support their ongoing independence at home. Services are flexible and individualised, based on the client's particular requirements and aspirations.

Caregivers are carefully selected and given high-quality training. They expect to build positive and trusting relationships with clients and their families.

Areas of expertise include: specialist dementia care, care for those with Parkinson's disease, post-hospital care, palliative care and other non-medical support.

Care Provided by Home Instead (Basingstoke)

  • Type of Service
  • Home Care Provider
  • Privately Owned
  • Specialist Care Categories
  • Companionship
  • Dementia
  • Domestic Services / Home Help
  • Learning Disability
  • Medication Assistance
  • Mental Health Condition
  • Older Person Care
  • Personal Hygiene Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Sensory Impairment
  • Other Care Provided
  • Adult Home Care (18+)
  • Live in Carer
  • Personal Care (on a contracted hours basis)

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Bob Nicholson (Owner)

Funding & Fees Guide for Home Instead (Basingstoke)

  • Prices
  • Available on request


Home Instead (Basingstoke) Reviews (53)

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9.9

Home Instead (Basingstoke) has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.939) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Home Instead (Basingstoke) has 53 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I cannot praise the services of Home Instead, Basingstoke highly enough.
They went above and beyond the expected care to ensure my Mother has safe and comfortable in her home right up until the time came where she could not remain in her own home.
Having experienced other care companies in the last
12 months, it was refreshing to find a company that really cares.
Thanks to all of you for making a difficult situation as good as it could be.

Reply from Bob Nicholson, Owner at Home Instead (Basingstoke)

Thank you for your most generous review. It was a pleasure to care for your mother and great to hear that we made such a positive difference.


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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Home Instead have been a life-saver for our family and I believe have set the bar very high for quality domiciliary care. The care and attention they have given to my mum at home during her dementia journey over the past 18 months has been nothing short of exceptional. The lovely Care Pro's became
like family members who consistently went the extra mile for Mum with all her changing needs. Their kindness and care showed a real dedication to what they do. Whenever there were health emergencies - and there have been a few! - Home Instead were able to support, even when we had to make last minute changes. I regularly recommend them to friends and colleagues who are facing their own elderly relative issues - so Home Instead, be prepared for a deluge! We will always be grateful for the wonderful care and comfort they brought to my Mum.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We don't like them. We love them. Top marks for this company. It was only after we changed our care suppliers to Home Instead that we realised what genuine care, support and reliability is. I only wish we'd switched sooner, we could have been enjoying their excellent service for so much longer. Highly
recommended.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I cannot recommend Home Instead highly enough. My mother has been in receipt of visits twice a day for the past 3 years to help with personal care and the level of service has been impeccable.
They are truly a relationship-centred organisation and have always assisted my mother with compassion and
dignity. Every single person that has worked with us has been an absolute credit to the company.
Thank you for everything you do.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The Home Instead staff who look after our 86-year-old Mum provides a very professional level of care and are also kind, considerate and respectful of all her needs. They are lovely people who have really improved the quality of mum's life at home. She knows that she is in safe hands and is much happier
as a result.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Home Instead have been both supportive to my mother and myself, always taking an overview of the whole family dynamics. The carers themselves have always been respectful and built a good relationship with my mother, fulfilling her needs and requests.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I was initially recommended Home Instead for my nan after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. I cannot thank the team enough - they made the whole stressful/anxious time of trying to sort care so easy. They were incredibly kind and considerate to not only my nan but also myself. I truly felt part of
the team the entire time they were with my nan, from the care pros themselves to the care manager and even the office staff. The whole team went above and beyond the care required for my nan; not only did they do an absolutely fabulous job caring for my nan, but they also spent the time to think of ways to improve her well-being, provide me with advice, and support us both through other tough times. I couldn’t recommend the team enough, and I’m so thankful for each and every one of them. I feel truly blessed that my nan was able to benefit from the kindness and care they gave her.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Excellent Service.
Good, friendly, competent Carers, always helpful and willing to meet the needs of the client.
Very adaptable carers.
The reservation office is always cooperative in arranging revised dates and times of visits when circumstances change.
My health has improved and I no longer
need their help. This is due to good medical treatment, and the willingness of my carers to do things for me and so enable me to rest my large leg ulcers.
I would strongly recommend their service.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Home Instead has been a great support to my parents over the last year, particularly in recent weeks. The relationship that they were able to build means they are very greatly missed, now that circumstances and arrangements have changed. I am particularly grateful for the way the entire team responded
to challenging times. Even offering to work additional shifts to help us with unexpected difficulties. They demonstrated how much they genuinely cared about my parents and us as an entire family. Professional, kind, caring people who do incredible work.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Mum is very happy with the carers and enjoys their visits. As an only sibling, living a fair distance away, they have been a tremendous help to me. Knowing they are looking after most of mums needs and assisting me on tasks has been invaluable.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A very professional service with caring individuals that has looked after our mother over the last five months.
Excellent in every way in what can be difficult times.
If in doubt about where to go then try here first and you will not be disappointed.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Home Instead has been so good with my mother, who has dementia, right from the initial visit. Living in the situation can bring even the strongest to breaking point. I have particularly valued their support and advice. It means so much to have kind, understanding carers helping in the situation and
on the other end of the phone.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

From the initial consultation with management to visits with carers, what a truly amazing team!
Nans small team of dedicated carers really have made all the difference to her quality of life and dementia journey. As a family we feel very lucky to have carers who are compassionate, person centred, professional
and most importantly, make Nan smile!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Home Instead provide daily visits to care for my mother in law who has Alzheimer's and other mental health issues.
Setting up care was easy, with a thorough and understanding review of what we needed. We felt very listened to.
Carers are reliable, friendly and flexible, with the client at the centre
of everything. They are knowledgeable and skilled.
I feel that my mother in law is being cared for by kind, professional people and she, and I, are very happy.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Mum, my brother and I have all been pleased with the help and support Mum has received for the last couple of months from the carers at Home Instead (Basingstoke). Everyone has been very kind and very reactive to changes in her day-to-day needs. I'm so pleased she is able to retain her independence
and Home Instead gives me the confidence that she is independent but safe.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

We are very happy with the care our Mum is receiving from Home Instead. The carers are very attentive, helpful and kind. Mum really enjoys their visits, and the tasks they do makes life easier so much easier for us!

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

Home Instead carers are doing a very good job of looking after two elderly people, both suffering with dementia. Without the carers' daily visits, these two elderly people simply could not continue to live at home, as they cannot prepare food, hot drinks, or be trusted to take their medication. Also,
these two elderly people need help keeping themselves washed and dressed in clean clothes, and their home clean and tidy. The home care that Home Instead provides really does make the difference between living in the family home and going into a nursing home.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

My mother has been receiving twice-weekly visits from Home Instead Basingstoke for a few months and they have made such a difference to her and to myself! The care they provide is incredibly professional, personalised and respectful. I think we would now be lost without their support. They are an excellent
company to whom we are very grateful.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

The careers are highly professional, conscientious, empathetic and very caring they provide first-class care to my 91-year-old mother. Which allows her to live independently in her own home, also there has always been a continuity of the same careers over the past year, which has been good for Mum,
I highly recommend this professional caring company.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Home Instead was recommended to me when it was obvious that my mum needed extra help at home. My mum was very against having someone from outside helping her but when Home Instead came along for the initial meeting my mum warmed to them straight away. They started caring for Mum and were excellent,
they turned up on time, did extras like making Mum a sandwich at lunchtime and really took the strain off my husband and I.

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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.939)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.939) out of 10 for Home Instead (Basingstoke) is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 11 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 11 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:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.939 for Home Instead (Basingstoke) is calculated as follows: ( (62 Excellents x 5) + (4 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 66 Ratings = 4.939

  • b) 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 (Basingstoke) is based on 11 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

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Home Care Provider does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

Performance

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 16 Aug 2018

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  • Well-led

    Good

Care Quality Commission is responsible for the registration and inspection of social care services in England.

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Meet the Team (6)

Bob

Bob Nicholson

Job Title: Owner

Joined: 2015

Welcome to Home Instead Basingstoke.
We offer the communities of Basingstoke and the surrounding areas a high quality, reliable and person-focused home care service to support and enhance the lives of clients within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes.
Our objective is to respond to a client’s needs rather than merely perform tasks. We want to build trusting relationships with clients and their families and provide a flexible and individualised service based on personal requirements and aspirations.
Our CAREGivers are chosen for their compassion, reliability and ethos, and are given high-quality training with ongoing professional development. We match our CAREGivers to our clients, introduce CAREGivers personally to clients before visiting commences, and provide that a client is visited by a consistent small group of CAREGivers. Our CAREGivers carry ID but do not wear uniforms. Visits are for a minimum of an hour, allowing our CAREGivers time to get to know our clients and provide a genuinely sensitive service.


Mary

Mary Selim

Job Title: Care Manager

Joined: 2015

After qualifying as a mental nurse in London, I spent my early career in nursing and then, from 1997, ran my own home care businesses in Basingstoke.
I am passionate about delivering the best possible quality of service to each individual, to help our clients retain their independence and continue to lead rewarding lives at home. I found Home Instead Senior Care to hold the same values and ethos towards caring for people that governed my businesses and was pleased to take up this opportunity to join an international organisation with such high standards and a unique approach to home care.
Home Instead is different – we meet each client personally, we focus on our clients’ needs and those of their families, we choose CAREGivers who are passionate about quality of care and match them to our clients, we give our CAREGivers initial and ongoing training, and we recognise the importance of continuity in the care provided.
My role includes establishing a client’s requirements and ensuring that we maintain the highest quality of care in satisfying those requirements.


Theresa

Theresa Walker

Job Title: Deputy Care Manager

Joined: 2015

I started my career as a private nanny before taking a break to raise my family. When I returned to work I spent a few years in retail and then moved into the care industry 17 years ago.
I started doing home care and then moved into support work for clients with learning difficulties. A few years ago my father developed cancer and I came to appreciate what valuable service carers provide, both to the client and the rest of the family. Inspired, I moved back into home care.
What a shock I got! Visits were now typically just 30 minutes, with a list of tasks which were impossible to complete conscientiously in the time, and certainly no time to try to relate to the client as a person. The last straw was when 15 minute calls came in – they always ran over and we spent as much time travelling as we spent providing a service.
My daughter saw Home Instead on Facebook and when I met them I realised that they really did embody what I thought home care ought to be – at least an hour with each client, regular clients, and an ethos which positively encourages us to provide social interaction and build relationships.
Home Instead asked me to join them, initially as a CAREGiver and then as a member of the management team providing support and liaison to caregivers and weekend supervision, as well as having some of my own clients.


Kelly

Kelly Downes

Job Title: Care Coordinator and Scheduler

Joined: 2016

Caring for others has always been very natural for me. Looking after my great grandmother as a teenager sparked a genuine interest, and that is when my physical and emotional caring skills began to develop.
After a brief spell in retail, I took up caring as a career, initially working in sheltered housing. I then moved into homecare, mainly as a carer but also providing managerial support. I found that caring bought me so much joy, being able to promote people's independence by offering support and encouragement. Not only did I know I was making a difference to their lives, but it was fantastic hearing all the stories and sharing lots of laughter!
I've always been a people person; my love for people and the passion to become a carer is founded on my nan. She had a huge heart which was never too full to offer a bit more care, and she was the most amazing carer and inspiration to our family. I subsequently became her carer myself, when she was diagnosed with cancer, and she continued to inspire me in so many ways even through the really tough times.
After a career break to start my family, I joined Home Instead as a CAREGiver, and have recently become the care coordinator and scheduler. In this role, I liaise with clients, CAREGivers and others, and schedule the care visits. I can honestly say that I love my job because it gives me the opportunity to connect with people on a daily basis, and I am fortunate to have the support and encouragement of a fantastic team!


Denise

Denise Pratt

Job Title: HR Manager

Joined: 2019

Since the age of 18, I have always been involved in caring roles and spent 15 very happy years at the North Hampshire Hospital on elderly care and orthopaedic wards. It was here that I learnt about the value of person-centred care and how to put the patient at the heart of how we cared for them. I worked closely with patients with dementia and found this the most rewarding and enjoyable part of my role.
I then worked for Basingstoke College of Technology for 18 years where I supported learners to achieve their NVQs in Care. This was a great opportunity to continue promoting good quality care and enabled me to share my knowledge and experience with others.
I got to know Home Instead in my role as Head of Workplace Learning at the college, and always found myself looking forward to each engagement with the company and its people. I loved the passion that Home Instead’s CAREGivers showed about their clients, so when I needed a change of career direction, it was a natural reaction to enquire about a post with them.
I worked initially as a CAREGiver but was asked to take on more senior roles, assisting with training and then the broader HR role. I can honestly say that I am the happiest now I have ever been in a job. The company’s commitment to our clients is second to none, and I am proud and privileged to be part of such an amazing and dedicated team.


Jess

Jess Wright

Job Title: Deputy Care Manager

Joined: 2018

Caring has always been in my blood since I was very young. After school and college, I worked in childcare - I loved my time with the children but wanted to expand my experience of care.


I found Home Instead in 2018 and started off as a CAREGiver. I was then offered an office role as a Care Coordinator. I have really found myself here, and feel blessed to be working with such an amazing team whilst doing a job I enjoy so much.


I think it is important to spend time with the older generation, whose lives have been so interesting and who lived through what for me is part of history. I love to hear our clients’ stories, their experiences in the previous century, the jobs they had and the families they brought up. I find it fascinating to learn how the World used to be and how very different life was when our clients were young. To see couples who met in their teens, and are still so in love now, is really special and heart-warming - they are the generation that made life safe for us and made the world what it is today. To be supporting that generation, and be part of the bigger picture of making care at home more accessible, is truly satisfying.


Frequently Asked Questions about Home Instead (Basingstoke)

What Type of Services does Home Instead (Basingstoke) offer?

Home Instead (Basingstoke) offers Home Care.

How many Carers does Home Instead (Basingstoke) employ?

Home Instead (Basingstoke) employs 60 carers.