Home Care in Falmouth
Falmouth has 4 CQC registered home care agencies. 3 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding. 3 of the 4 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Falmouth at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Falmouth, 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: 81,100. Rising to 96,000 by 2035, up 18%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 10,300. Rising to 13,300 by 2035, up 29%
- People aged 85 and over: 20,200. Rising to 32,300 by 2035, up 60%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 60%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 6 opened, 4 closed. 104 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 21 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.9 miles).
- Compared with the rest of Cornwall: Fewer agencies. Cornwall has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
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Arranging and funding home care in Falmouth
Settle the funding question early, because it determines what is realistic. Home care is charged by the hour, so the weekly cost follows directly from how many visits are needed and how long each one lasts. Working that out before you start ringing agencies turns a vague enquiry into a specific one and gets you more useful answers.
Asking for a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support is entitled to a free assessment of their needs, and a relative can request one on their behalf with their agreement. Cornwall Council carries out these assessments and arranges funded support where the eligibility criteria are met. Someone providing regular unpaid care can also request a carer's assessment of their own needs, which is a separate process with its own outcome. Neither assessment carries a charge or any obligation.
What home care costs and who pays
Where support is agreed, a financial assessment of income and capital determines the authority's contribution. That help can arrive as care arranged for you or as a direct payment you use to buy care from an agency of your choice. Agencies set their own hourly rates, which commonly rise for evenings, weekends, and bank holidays, and most apply a minimum visit length. Ask for a written schedule of charges, and check what happens to the fee if a visit is cancelled at short notice.
Choosing the right agency and what to look for
Reading the inspection record
Falcare holds an Outstanding rating, and MSS Care, TrewCare, and Help at Home Care Service have each been judged Good. That is a strong field by any measure. An Outstanding report is worth reading closely, because it sets out what inspectors thought was being done unusually well and gives you a yardstick for the questions you put to the others. Look in each report at the findings on whether the service is well led and responsive, as those cover missed calls, complaints, and staff turnover.
Questions that matter in home care
Ask how many different carers would visit over a fortnight, as continuity is what families notice most. Ask what happens when the regular carer is unwell, whether calls have fixed times or windows, and how you would be told if someone were running late. Ask who writes the care plan, how often it is reviewed, who answers the telephone at the weekend, and what the shortest visit is that the agency will accept.
4 home care in Falmouth
- MSS Care · Falmouth, Cornwall · CQC Good
- TrewCare · Falmouth, Cornwall · CQC Good
- Help at Home Care Service · Falmouth, Cornwall · CQC Good
- Falcare · Falmouth, Cornwall · CQC Outstanding
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 Cornwall agencies publish a rate. | £28.75 to £34.94 an hour |
| What Cornwall pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £27.34 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
- Help at Home Care Service, 22 July 2026, Good
- MSS Care, 26 February 2019, Good
- TrewCare Limited, 10 July 2018, Good
Longest since a report
- Falcare, 13 December 2017, Outstanding
- TrewCare Limited, 10 July 2018, Good
- MSS Care, 26 February 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Falmouth
How many home care agencies are there in Falmouth?
Falmouth has 4 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 3 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does home care cost in Falmouth?
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 Cornwall 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 Falmouth were inspected most recently?
Help at Home Care Service (22 July 2026), MSS Care (26 February 2019) and TrewCare Limited (10 July 2018) have the most recent CQC reports.
Local care news in Cornwall
- New 34 bed care home registered with CQC in Cornwall: Windmill Court (5 November 2026)
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