Seahaven

Ownership and company checks

Seahaven is run by Optima Care Limited (company 02768075), incorporated in 1992, 18 years before this service registered with CQC.

At Companies House, the company is listed as active, its accounts are filed on time, it has 1 active director and there is no insolvency history.

Its registered business activity is residential care for older and disabled people.

Optima Care Limited runs 5 CQC-registered services; 0 of the 4 with a rating are Good or Outstanding (0%), against 83% for the same mix of services across England.

All 5 are in Kent, so it is a local operator rather than a national chain.

Around Deal

There are 18 other care homes within 3 miles, 14 of them rated Good or Outstanding; the nearest is Glendale Lodge, under 0.5 miles away.

It is registered for needs that fewer services nearby cover: physical disabilities (4 of the nearest 25); sight or hearing loss (1 of the nearest 25).

11 of the 24 nearest rated care homes have a more recent rating than this one.

It sits in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe ward, classed by ONS as larger rural (further from a major town or city), among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. NHS services here are planned by NHS Kent and Medway ICB.

Within about a 10-minute walk there is a shop (5 min), a café (8 min) and a bus stop (2 min), which matters for residents who can go out and for visiting family.

Likely fees

We estimate Seahaven at £1,400–£1,710 a week for residential care, based on published prices in the region. Over a year that is roughly £73k–£89k.

Ask whether the fee changes if needs increase, and what is extra: hairdressing, chiropody, outings and newspapers are often charged separately.

Kent Council can help with costs for people with savings under £23,250, starting with a free assessment.

Seahaven over the years

Registered in December 2010, it has 15 years on the CQC register.

CQC has published 5 overall ratings for it (2017–2023), starting at Good and falling to Requires improvement.

The rating is 3 years old. CQC decides when to return based on risk, so age alone is not a warning sign; still, ask who the manager is now.

CQC lists 6 reports for this location, the latest dated 21 June 2023.

What the ratings tell you

Area by area, Safe and Well-led are rated below Good; 3 other areas are Good.

Across Kent, 89 of 455 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Safe (20%), while 107 of 455 rated care homes are Requires improvement for Well-led (24%).

The Safe and Well-led findings are the part of the report to read closely; ask the manager what has been put right.