Home Care in Paignton
Paignton has 11 CQC registered home care agencies. 7 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 3 have not yet been rated. 6 of the 11 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Paignton at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Paignton, 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: 21,200. Rising to 24,700 by 2035, up 16%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,800. Rising to 3,500 by 2035, up 26%
- People aged 85 and over: 5,800. Rising to 8,800 by 2035, up 51%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 63%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 2 closed. 24 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 44 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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Planning and Paying for Care at Home in Paignton
Charges for help at home follow the hours booked rather than arriving as a single weekly figure, which keeps a package flexible but makes the running total harder to predict at the outset. Establishing which funding route applies early makes everything that follows considerably easier.
Asking for a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support can request a care needs assessment, and a relative providing care can ask for a separate carer's assessment in their own right. Both are arranged through Torbay Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing need and for arranging funded support where a person qualifies. The assessment records how someone manages washing, dressing, meals, medication and moving about, and it produces a written statement of need rather than a recommendation of any particular agency.
Who pays, and how much
Where eligible needs are identified, a financial assessment considers income and capital. Savings above the upper threshold mean the care is funded privately; below it, the authority contributes and the person pays an assessed share. Some households take a direct payment instead and arrange support themselves, which gives more say over who visits and when.
Reading a schedule of charges
Ask each agency for its charges in writing and check what a quoted rate actually includes. Travel time between calls, mileage, visits needing two carers, and short notice cancellations are treated differently from one agency to another. Rates across Paignton vary, and evening, weekend and bank holiday visits generally cost more. Ask about the minimum visit length as well, because a short call may not leave enough time for what has been agreed.
Choosing a Home Care Agency in Paignton and What to Check
With three of these eleven agencies carrying no published rating and most of the rest sitting at the same level, the inspection record narrows the field only partly. The rest of the work is asking each agency the same questions and listening to how clearly they answer.
What a registered agency provides
Every provider listed is registered to deliver personal care in someone's own home: help with washing, dressing, moving about, meals and medication, along with company and a regular check that all is well. Clinical work requiring a qualified nurse, such as complex wound care, falls outside that registration and is arranged separately through health services. Raise needs of that kind at the first conversation rather than later.
Making use of the reports that exist
Open each published report rather than stopping at the summary word. Every inspection answers five questions about whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and an Outstanding judgement is worth reading to see which of those drove it. Two agencies both rated Good can also differ noticeably once the five are compared. For an agency with no rating, ask when it registered and whether an inspection has been scheduled.
Questions that separate one agency from another
Ask how many different carers are likely to visit in a typical week, because continuity matters more to most households than anything else on the list. Ask what happens when a regular carer is unwell, how you will be told if a visit is running late, and who answers the telephone out of hours. Check how medication support is recorded and how the care plan is reviewed as needs change. Agencies such as Love To Care, Palm Tree Home Care Limited and Bay Care Domiciliary Care Ltd appear here, and their answers will be more revealing than any listing.
11 home care in Paignton
- Devon C Air Homecare Agency · 41 Seaway Road, Paignton, Torbay, TQ3 2NX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Devon. C. Air Limited
We at Devon C Air Homecare Agency are proud to provide compassionate home care across Paignton and the surrounding Torbay community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Nevaeh Rose Care Services · 2 Mimosa Way, Paignton, Torbay, TQ4 7FE
Home care · Run by Nevaeh Rose Care Services Ltd
We at Nevaeh Rose Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Paignton and the surrounding Torbay community, supporting people to live well in the place they love most: their own home. Our team works throughout Paignton and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Sarah's Carers · 41 Laura Grove, Paignton, Torbay, TQ3 2LP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Sarah Catherine Taylor
We at Sarah's Carers Torbay are proud to offer compassionate home care across Paignton and the wider Torbay area, supporting older people to live well and safely in the place they know and love most: their own home. Based in the TQ...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care - Simply Joy Care Services · 355 Torquay Road, Paignton, Torbay, TQ3 2BT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Simply Joy Care Services Ltd
Simply Joy Care provides support at home for people in Paignton and across Torbay. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Agincare Whitley Court · Hayes Road, Paignton, Torbay, TQ4 5XW
Home care · Run by Agincare UK Limited
We at Agincare Whitley Court are proud to offer trusted home care across Paignton and the wider Torbay area, supporting individuals who wish to remain living independently in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in the...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Palm Tree Home Care · 79 Upper Manor Road, Paignton, Torbay, TQ3 2TH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Palm Tree Home Care Limited
We at Palm Tree Home Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Paignton and the wider Torbay area, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Being based...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Domiciliary Care South Devon · Aspects, Paignton, Torbay, TQ4 5BP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by United Response
We are Domiciliary Care South Devon, and we support adults in their own homes in Paignton and across the bay. Our visits range from a single short call each day through to several hours of support, arranged to fit the person's routine...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Caretakers SW · 7 Torquay Road, Paignton, Torbay, TQ3 3DU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Caretakers (SW) Limited
We are Caretakers SW, a home care agency supporting adults in their own homes in Paignton and across Torbay. We work with older people and with younger adults, including 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 - Burrow Down Community Support · 43 Palace Avenue, Paignton, Torbay, TQ3 3EN
Home care · Run by Burrow Down Support Services Limited
We support people in their own homes in Paignton and across Torbay. Those we work with include adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing loss, and younger...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Love To Care · Unit 17, Paignton, Torbay, TQ4 7EP
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Love to Care Devon Ltd
Love To Care provides care at home for people in Paignton and the surrounding parts of Torbay. We take on a wide range of needs, and each arrangement begins with a proper conversation about what the person wants their day to look like...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bay Care Domiciliary Care · 7a Dartmouth Road, Paignton, Torbay, TQ4 5AA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bay Care Domiciliary Care Ltd
Bay Care provides support in people's own homes in Paignton and across Torbay. Our aim is to give people enough help to carry on living where they want to live, delivered by carers they know and at the times they have agreed. The people we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, 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 Torbay agencies publish a rate. | £28.75 to £34.94 an hour |
| What Torbay pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £25.84 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
- Burrow Down Community Support, 1 April 2026, Not yet rated
- Devon C Air Limited Homecare Agency, 15 August 2024, Good
- Caretakers SW Limited, 12 June 2024, Good
Longest since a report
- Domiciliary Care South Devon, 5 October 2018, Good
- Love To Care, 18 October 2019, Outstanding
- Sarah's Carers Torbay, 3 January 2020, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Paignton
How many home care agencies are there in Paignton?
Paignton has 11 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 7 Good, 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 Paignton?
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 Torbay 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 Paignton were inspected most recently?
Burrow Down Community Support (1 April 2026), Devon C Air Limited Homecare Agency (15 August 2024) and Caretakers SW Limited (12 June 2024) have the most recent CQC reports.