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What the CQC found at Foxes Moon Residential Home

Not yet rated

Not yet rated: the CQC has not published a rated inspection for this home, which is usual for a new registration.

The five questions inspectors ask

Safe?: Good; Are people protected from harm? Staffing, medicines, infection control, safeguarding.
Effective?: Good; Does the care work? Training, consent, food and drink, working with GPs and nurses.
Caring?: Good; Are people treated with kindness and dignity?
Responsive?: Good; Is care built around the person? Care plans, activities, complaints.
Well-led?: Good; Is the home run well? The manager, the culture, how problems get found and fixed.

The report

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The CQC has not yet published an inspection report for Foxes Moon Residential Home.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Foxes Moon Residential Home

2 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

October 2018Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
June 2016Good
Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
May 2026
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 14 May 2026.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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Care at home

15 live-in carers within about an hour of Dorset

These are self-employed carers on PrimeCarers, the introductory agency that runs this directory. Each has a profile with their own rates and reviews from families, and you choose who to talk to.

Most charge £1,040 to £1,340 a week. 11 can care for a couple. 10 years' experience on average.

Beckee W.

1 review

From £1,400 a week, 2 years caring

Based about 21 minutes from Dorset. Can care for a couple

Rachel D.

1 review

From £1,092 a week, 8 years caring

Based about 29 minutes from Dorset

Nina R.

1 review

From £1,015 a week, 14 years caring

Based about 30 minutes from Dorset. Can care for a couple

Maria Florentina L.

1 review

From £1,400 a week, 19 years caring

Based about 31 minutes from Dorset

“Even when things get a bit chaotic (as they sometimes do!), you’ve handled it with patience and a sense of humour — which is gold.”

Sophie B., about Beckee W.

“Nina was patient, focussed on my aunt's physical well-being, and unfazed by what at the time was a new and uncertain situation”

A previous client, about Nina R.

See live-in carers near DorsetProfiles, rates and reviews are free to look at.

Every carer has had an enhanced DBS check in the last 18 months, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them. Carers set their own rates, and who is free changes week to week.