How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Cambridge?

Contact the adult social care team at Cambridgeshire County Council and ask for a care needs assessment, which anyone who appears to need care and support may request. It is free and no savings threshold has to be met before asking. A practitioner will look at daily tasks, mobility, medication, memory and safety at home, and will write up what support is required. Mention any recent fall or hospital admission at the first point of contact, as that usually affects how quickly the assessment is arranged.

Can Cambridgeshire County Council pay for care at home?

It can, where the care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and the financial assessment supports it. Income and savings are taken into account, but the value of the home the person lives in is not counted for care delivered at home, so help is available to more people than expect it. The council may arrange the care itself or provide a direct payment so the family can choose their own agency. If the outcome is that the person pays privately, the written assessment still gives agencies a clear brief to quote against.

Which home care agencies cover Cambridge?

This page lists sixty five home care agencies registered to provide care in Cambridge. The entries are drawn from Care Quality Commission registration records rather than from paid advertising, so they show who is genuinely registered to deliver this kind of support. Each agency has its own profile with the current rating and inspection history. Looking at several profiles together is the quickest way to see where they differ on specialism and availability.

How does a care home differ from a nursing home?

A residential care home provides accommodation alongside help with everyday living, including personal care, meals, medication support and company, with staff on duty at all hours. A nursing home offers the same and also has registered nurses on the premises, allowing it to meet clinical needs that care staff cannot manage alone. Home care comes before either of these, supporting someone in their own house through visits. If needs are increasing, ask an agency plainly at what point remaining at home would stop being the safer choice.

How far ahead should we arrange home care?

Start looking as soon as daily tasks begin to slip, rather than waiting until a crisis sets the timetable. Agencies do not always have capacity in every part of an area, and the ones families rate most highly tend to be the busiest. A few weeks gives time for an assessment, for a couple of conversations with agencies, and for the person receiving care to have a real say. If help is needed straight away, most agencies will start with a limited pattern of visits and build from there.

What should I ask an agency before signing up?

Ask how many different carers would attend over a fortnight and how absences are covered, since continuity affects everything else. Ask how visits are recorded and monitored, how the office is reached outside working hours, and how quickly a care plan can be changed. Ask for the hourly rate in writing, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, and check the notice period and any minimum visit length. Ask to speak with the care coordinator who would manage the package rather than only with whoever handles new enquiries.

Home Care in Cambridge

Cambridge has 66 CQC registered home care agencies. 31 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 3 Requires improvement, and 30 have not yet been rated. 34 of the 66 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Cambridge at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Cambridge, to help you judge the options below.

Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 18,700. Rising to 22,200 by 2035, up 18%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,400. Rising to 3,100 by 2035, up 28%
People aged 85 and over: 5,200. Rising to 8,100 by 2035, up 56%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 54%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Cambridgeshire as a whole is 60%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 3 closed. 43 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 55 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.9 miles).

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Assessments and the cost of care at home in Cambridge

Support at home is usually arranged in two stages. What someone needs is established and written down, then the question of who pays is settled, and only after that does the choice of agency really come into focus. Families often run the stages in parallel, which is fine, provided the assessment is requested early rather than left until last.

Asking for a care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need care and support may request an assessment, free of charge and regardless of savings. A practitioner will talk through daily routines, mobility, medication, memory and anything that has started to feel unsafe, then set out in writing what support is needed and how often. Contact Cambridgeshire County Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessments and for arranging funded support in this area. Where a relative has been quietly holding things together for months, they have a separate right to a carer assessment, and it is worth claiming rather than waiting to be offered.

Hourly rates and who meets them

A financial assessment considers income and savings. Because the care is delivered at home, the value of the property the person lives in is left out of that calculation, which is the single most useful thing many families learn during the process. Support that is agreed may be commissioned by the council or paid as a direct payment, which leaves the choice of agency with the family. Agencies set their own hourly rates, generally charge more at evenings and weekends, and often work to a minimum visit length, so ask for the rate in writing and check whether travel time or bank holidays are treated differently. Attendance allowance is worth investigating too, since it is not means tested and is applied for separately.

Telling the agencies on this page apart

Using the ratings sensibly

Across the sixty five agencies listed here, two are rated Outstanding and thirty Good, three sit at Requires Improvement, and thirty carry no published rating at all. That last group is large, so treat it carefully rather than dismissively. An agency without a rating has generally not yet been inspected since registering, which means you are judging it on what it tells you, the references it can produce and the way it handles your first enquiry. For the rated agencies, read the report itself and note the date, because a year is long enough for a good agency to slip or a struggling one to recover.

Questions that separate one agency from the next

Ask how many different carers would visit in a fortnight, and what happens when the regular carer is ill or on leave. Ask how visits are logged, how you would know if one had been missed, and who picks up the telephone late on a Sunday. Ask about training in medication and safe moving, how a care plan is revised when needs change, and what the notice period is if the arrangement is not working. Ask, too, whether you can meet the coordinator who would run the package day to day, because that person shapes the experience far more than any brochure does.

66 home care in Cambridge (showing 1–50)

Verity Healthcare · Allia Future Business Centre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2HY
Home care · Run by Verity Healthcare Limited
We at Verity Healthcare Cambridgeshire are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire communities. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional, personalised support directly into...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Ray Care Services · 24 Queens Close, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 7QL
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Ray Care Service LTD
We at Ray Care Services are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire community, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Care Services · 15 Deal Grove, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3DR
Home care · Run by Cambridge Care Services Limited
We at Cambridge Care Services are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire area, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating from...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Joining hands healthcare · Future Business Centre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2HY
Home care · Run by Joining Hands Limited
We at Joining Hands Healthcare are proud to offer dedicated home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire community, supporting individuals who wish to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes whilst...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bircham House · 191 High Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3HE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mears Extra Care Limited
We at Bircham House are proud to offer trusted home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Kingdom Healthcare Services · William James House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0WX
Home care · Run by Kingdom Healthcare Services Ltd
We at Kingdom Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area, supporting older people and younger adults to live well within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Trust Homecare Solution · Unit 5 Atria Court, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 3GY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Trust Homecare Solution Limited
We at Trust Homecare Solution are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire community, supporting individuals to live well and independently in the place they know and love best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Click Together · 9 Journey Campus, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AX
Home care · Run by Click Together Ltd
We at Click Together Cambridge are proud to offer compassionate home care across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area, supporting individuals to live well and independently within the comfort of their own homes. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Oath Healthcare · William James House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0WX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Prominent Ventures UK Ltd
We at Oath Healthcare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area, supporting individuals to live well and safely within the comfort of their own homes. As a dedicated home care agency,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
A Quality Care Service · 5 Woburn Place, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4QJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A Quality Care Service Limited
We at A Quality Care Service are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Bloomsdale Care Solutions · Bloomsdale Care Solutions Ltd, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8RN
Home care · Run by Bloomsdale Care Solutions Ltd
We at Bloomsdale Care Solutions are proud to be a trusted home care agency supporting people across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area. Our mission is simple: to help individuals live well, safely, and independently in the place...
Specialisms: Younger Adults
ANK Solutions · Unit G12, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PB
Home care · Run by ANK Solutions Ltd
We at ANK Solutions are proud to offer compassionate home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire communities, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably within the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Med Onc Professionals · 25 Stanesfield Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8NH
Home care · Run by Med Onc Professionals Limited
We at Med Onc Professionals are proud to offer compassionate home care across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area, bringing professional support directly to the place where our clients feel most comfortable: their own home. Based...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Future Care Solutions · Unit 2, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5EP
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Future Community Care Solutions Ltd
Future Care Solutions provides care and support in people's own homes across Cambridge and the surrounding parts of Cambridgeshire. Home is where most people would rather be, and our work is to keep that a safe and realistic option. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Compassionate Heart · Barnwell House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8UU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Compassionate Heart Ltd
We are Compassionate Heart, a home care provider in Cambridge supporting people in their own homes across the city and the surrounding county. The people we work with are varied. We support older people and people living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Eaton Home Care · F8, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Eaton Home Care Limited
We at Eaton Home Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Diversified Care Solutions 2 · Regus House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6DP
Home care · Run by Diversified Care Solutions Ltd
We are a home care agency working in Cambridge and the surrounding area, supporting people in their own homes. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, adults with mental health needs, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Omanes Care · Milton Studios, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6AT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Omanes Care Limited
We at Omanes Care are proud to offer trusted home care across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area, bringing compassionate, person centred support directly into the places our clients love most: their own homes. As a dedicated home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Alina Homecare · First Floor Suite 1, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9LQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Alina Homecare Services Limited
Alina Homecare provides support at home for people in Cambridge and the surrounding part of Cambridgeshire. Our carers visit people where they live, helping with the parts of the day that have become difficult while leaving the rest well...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Reed Specialist Recruitment - Reed Community Care · 7-8 Clifton Court, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 7BN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited
We at Reed Community Care Cambridge are proud to offer trusted home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire communities, supporting individuals to live comfortably and confidently in the place they know best: their own...
Availl · No. 9, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0AX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by WilsonParker Limited
We are a home care agency working across Cambridge and the surrounding area, supporting people in their own homes. The range of people we work with is broad. Older people, including many living with dementia. Adults with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
TCS Homecare · 23 Orwell House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0PP
Home care · Run by The Care Staff Consulting Limited
Here at TCS Homecare Cambridge, we provide care and support to people in their own homes across Cambridge and the surrounding areas of Cambridgeshire. We firmly believe that people are best supported in familiar surroundings, and our work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
ELMS Health Solution · Regus House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6DP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by ELMS Health Solutions Ltd
We are a home care provider based in Cambridge, supporting people across Cambridgeshire in their own homes. Our work covers older people who need help with personal care, medication and everyday tasks, and it also covers younger adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Universal Complex Care · Willow Lodge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 0HJ
Home care · Run by Universal Complex Care Ltd
At Universal Complex Care, we provide home care to people living in Cambridge and the surrounding areas of Cambridgeshire. We work with individuals and families who need thoughtful, reliable support at home, whether that is help with daily...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Reliance Care Services · Fen House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1UN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Reliance Care Services Limited
Reliance Care provides support in people's own homes in Cambridge and across Cambridgeshire. Our aim is to give people enough help to keep living where they want to live, delivered by carers they know and at the times they have agreed. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Linden Healthcare · Regus House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6DP
Home care · Run by Linden Healthcare Ltd
We at Linden Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area, supporting older people and younger adults to live well in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the CB...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Join Homecare · Office 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8UU
Home care · Run by Join Homecare Ltd
At Join Homecare, we provide care and support to people in their own homes across Cambridge and the surrounding areas of Cambridgeshire. We believe that staying at home, surrounded by familiar faces and places, makes a real difference to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Jome Healthcare · Jome Healthcare Ltd, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6DP
Home care · Run by Jome Healthcare Ltd
We at Jome Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire communities, bringing trusted support directly into the place people love most: their own home. Operating throughout the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
A Class Care · Upper Pendrill Court, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 3UY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A Class Care Limited
We at A Class Care are proud to be a trusted home care agency supporting individuals across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area. Our mission is simple: to deliver compassionate, personalised care that allows people to remain safe,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Trinity Carestaff Solutions · Unit 5a, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4XN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Trinity Carestaff Solutions Limited
Trinity Carestaff Solutions provides care and support in people's own homes in Cambridge and across Cambridgeshire. We visit older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Caremark and South · Unit 7, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 2TA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Johnstones Homecare Ltd
Caremark Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire supports adults in their own homes across Cambridge and the surrounding villages. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Mercylink Care · 5 Signet Court, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8LA
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Mercylink Care Services Ltd
We at Mercylink Care Cambridgeshire are a home care agency proudly supporting individuals across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area. Our mission is simple: to help people continue living safely, comfortably and independently in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Guyatt House Care · Cambridge Innovation Park, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PB
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Guyatt House Care Ltd
Guyatt House Care supports adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and younger adults in their own homes in Cambridge and across Cambridgeshire. At our most recent inspection the Care Quality Commission rated us outstanding...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Careuk247 Home Care · Regus House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6DP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Careuk247 Home Care Ltd
Careuk247 Home Care Cambridgeshire supports people in their own homes across Cambridge and the surrounding county. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, those with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
County Council Reablement Service · 19 Lode Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9DJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cambridgeshire County Council
Here at Cambridgeshire County Council Reablement, we provide home care support to people living in Cambridge and across Cambridgeshire, helping individuals maintain their independence and continue living well in their own homes. Our work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Nurse Plus UK - Bury · Unit 10 William James House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0WX
Home care · Run by Nurse Plus and Carer Plus (UK) Limited
Nurse Plus UK provides care in people's own homes across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. We visit at agreed times and help with whatever has become hard to manage, whether that is one short call a day or support spread across the week. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Unified Home Care · Suite G11h Stirling House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PB
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Unified Home Care Ltd
Unified Home Care provides support to people in their own homes across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition, people with a learning disability...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Northcrest Healthcare · Regus House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6DP
Home care · Run by Northcrest Healthcare Limited
At Northcroft Healthcare, we provide home care across Cambridge and the wider Cambridgeshire area, supporting people to live as independently and comfortably as possible in their own homes. We believe that familiar surroundings matter...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
EliteNurse Home Support Services · 61 Cranesbill Close, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2YQ
Home care · Run by EliteNurse Research Nurse Consultancy LTD
We provide care at home in Cambridge and the surrounding area, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Selebra Homecare · Regus House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6DP
Home care · Run by Selebra Homecare Ltd
Selebra Homecare supports adults in their own homes in Cambridge and the surrounding area. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Phoenix Healthcare SL · Nine Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1GE
Home care · Run by UK Phoenix Healthcare Limited
Phoenix Healthcare SL provides care and support in people's own homes in Cambridge and across Cambridgeshire. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Edmund House · Unit F4 Blenheim House Cambridge Innovation Park, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9GL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Edmund Trust
Edmund House provides support to people in their own homes in Cambridge and the surrounding area, working with adults who have learning disabilities and with autistic adults. Most of the people we support have a long life ahead of them and...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
Pride of care · 17 Otter Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6JD
Home care · Run by Pride of Care Ltd
Pride of Care supports people in their own homes in and around Cambridge. We work with adults living with dementia and with people who have a physical disability, helping them to carry on living where they want to live. Home care only...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Physical Disability
Fullah Life Care Agency · 74 Coolidge Gardens, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8RJ
Home care · Run by Cambridge Fullah Life Care Agency Ltd
Here at Cambridge Fullah Life Care Agency, we are a home care agency based in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, supporting people to live well and comfortably in their own homes. We believe that receiving care at home, surrounded by familiar...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability
Greenwood Homecare · Stirling House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Hunt Green Ltd
Greenwood Homecare supports people in their own homes across Cambridge and the surrounding villages. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition, people with a learning disability...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Woodlands Court · Hawkins Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2RD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Atlas Home Support Limited
We are the care team at Woodlands Court in Cambridge, supporting people who live in their own flats here and in the surrounding area. We work with adults who have a learning disability or autism, adults living with a mental health...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Fuchsia Homecare · Units 1 & 2, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8QZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Heart Homecare Cambridge Ltd
We at Fuchsia Homecare Cambridge are proud to provide compassionate home care across Cambridge and the surrounding Cambridgeshire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Yolanda Company · 19 Hayman's Way Papworth Everard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 3XL
Home care · Run by Yolanda Company Ltd
We are a home care agency in Cambridge, supporting older people in their own homes, including many living with dementia. We have kept our focus deliberately narrow, and we think that is worth saying plainly rather than presenting ourselves...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care
Office · Regus House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 6DP
Home care · Run by Gracefilled Care Service
We are a home care agency working in Cambridge and the surrounding area, supporting people in their own homes. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with mental health conditions,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Perfect Care · Stirling House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9PB
Home care · Run by Perfect Care Group Limited
We provide care at home in Cambridge and the surrounding area, supporting older adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing loss and younger adults. We spend real time on the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, East of England Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Cambridgeshire agencies publish a rate.	£26.00 to £34.30 an hour
What Cambridgeshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£24.32 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

Helping Hands Cambridge, 2 June 2026, Good
Careuk247 Home Care Cambridgeshire, 15 December 2023, Good
Destiny Intergrated Care Cambridge Branch, 22 July 2023, Good

Longest since a report

City Care Services, 19 October 2017, Good
Woodlands Court, 10 November 2017, Good
Cambridgeshire County Council Reablement Service, 28 March 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Cambridge

How many home care agencies are there in Cambridge?

Cambridge has 66 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 31 Good, 3 Requires improvement, 30 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 Cambridge?

Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridge were inspected most recently?

Helping Hands Cambridge (2 June 2026), Careuk247 Home Care Cambridgeshire (15 December 2023) and Destiny Intergrated Care Cambridge Branch (22 July 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.