Home Care in Kingswinford
Kingswinford has 5 CQC registered home care agencies. 3 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 3 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Kingswinford at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Kingswinford, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, West Midlands: £28.30 to £32.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 8 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 35,100. Rising to 37,300 by 2035, up 6%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 4,500. Rising to 5,200 by 2035, up 14%
- People aged 85 and over: 9,200. Rising to 12,000 by 2035, up 31%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 65%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 3 opened, 3 closed. 61 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 476 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.4 miles).
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What Home Care in Kingswinford Involves and What to Look For
How support at home is actually delivered
Home care arrives as visits of an agreed length, from a short call to help someone wash and dress to several hours of company and household support. All five providers here are registered home care agencies, so staff come to the person rather than the person moving. The pattern matters: four short calls a day suits someone who needs prompting and checking, while a single longer visit suits someone who mainly needs company and a proper meal.
Continuity is the thing to interrogate
Academy Homecare Services, Dudley Crossroads, A and E Witt and Priory Supported Living West Midlands hold Good ratings, and one further agency is yet to be rated. A rating describes how an agency was judged as a whole, not how it will work in one household, and with home care that comes down almost entirely to which carers are assigned and whether they keep coming back. Read the inspection report for what it says about staffing, turnover and missed calls, because those sections predict your experience better than the headline word.
Questions worth asking before you commit
Ask how many different carers would visit over a fortnight. Ask what happens when a carer is off sick or running late, and whether anyone tells you. Ask about minimum visit length, weekend and bank holiday rates, and how medication is recorded. Ask to see a sample care plan and check that it describes a person with preferences rather than a list of tasks to complete.
Getting an Assessment and Sorting Out Funding
The assessment shapes everything else
The person needing support is entitled to a care needs assessment, and it is worth requesting before shopping around. It is carried out by the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council social care team, the authority responsible for assessing need and arranging funded support, and anyone who appears to need help may ask for one whatever their savings. The assessor establishes how much help is needed and how often, which drives cost far more than any advertised hourly rate.
What it costs and who pays
Home care is charged by the visit or the hour, so the weekly total follows from the number and length of calls. A financial assessment considers income and savings, and importantly the value of the home a person continues to live in is not counted when care is delivered there. Where capital falls below the national threshold the local authority may fund part or all of the package, and taking that as a direct payment lets a family choose the agency themselves.
Starting sooner than feels necessary
Assessments take weeks, and introducing support gradually works far better than imposing it after a fall. Each profile here carries the published detail for that provider.
5 home care in Kingswinford
- Anne's Angel's · Kingswinford, Dudley
- Priory Supported Living West Midlands · Kingswinford, Dudley · CQC Good
- A & E Witt · Kingswinford, Dudley · CQC Good
- Crossroads · Kingswinford, Dudley · CQC Good
- Academy Homecare Services · Kingswinford, Dudley · CQC Requires improvement
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, West Midlands Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Dudley agencies publish a rate. | £28.30 to £32.00 an hour |
| What Dudley pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £21.92 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
- Academy Homecare Services, 6 July 2026, Requires improvement
- Priory Supported Living West Midlands, 26 August 2021, Good
- Dudley Crossroads, 11 July 2019, Good
Longest since a report
- A & E Witt Limited, 17 April 2019, Good
- Dudley Crossroads, 11 July 2019, Good
- Priory Supported Living West Midlands, 26 August 2021, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Kingswinford
How many home care agencies are there in Kingswinford?
Kingswinford has 5 CQC registered home care agencies: 3 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 1 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 Kingswinford?
Hourly care visits, West Midlands: £28.30 to £32.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Dudley 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 Kingswinford were inspected most recently?
Academy Homecare Services (6 July 2026), Priory Supported Living West Midlands (26 August 2021) and Dudley Crossroads (11 July 2019) have the most recent CQC reports.