Home Care in Rochdale

Rochdale has 53 CQC registered home care agencies. 25 are rated Good, 5 Requires improvement, and 23 have not yet been rated. 22 of the 53 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Rochdale at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Rochdale.

  • Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies.
  • People aged 75 and over: 18,400. Rising to 21,200 by 2035, up 15%
  • Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,400. Rising to 2,900 by 2035, up 21%
  • People aged 85 and over: 4,400. Rising to 6,300 by 2035, up 44%
  • Dementia diagnosis rate: 76%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
  • Agencies in Rochdale, last 12 months: 2 opened, 3 closed

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 Rochdale

The care needs assessment

An assessment is the practical first step, ahead of calls to individual agencies. Anyone who appears to need care and support can request one free of charge whatever their income or savings, and it produces the written record of eligible needs that providers will work from. A practitioner from Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council will discuss washing, dressing, eating, taking medication, moving safely around the home and keeping in touch with other people, then set out which needs are eligible for support. Anyone giving regular unpaid help has a separate right to a carer's assessment, so ask for both in the same conversation.

Costs and contributions

Where needs are found eligible, a financial assessment of income and capital follows. Care may then be funded in full, funded in part with a contribution from the person receiving it, or paid for privately. Families who qualify can request a direct payment and commission an agency of their own choosing rather than accept one arranged for them. Privately funded home care is normally charged by the hour, with higher rates at weekends, on bank holidays and for shorter calls, while live in support is quoted weekly. Ask every agency for its rates, minimum visit length and notice period in writing before anything is signed.

Choosing an agency in Rochdale and what to check

What the ratings show

All fifty three agencies listed here are registered with the Care Quality Commission. Twenty four have been rated Good, five hold Requires Improvement, and twenty four are not yet rated because they registered too recently to be inspected. An absent rating means no inspection has taken place rather than that anything has gone wrong, so ask how long the agency has traded, who registered it and what training new carers complete before their first visit. Where a report exists, read what inspectors found about the punctuality of calls, how medicines were administered and recorded, staff training and how the manager responded to concerns.

Matching the agency to the person

Providers differ more than their marketing suggests. Some concentrate on short personal care calls, others offer longer companionship visits, dementia support, overnight cover or help settling somebody home after a hospital stay, and agencies in this listing such as PRM Care, Cottage HomeCare and Prestige Nursing North Manchester work in different ways. Confirm that carers genuinely travel to the address, ask who writes the care plan and check how quickly it can be revised when needs increase.

Questions worth asking everybody

Ask how many different carers will attend over a fortnight and whether a small consistent team is kept for each person. Find out how you would be told when a call is running late, who answers the telephone at weekends and how complaints are recorded and resolved. Ask how often care plans are formally reviewed and what happens when a regular carer leaves, since continuity is what families notice most once care begins.

53 home care in Rochdale (showing 1–50)

  1. AFD Support Services · Heywood, Rochdale
  2. Apollo Home Healthcare -North West · Heywood, Rochdale · CQC Good
  3. Bluebird Care · Heywood, Rochdale · CQC Good
  4. Care 4 U Home Care Agency · Heywood, Rochdale · CQC Good
  5. Cottage HomeCare Services · Heywood, Rochdale · CQC Good
  6. L & S Support · Heywood, Rochdale
  7. Link-Ability Office / · Heywood, Rochdale · CQC Good
  8. SureCare · Heywood, Rochdale
  9. Willow Tree Support · Littleborough, Rochdale · CQC Good
  10. AbleWay Support · Manchester, Rochdale
  11. Adex Medical Staffing · Manchester, Rochdale
  12. Affinity Supporting People (Greater & Merseyside) · Manchester, Rochdale · CQC Good
  13. CareYourWay North and Salford · Manchester, Rochdale
  14. GEP Support · Manchester, Rochdale · CQC Good
  15. Infinity Comfort Care · Manchester, Rochdale
  16. Office No 1/1a, City View · Manchester, Rochdale
  17. Prestige Nursing North · Manchester, Rochdale · CQC Good
  18. Pristine Health Solutions · Manchester, Rochdale
  19. Vestacare · Manchester, Rochdale · CQC Good
  20. Acre Homecare · Rochdale, Rochdale
  21. Area B · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  22. Bevancare · Rochdale, Rochdale
  23. Blue Pits Housing Action · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  24. (Cardea Healthcare MCR) · Rochdale, Rochdale
  25. Cherish UK · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  26. City Care Solutions · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  27. Community Careline Services · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Requires improvement
  28. Complex Care Professionals · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Requires improvement
  29. Dale Care and Support · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Requires improvement
  30. Elmar Home Care Manchester · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Requires improvement
  31. Excel24/7 healthcare · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  32. Florry Care · Rochdale, Rochdale
  33. Helping Hands · Rochdale, Rochdale
  34. H.G. Care Services - Office · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  35. Home Instead Senior Care · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  36. Homecare For You · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  37. JLT Care · Rochdale, Rochdale
  38. LARKSS · Rochdale, Rochdale
  39. Layola Care · Rochdale, Rochdale
  40. Lotus Home Care Greater Manchester · Rochdale, Rochdale
  41. MICARE9 · Rochdale, Rochdale
  42. Newbarn · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  43. Newmark Care · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  44. NuvoCare · Rochdale, Rochdale
  45. Premier Care - Branch · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  46. PRM Care · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  47. RCG- Community Services · Rochdale, Rochdale
  48. Routes Healthcare · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Requires improvement
  49. Short Term Assessment and Re-ablement Service · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good
  50. Stepping Stones Services · Rochdale, Rochdale · CQC Good

What home care costs

Type of careWhat it costs
Hourly care visits, North West Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Rochdale agencies publish a rate.£25.00 to £28.90 an hour
What Rochdale pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.£24.05 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

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Frequently asked questions about home care in Rochdale

How many home care agencies are there in Rochdale?

Rochdale has 53 CQC registered home care agencies: 25 Good, 5 Requires improvement, 23 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 Rochdale?

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 Rochdale 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 Rochdale were inspected most recently?

Home Instead Senior Care (27 July 2026), Homecare For You Rochdale (16 July 2026) and Apollo Home Healthcare Limited-North West (7 July 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

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