Home Care in West Berkshire
Home care in West Berkshire is what this page covers, and families usually reach it while working out whether regular visits would be enough to keep someone safe in their own house rather than moving them out of it. Thirty nine agencies match the search, each registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care in people's homes. The inspection picture is half drawn: twenty two agencies are rated Good and seventeen have not yet been rated, which generally reflects recent registration rather than any concern. West Berkshire Council carries out the care needs assessment that establishes what support someone requires, and the financial assessment that determines how much of the cost it will meet. Where so many agencies have no published report, the burden of checking falls more heavily on the family, so read the profiles and the reports that do exist, then prepare a proper set of questions to put to the agencies that have none.
Choosing a home care agency in West Berkshire and what to look for
Care at home arrives as a series of visits, and their quality depends on who turns up, whether it is the same person each week and how the agency copes when a carer is unwell. None of that appears on a website, so it has to be asked about directly.
What a rating covers, and what its absence means
The Care Quality Commission inspects agencies on five questions, asking whether the service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led, and the overall word summarises those judgements. Twenty two agencies serving West Berkshire are rated Good. Seventeen have no rating yet, and while that usually means recent registration rather than any difficulty, it leaves a family without published evidence to lean on. In those cases ask for references, ask how staff are recruited and supervised, and pay closer attention to the written care plan.
The questions that matter most
Ask how many different carers would visit over a fortnight and what the agency does to keep that number low, since continuity matters more than almost anything else. Ask what happens when a carer calls in sick, how late a visit can run before someone telephones, and who answers out of hours. Ask how carers are trained for the particular needs involved, whether dementia, moving and handling or medication support. In a rural district, ask as well how the agency schedules rounds, because long journeys between calls are what usually causes visits to slip.
Arranging support and understanding the cost
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can request an assessment, whatever their savings, and for home care it is usually the quickest route to something being arranged. It considers washing, dressing, meals, mobility, medication, safety around the house and how much a relative is already doing, and it produces a written record of what is needed. Requests go to West Berkshire Council, which is responsible for adult social care assessments and for arranging funded support in the district. A relative providing unpaid care can ask for a carer's assessment of their own at the same time.
Costs, means testing and the written terms
A financial assessment follows, looking at income and savings, although the value of a home someone continues to live in is not counted where care is delivered there. Above the capital threshold a person pays for their own care; below it the council contributes according to the assessment, sometimes as a direct payment that lets the family choose and manage the agency. Agencies set their own hourly rates, so costs vary across West Berkshire with the length of each visit, the time of day and whether two carers are needed. Ask for the rate in writing, including evening, weekend and bank holiday charges, the minimum visit length and the notice required to change or cancel a call. Ask too whether travel time between visits is billed, as practice differs between providers.
39 home care in West Berkshire
- Audley Care - Inglewood · The Care Office, Hungerford, West Berkshire, RG17 9AA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Audley Care White Horse Ltd
We provide care at home around Hungerford and the surrounding part of west Berkshire, working from Inglewood. We support older people, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - D.Osteen Homecare Support · 17 Millfield, Hungerford, West Berkshire, RG17 8YQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by D.Osteen Limited
D.Osteen Homecare Support is a home care agency in Hungerford, West Berkshire, visiting people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding villages. Our work is with older adults, with people living with dementia, and with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability - Helping Hands · 127a, Hungerford, West Berkshire, RG17 0DL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands provides care at home in Hungerford and the surrounding part of West Berkshire, from regular visits through to live in support for people who need someone with them day and night. We cover a good deal of countryside, and for...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Independence with Dignity Support Services · 16 Oxford Street, Hungerford, West Berkshire, RG17 0ET
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Independence with Dignity Support Services Ltd
We are Independence with Dignity, based in Hungerford, and we provide care and support in people's own homes across West Berkshire and nearby. We support older people, including many living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Pioneer MyCare · 127 High Street, Hungerford, West Berkshire, RG17 0DL
Home care · Run by Pioneer Placements Ltd
Pioneer MyCare Hungerford supports people in their own homes in Hungerford and across this part of West Berkshire. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability and younger adults. Nearly...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Rofemaron Healthcare · 39 Charnham Street, Hungerford, West Berkshire, RG17 0EJ
Home care · Run by Rofemaron Healthcare Ltd
We at Rofemaron Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Hungerford and the surrounding West Berkshire community, bringing professional support directly into the place where our clients feel most comfortable: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Adjoy Healthcare Berkshire · 9 Washbury House, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 6NW
Home care · Run by Adjoy Healthcare Ltd
Adjoy Healthcare Berkshire provides home care to adults in Newbury and the surrounding part of Berkshire. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care · Broadway House, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1BA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Affinity Trust
We at Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care West Berkshire are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newbury and the surrounding West Berkshire community, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism to live well in the...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism - Canary Home Care · Oxford House, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JB
Home care · Run by Canary Care Services Ltd
Here at Canary Home Care Newbury, we provide personalised home care to people living in Newbury and the wider West Berkshire area. Our aim is straightforward: to support people in living well in their own homes, on their own terms, with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Care Partners · 4 Washbury House, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 6NW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Partners (Newbury) Ltd
Care Partners in Newbury supports people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding area. Our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism, mental health needs, physical disabilities, sensory loss and eating...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Chestnut Family · 60 Chestnut Crescent, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1LE
Home care · Run by Chestnut Family Limited
Chestnut Family supports adults with a learning disability and autistic adults to live in their own homes across Newbury and the surrounding parts of West Berkshire. Our starting point is that a home belongs to the person living in it, and...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism - Council Home Care Service · Council Offices, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 5LD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by West Berkshire Council
At West Berkshire Council Home Care, we provide care and support to people in their own homes across Newbury and the surrounding areas of West Berkshire. We believe that being able to stay in familiar surroundings makes a real difference...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Crossroads Care · Broadway House, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1BA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Oxfordshire Crossroads
We at Crossroads Care West Berkshire are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newbury and the surrounding West Berkshire community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Focus Support · The Office, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 7PA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Focus Support Limited
We at Focus Support are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newbury and the wider West Berkshire community, helping individuals 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, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders - NAD Home Instead · 2 The Courtyard, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1AX
Home care · Run by NAD Home Instead Limited
We at NAD Home Instead are proud to provide compassionate home care across Newbury and the surrounding West Berkshire community, supporting people who wish to remain in the place they love most: their own home. Based in the RG postcode...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Noubles Healthcare - Main Office · Oxford House, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JB
Home care · Run by Noubles Healthcare Limited
Noubles Healthcare supports people in their own homes in Newbury and across West Berkshire. Home care works best when it is reliable and unfussy, and that is what we set out to provide. Most of the people we visit are older adults. We help...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Primelux Care · Suite 10, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 5AA
Home care · Run by Primelux Care Ltd
Primelux Care provides care at home in Newbury and across West Berkshire. We support older adults and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with mental health conditions, and people with a physical disability or a visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Rees Healthcare · Unit 1b, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 5SJ
Home care · Run by Rees Healthcare Limited
We are Rees Healthcare, a home care provider based in Newbury and supporting people in their own homes across West Berkshire. We work with older people and people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Your Serenity, Room 6 · 74 Hambridge Road, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 5TA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Your Serenity Limited
Your Serenity provides care in people's own homes in Newbury and across West Berkshire. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, adults with a physical disability or a visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - All Seasons Care Services · Unit 7, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 8NA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by All Seasons Care Services Limited
All Seasons Care supports people in their own homes in Reading and the surrounding area. We work with older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic people, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Blue Currant Care Agency · 55a St Mary's Avenue, Reading, West Berkshire, RG8 8BJ
Home care · Run by Japhet Limited
We at Blue Currant Care Agency are proud to offer compassionate home care across Reading and the wider West Berkshire area, supporting individuals who wish to remain living independently in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Chrysalis Care · 23c, Reading, West Berkshire, RG8 7JW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Chrysalis Care Ltd
We provide care at home in Reading and the surrounding part of Berkshire, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with loss of sight or hearing. Most...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Dimensions Wokingham and Domiciliary Care Office · Ground Floor, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 4SA
Home care · Run by Dimensions (UK) Limited
Dimensions in Wokingham and Reading provides support to people in their own homes across the area. We work with adults who have learning disabilities, autistic adults, younger adults and older people. Most of the people we support have a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Enliva Homecare · Unit 10, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 4AA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by We are the Care Company Limited
We are Enliva Homecare Reading and West Berkshire, and we support people in their own homes across Reading and the surrounding parts of West Berkshire. Our work happens in the places people already know best, their own kitchens, front...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Evelyn Grace · 68 Acorn Gardens, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 3GN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Evelyn Grace Limited
Evelyn Grace provides home care to people in Reading and the surrounding area. We support older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with a physical disability, people with a visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Gardiner’s Live-in Care · 13 Reading Road, Reading, West Berkshire, RG8 7LR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Gardiner’s Live-in Care Limited
We provide live in care in Reading and across Berkshire, supporting older adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing loss and younger adults. Live in care asks something...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Harino Care · Unit 10, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 4AA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Harino Care Limited
Harino Care provides care at home in Reading and across West Berkshire. We support older adults and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with mental health conditions, those with a physical disability or a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Home Instead · Suite 133, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 4SA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by P G Keohane Limited
Home Instead in Reading provides care to people in their own homes across Reading and the surrounding area of West Berkshire. We are a home care agency, so everything we do happens on your terms and in your own surroundings. The people we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - JC99 · 13C Horseshoe Park, Reading, West Berkshire, RG8 7JW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by JC99 Ltd
JC99 provides care and support in people's own homes across Reading and the surrounding area. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, and people who have lost some of their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Jigsaw Creative Care · Unit 1B, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 2BJ
Home care · Run by Jigsaw Creative Care Limited
We are Jigsaw Creative Care, and we provide support in people's own homes in Reading and the surrounding area. The word creative in our name reflects how we work. People's lives do not come in standard shapes, so we would rather build...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Loving Angels Care (Bracknell) · The Walled Garden, Reading, West Berkshire, RG31 7RS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lovingangels Care Ltd
We at Loving Angels Care (Bracknell) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Reading and the wider West Berkshire 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, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Panacea Care Services · 5 Bowfell Close, Reading, West Berkshire, RG31 6QR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Helena Anna Farrell
Panacea Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Reading and across West Berkshire. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with sight or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Premier Medical Staffing · 1650 Waterside Drive, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 4SA
Home care · Run by Premier Medical Staffing Limited
We provide care in people's own homes in Reading and across West Berkshire. Our purpose is to support people to live where they want to live, with help that arrives when it should and is given by carers they know. We visit older people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Purley Park Trust (DCA) (Unit 2) · 12 Huckleberry Close, Reading, West Berkshire, RG8 8EH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Purley Park Trust Limited
Purley Park Trust supports adults living with learning disabilities and autism in their own homes in and around Reading and West Berkshire, including younger adults. Support at home should widen a life rather than manage it down, and that...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Sylvian Care Newbury · Suite 3, Reading, West Berkshire, RG7 8RA
Home care · Run by Ceeven Care Limited
We at Sylvian Care Newbury are proud to offer compassionate home care across Reading and the wider West Berkshire community, bringing professional support directly into the place where our clients feel most comfortable: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Comfort Harmony Care · 7 Sowerby Street, Thatcham, West Berkshire, RG18 3GT
Home care · Run by Comfort Harmony Care Ltd
Comfort Harmony Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Thatcham and across West Berkshire. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with learning disabilities, autistic people, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Hummingbird Home Help and Care · 2 Woodhouse Gardens, Thatcham, West Berkshire, RG19 8FB
Home care · Run by Hummingbird Home Help and Care Limited
At Hummingbird Home Help and Care, we support people in Thatcham and across West Berkshire to live well in the place they know best: their own home. We believe that familiar surroundings, cherished routines and close connections to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Topline Care Solutions · Suite B, Thatcham, West Berkshire, RG19 3JD
Home care · Run by Topline Care Solutions Ltd
Topline Care Solutions provides care and support in people's own homes in Thatcham and across West Berkshire. We visit older people and younger adults, helping with whatever has become difficult so that staying at home remains a realistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Yourlife · William House, Thatcham, West Berkshire, RG19 4AU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
We provide care at home in Thatcham and the surrounding part of West Berkshire, supporting people to keep living in their own homes with help arranged around them. We start with a conversation about how someone lives and what has become...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, South East Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. | £28.00 to £36.96 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 |
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