Home Care in Mexborough
Mexborough has 5 CQC registered home care agencies. 1 is rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 3 have not yet been rated.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Mexborough at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Mexborough, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 30,800. Rising to 35,800 by 2035, up 16%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 4,000. Rising to 4,800 by 2035, up 21%
- People aged 85 and over: 7,700. Rising to 10,700 by 2035, up 38%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 68%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 3 closed. 64 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 77 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.8 miles).
- Compared with the rest of Doncaster: Fewer agencies. Doncaster has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.
Planning and Paying for Home Care in Mexborough
Begin with an assessment
Where published evidence is patchy, an independent professional view of what is actually needed becomes more valuable, not less. The person requiring support is entitled to a care needs assessment, arranged through the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council social care team, the authority responsible for assessing need and arranging funded support. Anyone who appears to need help may request one whatever their savings, and the assessor establishes how much help is required and how often.
How the funding works
A financial assessment follows and looks at income and savings. The value of the home someone continues to live in is not counted while care is delivered there, which often makes support at home more affordable than families expect. Where capital falls below the national threshold the local authority may fund part or all of the package. Taking that as a direct payment lets a family choose the agency themselves rather than accept whoever is commissioned.
What it costs
Home care is charged by the visit or by the hour, so the weekly total depends on how many calls are needed and how long each one lasts. Ask any agency its hourly rate, its minimum visit length, what it charges at weekends and on bank holidays, and whether travel time is billed. Get those figures in writing before anything is agreed.
Choosing a Provider and What to Check
Working with an incomplete picture
Destiny Jubilee Care holds the Good rating on this list, and Choices Homecare currently sits at Requires Improvement. Compassionate Community Care, Valley Care and DCA South Yorkshire have no published rating at present. Where an agency is rated, read the report rather than the word, paying attention to what it says about staffing and missed calls. Where an agency is unrated, ask when it registered, when it expects its first inspection, and who the registered manager is. A provider that answers readily is telling you something useful.
The questions that matter most
Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight, because continuity is the single biggest determinant of whether care at home works. Ask what happens when a carer is sick or delayed and whether anyone informs you. Ask how medication is recorded, who to ring out of hours, and how complaints are logged. Ask to see a sample care plan and check it describes a person rather than a set of tasks. Where no rating exists, ask for references and weigh a refusal accordingly.
Cross checking what you hear
Ask the council's adult social care team which local agencies it commissions, since holding a local authority contract brings its own checks. Each profile here carries the published detail currently held for that provider.
5 home care in Mexborough
- Compassionate Community Care · Mexborough, Rotherham
- Valley Care Barnsley & Rotherham · Mexborough, Doncaster
- Destiny Jubilee Care · Mexborough, Doncaster · CQC Good
- DCA South Yorkshire · Mexborough, Doncaster
- Choices Homecare (Rotherham North &) · Mexborough, Doncaster · CQC Requires improvement
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few Doncaster agencies publish a rate. | £24.99 to £36.00 an hour |
| What Doncaster pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £29.48 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
- Choices Homecare (Rotherham North & Doncaster), 27 May 2026, Requires improvement
- Destiny Jubilee Care Limited, 10 June 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- Destiny Jubilee Care Limited, 10 June 2025, Good
- Choices Homecare (Rotherham North & Doncaster), 27 May 2026, Requires improvement
Frequently asked questions about home care in Mexborough
How many home care agencies are there in Mexborough?
Mexborough has 5 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 3 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 Mexborough?
Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few Doncaster 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 Mexborough were inspected most recently?
Choices Homecare (Rotherham North & Doncaster) (27 May 2026) and Destiny Jubilee Care Limited (10 June 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.