Home Care in Weymouth
Weymouth has 16 CQC registered home care agencies. 9 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, and 6 have not yet been rated. 7 of the 16 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Weymouth at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Weymouth, 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: 66,500. Rising to 78,700 by 2035, up 18%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 8,600. Rising to 11,000 by 2035, up 28%
- People aged 85 and over: 17,900. Rising to 27,800 by 2035, up 55%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 52%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 3 closed. 83 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 42 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.8 miles).
- Compared with the rest of Dorset: Fewer agencies. Dorset has fewer agencies than average for the size of its older population.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.
Planning and Paying for Care at Home in Weymouth
Two questions shape almost everything that follows: whether the council will help with the cost, and how many hours the week genuinely needs. Neither answer arrives quickly, so both are worth starting at the same time rather than in sequence.
Asking for a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support may request an assessment, and it is free regardless of savings. A practitioner talks through the daily routine, what has become difficult or unsafe, and what would make the biggest practical difference. Dorset Council is the authority responsible for carrying out that assessment and for arranging funded support where the national eligibility criteria are met. A financial assessment then looks at income and capital in order to work out the contribution due. A relative providing unpaid support can ask for a carer's assessment of their own at the same time, which is often overlooked in the rush.
What care at home costs and who pays it
Support in the home is bought by the hour or by the visit rather than as a place, so the weekly total moves with the shape of the rota more than with any headline rate. Evenings, weekends and bank holidays usually attract a higher charge, and live in arrangements are quoted as a weekly fee instead. Where the council funds support, the personal budget can be taken as a direct payment, which lets the family choose and manage the agency themselves. Ask for the full schedule of charges in writing, including minimum call lengths, travel time and the notice needed to cancel a visit, since those details decide the monthly bill.
Choosing an Agency in Weymouth and What to Check
Sixteen agencies is enough choice to be genuinely selective, and the differences that matter are rarely the ones visible on a website.
Continuity, timing and the rota
Ask how many different carers would come in a fortnight, because a constantly rotating cast undoes much of the benefit of being cared for at home. Ask what happens when a carer calls in sick early on a Monday, and how quickly the office telephones a family to say a visit will run late. Ask who covers the weekend and how bank holidays are staffed. The answers separate a well staffed agency from a stretched one far more reliably than any brochure does.
Ratings, reports and the first fortnight
Of the providers listed here, one holds an Outstanding rating, nine are rated Good and six have yet to be given a published rating. An absent rating is not a warning in itself, but it does mean there is no inspection report to read, so ask for references and for the registered manager's own account of how the service is run. Where a report does exist, the sections on staffing and on how concerns are handled tell you more than the single overall word at the top. Agree a review at the end of the first fortnight, and note down then what is working and what needs changing.
16 home care in Weymouth
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Bluebells Helping Hands · Office E7, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9DN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bluebells Helping Hands Limited
Bluebells Helping Hands provides care and support in people's own homes in Weymouth and across Dorset. We visit older people, helping with whatever has become difficult so that staying at home remains a realistic choice. Home care is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care - Old Castle Road · 4 Old Castle Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8QB
Home care · Run by Ash Care Devote Limited
We are the care team based at Old Castle Road in Weymouth, supporting people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding parts of Dorset. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Phoenix Care & Support Services 24/7 · G17, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9DN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Phoenix Care & Support Services 24/7 Ltd
Phoenix Care and Support provides care in people's own homes in Weymouth and across Dorset, including at night and at weekends. Our work is built around the life somebody already leads rather than a timetable that suits us. The people we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Caremark (& West) · Unit 11, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 7BS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by M D J French & Co Ltd
Caremark in Weymouth and West Dorset provides care and support to people in their own homes across the area. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia or with mental ill health, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Ashbee Home Care · 9 Stainforth Close, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0SY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ashbee Home Care Ltd
Ashbee Home Care supports people in their own homes in Weymouth and across the surrounding parts of Dorset. We are a home care agency, which means the care comes to you, at times agreed with you, and fits around your day. We support older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Kingsley Home Care and Service · 432 Chickerell Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4DQ
Home care · Run by Kingsley Home Care Services Limited
Kingsley Home Care in Weymouth supports people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding parts of Dorset. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia and with people who have physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Dimensions West Domiciliary Care Office · G19 Lynch Lane, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9DN
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Dimensions (UK) Limited
Dimensions Dorset West provides support to people living in their own homes around Weymouth and the surrounding area. We work with adults who have a learning disability, with autistic adults, with younger adults and with older people. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Care and Support Service · 121 Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0JX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by East Boro Housing Trust Limited
Weymouth Care and Support provides help at home for people in Weymouth and the surrounding part of Dorset. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as people with a learning disability or autism,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
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 Dorset agencies publish a rate. | £28.75 to £34.94 an hour |
| What Dorset pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £27.67 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
- Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited Weymouth, 18 June 2026, Good
- Neways at Home Weymouth, 13 May 2026, Good
- Ashbee Home Care Ltd, 22 May 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- Weymouth Care and Support Service, 15 June 2019, Good
- Caremark (Weymouth & West Dorset), 6 November 2019, Good
- St Jude's Care Ltd, 11 February 2020, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Weymouth
How many home care agencies are there in Weymouth?
Weymouth has 16 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 9 Good, 6 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 Weymouth?
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 Dorset 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 Weymouth were inspected most recently?
Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited Weymouth (18 June 2026), Neways at Home Weymouth (13 May 2026) and Ashbee Home Care Ltd (22 May 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.