Which providers offer home care in Caterham?

Twelve registered home care agencies serving Caterham are listed on this page, and each holds registration with the Care Quality Commission. They include Care Options, Nightingale Holistic Services, Supreme Care Services Limited and Amazing Angels Homecare, alongside further agencies covering the area. Coverage and available visit times differ between them, so it is worth approaching more than one. Each profile sets out the registration details and any inspection outcome on record.

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

A care home is registered to provide accommodation with personal care, covering help with washing, dressing, meals, medication and daily company. A nursing home holds an additional registration requiring a qualified nurse on duty, so it can meet clinical needs such as complex wound care or feeding tubes. Home care differs from both, because support is delivered in a person's own home through planned visits rather than in a residential setting. Many families begin with care at home and consider a move only when visits can no longer cover the need.

What should I ask an agency before arranging home care in Caterham?

Ask how many different carers are likely to attend in a typical week and how the agency protects continuity of care. Check what happens when a regular carer is unwell, how you will be told if a visit is running late, and who answers the telephone outside office hours. Ask how medication support is recorded and how the care plan is reviewed as needs change. Finally, request the full schedule of charges in writing, including evening, weekend and bank holiday rates.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Caterham?

Contact the adult social care team at Surrey County Council and ask for a care needs assessment, which any adult who appears to need care and support is entitled to request. The request can come from the person themselves, or from a relative, GP or hospital discharge team acting on their behalf. The assessment covers daily living, mobility, medication and the pressure carried by family carers, who may ask for an assessment of their own needs. A financial assessment then follows to establish who pays what.

Can Surrey County Council fund care at home in Caterham?

It can, where the care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and the financial assessment shows that income and capital fall below the relevant thresholds. Surrey County Council is the authority responsible for both assessments and for arranging any funded support that follows. Where savings sit above the upper threshold the care is funded privately, although the team can still explain the options available. Some households choose a direct payment so that they can arrange support themselves.

How far ahead should home care in Caterham be arranged?

Where the need is expected rather than urgent, allowing a few weeks gives time to meet agencies properly and to complete an assessment without pressure. Agencies build their rounds around existing clients, so a particular visit time is easier to secure with notice. Support can sometimes start quickly, especially after a hospital discharge, though the choice of available times is narrower. Speaking to two or three agencies early makes an urgent arrangement considerably simpler.

Home Care in Caterham

Caterham has 14 CQC registered home care agencies. 10 are rated Good, and 4 have not yet been rated. 5 of the 14 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Caterham at a glance

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

Hourly care visits, Surrey: £28.00 to £36.40 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 10,600. Rising to 12,100 by 2035, up 15%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,400. Rising to 1,700 by 2035, up 24%
People aged 85 and over: 3,100. Rising to 4,600 by 2035, up 49%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 70%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Surrey as a whole is 68%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed. 20 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 267 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Choosing a Home Care Agency in Caterham and What to Look For

Twelve agencies cover Caterham, and with ten of them rated Good the published record will not narrow the list very far on its own. That puts the weight on practical questions: whether an agency can cover the times you need, how consistent its carers are, and what it charges outside normal hours.

What a registered agency provides

Each provider here is registered to deliver personal care in someone's own home, which covers help with washing, dressing, moving about, meals and medication, along with company and a regular check that all is well. Clinical work requiring a qualified nurse, such as complex wound care, falls outside that registration and is arranged separately through health services. Mention needs of that kind at the very first conversation.

Making use of the inspection reports

Where a report has been published, open it rather than stopping at the summary word. Each inspection answers five questions about whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, so an agency rated Good overall can still carry a weaker judgement in one of them. Check when the inspection took place as well. For the two agencies not yet rated, ask when they registered and whether an inspection has been arranged.

Questions that separate one agency from another

Ask how many different carers are likely to visit in a typical week, because continuity is what families notice most. Ask what happens when a regular carer is unwell, how you will be told if a visit is running late, and who answers the telephone out of hours. Check the minimum visit length, how medication support is recorded, and how the care plan is reviewed as needs change. Agencies such as Care Options, Supreme Care Services Limited and Amazing Angels Homecare appear on this page, and their answers will tell you far more than a listing can.

Arranging and Funding Care at Home in Caterham

Support at home is charged against the hours booked rather than as a single weekly figure, which keeps a package flexible but makes the running total harder to predict. Settling which funding route applies early on makes everything that follows simpler.

Requesting a care needs assessment

Any adult who appears to need care and support can ask for a care needs assessment, and a relative providing care can request a separate carer's assessment in their own right. Both are arranged through Surrey County Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing need and for arranging funded support where a person qualifies. The assessment records how someone manages washing, dressing, meals, medication and moving about, and it produces a written statement of need rather than a recommendation of any particular agency.

Who pays, and how much

Where eligible needs are identified, a financial assessment considers income and capital. Savings above the upper threshold mean the care is funded privately; below it, the authority contributes and the person pays an assessed share. Some households take a direct payment instead and arrange support themselves, which gives more say over who comes and when.

Reading a schedule of charges

Ask each agency for its charges in writing and check what a quoted rate actually includes. Travel time between calls, mileage, visits needing two carers, and short notice cancellations are treated differently from one agency to another. Rates in Caterham vary, and evening, weekend and bank holiday visits usually cost more, so compare like with like before choosing.

14 home care in Caterham

Top4Care Services · Caterham, Surrey
Care Options · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Supreme Care Services · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Excellent Care · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Amazing Angels Homecare · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Radfield Home Care, Oxted & Edenbridge · Caterham, Surrey
Opal Carers · Caterham, Surrey
Nightingale Holistic Services · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Abletrust Care · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Active Care Group Supported Services · Caterham, Surrey
SAI Infinity Care · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Gold Care Services · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Loving Care Domiciliary Services · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good
Westbrook Care · Caterham, Surrey · CQC Good

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, Surrey Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £36.00.	£28.00 to £36.40 an hour
What Surrey pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£24.87 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

Care Options, 1 September 2026, Good
Amazing Angels Homecare, 2 July 2026, Good
Loving Care Domiciliary Services Limited, 1 July 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Abletrust Care, 6 July 2018, Good
Westbrook Care Ltd, 3 August 2021, Good
Gold Care Services Ltd, 4 March 2022, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Caterham

How many home care agencies are there in Caterham?

Caterham has 14 CQC registered home care agencies: 10 Good, 4 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 Caterham?

Hourly care visits, Surrey: £28.00 to £36.40 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £36.00. 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 Caterham were inspected most recently?

Care Options (1 September 2026), Amazing Angels Homecare (2 July 2026) and Loving Care Domiciliary Services Limited (1 July 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

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