Eastry House

High Street, Eastry, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0HE

01304613791

Care Type

Residential Care

Inspection date

3 March 2021

Provider

Optima Care Limited

Beds

22 beds

About Eastry House

Eastry House is a residential care home in the county of Kent, offering a homely setting where residents can feel comfortable and supported in their daily lives. Families looking for care in this part of the South East will find a service that aims to provide a familiar, community feel for the people who live there.

Eastry House accommodates up to 22 people with learning disabilities, with 17 residents living there at the time of inspection. Residents were very happy at the service and spoke highly of the registered manager and staff.

However, inspectors found the registered provider had failed to ensure adequate management oversight since the previous inspection. Several areas identified at the last visit had not been addressed, and the service had not improved or learned from past feedback.

Source: CQC inspection report, 7 April 2021

Specialist Care

DementiaLearning disabilitiesOlder peoplePhysical disabilitiesSensory impairmentsYounger 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
Registered capacity: 22 places — this is not a vacancy count
Registration checked: Registered · CT13 0HE

Registered care categories

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

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: Requires improvement.

Rating report published 7 April 2021. Latest inspection date recorded: 3 March 2021.

Safe: Requires improvement
EffectivePublished 10 September 2019: Requires improvement
CaringPublished 10 September 2019: Requires improvement
ResponsivePublished 10 September 2019: Requires improvement
Well-led: Requires improvement

Questions prompted by these ratings

Safe: What changes have been made to medicines, staffing and safeguarding since this rating?
Effective: How are staff training, nutrition and health outcomes checked now?
Caring: How do staff protect privacy, dignity and each person’s choices?
Responsive: How are care plans, activities and complaints adapted to each resident?
Well-led: What has changed in management, checks and oversight since this rating?

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

Read Eastry House'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 Eastry House, 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 Eastry House, 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 Eastry House'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