Home Care in Bordon
Bordon has 5 CQC registered home care agencies. 2 are rated Good, and 3 have not yet been rated. 2 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Bordon at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Bordon, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 17,700. Rising to 22,100 by 2035, up 25%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,300. Rising to 3,100 by 2035, up 34%
- People aged 85 and over: 5,100. Rising to 8,200 by 2035, up 62%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 62%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Hampshire as a whole is 64%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 26 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 48 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).
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Arranging and Funding Home Care in Bordon
The assessment comes first
Where published evidence is incomplete, an independent professional view of what is actually needed becomes more valuable, not less. The person requiring support is entitled to a care needs assessment, arranged through the Hampshire County Council social care team, the authority responsible for assessing need and arranging funded support. Anyone who appears to need help may request one whatever their savings, and the assessor establishes how much help is needed and how often.
How funding is decided
A financial assessment follows, examining income and savings. The value of the home a person continues to live in is not counted while care is delivered there, which often makes support at home more affordable than families anticipate. Where capital falls below the national threshold the local authority may fund part or all of the package, and taking it as a direct payment lets a family choose the agency themselves rather than accepting whoever is commissioned.
What it costs
Home care is charged by the visit or by the hour, so the weekly figure follows from how many calls are needed and how long each lasts. Ask any agency its hourly rate, its minimum visit length, what it charges at weekends and on bank holidays, and whether travel time is billed. Get those figures in writing before anything is agreed.
Choosing a Provider and What to Check
Judging largely unrated agencies
Abounding Support and Care and Right at Home Alton and Bordon hold the Good ratings on this list. Dame Care Solutions, Providence Home Care and Aviv Healthcare have no published rating at present, which usually reflects recent registration. Where a rating exists, read the report rather than the headline, looking in particular at what it says about staffing and missed visits. Where none exists, ask when the agency registered, when its first inspection is expected, and who the registered manager is.
The questions that carry the weight
Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight, because continuity determines more than anything else whether care at home succeeds. Ask what happens when a carer is sick or delayed and whether anybody informs you. Ask how medication is recorded, who to ring out of hours, and how complaints are logged and answered. Ask to see a sample care plan. Ask for references, and weigh a flat refusal as information in itself.
Looking for corroboration
The council's adult social care team can say which agencies it currently commissions, since holding a local authority contract brings its own checks. Each profile here carries the detail presently recorded for that provider.
5 home care in Bordon
- Dame Care Solutions · Bordon, Hampshire
- Abounding Support & Care · Bordon, Hampshire · CQC Good
- Right at Home Alton · Bordon, Hampshire · CQC Good
- Providence Home Care · Bordon, Hampshire
- Aviv Healthcare · Bordon, Hampshire
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, South East Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Hampshire agencies publish a rate. | £28.00 to £36.96 an hour |
| What Hampshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £25.90 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
- Right at Home Alton and Bordon, 18 February 2022, Good
- Abounding Support & Care Ltd, 16 December 2021, Good
Longest since a report
- Abounding Support & Care Ltd, 16 December 2021, Good
- Right at Home Alton and Bordon, 18 February 2022, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Bordon
How many home care agencies are there in Bordon?
Bordon has 5 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Good, 3 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 Bordon?
Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Hampshire 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 Bordon were inspected most recently?
Right at Home Alton and Bordon (18 February 2022) and Abounding Support & Care Ltd (16 December 2021) have the most recent CQC reports.