Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley)

Kilworthy Park, Tavistock PL19 0BZ
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9.9 62 Reviews
  • Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley), Tavistock
Home Instead Tavistock and Tamar Valley, rated Outstanding by CQC (Feb 2020), is a locally owned company devoted to providing the highest-quality care for older people in the comfort of their own homes.

Covering Bude, Holsworthy, Launceston, Callington, Tavistock, Saltash and down to Plymouth, Torpoint and the surrounding villages. Do give them a call if you are unsure of the coverage as the most important thing is you get good advice and support.

The provider offers a wide range of one-to-one services tailor-made to the needs of the individual - and home visits can be from 1-2 hours a day up to 24-7 care that includes weekends and holidays.

Services are flexible to the needs of each client. These can include personal care such as assistance with bathing, dressing, eating and medication; home help covering all aspects of day-to-day housework, shopping, meal preparation and household duties; and companionship services that can involve everything from escorting clients on visits or appointments to simple conversation and good company.

Specialist Alzheimer’s and dementia care available with continuity of the Care Professionals are at the heart of services. Care Professionals are carefully matched to every client.

Care Provided by Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley)

  • Type of Service
  • Home Care Provider
  • Privately Owned
  • Specialist Care Categories
  • Call in Service
  • Cancer Care
  • Cleaning Service
  • Companionship
  • Dementia
  • Domestic Services / Home Help
  • Food Preparation & Serving
  • High Dependency Care, two carers attending
  • Laundry Service
  • Learning Disability
  • Medication Assistance
  • Mental Health Condition
  • Older Person Care
  • Palliative Care
  • Personal Hygiene Care
  • Physical Disability
  • Respite cover
  • Sensory Impairment
  • Shopping Service / Errands
  • Sit in Service
  • Transportation Service
  • Other Care Provided
  • 24 Hour Care
  • Adult Home Care (18+)
  • Hospital Discharge
  • Live in Carer
  • Personal Care (on a contracted hours basis)
  • Personal Care Assessments
  • Risk Assessments in the Home

Good to Know

  • Person in charge
  • Hayley Russell (Manager)

Funding & Fees Guide for Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley)

  • Prices
  • Please ring for our rates


Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley) Reviews (62)

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9.9

Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley) has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.934) out of 10, based on 23 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley) has 62 reviews.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5

My plan was to ask Home Instead to provide a carer to help me with my husband's personal care. My husband has the Alzheimer's form of dementia. Overall, in my mind, I also wanted them to provide carers for longer, even overnight, periods for respite. Unfortunately, I had left it too late in the progress
of my husband's disease and he had reached the point where he would not accept any person at all coming to the house. His disengagement with the carer from Home Instead was upsetting both to me and the carer, who I know would have done a really good job. I wish I had been able to call on their services much earlier.

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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

I am so relieved to have been introduced to this company. They provide just the service I was looking for so that I am able to leave my elderly mother for some R&R knowing that she is in the hands of expert carers. At the moment it is just one day a week but Mum benefits from the attention of the lovely
ladies as well so I am considering increasing the number of visits in 2019.

Reply from Lynn Roddy at Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley)

Thank you so much for your kind words. It is an absolute pleasure to look after Mum and to give you the much needed R&R.


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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.934)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.934) out of 10 for Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley) 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 23 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 23 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 4.934 for Home Instead (Tavistock and Tamar Valley) is calculated as follows: ( (127 Excellents x 5) + (9 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 136 Ratings = 4.934

  • 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 (Tavistock and Tamar Valley) is based on 23 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: 5 Feb 2020

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Outstanding

  • Caring

    Outstanding
  • Effective

    Good
  • Responsive

    Good
  • Safe

    Good
  • Well-led

    Outstanding

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

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Meet the Team (5)

Franco

Franco Moller

Job Title: Director / Owner

Joined: 2024

I am the franchise owner, leading a fantastic team who is passionate about client care. I am committed to keeping Home Instead Tavistock and Tamar Valley the first choice local home care provider, as well as the best employer for both our Care Professionals and our office teams.


Hayley

Hayley Russell

Job Title: Registered Care Manager

Joined: 2021

I have worked in care for many years and was a Registered Manager in Launceston before joining Home Instead in 2021. Focussing initially on our Care Professionals and all of their HR management, I stepped up to the Registered Manager position in January 2024.


Sandie

Sandie Oldfield

Job Title: Compliance Consultant

Joined: 2018

My name is Sandie and I was the Registered Manager at Tavistock and Tamar Valley Home Instead office. I have now moved to a part-time role dedicated to our quality standards. I live in the beautiful town of Tavistock with my husband Mark and our two teenage daughters, we have an Irish Setter dog and a Maine Coon cat.


My career has primarily been in banking, starting as a bank clerk with Barclays at 16, and progressing to managerial positions within the Santander group. On moving to Tavistock in 2009, my husband and I wanted to share the care of our two young daughters, so I worked as an evening care worker to dovetail with his work. I developed a passion for looking after people in their own homes and started a small domiciliary company, wanting to improve my client’s quality of life and truly make a difference, this is how I met Lynn and her Mum Enid. Having started this journey from the beginning with Lynn, I am so proud that we have built an amazing team with values that focus on our mission to ‘change the face of ageing’.


I have two older daughters and four grandchildren and my spare time goes into dog walks on the moors, planning get-togethers, days out, holidays, online quizzes and murder mysteries. I also love live music events and getting on the dance floor.


Clare

Clare Northey

Job Title: Recruitment and Engagement Manager

Joined: 2020

I am Clare, I am the Recruitment Manager at Home Instead Tavistock & Tamar Valley. I joined Home Instead in November 2020, after 20 years in my previous job recruiting apprentices within the business sector of administration, management and accountancy.


I am married to Mike and between us, we have 3 children and 4 grandchildren who keep us on our toes and very active. We have 2 dogs, a sausage dog called Rosie and a cocker spaniel called Tilly, we love to spend most of our free time walking them across the moors.


Anne

Anne Hine

Job Title: Training & Support Manager

Joined: 2022

I am excited to have joined Home Instead and I am really looking foward to meeting all the existing Care Professionals and delivering the Assessment Programme for all new Care Professionals joining us.
I have 3 dogs, 2 children and a husband.
To relax I like to walk my dogs, gardening and reading.