SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Good
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Good
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?★Outstanding
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?★Outstanding
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Chitty Barn is one of 485 care homes in Kent: a 3-bed residential care home in Dover, run by LDC Care Company Ltd. It is registered to care for older people, people with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is a small home for Kent, where the median is 24 beds.
It is the only Outstanding home among the 7 closest. 4 of LDC Care Company Ltd’s 4 rated homes are Good or Outstanding (compare care home groups). In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Outstanding, published in March 2018. It was Outstanding for responsive and well-led as well. Safe, effective and caring were rated Good. Its previous rating, in December 2015, was Good, so the home has improved. CQC hasn't re-rated the home for over 5 years, like 45% of homes in Kent. Here is how rating age varies by council.
