Home Care in Stourport-on-severn
Stourport-on-severn has 3 CQC registered home care agencies. 2 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement. All 3 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Planning and Paying for Care at Home in Stourport-on-severn
How funded support works
Care at home is funded in a different way from a care home place, and the mechanism is worth knowing before you call an agency. An assessment of need is free, open to anyone who may require support, and it records how someone manages washing, dressing, medication, meals, mobility and safety. Ask Worcestershire County Council Adult Social Care to carry it out and to arrange the financial assessment that follows. Where support is funded, the council may either arrange the package itself or offer a direct payment, which lets the person choose and pay their own agency.
What home care costs
Visiting care is normally charged by the hour or by the visit, with higher rates at weekends and on bank holidays, and some agencies set a minimum call length. Where capital falls below the national threshold, the council may fund an agreed package, and above it the care is paid for privately. Ask for the rates in writing, together with any travel charges, notice periods and the terms for changing or cancelling visits. Ask too what happens if more visits are needed later, since the cost rises in steps rather than smoothly.
Choosing a Provider in Stourport-on-severn and What to Check
Two Good records and one asking for improvement
Agincare Worcester and Riverside Home Care both hold a Good rating, so read their reports for what inspectors said about staffing, about the supervision of carers in people's homes and about how the service responds when something goes wrong. Advantage Health & Social Care is rated Requires Improvement, and that report names the shortfalls found, which the provider may already have acted on. Ask the manager what has changed and what evidence supports it, and check how recently each inspection took place.
Questions that reveal how an agency runs
Ask how long each visit lasts, how many different carers would come in a week and whether a small regular team can be arranged. Ask what happens when a carer is ill or caught in traffic, how a missed visit is picked up and who answers the telephone out of hours. Ask how the care plan is written and reviewed, and how medicines, meals and personal care are recorded at each call. Ask finally how carers are supervised in people's homes, since that is where the quality of visiting care is settled.
3 home care in Stourport-on-severn
- Agincare Worcester · Stourport-on-severn, Worcestershire · CQC Good
- Riverside Home Care · Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire · CQC Good
- Advantage Health & Social Care · Stourport-on-severn, Worcestershire · CQC Requires improvement
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, West Midlands Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. | £28.30 to £32.00 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
- Advantage Health & Social Care, 26 May 2022, Requires improvement
- Agincare Worcester, 26 April 2022, Good
- Riverside Home Care, 13 November 2020, Good
Longest since a report
- Riverside Home Care, 13 November 2020, Good
- Agincare Worcester, 26 April 2022, Good
- Advantage Health & Social Care, 26 May 2022, Requires improvement
Frequently asked questions about home care in Stourport-on-severn
How many home care agencies are there in Stourport-on-severn?
Stourport-on-severn has 3 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Good, 1 Requires improvement. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
Which home care agencies in Stourport-on-severn were inspected most recently?
Advantage Health & Social Care (26 May 2022), Agincare Worcester (26 April 2022) and Riverside Home Care (13 November 2020) have the most recent CQC reports.