Home Care in Dorset
Bringing carers into the house is a step most families postpone longer than they should, and the home care agencies in Dorset listed here are what they look at once it can no longer be put off. Dorset Council is the authority responsible for the care needs assessment that records what help a person requires, and for the financial assessment that decides whether public money meets part of the cost. Eighty five agencies registered to provide care in people's own homes appear on this page. Two of them hold an Outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission and fifty five are rated Good, while one is rated Requires Improvement and twenty seven have not yet been rated. Sort first by which agencies reach your address, then open their profiles, read whatever inspection findings exist and take the unanswered questions straight to the office when you ring. Reliability at the hours that matter is what families notice first, so press hardest on that point.
Comparing Home Care Agencies in Dorset
The comparison worth making is not between hourly rates but between the promises an agency can actually keep. Ask three or four the same set of questions on the same day and the differences show up quickly, particularly around capacity, timekeeping and who would really be turning up. An agency that hesitates over how many carers would attend in a fortnight is telling you something useful, and so is one that answers immediately and specifically.
The questions that matter most
Ask whether the agency has availability at the exact times you need, since everything else depends on that. Ask how a carer ringing in sick at six in the morning is covered and how soon the family hears about it. Ask whether agreed times are firm slots or windows and what the agency itself treats as a late call. Ask how the care plan is written, how often it is revisited and whether the family can read the notes from each visit.
What the ratings show across the area
Eighty five agencies are listed. Two are rated Outstanding, fifty five are rated Good, one is rated Requires Improvement and twenty seven carry no rating yet. A sizeable unrated group is usual where agencies have registered fairly recently, and it means no published judgement exists rather than that something is wrong. Where a rating does exist, read the report beneath it and note the date of the inspection, because the detail on timekeeping and staffing is what a household feels week by week.
Arranging Support and Meeting the Cost
Asking for a care needs assessment
The assessment is free, is open to anyone who appears to need support and does not depend on income or savings. An assessor looks at washing, dressing, meals, medication and moving safely about the house, and takes account of what relatives already do. Ask Dorset Council adult social care to arrange one, and if you are the relative keeping things going, request a carer's assessment of your own needs at the same time. The written outcome is worth having even where a family expects to pay privately, since every agency then quotes against the same brief.
Charges and who pays them
A financial assessment of income and capital sets the contribution towards care the council arranges, measured against national thresholds. Support may then come as a commissioned package, as a direct payment used to buy care from an agency of your own choosing, or as a private arrangement made directly. Charging is generally by the hour or by the visit, live in care is a weekly fee, and evenings, weekends and bank holidays cost more. Ask for the full schedule of charges in writing, including minimum call lengths and cancellation terms, before agreeing a start date.
Reviewing what is in place
Packages need revisiting, because needs move and a rota that suited somebody in March may not suit them by September. Agree at the start how reviews will happen and who to telephone when a call is missed. Where the council contributes, ask for a fresh assessment whenever circumstances change rather than waiting for the annual one to come round.
85 home care in Dorset (showing 1–50)
- Green Lanes Projects · Dana House, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9BZ
Home care · Run by Green Lanes Projects Limited
We at Green Lanes Projects are proud to provide compassionate home care across Ferndown and the surrounding Dorset community, supporting adults to live well within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in the Ferndown area...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Integrated Case Management · Nimrod Place, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7UH
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Integrated Case Management Ltd
We at Integrated Case Management are a home care agency proudly supporting individuals across Wimborne and the surrounding Dorset community, delivering compassionate care in the one place where people feel most themselves: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bluebird Care West · F5 Lynch Lane Offices Ltd, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9DN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Kore Associates Limited
We provide care at home in Weymouth and across west Dorset. The people we support include older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Agincare UK · Offices F5, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3JP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Agincare UK Limited
We at Agincare UK Bridport are proud to provide trusted home care across the market town of Bridport and the surrounding Dorset communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - GoodOaks Homecare – and Weymouth · No 1 The Yard, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3GR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Six Oaks Home Care Ltd
We at GoodOaks Homecare – Dorchester and Weymouth are proud to provide compassionate home care across Dorchester and the surrounding Dorset communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - All About Care (South West) · 11 Buttermarket, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3AZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by All About Care South West Limited
We at All About Care (South West) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Dorchester and the wider Dorset community, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the DT postcode area, our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - AA-I-Care - 35 Southwell · 35 Southwell Street, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2DP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Pauline Ann Daniels
We at AA I Care 35 Southwell are proud to provide compassionate home care across Portland and the wider Dorset community, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care agency,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - OHCI · Office 7, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 8TR
Home care · Run by Oxford Human Capital Incorporated Ltd
We at OHCI Dorset are proud to offer compassionate home care across Ferndown and the surrounding communities, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best, their own home. As a dedicated home care agency based...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Better Care at Home · 18 North Square, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1HY
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Better Care at Home
We at Better Care at Home are proud to provide compassionate home care across Dorchester and the wider Dorset community, supporting older people and adults to live well in the place they know best: their own home. Operating throughout the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Birch Social · Unit 20, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 7BS
Home care · Run by Birch Social Limited
We at Birch Social are proud to offer compassionate home care across Weymouth and the wider Dorset area, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably within the familiar surroundings of their own homes. As a dedicated home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Destiny healthcare · Prospect House, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3WE
Home care · Run by DESTINY HEALTHCARE PRIVATE LTD
We at Destiny healthcare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Dorchester and the wider Dorset area, supporting older people and younger adults to live well within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - St Jude's Care · 2-4 Stavordale Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0AB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by St Jude's Care Ltd
We at St Jude's Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Weymouth and the surrounding Dorset communities, supporting people to live well in the place they know and love best: their own home. Based in the DT postcode area,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Eleanor Nursing and Social Care - Office · 182 Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3BN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Eleanor Nursing and Social Care Limited
We at Eleanor Nursing and Social Care welcome you to our Dorchester based home care agency, proudly supporting individuals across Dorset and the wider South West to live well within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Avo Care · 9 Ballam Close, Poole, Dorset, BH16 5QU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Avo Care Limited
We at Avo Care are proud to offer trusted home care across Poole and the wider Dorset area, supporting older people and younger adults to live well within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a dedicated home care agency...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Purbeck Personal Assistants · Unit 6 Kings Court Business Centre, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1JU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Victoria Louise Gallagher-White
At Purbeck Personal Assistants, we provide home care to people living in Swanage and the surrounding areas of Dorset. We work with older adults, younger adults, and people living with dementia, physical disabilities, or visual and hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Agincare UK Weymouth · 1 Riggers Row, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1FA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Agincare UK Limited
We at Agincare UK Weymouth are proud to offer trusted home care across Portland and the surrounding Dorset communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating from our base in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Alina Homecare · Room 2, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3WA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Alina Homecare Services Limited
We at Alina Homecare Dorchester are proud to provide compassionate home care across the historic market town of Dorchester and the surrounding Dorset communities. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional support directly to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Home Instead East & Blandford · 55b, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7RB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Enable Today Ltd
We at Home Instead East Dorset & Blandford are proud to provide compassionate home care across Wimborne and the surrounding communities of East Dorset. As a trusted home care agency, we bring personalised support directly into the place...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Kisumen Care Services · F8 Prospect House, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3WE
Home care · Run by Kisumen Care Services Ltd
We at Kisumen Care Services Dorset are proud to offer compassionate home care across Dorchester and the surrounding communities of the DT postcode area. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional support directly into the place...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bramley Homecare · Unit 24B, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9QJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bramley Home Care Limited
We at Bramley Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Shaftesbury and the surrounding Dorset communities, supporting people to live safely, comfortably and independently in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Altogether Care - Care At Home · 20 South Street, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4LT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited
Altogether Care at Home in Wareham provides care and support in people's own homes across Wareham and the surrounding parts of Dorset. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Home Instead · 31 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Dorset Home Care Limited
Home Instead supports people in their own homes in Dorchester and the surrounding parts of Dorset. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Angel Holistic Care · Unit 32, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9QJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Angel Holistic Care Limited
We provide care at home in Shaftesbury and the surrounding parts of Dorset, supporting older people and people living with dementia. We have kept our focus deliberately narrow and would rather say so plainly than present ourselves as able...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care - Agincare UK Ferndown · Arena Business Centre, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7UH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Agincare UK Limited
Agincare UK Ferndown supports people in their own homes in Wimborne and the surrounding part of Dorset. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism, mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - iDirect - East, Hampshire and Wiltshire · Unit A28, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7UH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by iDirect Independent Living Limited
We are iDirect, a home care agency based in Wimborne and supporting adults across east Dorset and into Hampshire and Wiltshire. We provide care in people's own homes. We support older people and people living with dementia, adults with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Apex Prime Care · 9 Jubilee Court, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3AE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Apex Prime Care Ltd
Apex Prime Care in Dorchester provides support at home for people across the town and the surrounding part of Dorset. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - YourLife (Poundbury) · Bowes Lyon Court, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3DA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
YourLife at Poundbury provides care to people living in their own homes in Dorchester and the surrounding area. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people whose...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Neways at Home · Office E24A, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9DN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Neways at Home Ltd
Neways at Home Weymouth is a home care agency supporting adults in their own homes across the town and the surrounding area. The people we work with are a wide mix: older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Wisteria Care · Middlefield House, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4FA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mr & Mrs S Wortley
Here at Wisteria Care, we provide home care to people living in Gillingham and the surrounding areas of Dorset. We come to you, supporting you in the place that matters most, your own home, where you feel comfortable and where life makes...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Yourlife · Market House, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1WW
Home care · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
At Yourlife in Wimborne, we provide home care support to people living in and around this corner of Dorset, helping individuals remain in the place that matters most to them: their own home. We work with a broad range of people, including...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - A&M Community Services · Lynch Lane Offices & Wellbeing Centre, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9DE
Home care · Run by A&M Community Services Ltd
A&M Community provides care in people's own homes in Weymouth and the surrounding parts of Dorset. We visit older adults and younger adults. Most people would rather stay at home, and for most people that is perfectly achievable provided...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Mencap - Support Service · Romany Works Business Park, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6JL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Royal Mencap Society
Mencap in Dorset provides support to people in their own homes in Poole and across the county. We work with adults who have learning disabilities, autistic adults, younger adults and older people. Most of the people we support have a long...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Agincare UK · 22 Peverell Avenue West, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 3SU
Home care · Run by Agincare UK Limited
We are Agincare in Dorchester, and we provide care in people's own homes across this part of Dorset. We support older people, including many living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing loss,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Altogether Care - Care at Home Blandford · 22 Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7AR
Home care · Run by Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited
We at Altogether Care Blandford are a dedicated home care agency proudly serving families across Blandford Forum and the surrounding Dorset communities. Our mission is simple: to bring compassionate, professional support directly into the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Phoenix · Folly Farm Lane, Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2NN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Lantern Community
Here at Phoenix, we provide home care across Ringwood and the surrounding areas of Dorset, supporting people to live comfortably and independently in the place that matters most to them — their own home. We work with a range of people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Bloomfield Care · Chamberlaynes Farm, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 7LS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bloomfield Care Ltd
We are Bloomfield Care, based in Wareham, and we provide care in people's own homes across this part of Dorset. We support older people, including many living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Four Meadows · Willow End Cottage, Ringwood, Dorset, BH24 2AG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Lantern Community
Four Meadows provides care at home around Ringwood and the surrounding villages, supporting older adults and younger adults, including people with a learning disability and autistic adults. Working in a semi rural area shapes the job....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Bee Case Management · 14 South Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9NR
Home care · Run by Ms Alison Walker
Bee Case Management provides support at home in Weymouth and the surrounding part of Dorset. We work with older people, people with physical disabilities and younger adults. Our work is about keeping people in charge of their own lives in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Newgencaregroup · Office 12, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7PE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Newgencaregroup LTD
Newgencaregroup provides care and support at home in Wimborne and across Dorset. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with mental health needs, people with physical disabilities, people with visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Altogether Care - Care At Home · Unit 4, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3AX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited
Altogether Care at Home in Beaminster supports people across this part of west Dorset in the houses they already call their own. The people we visit include older people, adults living with dementia, autistic adults and people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Head Office · Lynch Lane Offices, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9DN
Home care · Run by Trinity Care and Support 24/7 Limited
We are a home care agency based in Weymouth, supporting people across the town and the surrounding part of Dorset in their own homes. Our starting point is always what someone wants their ordinary day to look like, and then working out...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Abbots Care (East branch) · Arena Business Centre, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7UH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Abbots Care Limited
Abbots Care provides support at home for people across Wimborne and the surrounding parts of east Dorset. Our job is to supply the help that makes staying at home genuinely workable, fitted around a life already in progress. We visit older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Cinox Healthcare – Office · Unit 36, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9QJ
Home care · Run by Cinox Healthcare Ltd
We at Cinox Healthcare Shaftesbury Office are proud to offer compassionate home care across Shaftesbury and the surrounding Dorset communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Agincare Live-in Care (South West) · 1 Riggers Row, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1FA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Agincare Live-in Care (South West) Limited
Agincare Live in Care in the South West arranges live in support for people in their own homes across Dorset and the wider region, working from our base in Portland. We support older people, adults living with dementia, adults with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Your Life · Cherrett Court, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9FE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
Your Life in Ferndown provides care and support to people in their own homes in Ferndown and the surrounding parts of Dorset. We support older people, including many living with dementia, adults with a physical disability, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Duty Care · Peartree Business Centre, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7PT
Home care · Run by Duty Care Limited
Duty Care supports people in and around Wimborne in their own homes. We arrange visits around the routines somebody already has rather than around what suits a rota, and we aim to keep the same carers going to the same people. We support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Altogether Care - Care At Home · 13 Carlton Road North, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 7PY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited
At Altogether Care in Weymouth, we provide home care support to people across Dorset who want to stay in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. We work with older adults, younger adults, and people living with a range of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - SAL Healthcare Services · Arena Business Centre, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7UH
Home care · Run by Supportive Ability Living Limited
SAL Healthcare provides care at home for people living in Wimborne and the surrounding parts of Dorset. Our work is to make staying at home practical and comfortable, with support fitted around a life already in progress. We visit older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Reablement Service · Colliton Annexe, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Dorset Limited
We provide reablement support at home for people across Dorchester and the surrounding parts of Dorset. Our work is short term and has a clear purpose: to help somebody get back on their feet after an illness, a fall, a hospital stay or a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Domiciliary Care · Unit 5, Salisbury, Dorset, SP5 5PA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Achieve Together Limited
We at Domiciliary Care Dorset are proud to provide trusted home care across Salisbury and the surrounding communities, supporting people to live well and safely within the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care...
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. | £28.75 to £34.94 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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