Westmorland Homecare

Westmorland Homecare is a home care agency in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness (LA12 7DX).

About Westmorland Homecare

Westmorland Homecare Ulverston is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across Ulverston and the wider area of Westmorland and Furness. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with a physical disability. This is a part of the country where distances are real and winter is not a formality, and that shapes how we work. Planning rounds that look efficient on a spreadsheet and fail on a wet Tuesday in February is no use to anybody, so we build in the travelling time the roads actually require. Being where we said we would be, when we said, is the foundation of everything else. The support itself is practical. Personal care given without fuss. Medication handled and recorded properly. Meals cooked. Help to move safely around the home. Company for people who can go days without seeing anybody, which in scattered villages is a genuine risk rather than a sentimental worry. We keep the same carers going to the same households. For somebody living with dementia that familiarity is what makes a visit calm, and for everybody it is how a carer comes to notice that something has changed before it becomes a crisis. The Care Quality Commission has not yet given us an overall rating. We are glad to explain how we recruit and train, and to introduce you to the people who would actually be visiting.

Care provided at Westmorland Homecare

Read the full inspection report on the CQC website.

Common questions about Westmorland Homecare

Where is Westmorland Homecare located?

Westmorland Homecare is a home care agency based in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness (LA12 7DX), providing care to people in their own homes within approximately 10 miles of the area.

What type of care does Westmorland Homecare provide?

Westmorland Homecare is registered to provide care in people’s own homes, with support that includes Older person care, Dementia care, Physical disability support, Younger adults care. The full list of services is shown on this page.

Does Westmorland Homecare provide dementia care?

Yes. Westmorland Homecare supports people living with dementia. We recommend contacting the agency directly to discuss your individual situation.

Questions families ask about Westmorland Homecare

Can they support someone living with dementia at home?

Yes. Yes. Westmorland Homecare Ulverston is registered for dementia care in people's own homes.

Can they help with medication and nursing tasks?

Ask the home. Most home care agencies prompt or give medication but do not provide nursing tasks. Ask what their carers are trained to do.

Do they cover our area?

Yes. Westmorland Homecare Ulverston covers roughly 10 miles from Ulverston.

Will the council help pay?

Ask the home. The agency has not told us which funding it accepts. Most take both council funded and self funded clients; a direct payment from the council can be used to pay them.

Typical home care fees in the North West

Westmorland Homecare Ulverston has not published its fees yet. These are typical hourly rates for the North West, so you know roughly what to expect before you call.

Indicative figures for the North West, not a quote from Westmorland Homecare Ulverston. Actual fees depend on the room, the level of care and how it is funded.

More about the care at Westmorland Homecare

Dementia Care at Westmorland Homecare

Sending the same carers to the same households is what this agency puts first in its own account, arguing that familiarity is what makes a visit calm. Dementia care sits on its registration in Ulverston alongside older person support and physical disability, which tells you the needs it may accept rather than how the work is done. Steady routines, carers who spot distress early and a consistent response as the condition changes are what tend to matter most. None of that shows on a register, so put it to the team directly: how do they respond when somebody is upset or turns care away, how are changes recorded and who hears about them. Ask as well what happens if needs outgrow what visiting carers can cover at home.

Home Care at Westmorland Homecare

Indicative hourly rates across the North West run between £25 and £30, a regional guide rather than a quote from this service. Westmorland Homecare Ulverston covers the town and the wider Westmorland and Furness area, and its own description makes a point of building in the travelling time the roads actually require instead of planning rounds that only hold up in good weather. Because care of this kind is bought by the visit, the useful questions are about call length, how many calls a day are realistic and whether there is a minimum booking. Ask what the charge is at weekends and on bank holidays. Ask too how a change to a visit time reaches the household, because reliability is the thing families notice first.

Older Person Care at Westmorland Homecare

Registered with the CQC on 8 June 2026, this Ulverston agency is new enough that no inspection rating has been published. For older people, support at home usually means help with washing and dressing, medication given and recorded properly, meals cooked, and company for anybody who might otherwise go days without a visitor. Westmorland Homecare Ulverston describes all of those tasks itself, and says it keeps the same carers going to the same households. Families should ask how a round is planned, who comes when the regular carer is away, and whether call times can follow an existing routine. Ask as well what cover exists in the evening and out of hours, since this is a visiting service rather than a staffed building.

Younger Adults at Westmorland Homecare

Westmorland and Furness is the council here, and the starting point for an assessment or any funding towards support for an adult under 65. The Ulverston registration covers younger adults as well as older people, so visits may need to fit around work, study or family life. Ask how call times are agreed, and whether carers are matched on interests as well as tasks.

Physical Disability at Westmorland Homecare

Help to move safely around the house is one of the practical tasks named in this agency's own description, alongside personal care and medication. Support for a physical disability at home often turns on hoists, rails and other equipment, and on carers confident in using them. Ask Westmorland Homecare Ulverston who assesses moving and handling, and how equipment supplied by others is worked into a visit.

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