- Homecare service
Harborough Home Care Limited T/A Bridgewater Home Care - Harborough Also known as Bridgewater Home Care - Harborough
Assessment report published 23 April 2026
Contents
Ratings
Our view of the service
Date of assessment 17 to 19 March 2026.
Bridgewater Home Care is a domiciliary care agency that provides care to older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, mental health needs, physical disability and sensory impairments within their own homes. Not everyone who used the service received personal care. CQC only inspects where people receive personal care. This is help with tasks relating to personal hygiene and eating. Where they do, we also consider any wider social care provided. At the time of our inspection nine people were receiving personal care.
The provider, management team and staff continued to be recognised for the quality of care they provided and had received awards in response to people’s feedback. The provider’s ethos towards care was embedded across the workforce. All those involved were committed to the delivery of person-centred care, promoting independence and choice, and facilitating positive outcomes for people.
Systems and processes, underpinned by the providers’ policies and procedures enabled the registered manager and management team to maintain a clear overview of the service being delivered. Continuous oversight and monitoring of peoples care and support, meant the service was able to respond in in a timely way to implement changes, which facilitated good outcomes and safe care. People’s views and that of their relatives were sought and responded to.
The registered manager and managing director were visible within the service to both people who use the service, their relatives and staff. Staff were consistently positive of the support they received from the management team. They received regular support through supervision, observed practice and training, which included opportunities for career development.
A robust assessment process, which fully involved people and where appropriate their relatives, ensured people’s expectations of their care were fully considered, planned for and documented. People’s care records provided a clear insight as to their needs, including their prescribed medicine, and the role of staff in their care and support. Staff monitored people’s health and well-being and liaised with people’s families and health care professionals where required.
People’s needs were met by a consistent team of staff, who had undergone a safe recruitment process. Staff demonstrated their knowledge and understanding of people’s health, care and support needs, which included supporting people to access events within their local community. Staff received the necessary training and support to meet people’s needs.
The managing director and management team worked collaboratively with local business and resources as part of their commitment towards the local community, which included fund raising events, and sharing information to support, older people and people living with dementia.
People's experience of this service
People’s relatives consistently praised the service, included its reliability and time keeping. A relative told us, “We are extremely satisfied, the service cannot be beaten or be better, they rise consistently above my very high expectation.” Another relative said, “The staff are spot on time, they never miss and stay for the full time.”
People’s relatives spoke highly of the care staff, describing them as being kind, caring and well-trained. A relative told us, “They are very good with people and very patient and understanding with people who have Parkinson’s.” Relatives spoke appreciatively of how staff interacted and communicated with them. A relative told us, “Staff are absolutely brilliant, exactly what we want and more. We are not treated as old and stupid; they are friends coming in, we can discuss anything and we know it will be kept private. Thoroughly recommend.”
People were supported by a core team of staff, which facilitated the development of trust and professional relationships. A relative told us, “We are very happy and we would recommend them, just as we came to them from a recommendation. They are a family orientated firm and treat my family members as if she was their relation. You can’t learn that it has be in your DNA.” Another relative said, “I have honest reliable carers who were there when I needed them most. I trust them and I’m so pleased to call them friends.”
Relatives praised highly the managing director, and the support which they had provided, which they said went above and beyond in times of crisis and distress. They spoke of good communication between themselves and the management team, and of the open and responsive service. A relative told us, “The registered manager regularly rings to see if everything is okay or ask if there is anything that they can do to make [relative’s] life better.”