Which providers in Exeter offer home care?

Twenty nine providers match this search, all registered with the Care Quality Commission to deliver personal care in people's own homes. The list runs from national brands to small independent offices, and each has a profile here showing its rating and registration details. Agencies cover areas by postcode rather than by city boundary, so check that a provider actually visits the address concerned. Shortlist a few and read their inspection reports before you start telephoning.

What should I ask when a home care agency comes to assess?

Ask who will carry out the visits, how continuity of carers is protected and what happens when someone is off sick. Find out how medication is recorded, how the office is reached outside working hours and how quickly a package can be increased after a hospital stay. Ask for the charges in writing, including travel, cancellation terms and weekend rates. Finally, ask how complaints are handled and how often the care plan is reviewed.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation along with help from care staff for washing, dressing, meals and company. A nursing home offers the same and also keeps a registered nurse on duty at all hours for clinical needs such as complex wounds, tube feeding or advanced frailty. The registration category held with the Care Quality Commission shows which a setting is. Home care is different again, because the support comes to the person rather than the person moving.

Can Devon County Council pay for home care in Exeter?

It can, subject to a needs assessment showing eligible needs and a financial assessment of income and capital. Support may be commissioned by the council or paid as a direct payment so that you choose the agency yourself. Most people who qualify still contribute something from their income. Where savings sit above the national threshold the care is self funded, but the council still owes an assessment and impartial advice.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Exeter?

Contact the adult social care team at Devon County Council and ask for a care needs assessment. A GP, district nurse or hospital discharge team can also refer if that is simpler. The assessment costs nothing and is not means tested, so there is no reason to delay while finances are worked out. Note down specific recent examples of difficulty beforehand, since these are far more useful to an assessor than a general sense of decline.

How far in advance should I start looking for home care?

Earlier than feels necessary is the honest answer. Assessments, financial checks and the agency's own assessment visit each take time, and the most wanted call slots such as early mornings fill up quickly. A few weeks of lead time turns a scramble into an ordinary decision. Where the need follows a hospital discharge everything compresses, so say so when you first ring the council and ask what interim support is available.

Home Care in Exeter

Exeter has 29 CQC registered home care agencies. 10 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 15 have not yet been rated. 9 of the 29 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Exeter at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Exeter, 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: 12,400. Rising to 14,700 by 2035, up 18%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,600. Rising to 2,100 by 2035, up 27%
People aged 85 and over: 3,600. Rising to 5,200 by 2035, up 48%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 67%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Devon as a whole is 57%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed. 21 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 42 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 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.

What home care in Exeter involves and what to look for

How a package of visits is built

Home care is made of visits rather than a move. A carer might call once in the morning to help with washing and dressing, or four times across the day to cover medication, meals and settling at night. Packages usually start modestly and grow as needs change, and they can take in shopping, laundry, companionship and help to get out of the house as well as personal care. In practice it is the timing and pattern of those calls, far more than the list of tasks, that decides whether an arrangement holds together.

Reliability is the test that counts

Ask how many different carers would attend across a typical fortnight, what the agency does when the regular carer is off sick, and how late a call has to run before the office telephones to warn you. Ask how visits are recorded and whether relatives can see those records. An agency that answers these questions plainly, without reaching for reassurance, is usually the one that will still be turning up reliably in six months time.

Reading the ratings on this list

Two agencies here are rated Outstanding and ten are rated Good, one Requires Improvement, one has been judged Inadequate and fifteen have no published rating yet. A large unrated group is ordinary in home care, where agencies register regularly and wait some time for a first inspection, so the absence of a rating is not in itself a warning. Where a report exists, read the safe and well led sections closely and note when inspectors actually visited.

Getting an assessment and sorting out the funding

The care needs assessment

A care needs assessment is free, available to anyone who appears to need support whatever their savings, and normally carried out at home. A practitioner looks at mobility, washing and dressing, meals, medication and how safe someone is overnight, then records in writing what level of support is needed. Ask for a copy of that record. A relative providing regular unpaid help is entitled to a separate carer's assessment, which is easily overlooked and often useful.

Who pays for the care

Help with the cost is decided separately, through a financial assessment of income and capital. Devon County Council is the authority responsible for both assessments in this area and for arranging funded support where someone is eligible, and it can either commission the care itself or make a direct payment so that a family chooses its own agency. Above the capital threshold the package is self funded, though the assessment and the advice that goes with it remain available and are worth using.

What the visits cost

Home care is charged by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly total turns on how often carers come and for how long. Very short calls often carry a higher hourly rate, and nights, weekends and bank holidays usually cost more. Ask for a written schedule of charges covering travel, cancellations and rising need, and confirm how much notice is given before rates change. Ask too whether a minimum number of hours applies each week.

29 home care in Exeter

We Care SW · 32 Fore Street, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2QL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by We Care SW Ltd
We at We Care SW are proud to provide compassionate home care across Exeter and the surrounding Devon communities, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably, and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Carenova · 1 Emperor Way, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3QS
Home care · Run by Carenova Ltd
We at Carenova are proud to provide compassionate home care across Exeter and the wider Devon community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best, their own home. Operating throughout Exeter and the surrounding...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Rising Care Services · Basepoint Business Centre, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8LB
Home care · Run by Rising Care Services Ltd
We at Devon Rising Care welcome you to our trusted home care agency, proudly supporting individuals and families across Exeter and the wider Devon area. Our mission is simple: to deliver compassionate, personalised care in the place people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping Hands Topsham · Unit A Castleview Barns, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1HQ
Home care · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We at Helping Hands Topsham are proud to offer compassionate home care to individuals and families across Exeter and the surrounding communities of Devon. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional support directly to the place...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Yourlife (Topsham) · Pym Court, Exeter, Devon, EX3 0LX
Home care · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
We at Yourlife (Topsham) are proud to offer compassionate home care to individuals and families across Exeter and the surrounding Devon communities. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional support directly into the place...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
31-32, Southernhay East · 31-32, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1NS
Home care · Run by Domlyn Ltd
Our home care team at Southernhay East in Exeter supports people in their own homes across the city and the surrounding parts of Devon. We work with older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia, adults with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
360 CAMHS South West · Winslade Manor, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1FY
Home care · Run by 360 CAMHS Limited
We are 360 CAMHS South West, based in Exeter and working across Devon. We provide support in the community and in people's own homes for young people and younger adults living with mental ill health, and for autistic people and people with...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
HomeLife Carers · 2 Cranmere Court, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8PW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Home Life Carers Limited
We at HomeLife Carers (Exeter) are proud to offer compassionate home care across Exeter and the surrounding Devon communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know and love best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Right at Home & Exmouth · Pynes Hill Business Centre, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5JL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Kintail Care Ltd
We are a home care agency covering Exeter, Exmouth and the surrounding parts of Devon, supporting people in their own homes. We visit older people, including many living with dementia, adults with mental health needs, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Leighview Social Support · 3 Kingfisher Court, Exeter, Devon, EX4 8JN
Home care · Run by Leighview Social Support Ltd
Here at Leighview Social Support Devon, we provide home care in Exeter and the surrounding areas of Devon, supporting people to live well in their own homes on their own terms. Our work spans a range of needs. We support older people who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care
Nurse Plus UK · Ground Floor Buckland House, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7HU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Nurse Plus and Carer Plus (UK) Limited
Nurse Plus UK in Exeter provides care and support in people's own homes across Exeter and the surrounding parts of Devon. We work with older people, adults living with dementia or mental health conditions, adults with learning disabilities...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Platinum Living · Queensgate House, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3SR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Platinum Living Devon Ltd
We at Platinum Living Devon are proud to provide thoughtful, person centred home care to individuals living across Exeter and the wider Devon area. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring compassionate support directly into the place...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Bluebird Care & Teignbridge · Suite 2, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8NL
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by W&S Flint Services Ltd
At Bluebird Care Exeter & Teignbridge, we provide home care across Exeter and the wider Teignbridge area, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home. We work with a broad range of people, including older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Multi Sensory Impairment Enabling (MSIE) · County Hall, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4QD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Devon County Council
Multi Sensory Impairment Enabling, known to most people as MSIE, is a home care agency based in Exeter supporting people who live with sensory impairment, including people who are deafblind and people whose sight or hearing loss sits...
Specialisms: Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Horizon Care (South West) · Rosemoor Court, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5TU
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Horizon Care (South West) Ltd
Horizon Care in the South West supports adults in their own homes in Exeter and the surrounding area, and most of the people we work with are younger adults. That shapes how we do things. Support is built around what somebody is trying to...
Specialisms: Younger Adults
360 Community Care South West · Winslade Manor, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1FY
Home care · Run by 360 Community Care
We are 360 Community Care South West, based in Exeter and working across Devon. We provide support in people's own homes and in their communities, and our focus is on adults whose needs are often poorly served by standard packages of care....
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Home Instead · 1-3 Yeo Business Park, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1DP
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Silver Lining Care Services Limited
At Home Instead Exeter, we provide home care across Exeter and the surrounding areas of Devon, supporting people to live well in the comfort of their own homes. Our team works with older adults, younger adults, and people living with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Altogether Care - Care At Home · 75 Pinhoe Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 7HT
Home care · Run by Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited
Altogether Care at Home in Exeter supports people across Devon in the houses and flats they already call their own. The people we visit include older people, adults living with dementia, autistic adults and people with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Advance Support and Enabling Service · 1 Emperor Way, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3QS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Advance Support and Enabling Service
Advance Support and Enabling supports people in their own homes in and around Exeter, Devon. We work with adults who have a learning disability or autism, people managing a mental health condition, those with a physical disability, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping Hands · Office 1012A, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5JL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We provide care at home in Exeter and the surrounding part of Devon, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with loss of sight or hearing. Most people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bleep 360 Care Winslade · Winslade House, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1FY
Home care · Run by Bleep 360 Care Limited
We at Bleep 360 Care Winslade are proud to offer compassionate home care across Exeter and the wider Devon community, supporting individuals to live well and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the EX...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Estice · The Mount, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2JY
Home care · Run by Estice Limited
We are a home care agency in Exeter, supporting people in their own homes across the city and the surrounding parts of Devon. Those we visit include older adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
360 Complex Care South West · Winslade Manor, Exeter, Devon, EX5 1FY
Home care · Run by 360 Complex Care Limited
360 Complex Care South West supports people with complex health and disability needs in their own homes across Devon, working out of Exeter. We work with autistic adults and adults with a learning disability, people with physical...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Trinity Independent Care · Unit 2, Exeter, Devon, EX4 8JN
Home care · Run by Trinity Independent Care Ltd
Trinity Independent Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Exeter and the surrounding parts of Devon. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Garland Support · Basepoint Business Centre, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8LB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Garland Support and Training Limited
Garland Support in Exeter provides care and support to people in their own homes across the city and the surrounding part of Devon. We work with older people and younger adults, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care Gems · Seaton House, Exeter, Devon, EX6 8DB
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Miss Naomi Clarke
At Care Gems, we provide home care across Exeter and the wider Devon area, supporting people to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. Our work covers a broad range, from supporting older people who need a little extra help...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Oak Homecare · The Mount, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2JY
Home care · Run by Oak Homecare Ltd
Oak Homecare provides home care to adults in Exeter and the surrounding part of Devon. We support older people and younger adults, including people with physical disabilities. Most people contact us for a straightforward reason. They...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Social Care Reablement · Great Moor House, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Devon County Council
Social Care Reablement works across Exeter, supporting people in their own homes, and much of what we do is the kind of care that comes after a hospital stay or a sudden loss of confidence. That shapes everything about how we operate. A...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Classic Carers · 2 Exe View Court, Exeter, Devon, EX6 8DG
Home care · Run by Classic Care Homes (Devon) Limited
Classic Carers provides support at home for people in Exeter and the surrounding part of Devon. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse

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 Devon agencies publish a rate.	£28.75 to £34.94 an hour
What Devon pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£28.08 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

Bluebird Care Exeter & Teignbridge, 18 August 2026, Outstanding
Horizon Care (South West) Ltd, 8 June 2026, Requires improvement
Nurse Plus UK - Exeter, 18 May 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Social Care Reablement, 12 June 2018, Good
Platinum Living Devon Ltd, 18 July 2018, Good
Helping Hands Exeter, 19 October 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Exeter

How many home care agencies are there in Exeter?

Exeter has 29 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 10 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 15 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 Exeter?

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 Devon 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 Exeter were inspected most recently?

Bluebird Care Exeter & Teignbridge (18 August 2026), Horizon Care (South West) Ltd (8 June 2026) and Nurse Plus UK - Exeter (18 May 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.