Home Care in Brighouse
Brighouse has 6 CQC registered home care agencies. 4 are rated Good, and 2 have not yet been rated. 3 of the 6 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Brighouse at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Brighouse, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 20,700. Rising to 24,000 by 2035, up 16%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,600. Rising to 3,300 by 2035, up 24%
- People aged 85 and over: 5,000. Rising to 7,600 by 2035, up 51%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 68%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed. 44 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 191 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
- Compared with the rest of Calderdale: Fewer agencies. Calderdale has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
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Planning and paying for care at home in Brighouse
Because the total depends on hours delivered, a package of this kind is easy to adjust and awkward to forecast. It can start modestly and grow as needs do, but it can equally creep upwards without anyone deciding that it should. Being clear at the outset about which hours genuinely need covering is what keeps that in check.
Having needs assessed in Brighouse
Anyone who appears to need care and support is entitled to an assessment of those needs, whatever their finances. For people living in Brighouse this is arranged through Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, which is responsible for adult social care assessment and for funded support. The assessment looks at washing and dressing, medication, meals, moving around the house and the help already being given unpaid. Where that unpaid help is substantial, ask for a carer's assessment in the carer's own name alongside it.
Rates and the detail behind them
Agencies set their own hourly rates and those rates climb for evenings, weekends and bank holidays, so ask for the full schedule of charges rather than a single figure. Check the minimum visit length, whether travel time is taken out of the time booked, and how a shortened or missed call is treated on the invoice. Where the council contributes after its financial assessment, it may commission the hours itself or offer a direct payment so the family chooses the agency. Establish which applies early, because it changes who you deal with when something needs altering.
Choosing a Brighouse provider and what to check
Four rated, one awaiting inspection
For the four agencies rated Good, open each report and look at which assessed areas came out strongest, then check how recently the inspection took place, since agencies change managers and ownership quickly. Railway Bridge View, Trailblazer Social Care and Routes Healthcare are among them. For the unrated provider, an absent judgement is not a poor one; ask when it registered and whether a first inspection has been scheduled, and lean on what you can verify yourself about ownership, management and training.
The questions that predict reliability
Ask how many different carers would come in a fortnight and whether a regular one is realistic at the hours you need. Ask what happens when a carer is off sick, how late a visit can run before anyone is informed, and who telephones the family when a call is missed. Establish who writes the support plan, how often it is reviewed, and whether the person receiving care takes part in writing it. Then ask what the agency would decline to do, because that boundary is more revealing than the list of what it offers.
6 home care in Brighouse
- CJP Outreach Services · Brighouse, Calderdale
- Railway Bridge View · Brighouse, Calderdale · CQC Good
- Support & Independence Team - Lower Valley · Brighouse, Calderdale · CQC Good
- Trailblazer Social Care · Brighouse, Calderdale · CQC Good
- Routes Healthcare - Kirklees · Brighouse, Calderdale · CQC Good
- Amazing Hands Care · Brighouse, Calderdale
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few Calderdale agencies publish a rate. | £24.99 to £36.00 an hour |
| What Calderdale pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £24.28 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
- CJP Outreach Services Ltd, 25 November 2025, Not yet rated
- Railway Bridge View, 27 May 2025, Good
- Support & Independence Team - Lower Valley, 18 October 2019, Good
Longest since a report
- Trailblazer Social Care Ltd, 13 February 2019, Good
- Routes Healthcare - Kirklees, 19 February 2019, Good
- Support & Independence Team - Lower Valley, 18 October 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Brighouse
How many home care agencies are there in Brighouse?
Brighouse has 6 CQC registered home care agencies: 4 Good, 2 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 Brighouse?
Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few Calderdale 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 Brighouse were inspected most recently?
CJP Outreach Services Ltd (25 November 2025), Railway Bridge View (27 May 2025) and Support & Independence Team - Lower Valley (18 October 2019) have the most recent CQC reports.