Home Care in Stonehouse
Stonehouse has 5 CQC registered home care agencies. 2 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement, and 1 has not yet been rated. 4 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Stonehouse at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Stonehouse, 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: 15,900. Rising to 18,900 by 2035, up 19%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,000. Rising to 2,600 by 2035, up 28%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,200. Rising to 6,400 by 2035, up 55%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 61%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Gloucestershire as a whole is 66%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 16 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 91 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.8 miles).
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What Home Care in Stonehouse Involves and What to Look For
How support at home is delivered
Care at home arrives as visits of an agreed length, from a short call to help someone wash and dress through to longer stretches of company and household support. All five providers here are registered home care agencies, so staff travel to the person rather than the person moving out. The pattern matters as much as the hours: brief calls spread through the day suit someone needing prompting and checking, while a single longer visit suits someone who chiefly needs company and a proper meal.
A short list spanning the ratings
The agency operated by HF Trust holds the Outstanding rating here. Learning Together and Carich Care are rated Good, Five Valleys Care currently sits at Requires Improvement, and Vintage Revelations Stroud has no published rating as yet. Having that much spread across five agencies makes reading the reports genuinely decisive rather than merely advisable. An Outstanding judgement usually rests on something concrete such as continuity of carers or how the agency handles complaints, and the report will name it.
The questions that actually decide it
Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight, since that single answer tells you more than any rating does. Ask what happens when a carer is unwell or running late, and whether anybody lets you know. Ask about minimum visit length, weekend and bank holiday rates, and how medication is recorded. Where an agency sits at Requires Improvement, ask what the inspector found and what has changed; where one is unrated, ask when its first inspection is expected.
Getting an Assessment and Sorting Out Funding
Assessment before prices
The person needing support is entitled to a care needs assessment, and requesting it early keeps the process in a sensible order. It is carried out by the Gloucestershire County Council social care team, the authority responsible for assessing need and arranging funded support, and anyone who appears to need help may request one regardless of savings. The assessor determines how much support is needed and how often, which governs cost far more than an advertised hourly rate.
Paying for it
Home care is charged by the visit or by the hour, so the weekly total follows from the pattern of calls. A financial assessment examines income and savings, and the value of the home someone continues to live in is not counted while care is delivered there. Where capital falls below the national threshold the local authority may fund part or all of the package, frequently as a direct payment so the family can choose the agency.
Starting early
Assessments take weeks and the best regarded agencies have finite capacity. Each profile here carries the detail currently held for that provider.
5 home care in Stonehouse
- Five Valleys Care · Stonehouse, Gloucestershire · CQC Requires improvement
- Learning Together · Stonehouse, Gloucestershire · CQC Good
- Vintage Revelations Stroud · Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
- HF Trust - Stroud · Stonehouse, Gloucestershire · CQC Outstanding
- Carich Care · Stonehouse, Gloucestershire · CQC Good
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 Gloucestershire agencies publish a rate. | £28.75 to £34.94 an hour |
| What Gloucestershire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.64 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
- Five Valleys Care Ltd, 26 November 2022, Requires improvement
- Learning Together Limited, 3 April 2020, Good
- Carich Care Limited, 3 April 2020, Good
Longest since a report
- HF Trust - Stroud, 8 December 2018, Outstanding
- Learning Together Limited, 3 April 2020, Good
- Carich Care Limited, 3 April 2020, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Stonehouse
How many home care agencies are there in Stonehouse?
Stonehouse has 5 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 2 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 1 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 Stonehouse?
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 Gloucestershire 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 Stonehouse were inspected most recently?
Five Valleys Care Ltd (26 November 2022), Learning Together Limited (3 April 2020) and Carich Care Limited (3 April 2020) have the most recent CQC reports.