Merry Den

Logo of Merry Den, a home care agency in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, offering mental health care, learning disability and autism support, physical disability support and younger adults care.

Merry Den is a home care agency in Gloucester, Gloucestershire (GL1 1DG). It holds a CQC rating of Good.

About Merry Den

We are Merry Den, based in Gloucester, and we provide support in people's own homes across Gloucestershire. Our work is with adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, adults living with mental ill health, people with physical disabilities, and younger adults. What we do is less about tasks than about making a life workable. That might mean personal care and help with medication, or it might mean cooking, shopping, managing money and post, keeping on top of a tenancy, or getting out to work, college, appointments and the places somebody actually wants to be. We plan the support with the person, in their own words, and it stays theirs to change. Two things matter more than anything else in this work. The first is consistency: the same staff wherever the rota allows, routines that hold, and changes explained in advance rather than sprung on people. For autistic people in particular that predictability is a need, not a preference, and we take sensory comfort seriously for the same reason. The second is doing things with somebody rather than for them, because independence is far easier to keep than to win back once it has gone. We work alongside families, social workers, community mental health teams and therapists where the person wants them involved, and we review support as circumstances change. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is good. If you are working out whether we would suit somebody, ring us and we will give you a straight answer either way.

Care provided at Merry Den

Read the full inspection report on the CQC website.

Common questions about Merry Den

Where is Merry Den located?

Merry Den is a home care agency based in Gloucester, Gloucestershire (GL1 1DG), providing care to people in their own homes within approximately 10 miles of the area.

What type of care does Merry Den provide?

Merry Den is registered to provide care in people’s own homes, with support that includes Mental health care, Learning disability and autism support, Physical disability support, Younger adults care. The full list of services is shown on this page.

What is Merry Den's CQC rating?

Merry Den is registered with and inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Its most recent overall rating is Good following its last inspection on 12 January 2021. You can read the full CQC report from the link on this page.

Questions families ask about Merry Den

Can they support someone living with dementia at home?

No. Merry Den does not list dementia care on the CQC register. Choose an agency that does if dementia is part of the picture.

Can they help with medication and nursing tasks?

Ask the home. Most home care agencies prompt or give medication but do not provide nursing tasks. Ask what their carers are trained to do.

Do they cover our area?

Yes. Merry Den covers roughly 10 miles from Gloucester.

Will the council help pay?

Ask the home. The agency has not told us which funding it accepts. Most take both council funded and self funded clients; a direct payment from the council can be used to pay them.

Typical home care fees in the South West

Merry Den has not published its fees yet. These are typical hourly rates for the South West, so you know roughly what to expect before you call.

Indicative figures for the South West, not a quote from Merry Den. Actual fees depend on the room, the level of care and how it is funded.

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