Which home care agencies in Blackburn with Darwen are listed here?

This page brings together thirty seven home care agencies serving Blackburn with Darwen that are registered with the Care Quality Commission. Each has its own profile carrying any rating and the inspection report behind it. Those listed include Alpha Home Assist, Blakewater Homecare Services Ltd, Care Station NW, Choice Care and Delta Care Ltd. Comparing profiles side by side is far more useful than working down a list in order.

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

A care home provides accommodation, meals and personal care, meaning help with washing, dressing, mobility and taking medication. A nursing home does the same with registered nurses on duty at all hours, for people whose conditions need daily clinical care. Home care is different again, since the person stays in their own house and support comes in at agreed times. If needs outgrow what visits can cover, the assessment should identify that and point towards residential or nursing care.

What should you ask a home care agency before signing up?

Ask how many different carers would come over a fortnight and what the agency does to protect continuity. Ask what happens if a carer is unwell, how late a visit can run before the family is told, and who answers the telephone outside office hours. Ask to see a sample care plan and how often it would be reviewed as needs change. Where an agency has no published rating, ask for references and for detail on recruitment and supervision.

How do you arrange a care needs assessment in Blackburn with Darwen?

Contact the adult social care team at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and ask for a care needs assessment, which anyone who appears to need support can request. It usually takes place at home, which suits an assessment of home care particularly well, and a relative or advocate may be present. If the person is in hospital, the discharge team can make the referral instead. The written outcome records the needs identified and forms the basis of any funded support.

Can Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council fund home care?

It can, where the needs assessment establishes that support is required and the financial assessment shows capital below the relevant threshold. Funding is means tested, so some families contribute towards the cost and others meet it in full. Where the council does contribute, support may be arranged directly or provided as a direct payment that lets the family choose the agency. If the primary need is a health need, the NHS may fund care through continuing healthcare instead.

How far in advance should families start looking?

Home care can often be organised faster than a move into a care home, but the better agencies still have limited capacity at the busiest times of day. A week or two gives room to compare providers, read any inspection reports and agree a care plan without rushing. Hospital discharge can force a quicker decision, and an arrangement made in haste can usually be changed later if it does not suit. Requesting the assessment early keeps the options open.

Home Care in Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen has 37 CQC registered home care agencies. 20 are rated Good, 2 Requires improvement, and 15 have not yet been rated. 17 of the 37 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Blackburn with Darwen at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Blackburn with Darwen.

Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 10,700. Rising to 12,100 by 2035, up 14%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,400. Rising to 1,600 by 2035, up 18%
People aged 85 and over: 2,600. Rising to 3,500 by 2035, up 34%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 65%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in Blackburn with Darwen, last 12 months: 0 opened, 4 closed

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Choosing a home care agency in Blackburn with Darwen and what to look for

Support at home arrives as a series of visits, and their quality rests on who comes, whether it is the same person each week and how well the agency copes when something goes wrong. None of that is visible on a website, so it has to be asked about directly.

What a rating covers, and what its absence means

The Care Quality Commission inspects agencies against five questions, asking whether the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and the overall word summarises those judgements. Twenty agencies here are rated Good and two sit at Requires Improvement, where it is worth finding out exactly what concerned the inspectors and whether a revisit has happened since. Fifteen have no rating at all. That is not a mark against them, but it does mean asking for references, checking how staff are recruited and supervised, and looking carefully at the written care plan.

The questions that reveal the most

Ask how many different carers would visit over a fortnight and what the agency does to keep that number low, because continuity matters more than almost anything else in home care. Ask what happens when a carer is off sick, how late a call can run before someone telephones, and who answers out of hours. Ask how carers are trained for the particular needs involved, whether dementia, moving and handling or medication support. Ask to see a sample care plan and find out how often it would be reviewed once visits begin.

Arranging support and understanding the cost

The care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support can request an assessment, whatever their savings, and for support at home it is usually the fastest route to something being arranged. It considers washing, dressing, preparing meals, mobility, medication, safety around the house and how much a relative is already doing, and it produces a written record of what is needed. Requests go to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, which is responsible for adult social care assessments and for arranging funded support in the borough. A relative providing unpaid care can ask for a carer's assessment of their own at the same time.

Costs, means testing and the written terms

A financial assessment follows, looking at income and savings, although the value of a home someone continues to live in is not counted where care is delivered there. Above the capital threshold a person pays for their own care; below it the council contributes according to the assessment, sometimes as a direct payment that lets the family choose and manage the agency. Agencies set their own hourly rates, so costs vary across Blackburn with Darwen depending on the length of each visit, the time of day and whether two carers are needed. Ask for the rate in writing, including evening, weekend and bank holiday charges, the minimum visit length and the notice required to change or cancel a call. Ask too whether travel time between visits is billed, since practice differs between providers.

37 home care in Blackburn with Darwen

AAA Healthcare – with Darwen · 55 King William Street, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 7DJ
Home care · Run by AAA Healthcare Agency Ltd
AAA Healthcare provides care at home across Blackburn with Darwen, supporting older adults and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with mental health conditions, and those with a physical disability or a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
AHC Services TA Alpha Homecare Services · Ground Floor 1d Capricorn Business Park, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 5QR
Home care · Run by AHC Services Ltd
Alpha Homecare provides care and support in people's own homes in Blackburn and the surrounding area. Staying at home is what most people want, and our job is to make that a dependable option rather than one that quietly stops working. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Allcare Nurses Agency · 2 Albion Road, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 4UW
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Allcare Nurses Agency Limited
Allcare Nurses Agency provides care and support in people's own homes in Blackburn and the surrounding area. We work with a wide range of adults, and the purpose is always the same: enough support, arranged the way the person wants it, for...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Alpha Home Assist · 206 Preston New Road, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 6PN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Northwood Complex Care Ltd
Alpha Home Assist supports adults at home across Blackburn with Darwen. We help people stay in their own surroundings with support built around their circumstances rather than around a standard package. The people we work with include...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Blakewater Homecare Services · 33-35 James Street, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 6DN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blakewater Homecare Services Ltd
Blakewater Homecare supports people in their own homes in Blackburn and the surrounding area. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism, physical disabilities,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care Station NW · The Care Station, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 2LE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Station (NW) Ltd
We are Care Station NW, a home care agency supporting people across Blackburn and Darwen. We visit people in their own homes to help with the parts of daily life that have become hard to manage on their own. Much of our work is with older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Choice Care · Suite 16, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 3HQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sky Futures Ltd
We at Choice Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackburn and the wider Blackburn with Darwen area, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care agency based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Community Quality Care Services · Office 24 Business Development Centre, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 5BL
Home care · Run by Community Quality Care Services Ltd
Community Quality Care supports people in their own homes across Blackburn with Darwen. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability, people with visual or hearing impairment and younger adults....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Creative Support - Services · 38 Wellington Street, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 8AF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Creative Support Limited
Creative Support in Blackburn provides care and support to people in their own homes across the town, working with adults who have a learning disability or autism. Our approach is to build support around the individual rather than to offer...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
Delta Care - and Darwen · Cleaver Street, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 5DG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Delta Care Ltd
We at Delta Care Blackburn and Darwen are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackburn and the surrounding communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Destiny Careplus · 16 Crossfield Street, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 3AL
Home care · Run by Destiny Careplus Limited
We provide care at home in Blackburn and the surrounding area, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities. People usually come to us at a point of change: a fall,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
& District Supported Housing · 13-19 Grantham Street, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 4BZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blackburn & District Supported Housing Limited
We at Blackburn & District Supported Housing are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackburn and the surrounding communities of Blackburn with Darwen. Our mission is simple: to help people live well and independently in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
East Lancashire Home Care · Suite 1C The Beehive, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 2QS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by East Lancashire Home Care Limited
We at East Lancashire Home Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Blackburn and the surrounding communities of Blackburn with Darwen. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional, person centred support directly...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Exemplary Care Services · Unit 14, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 5QR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Exemplary Care Services Ltd
We at Exemplary Care Services are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackburn and the surrounding communities of Blackburn with Darwen. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional, person centred support directly...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Falcon-Care · Suite 11, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 5QB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by White Falcon 11 Ltd
We are a home care agency in Blackburn, visiting people in their own homes across Blackburn with Darwen. We take on a wider range of need than many agencies. Most of our work is with older adults, a good number living with dementia. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Frank House Care Services · Suite 24, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 4JF
Home care · Run by Frank House Care Services Ltd
We are Frank House Care, based in Blackburn, and we provide care in people's own homes across the area. The people we visit are a wide group: older people, many living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
HBN Caring Services · Daisyfield Business Centre, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 3BL
Home care · Run by HBN Caring Services Ltd
At HBN Caring, we provide home care support to people living in Blackburn and the surrounding Blackburn with Darwen area. We believe that with the right support in place, people can continue to live safely and comfortably in their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Home Care For You · Jasmine House, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 5UA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Home Care For You Ltd
Home Care For You supports people in their own homes across Blackburn and Darwen. We are a home care agency, so the care comes to you, at agreed times, and is arranged around your routine rather than ours. We support older people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
I Care (GB) · Unit 5, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 3NY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by I Care (GB) Limited
I Care (GB) in Blackburn provides care and support to people in their own homes across Blackburn with Darwen. We are a home care agency, which means our work happens on your terms and in your house. We support a wide range of people. Older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Marana Care · Unit R20, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 5QB
Home care · Run by Marana Care Ltd
We at Marana Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackburn and the surrounding communities of Blackburn with Darwen, supporting individuals to live well and safely within the place they know best: their own home. Based...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Olive Tree Domiciliary Services · 37 King Street, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 2DH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Olive Tree Domiciliary Services Ltd
We at Olive Tree Domiciliary are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackburn and the surrounding communities of Blackburn with Darwen. As a trusted domiciliary care provider in the North West, we bring professional, person...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism
Optimized Care · Suite 7, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 2EE
Home care · Run by Optimized Care Ltd
Optimized Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Blackburn and the surrounding area. We visit older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia or with mental ill health and people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Prestige Nursing East Lancs · 1 Sentinel Court, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 2EH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by JDW Consulting Limited
We are Prestige Nursing East Lancs, and we provide care at home for people living in Blackburn and across Blackburn with Darwen. Our focus is straightforward: helping people manage comfortably and safely in their own homes, with support...
Red Rose Care (NW) · Room 4, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 7BD
Home care · Run by Red Rose Care NW Ltd
Red Rose Care is a home care agency in Blackburn, supporting people in their own homes across Blackburn with Darwen. We work with older people who want to carry on living independently at home, and with younger adults who need support to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Ribble Homecare · Bank Cottage, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 5BX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ribble Homecare Ltd
We are Ribble Homecare, and we support adults in their own homes in Blackburn and the surrounding area. Our visits range from a single short call each day through to several hours of support, arranged to fit the person's routine rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
SAR HomeCare · 285 Brownhill Drive, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 9SB
Home care · Run by SAR HomeCare Limited
We at SAR HomeCare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackburn and the surrounding communities, supporting older people, younger adults, and those living with dementia or physical disabilities to remain safely and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Select Support Partnerships · Regent House, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 6BH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Select Support Partnerships Ltd
We are Select Support Partnerships in Blackburn, providing support to people in their own homes across Blackburn with Darwen and the surrounding area. We work with older people, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Sultan Healthcare · Suite 213a, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 2QY
Home care · Run by Sultan Healthcare Ltd
Sultan Healthcare supports people in their own homes across Blackburn with Darwen. We work with older people who want to carry on living independently, adults living with dementia, and younger adults who need practical support at home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Sunrise Living Care · 403B Daisyfield Business Centre, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 3BL
Home care · Run by Sunrise Living Care Ltd
Sunrise Living Care provides care and support to people in their own homes across Blackburn with Darwen. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people managing mental health conditions and with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Symbiotic Homecare · Unit 8, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB1 2QX
Home care · Run by Symbiotic Care Ltd
We are Symbiotic Homecare, based in Blackburn and supporting people in their own homes across Blackburn with Darwen and the surrounding area. We work with older people and people living with dementia, adults managing a mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
with Darwen Reablement Service and Home First Service · Floor 6, Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, BB2 1DH
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
We are the reablement and home first team for Blackburn with Darwen, supporting people in their own homes at the point where things have changed, often after a spell in hospital or a sudden loss of confidence. Our work usually runs for a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Alcedo Care Blackburn · 2 Anchor Court, Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 0DB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Alcedo Orange Limited
We at Alcedo Care Blackburn and Darwen are proud to provide compassionate home care across Darwen and the surrounding communities of Blackburn with Darwen, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Blackburn Home Care Services · 79 Duckworth Street, Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 1AT
Home care · Run by Blackburn Home Care Services Limited
Here at Blackburn Home Care, we provide personalised support to people in Darwen and the wider Blackburn with Darwen area who wish to remain living comfortably and independently in their own homes. We understand how important it is to feel...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Freedom Supported Living Registered Office · 35 The Meadows, Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 0PF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Freedom Supported Living Limited
We at Freedom Supported Living are a home care agency proudly supporting people across Darwen and the wider Blackburn with Darwen community, delivering personalised care in the place people know and love best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Guardian Homecare (Blackburn) · Unit 13, Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 0DG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Guardian Homecare UK Ltd
We are the Blackburn office of Guardian Homecare, based in Darwen, providing care to people in their own homes across the area. We support older people, people living with dementia, autistic adults and adults with a learning disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
HF Trust - Central Lancashire · Unit 6, Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 0DG
Home care · Run by HF Trust Limited
We are HF Trust, and this is our Central Lancashire team, providing support to adults in their own homes in and around Darwen. Much of our work is with adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, including many younger adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Premier Care Blackburn Branch · Unit 12 Dalton Court, Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, BB3 0DG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Premier Care Limited
Premier Care in Blackburn provides care and support in people's own homes in Darwen and the surrounding area. Our purpose is to make home a place where somebody can be properly looked after, so that staying put remains a real option. The...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, North West Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Blackburn with Darwen agencies publish a rate.	£25.00 to £28.90 an hour
What Blackburn with Darwen pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£22.98 an hour
Homecare Association minimum price 2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum.	£34.42 an hour
Live in care, England Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455.	£1,250 to £1,668 a week

Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price. Powered by Orrery Intelligence.

Inspected most recently

Prestige Nursing East Lancs, 8 September 2026, Good
Delta Care Ltd - Blackburn and Darwen, 22 October 2025, Good
Alcedo Care Blackburn and Darwen, 4 August 2025, Good

Longest since a report

Olive Tree Domiciliary Services Ltd, 5 March 2018, Good
Falcon-Care, 6 March 2018, Good
I Care (GB) Limited - Blackburn, 18 October 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Blackburn with Darwen

How many home care agencies are there in Blackburn with Darwen?

Blackburn with Darwen has 37 CQC registered home care agencies: 20 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 15 not yet rated. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does home care cost in Blackburn with Darwen?

Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Blackburn with Darwen agencies publish a rate. Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.

Which home care agencies in Blackburn with Darwen were inspected most recently?

Prestige Nursing East Lancs (8 September 2026), Delta Care Ltd - Blackburn and Darwen (22 October 2025) and Alcedo Care Blackburn and Darwen (4 August 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.