SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
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?Good
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
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. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Optima Care Limited runs Seahaven, a residential care home in Deal, Kent with room for 19 residents. CQC registers it to look after older people, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment.
The nearest home with a higher rating is Glendale Lodge (Good), 0.8 km away. Optima Care Limited runs 5 care homes, and 0 of the 4 rated are Good or Outstanding. There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. The kitchen has a food hygiene rating of 5 (very good), from November 2025. 90% of homes in Kent also score 5. In Kent, 79% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%).
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in June 2023. Safe and well-led were also Requires improvement. For effective, caring and responsive, the rating was Good. That matches its previous rating, from January 2022.
