Home Care in Sheerness
Sheerness has 5 CQC registered home care agencies. 1 is rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 3 have not yet been rated. 2 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Sheerness at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Sheerness, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, Kent: £28.50 to £39.15 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 15,500. Rising to 17,400 by 2035, up 12%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,000. Rising to 2,400 by 2035, up 24%
- People aged 85 and over: 3,700. Rising to 5,600 by 2035, up 51%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 57%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Kent as a whole is 62%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 3 closed. 37 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 101 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.4 miles).
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Arranging and Funding Home Care in Sheerness
The assessment comes first
Where published evidence is incomplete, an independent professional view of what is needed becomes more useful rather than less. The person requiring support is entitled to a care needs assessment, arranged through the Kent County 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 works out how much support is required and how often.
How funding is decided
A financial assessment follows, examining income and savings. The value of the home a person continues to live in is not counted while care is delivered there, which often makes support at home more affordable than families anticipate. Where capital falls below the national threshold the local authority may fund part or all of the package, and taking it as a direct payment lets a family choose the agency themselves rather than accepting whoever is commissioned.
What it costs
Home care is charged by the visit or by the hour, so the weekly figure follows from how many calls are needed and how long each 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 the figures in writing before anything is agreed.
Choosing a Provider and What to Check
Judging mostly unrated agencies
Welcome Home holds the Good rating on this list and ApproCare currently sits at Requires Improvement. Averley Qwara Healthcare, Neptune Solutions UK and Pensal Healthcare have no published rating at present. Where a rating exists, read the report rather than the headline, looking in particular at what it says about staffing and missed visits. Where none exists, ask when the agency registered, when its first inspection is expected, and who the registered manager is, and treat a readiness to answer as part of your evidence.
The questions that carry the weight
Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight, because continuity determines more than anything else whether care at home succeeds. Ask what happens when a carer is sick or delayed and whether anybody informs you. Ask how medication is recorded, who to ring out of hours, and how complaints are logged and answered. Ask to see a sample care plan. Ask for references, and weigh a flat refusal as information in itself.
Looking for corroboration
The council's adult social care team can say which agencies it currently commissions, since holding a local authority contract carries its own checks. Each profile here holds the published detail recorded for that provider.
5 home care in Sheerness
- ApproCare · Sheerness, Kent · CQC Requires improvement
- Welcome Home · Sheerness, Kent · CQC Good
- Averley Qwara Healthcare · Sheerness, Kent
- Neptune Solutions UK · Sheerness, Kent
- Pensal Healthcare · Sheerness, Kent
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, Kent Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £32.00. | £28.50 to £39.15 an hour |
| What Kent pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.05 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
- Welcome Home, 25 May 2021, Good
- ApproCare, 28 March 2019, Requires improvement
Longest since a report
- ApproCare, 28 March 2019, Requires improvement
- Welcome Home, 25 May 2021, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Sheerness
How many home care agencies are there in Sheerness?
Sheerness 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 Sheerness?
Hourly care visits, Kent: £28.50 to £39.15 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £32.00. 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 Sheerness were inspected most recently?
Welcome Home (25 May 2021) and ApproCare (28 March 2019) have the most recent CQC reports.