Which providers in Wimborne offer home care?

Fifteen registered providers covering Wimborne are listed on this page. Nine hold a Good rating from the Care Quality Commission, including Fairhope, Priority Home Care and Candlelight Homecare Services Wimborne Area Office. One is currently marked Requires Improvement and five have not yet been rated. Coverage and capacity change week by week, so open the profiles and ask each office whether it can serve your address at the hours you need.

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home provides accommodation with personal care, meaning help with washing, dressing, meals, mobility and medication. A nursing home provides that same personal care with a registered nurse on duty at all hours, which is what clinical needs require. Home care comes before either, keeping someone in their own house while visiting support remains sufficient. If assessed needs outgrow what scheduled calls can meet, the assessment should indicate which setting would suit.

What should we ask a home care agency in Wimborne before agreeing anything?

Ask how many different carers would visit in a typical month and how sickness and holidays are covered. Ask how calls are scheduled, what happens when a carer runs late, and how a missed visit reaches the family. Ask who writes and reviews the care plan, whether you receive a copy, and how medication is recorded at each call. Ask as well for the most recent inspection report where one exists, and for the notice period on both sides.

How do we arrange a care needs assessment in Wimborne?

Contact the adult social care team at Dorset Council and explain which everyday tasks have become difficult or unsafe. The assessment is free and is not means tested, although the financial assessment that follows does look at income and savings. A GP, district nurse or hospital discharge team can refer on your behalf if that is simpler. If you are an unpaid carer, request a carer assessment at the same time, as it carries its own entitlements.

Can Dorset Council fund home care in Wimborne?

It can, where a care needs assessment identifies eligible needs and a financial assessment shows the person qualifies for help with the cost. Income and capital are both considered, and the council may meet the full cost, part of it, or none at all. Support is frequently taken as a direct payment, allowing a household to choose and manage its own agency. Ask for the decision and the agreed hours in writing before support begins.

How far in advance should we start looking for home care in Wimborne?

Start as soon as the need looks predictable rather than waiting for a crisis to decide it. Assessments and funding decisions take time, and agencies need notice to fit new calls into an established rota, especially the early morning and teatime slots. A few weeks allows you to speak to more than one provider and compare continuity as well as price. If a hospital discharge is imminent, the discharge team can arrange interim support while longer term care is settled.

Home Care in Wimborne

Wimborne has 15 CQC registered home care agencies. 10 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 4 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 15 were last inspected more than three years ago.

Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.

Wimborne at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Wimborne, 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.

Choosing a home care agency in Wimborne and what to look for

Support at home is delivered as a set of agreed visits written into a care plan, not as someone being present throughout the day. What separates one provider from another is rarely the list of tasks they offer, but whether the visits happen when they are supposed to.

Inspected and uninspected providers

Nine agencies covering Wimborne hold a Good rating, among them Fairhope, Priority Home Care and Candlelight Homecare Services Wimborne Area Office. One is marked Requires Improvement and five carry no rating at all. A missing rating usually means a provider registered too recently for a first full inspection rather than that anything is wrong, but it does leave you without an independent view. Ask when an inspection is expected and for references from families in comparable circumstances.

Continuity of carers

Ask how many different people would come through the door in a typical month, and press for the realistic figure rather than the ideal. Ask what happens when the regular carer is ill or away, and whether travel time is built into the rota, since most complaints about lateness come from scheduling rather than from the carers themselves. Ask to meet whoever will carry out the initial assessment visit.

What carers can and cannot do

Personal care covers washing, dressing, help with the toilet, moving safely about the house, preparing meals and support with medication. Shopping, laundry and light housework are generally included where the plan provides for them. Clinical work such as complex wound dressings or tube feeding belongs to community nursing, so ask how any agency coordinates with the district nursing team if that is relevant.

Arranging an assessment and sorting out the funding

The financial side has its own timetable and rewards an early start more than any other part of the process.

The care needs assessment

Any adult who appears to need care and support can ask for an assessment, free of charge and whatever their savings. Dorset Council carries these out and follows them with a financial assessment where funded support may apply. Anyone providing unpaid care has a separate right to a carer assessment of their own. The resulting plan sets out the hours and type of help considered necessary, which gives you something solid to compare quotes against.

Help with the cost

If the financial assessment shows eligibility, the council may meet all or part of the cost, with any balance paid privately. Support can often be taken as a direct payment, letting a household choose and manage its own agency. Care immediately after a hospital stay is sometimes free for a limited period under reablement, a separate arrangement with its own time limit, so ask which applies.

How charges are worked out

Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly total reflects the number of calls and their length. Evening, weekend and bank holiday rates are usually higher, a visit needing two carers costs about double, and live in support is priced weekly instead. Ask for the charges in writing and check the notice period for reducing or stopping visits.

15 home care in Wimborne

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Priority Home Care · Unit A3, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7UH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Priority Home Care Dorset Ltd
Priority Home Care provides support in people's own homes in Wimborne and across Dorset. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with visual or hearing impairment. Care at home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
office · G8, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7RU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Pathways Care Limited
We at Dorset office are proud to offer compassionate home care across Wimborne and the wider Dorset community, supporting older people and adults of all ages to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Candlelight Homecare Services Area Office · Suite 7, Wimborne, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH21 3AA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Candlelight Homecare Services Limited
We are Candlelight Homecare in Wimborne, supporting adults in their own homes across this part of Dorset. The range of people we work with is wide. Older people and people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities or autism,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Goodoaks Homecare East · Arena Business Centre, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7UH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by South West Care Group LTD
We are Goodoaks Homecare East Dorset, based in Wimborne and supporting adults in their own homes across the area. We support older people and people living with dementia, and we also support younger adults who need help with daily life. In...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Fairhope · 22a West Borough, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1NF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Fairhope Ltd
We are Fairhope, based in Wimborne, 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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
BS Care Management Services · 6 Whittle Road, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7RU
Home care · Run by BS Care Management Services Ltd
We provide care in people's own homes in Wimborne and across Dorset. What we do is straightforward: give people the help they need to keep living where they want to live, at the times agreed, from carers they recognise. Most of the people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults

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

Dorset office, 2 June 2026, Good
Newgencaregroup (Dorset), 27 May 2026, Good
Abbots Care Limited (East Dorset branch), 27 May 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Candlelight Homecare Services Wimborne Area Office, 28 September 2018, Good
Agincare UK Ferndown, 21 August 2019, Good
iDirect - East Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, 24 August 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Wimborne

How many home care agencies are there in Wimborne?

Wimborne has 15 CQC registered home care agencies: 10 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 4 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 Wimborne?

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 Wimborne were inspected most recently?

Dorset office (2 June 2026), Newgencaregroup (Dorset) (27 May 2026) and Abbots Care Limited (East Dorset branch) (27 May 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.