Home Care in Lancaster
Lancaster has 16 CQC registered home care agencies. 9 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, and 5 have not yet been rated. 10 of the 16 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Lancaster at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Lancaster, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 15,800. Rising to 18,200 by 2035, up 15%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,100. Rising to 2,500 by 2035, up 22%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,200. Rising to 5,900 by 2035, up 41%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 84%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Lancashire as a whole is 70%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 3 opened, 1 closed. 32 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 34 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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What Care at Home in Lancaster Involves and What to Look For
Care at home is delivered in visits, and everything that makes it good or poor follows from that. A carer arrives, does what the care plan sets out, and leaves; the person is then on their own until the next call. So the questions worth asking are about the reliability of those visits and the consistency of who makes them, rather than about the brochure or the office. A package might be a single morning call or four visits a day with weekend cover, and it can be adjusted as needs change.
Working Out What Is Actually Needed
Be specific about tasks and timing. Help to get up and dressed at eight is a different service from a lunchtime call to prompt medication, and an evening visit to get someone safely to bed is different again. Think about which moments of the day carry the most risk, since those are the ones worth covering first. Consider also whether the need is likely to grow, and ask each agency how quickly it could increase a package if it did.
Continuity Above All
Ask how many different carers a person would see across a fortnight. Three or four familiar faces works; a dozen does not, particularly where memory problems mean someone must explain themselves afresh at every visit. Ask how the agency covers sickness and annual leave, how late a call must run before the office telephones to warn you, and what happens when a visit is missed entirely.
What the Inspection Record Shows
Two agencies covering Lancaster hold an Outstanding rating and nine are rated Good, while five carry no published rating. An unrated agency has usually registered too recently to have been inspected rather than having been judged poorly, so ask how long it has operated, who the registered manager is and what its own monitoring of late and missed calls shows. Reading an Outstanding report is worthwhile too, because it explains what lifted that service above the expected standard.
Getting an Assessment and Arranging the Funding in Lancaster
The Care Needs Assessment
Anyone who appears to need support at home may request a free care needs assessment, and savings make no difference because this stage is not means tested. It is arranged through Lancashire County Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing what support a person needs and for arranging funded care where they are eligible. The assessment sets out how many visits are required and what each should achieve, and every agency will quote against it.
Rates, Contributions and Direct Payments
A financial assessment then reviews income and capital to decide whether the council contributes, meets the cost in full, or whether the family arranges care privately. Where care is funded, many people take a direct payment and commission their own, which allows a choice of agency. Rates are charged by the hour or the visit and typically rise at weekends, on bank holidays and where two carers are needed, so ask for that in writing at the outset.
16 home care in Lancaster
- Care Legacy · 20 Main Street, Lancaster, North Yorkshire, LA2 7HL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Legacy Ltd
We at Care Legacy are proud to provide compassionate home care across Lancaster and the surrounding communities, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - YourLife · Williamson Court, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4AR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
We are a home care provider based in Lancaster, supporting people across Lancashire in their own homes. Most of the people we visit are older, and what they want from us tends to be the same thing described in different words, which is to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Guardian Homecare (Morecambe) · Building 11, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3RA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Guardian Homecare UK Ltd
We at Guardian Homecare (Morecambe) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Lancaster and the wider Lancashire community, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Affinity Supporting People (North and Burnley) · Riverway House, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 2RX
Home care · Run by Affinity Supporting People (South) Limited
We at Affinity Supporting People (North Lancashire and Burnley) are proud to offer compassionate home care across Lancaster and the wider North Lancashire and Burnley communities, supporting people to live well in the place they know best:...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Westmorland Homecare - & Morecambe · 25 Brock Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1UR
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Westmorland Homecare Limited
Westmorland Homecare in Lancaster and Morecambe supports people in their own homes across this part of Lancashire. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, autistic adults and people with a learning disability, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - CeCe Care Services · 17 West Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 5PG
Home care · Run by Cece Care Services Ltd
CeCe Care supports people in their own homes in Lancaster and the surrounding area. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people living with sight or hearing loss....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Home Instead Senior Care · 3, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4XQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by SH Senior Care Ltd
Home Instead Senior Care Lancaster supports people in their own homes across Lancaster and the surrounding parts of Lancashire. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, those managing a mental health condition, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Origin Spinal Injury Care · Cameron House, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4XQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Origin Recruitment Limited
Origin Spinal Injury Care is a home care agency based in Lancaster, supporting people across Lancashire in their own homes. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people with a physical disability and people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Crisis North · Room 106, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3SE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mr & Mrs Ryan Godwin
Crisis North provides care and support in people's own homes in Lancaster and across Lancashire. We visit older people, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults. A good deal of our work begins at a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Has 2 be Happy Care · Gatehouse, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4XQ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by E2Inspire C.I.C.
Has 2 be Happy Care supports people in their own homes in Lancaster and the surrounding area. We work with people living with dementia, with adults who have a learning disability and with autistic adults, with people who have mental health...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Horizons Homecare - & Morecambe · 46-48 North Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1PA
Home care · Run by Horizons Homecare Ltd
We are Horizons Homecare, covering Lancaster and Morecambe, and we provide care in people's own homes across the area. The people we visit include older people, a great many of them living with dementia, adults living with mental ill...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bluebird Care and South Lakeland · Unit 7, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 9RA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Little Wren Ltd
We are Bluebird Care covering Lancaster and South Lakeland, supporting people in their own homes across the area. The people we visit include older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - & Morecambe Domiciliary Service · Office 88, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3SE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lancashire County Council
We provide care and support to people in their own homes across Lancaster and Morecambe and the surrounding part of Lancashire. The people we work with include older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - 1st for Care (GB) · 6:3:8/9 Alston House, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4XQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by 1st for Care (GB) Ltd
We provide care at home in Lancaster and the surrounding area. We support older adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, and younger adults who need help managing day to day. Families usually come to us at a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity - Kentown Team · Room 327, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4XQ
Home care · Run by Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
We are a charity team based in Lancaster, providing support at home to families who have a child with a serious illness. What families in this position need is rarely what a standard care package offers. Much of what we do is practical and... - Fembistem Care · 13 King Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1JN
Home care · Run by Fembistem Ltd
Fembistem Care provides support at home for people in Lancaster and the surrounding part of Lancashire. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, North West Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Lancashire agencies publish a rate. | £25.00 to £28.90 an hour |
| What Lancashire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £23.74 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
- Lancaster & Morecambe Domiciliary Service, 22 October 2025, Good
- Fembistem Care, 9 April 2025, Not yet rated
- Crisis North, 28 September 2023, Good
Longest since a report
- YourLife (Lancaster), 18 July 2018, Good
- Origin Spinal Injury Care, 26 October 2018, Good
- Has 2 be Happy Care, 30 April 2019, Outstanding
Frequently asked questions about home care in Lancaster
How many home care agencies are there in Lancaster?
Lancaster has 16 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 9 Good, 5 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 Lancaster?
Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Lancashire 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 Lancaster were inspected most recently?
Lancaster & Morecambe Domiciliary Service (22 October 2025), Fembistem Care (9 April 2025) and Crisis North (28 September 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.