How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Cheshire West and Chester?

Contact the adult social care team at Cheshire West and Chester Council and ask for a care needs assessment, which anyone who appears to need support may request regardless of income. A practitioner will look at what your relative can manage safely at home and what help would make a difference. A financial assessment then determines whether the council will contribute towards the cost. Ask early, because assessments take time to arrange and the written outcome is useful when briefing an agency.

Can the council pay for care at home?

Cheshire West and Chester Council can fund all or part of a package of care at home once a care needs assessment and a financial assessment have been completed. What it pays depends on the level of assessed need and on income and capital, with national thresholds applied to savings. Where support is funded the council pays up to the amount it considers appropriate for those needs. Some families take a direct payment instead and commission the agency themselves.

Which home care agencies in Cheshire West and Chester are listed here?

Seventy seven providers registered with the Care Quality Commission to deliver care in Cheshire West and Chester appear on this page. They support people in their own homes with help such as washing and dressing, medication, meals, shopping and company. You can compare them by rating and open any profile to read the inspection report where one has been published. Coverage varies widely across the area, so approach more than one agency.

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

A care home provides accommodation, meals and personal care from a trained staff team, with community nursing called in when clinical needs arise. A nursing home is registered to have a qualified nurse on duty at all times and suits someone with continuing medical needs. Care at home is the alternative to both and often delays the point at which a move becomes necessary. Where needs are rising, looking at all three together tends to produce a better decision.

How far ahead should we start looking?

Start before things become urgent, because the busiest calls of the day are the hardest for any agency to fill. Early mornings and teatime are usually the pinch points, so a few weeks of notice improves the chances of getting the hours you want. If a hospital discharge is setting the pace you may have only days, so ask the hospital social work team for help and treat the first package as provisional. Arrange a review a month after care begins.

What should we ask an agency before care starts?

Ask who the registered manager is, how long they have been in post and who answers the telephone outside office hours. Find out how absence is covered and how families are told when a visit will run late. Ask to see a sample care plan and how often it is reviewed. Where the agency has been inspected, ask what the report said and what has changed since.

Home Care in Cheshire West and Chester

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77 home care in Cheshire West and Chester (showing 51–77)

Weatherstones Court · Hanns Hall Road, Neston, Cheshire West and Chester, CH64 7UF
Home care · Run by Autism Together
We at Weatherstones Court are proud to offer thoughtful home care in the welcoming town of Neston, Cheshire West and Chester, supporting people to live well within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Our approach is built...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Care Select · Winnington Lane, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW8 4DU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by J.O.T. Limited
Care Select supports people across Northwich and the surrounding area in their own homes. Our work covers a wide range of needs, and we plan each person's support around their own routines rather than around a standard schedule. We support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Deafness Support Network · 144 London Road, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 5HH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cheshire Deaf Society
Deafness Support Network provides care and support at home to people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or partially sighted, and to people who are deafblind, in Northwich and the surrounding area. Communication is not a detail in this...
Specialisms: Visual / Hearing Impairment
GoodOaks Homecare – Mid Cheshire · Suite 2 Second Floor, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 7LN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Westerncore Healthcare Ltd
We at GoodOaks Homecare Mid Cheshire are proud to offer compassionate home care across Northwich and the wider Mid Cheshire area, supporting older people and adults of all ages to live well in the comfort and familiarity of their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping Hands · Offices F19b Northwich Business Centre, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 5BF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Here at Helping Hands Northwich, we provide home care to people living in Northwich and the wider Cheshire West and Chester area. Our work centres on supporting individuals in the place they know best, their own home, where they feel most...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Home Instead · Unit 10, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 7LP
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Home Instead Limited
We provide care in people's own homes in Northwich and the surrounding part of Cheshire. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is outstanding. We mention it and then get on with the work, because a rating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Human Support Group - Anderton Place · Anderton Place, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 8SQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Human Support Group Limited
Anderton Place, part of the Human Support Group, provides care and support in people's own homes in and around Northwich. We support older people and younger adults, and our purpose is straightforward: enough of the right help, at the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Medical Home Care Now · Fir Tree Farm, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 6NX
Home care · Run by Medical Home Care Now Limited
Here at Medical Home Care Now, we provide home care support to people living in Northwich and across the Cheshire West and Chester area. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the place they know best — their own home — with the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
North West Care Cooperative - Chester · Sension House, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 7LU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by North West Care Cooperative Limited
North West Care Cooperative supports people in their own homes around Northwich and the wider Cheshire area. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people with a learning disability, autistic people, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Right at Home Mid Cheshire · Winnington Hall, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW8 4DU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bennett Homecare Limited
We at Right at Home Mid Cheshire are proud to provide compassionate home care across Northwich and the surrounding communities of Cheshire West and Chester, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
SimplyHelpingSeniors · 31a London Road, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 5HQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by SimplyHelpingSeniors Limited
We at SimplyHelpingSeniors are proud to provide compassionate home care across Northwich and the wider Cheshire West and Chester area, supporting older people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care
The Brocken · The Brocken, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 7TB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Brighter Days Companions Ltd
Here at The Brocken, we provide home care support to people living in Northwich and the wider Cheshire West and Chester area. Our work takes place where it matters most, inside the homes of the people we support, helping them to live as...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
We Support · 17-19 Winnington Street, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW8 1AQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by We Support Limited
We are We Support, based in Northwich and providing support in people's own homes to adults with a learning disability and to autistic adults. We have kept our focus deliberately narrow. It means the people who work here become genuinely...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
Your Life · Marbury Court, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW9 5FQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
Here at Your Life Northwich, we provide home care across Northwich and the wider Cheshire West and Chester area, supporting people to live comfortably and confidently in their own homes. We work with a range of people, including older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Your Life Your Way · Central Office, Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester, CW8 2AB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by PuttingYouFirst Ltd
Your Life Your Way provides home care to people in Northwich and across this part of Cheshire. Home care is the whole of what we do, and there is an advantage in that focus. We are not fitting visits around a care home rota or a hospital...
Eternity Care Services · Old Church Hall, Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester, CW6 0QJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Eternity Care Services Ltd
We at Eternity Care welcome you to our home care agency based in Tarporley, proudly supporting individuals across this lovely corner of Cheshire West and Chester. Whether you are exploring older person care, dementia support or specialist...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Lydia Rose Care · Suite C, Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester, CW6 9UR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lydia Rose Care Ltd
Lydia Rose Care provides support at home to adults in Tarporley and the surrounding part of Cheshire. We visit older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, adults living with dementia and younger adults who need...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Radfield Home Care & Mid Cheshire · Room 3, Tarporley, Cheshire West and Chester, CW6 0AT
Home care · Run by Dancy RM Ltd
We are Radfield Home Care Tarporley & Mid Cheshire, and we support people in their own homes across Tarporley and the surrounding mid Cheshire villages. Our visits are arranged around the person's day rather than our rota, and we prefer...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Ace Care Professionals · Suite A1, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 3BS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ace Care Professionals Limited
Here at Ace Care Professionals, we provide home care support to people living in Winsford and the wider Cheshire West and Chester area. We work with a range of people including older adults, younger adults, those living with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Affordable Care At Home · Unit 1, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 3QF
Home care · Run by Affordable Care at Home Limited
Affordable Care At Home supports adults in their own homes in Winsford and the surrounding parts of Cheshire. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, people living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Archangel Home Care · Meridian House, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 3QG
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Archangel Enterprises Limited
Archangel Home Care provides support in people's own homes in Winsford and across Cheshire West. Our work is to give people enough help to carry on living in their own houses, delivered by carers they know. We visit older people needing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Cheshire Support Services · Wharton Park House, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 3BS
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Cheshire Support Services Limited
Cheshire Support provides care to people in their own homes across Winsford and the wider Cheshire area. Our visits cover personal care, medication, meals, household tasks and support to get out and stay connected with other people. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Evolving Care · Unit B3, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 3BS
Home care · Run by Evolving Care Limited
Evolving Care Winsford is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across Winsford and the surrounding part of Cheshire. Our work is for people who need help with daily life but have no wish to leave a home they have spent...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Homecarers Cheshire Mid · 5 The Business Centre, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 2GN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Homecarers Care Services Limited
Homecarers Cheshire Mid supports people in their own homes in Winsford and across the surrounding area of Cheshire West and Chester. We are a home care agency, and our purpose is straightforward: to make staying at home a realistic option...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Human Support Group - Hazelmere · Hazelmere, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 1TL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Human Support Group Limited
We at Human Support Group Hazelmere are proud to provide compassionate home care to individuals and families across Winsford and the wider Cheshire West and Chester area. Our dedicated team supports people in the comfort and familiarity of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Marbury Health Care · Unit 7, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 3QG
Home care · Run by Marbury Health Care Ltd
We are Marbury Health Care, a home care provider based in Winsford supporting people in their own homes across this part of Cheshire. We work with older people and people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, and younger...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Weaver Lodge · Station Road Bypass, Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, CW7 3DT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Alternative Futures Group Limited
Here at Weaver Lodge, we provide home care to people living in Winsford and the wider Cheshire West and Chester area. Our work takes us into people's homes, and we think that matters enormously. Being cared for in a familiar environment,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults