Broadmeadow

Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DN

03000412626

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

21 October 2020

Provider

Kent County Council

Beds

48 beds

About Broadmeadow

Broadmeadow is a residential care home in Kent, offering care for adults in a purpose-built setting. Details on the CQC's most recent findings are set out below.

Broadmeadow provides intermediate care, short-term respite and dementia care in a purpose-built setting with 43 bedrooms and 5 flats spread across two floors. The home had 14 residents living there at the time of inspection. A designated care section accommodates eight people with its own separate entrance, enclosed outdoor area and spacious indoor communal space designed to support safe social distancing.

The service demonstrated good infection control practices, providing visitors with individual personal protective equipment packs and requiring visits to be pre-arranged. The care home's facilities and procedures reflected consideration for residents' safety and wellbeing.

Source: CQC inspection report, 5 November 2020

Specialist Care

DementiaOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesYounger adults

Fees and availability

We have not verified a current weekly fee for this home. Ask for a written quote based on the room and care needed, including any extra charges.

Check current vacancies, the admission assessment and visiting arrangements directly with the home.

Care and inspection details

Checked against the CQC register on 20 September 2026. This is a check of published information, not a visit to the home.

Registered service: Care home service without nursing; Rehabilitation services
Registered capacity: 48 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · CT19 5DN

Registered care categories

Caring for adults over 65 yrs; Caring for adults under 65 yrs; Dementia; Physical disabilities.

These describe the registration. The home must assess whether it can meet the individual person's needs and whether a place is available.

CQC ratings in more detail

Overall rating shown by CQC: Good.

Rating report published 5 December 2019. Latest inspection date recorded: 21 October 2020.

Safe: Good
Effective: Requires improvement
Caring: Good
Responsive: Good
Well-led: Good

Questions prompted by these ratings

Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?

These are questions for your visit, not a claim about conditions today.

Read Broadmeadow's CQC record and reports.

Contains Care Quality Commission information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Ratings and registration details can change after the date checked.

5 Questions to Ask on Your Visit

When visiting Broadmeadow, consider asking...

1.What specific dementia training do staff receive and how recently?
2.How do you support a resident who becomes distressed or confused?
3.How does the home keep a record of a resident's life history and personal preferences?
4.How do you involve families as dementia progresses and communication becomes harder?
5.What happens when a resident's dementia reaches an advanced stage?

5 Things to Look For on Your Visit

When you visit Broadmeadow, look out for...

1.Is the environment calm, uncluttered and easy to navigate?
2.Do staff speak to residents with patience and dignity, even if they repeat themselves?
3.Are there memory cues around the home -- photos, familiar objects, clear signage?
4.Do residents seem settled and safe, or agitated and unsupervised?
5.Is there meaningful activity happening, or are residents just sitting quietly with nothing to do?

Could the NHS fund Broadmeadow's fees?

The average nursing home costs £1,535 per week. That's £79,820 a year. NHS Continuing Healthcare could cover all of it. No means test, no contribution from you.

Find out if the NHS could fund these fees