Home Care in Broadstone
Broadstone has 4 CQC registered home care agencies. 4 are rated Good. All 4 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Broadstone at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Broadstone, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, South West: £28.75 to £34.94 an hour. Middle half of prices from 10 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 49,100. Rising to 55,700 by 2035, up 13%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 6,400. Rising to 7,800 by 2035, up 21%
- People aged 85 and over: 13,900. Rising to 19,900 by 2035, up 43%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 63%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 5 opened, 3 closed. 115 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 143 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.4 miles).
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What Home Care in Broadstone Involves and What to Look For
How support at home arrives
Care at home comes as visits of an agreed length, from a short call to help someone wash and dress through to longer stretches of company and household support. All four providers here are registered home care agencies, so staff travel to the person rather than the person moving out. The pattern matters as much as the number of hours: brief calls spread through the day suit someone who needs prompting and checking, while one longer visit suits someone who chiefly needs company and a proper meal.
When every agency shares a rating
Advance Dorset, Corfe Care, Potens Dorset Domicilary Care Agency and Tuckam Care all hold Good ratings. Consistency across a whole local market is reassuring, and it also means the rating will not sort the list for you. The reports behind an identical word differ considerably, though. Read what each says about staffing levels, turnover and missed calls, because with care at home those passages predict your experience far better than the headline judgement does.
The questions that actually decide it
Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight, since continuity is the single biggest factor in whether home care works. Ask what happens when a carer is unwell or running late, and whether anybody tells you. Ask about minimum visit length, weekend and bank holiday rates, and how medication is recorded. Ask to see a sample care plan and check that it describes a person with preferences rather than a list of tasks to be worked through.
Getting an Assessment and Sorting Out Funding
The assessment shapes the cost
The person needing support is entitled to a care needs assessment, and requesting it before comparing hourly rates keeps things in a sensible order. It is carried out by the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council social care team, the authority responsible for assessing need and arranging funded support, and anyone who appears to need help may ask for one whatever their savings. The assessor establishes how much help is needed and how often, which governs the weekly figure more than any advertised rate.
What it costs and who pays
Home care is charged by the visit or by the hour, so the total follows from the number and length of calls. A financial assessment considers income and savings, and the value of the home a person continues to live in is not counted while care is delivered there. Where capital falls below the national threshold the local authority may fund part or all of the package, often as a direct payment so the family can choose the agency themselves.
Beginning before it is urgent
Assessments take weeks, and support introduced gradually is accepted far more willingly than support imposed after a fall. Each profile here carries the published detail for that provider.
4 home care in Broadstone
- Advance Dorset · Unit 1, Broadstone, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH18 8AZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Advance Housing and Support Ltd
We at Advance Dorset are proud to provide compassionate home care across Broadstone and the wider Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know best: their own home. As a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Corfe Care · Unit 54, Broadstone, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH18 8AZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Corfe Care Ltd
At Corfe Care, we provide home care across Broadstone, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, supporting people to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We know how much it means to stay in familiar surroundings, and our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Potens Dorset Domicilary Care Agency · 73 Clarendon Road, Broadstone, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH18 9HT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Potensial Limited
We are the Potens team in Dorset, providing care and support in people's own homes from our base at Broadstone. We work with adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Tuckam Care · 10 Merriefield Avenue, Broadstone, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH18 8DD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Tuckam Care Ltd
Tuckam Care provides care at home for people in Broadstone and the surrounding area. We help with as much or as little as somebody needs, from a short call each day to several visits, and we arrange it around the household rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, South West Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole agencies publish a rate. | £28.75 to £34.94 an hour |
| What Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £26.75 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
- Potens Dorset Domicilary Care Agency, 21 December 2022, Good
- Tuckam Care, 11 November 2022, Good
- Corfe Care Ltd, 20 April 2022, Good
Longest since a report
- Advance Dorset, 22 February 2019, Good
- Corfe Care Ltd, 20 April 2022, Good
- Tuckam Care, 11 November 2022, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Broadstone
How many home care agencies are there in Broadstone?
Broadstone has 4 CQC registered home care agencies: 4 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does home care cost in Broadstone?
Hourly care visits, South West: £28.75 to £34.94 an hour. Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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 Broadstone were inspected most recently?
Potens Dorset Domicilary Care Agency (21 December 2022), Tuckam Care (11 November 2022) and Corfe Care Ltd (20 April 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.