Which home care agencies cover Ashford on this page?

Thirty five registered agencies match this search, including Kent Enablement at Home, Devoted Homecare, Allium Homecare, Care in Kent and Bluebird Care. Every entry has a profile giving the provider, the type of support offered and the latest Care Quality Commission rating where one has been published. The agencies are listed rather than ranked, so it is worth comparing a few profiles side by side. Capacity shifts week by week, so an agency with nothing available today may be able to help within a fortnight.

What should I ask a home care agency in Ashford before agreeing anything?

Start with continuity, asking how many different carers will visit in a typical fortnight and whether you will be told in advance about changes. Check the minimum visit length, whether travel time comes out of the booked slot, and how the agency handles a late or missed call. Ask how medication is recorded, how often the care plan is reviewed, and who is available on the telephone at night and at weekends. Finally, ask to see the written terms covering rates, notice periods and any additional charges.

When is home care enough, and when is a care home or nursing home needed?

Home care brings scheduled support to a person in their own surroundings and leaves them in charge of their own routine. A care home provides accommodation with personal care included, so meals, daily help and company are always on hand. A nursing home does the same but with registered nurses on duty at all hours for health needs that care staff cannot meet. Home care often works well until needs become constant or overnight supervision is required, at which point a residential option may be the safer choice.

Can Kent County Council pay towards care at home in Ashford?

It can, depending on the outcome of the needs assessment and the financial assessment that follows it. Kent County Council looks at income, savings and capital, and where these sit below the national thresholds it contributes towards the cost of the agreed support. Funded home care is frequently arranged as a direct payment, giving the family a say in which agency delivers the visits. Even households paying for everything themselves benefit from the assessment, because it sets out what level of support is appropriate.

How is a care needs assessment arranged in Ashford?

Contact the adult social care team at Kent County Council and ask for a care needs assessment, which is free and open to anyone who appears to need support. A practitioner will look at daily living, mobility, health, safety at home and the help already being given by family or neighbours. The outcome sets out what care is needed and how often, and it forms the basis of any support plan or direct payment. Say clearly if the situation is urgent, as arrangements can sometimes be brought forward.

How soon should we start arranging home care?

As soon as everyday tasks start becoming difficult, rather than waiting for a fall or an admission to force the pace. Setting up a package takes a little time, because the agency will visit to assess, write a care plan and build a schedule that fits. Starting early also allows a gentle beginning of one or two visits a week, which is far easier to accept than a full package arriving overnight. If a hospital discharge is being planned, contact agencies straight away, since availability moves quickly.

Home Care in Ashford

Ashford has 35 CQC registered home care agencies. 13 are rated Good, 7 Requires improvement, and 15 have not yet been rated. 18 of the 35 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Ashford at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Ashford, to help you judge the options below.

Hourly care visits, Kent: £28.50 to £39.15 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 15,000. Rising to 17,600 by 2035, up 18%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,900. Rising to 2,500 by 2035, up 30%
People aged 85 and over: 3,700. Rising to 6,000 by 2035, up 61%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 58%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Kent as a whole is 62%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 3 opened, 1 closed. 36 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 40 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.7 miles).

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What home care in Ashford involves and how to judge an agency

Support at home means someone else coming through the front door, often several times a day, which makes reliability and continuity the qualities that matter most. Thirty five agencies match this search in Ashford, so the task is less about finding an option than about telling a well run agency from an average one.

The kinds of support on offer

Packages usually begin modestly, perhaps a morning call to help with washing, dressing and breakfast, and build from there to several visits a day covering meals, medication prompts and settling at night. Some agencies on this listing focus on enablement and short term recovery after a hospital stay, others on supported living or complex nursing needs at home, and some on live in arrangements where a carer stays in the house. Matching that focus to the actual need is the first and most useful filter.

Reading the ratings on this listing carefully

The inspection picture in Ashford is genuinely mixed and deserves attention. Thirteen agencies are rated Good, among them Kent Enablement at Home, Boyce Care, Devoted Homecare, Allium Homecare and Bluebird Care. Seven have been told they require improvement, including Community Support Services, Vibrant Home Care and Royalcare Ashford, and fifteen have no published rating yet, which usually means a recent registration rather than a concern. Where a rating is missing, ask the agency directly how long it has been trading and whether an inspection is expected.

The questions that reveal the difference

Ask how many different carers a person will meet in a fortnight, because continuity shapes everything else. Ask what the shortest visit is, whether travel time is taken out of that slot, and how quickly the office rings when a call is running late. It is worth asking how medication is recorded, how care plans are reviewed, who answers the telephone at night, and what happens when the regular carer is on holiday.

Getting an assessment and sorting out the funding

Asking for a care needs assessment

A free care needs assessment is available to anyone who appears to need support, regardless of income. It is arranged through Kent County Council, the authority responsible for adult social care assessments and funded support, and it establishes what help is needed and how often before any question of payment arises. A relative giving regular support can ask for a carer's assessment of their own. Request the written outcome, since agencies will want to see what has been agreed.

Deciding who pays

A financial assessment follows, looking at income, savings and capital to work out whether the local authority contributes towards the cost of the agreed support and how much the person pays themselves. Funded care at home is often taken as a direct payment, which allows a family to choose their own agency from a listing like this one instead of accepting whichever provider is allocated. Attendance Allowance is not means tested and is worth claiming separately, as is any council tax reduction the household qualifies for.

What home care generally costs

Care at home is charged by the hour or by the visit, with higher rates in the evening, at weekends and on bank holidays, while live in care is priced by the week. Rates vary between agencies, so ask for written terms covering the hourly rate, the minimum visit length, any mileage charge and the notice required to change or cancel a call. Ask too how the agency handles a package that grows, because support that begins with one visit a day rarely stays that way.

35 home care in Ashford

AZ Caring Services · Aspect House, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9HT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A Z Caring Services Ltd
We at AZ Caring Services are proud to provide compassionate home care across Ashford and the wider Kent community, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the TN postcode area,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Pcash Healthcare · Unit 1-2, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DF
Home care · Run by Pcash Healthcare Limited
We at Pcash Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Ashford and the surrounding Kent communities, supporting individuals who wish to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes whilst receiving the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Curant Care · 30 North Street, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8JR
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by South Eastern Solutions Limited
We at Curant Care Ashford are proud to provide compassionate home care across Ashford and the surrounding communities of Kent, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Affinity Trust - Domiciliary Care Agency South East, Bedford and Northamptonshire · Suite 2 & 3 Henwood Pavilion, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Affinity Trust
We at Affinity Trust Domiciliary Care Agency South East, Bedford and Northamptonshire are proud to offer compassionate home care across Ashford and the wider Kent community. Our team supports people to live well and independently in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Community Support Services · Highland Farm, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3RJ
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Canterbury Oast Trust
We at Community Support Services are proud to provide compassionate home care across Ashford and the surrounding Kent communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the TN...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Ultima Care and Nursing · Suite M, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1PD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by PT Southern Services Ltd
At Ultima Care and Nursing, we provide home care to people living in Ashford and the surrounding areas of Kent. We come to you, supporting you in the place you know best, your own home, so that you can maintain your independence and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
GoodOaks Homecare - South · The Panorama, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DF
Home care · Run by Homelove Care Ltd
We provide home care to people living in Ashford and across the south of Kent. Our carers come to people in their own homes, which is where most of the people we support would much rather be, and we build our visits around their day rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Orange Lifecare · 42 Lucilla Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3PS
Home care · Run by Orange Lifecare Limited
Orange Lifecare provides support in people's own homes in Ashford and across Kent. 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...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Allium Homecare · 87 Church Road, Ashford, Surrey, TW15 2PE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by VANP Ltd
Allium Homecare provides support at home in Ashford and the surrounding parts of Surrey. Our aim is straightforward. We want people to keep living in their own home, on their own terms, for as long as that is the right thing for them. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
and Medway Domiciliary Care Agency · 5 Highpoint Business Park, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DH
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Voyage 1 Limited
We are a domiciliary care agency based in Ashford, supporting people in their own homes across Kent and Medway. Our work is with adults who have a learning disability, adults on the autistic spectrum, and younger adults, and our aim is to...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Devoted Homecare · 7 Metford, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Devoted Homecare Ltd
Devoted Homecare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Ashford and the surrounding parts of Kent. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with people who have physical disabilities or a visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bluebird Care · Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Piromar Ltd
At Bluebird Care Ashford, we provide professional home care to people across Ashford and the surrounding areas of Kent. Our work centres on helping people live well in their own homes, on their own terms, and we take that responsibility...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Clarity Homecare · Bizspace, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4BF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blossoms Trading Limited
Clarity Homecare supports people in their own homes in Ashford and the surrounding parts of Kent. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability or autism, people living with mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care · Unit 7, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care in Kent Limited
We are Care in Kent, a home care agency based in Ashford and working with people across the surrounding parts of Kent. We provide support in people's own homes, which is where most people would far rather be, and we arrange that support...
S2S Healthcare · 26 House Meadow, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5HG
Home care · Run by S2S Healthcare Ltd
S2S Healthcare supports people across Ashford and the surrounding part of Kent in their own homes. Most people manage better in familiar surroundings, and our job is to make staying at home practical for as long as it sensibly can be. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Enablement at Home · Kroner House, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8XU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Kent County Council
Kent Enablement at Home supports people in their own homes across Ashford and the surrounding parts of Kent. The word enablement in our name is deliberate. Our aim is to help people do things for themselves wherever that is possible,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Vibrant Home Care · Bizspace Ashford, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4DF
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Faseha Healthcare Recruitment Ltd
At Vibrant Home Care, we support people across Ashford and the surrounding areas of Kent to live well in their own homes. We work with older adults, younger adults, and people living with dementia or physical disabilities, tailoring the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Morecare Services(UK) · 51 Ferndale Road, Ashford, Surrey, TW15 3PP
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Morecare Services (Uk) Ltd
We are a home care agency based in Ashford, Surrey, supporting people in their own homes. The people we visit are varied. Older people, many of them living with dementia. Adults with a learning disability or autism. People with mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Care Serene · 32 Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 7RP
Home care · Run by Care Serene Ltd
Care Serene provides care and support at home for people in Ashford and the surrounding parts of Kent. We are a home care agency, so our care workers come to you, at times you have agreed with us. Much of our work is with older people who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
The Bliss Homes Adult Services · 2 Millbrook Meadow, Ashford, Kent, TN23 4XL
Home care · Run by The Bliss Homes Adult Services Ltd
The Bliss Homes Adult provides home care to adults in Ashford and the surrounding part of Kent. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people managing mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Boyce Care · 172 Feltham Hill Road, Ashford, Surrey, TW15 1LF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Boyce Care Ltd
We support autistic people and adults with a learning disability in their own homes in and around Ashford in Surrey. Our job is to provide the support that makes somebody's own life workable rather than to take that life over. What that...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
Caremark & Shepway · Suite 1, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DH
Home care · Run by Kent Residential Services Limited
We at Caremark Ashford & Shepway are proud to offer compassionate home care across Ashford and the wider Shepway area of Kent, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the TN postcode...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Care Consultants · Suite 2037 Letraset Building, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LN
Home care · Run by Kent Care Consultants Ltd
Here at Kent Care Consultants, we are a home care agency based in Ashford, Kent, supporting people to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We believe that where you live and how you live are deeply personal choices, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Beech Tree Total Care · Chamberlain Manor, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8BF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care at Home Services (South East) Limited
Beech Tree Total Care in Ashford supports people in their own homes across Ashford and the surrounding parts of Kent. We work with older people, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, adults with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Avengers Prime Care · 22 Chaplin Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9TN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Avengers Prime Care Ltd.
Avengers Prime Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Ashford and across Kent. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Royalcare · Suite32 Williamson House, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LW
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Sreevijay Ltd
Royalcare Ashford provides care at home for people in Ashford and the surrounding parts of Kent. Our visits range from a short call to start the day through to several each day and longer periods of support, and the pattern is agreed with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Ashforhire Professionals · 152 Beecholme Drive, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9BZ
Home care · Run by Ashforhire Professionals Limited
Ashforhire Professionals provides care and support to people in their own homes in Ashford and the surrounding parts of Kent. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with adults who have a learning disability and with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Nurse Plus UK · Unit 2 Eurogate Business Park, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8XU
Nursing home · Home care · Run by Nurse Plus and Carer Plus (UK) Limited
Nurse Plus UK provides nursing care and support to people in and around Ashford, working with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Respite Care, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Prima Care · Suite 3, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1BB
Home care · Run by Prudent Domiciliary Care Limited
We at Prima Care are proud to offer trusted home care across Ashford and the wider Kent community, supporting older people, adults living with dementia, and individuals with physical disabilities to live well in the comfort of their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Dream Care · Unit 1-2, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DF
Home care · Run by Dream Care Ltd
Here at Dream Care, we provide home care support to people living in Ashford, Kent and the surrounding areas. We come to you, which means the people we support can stay in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes while receiving the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Personnel and Solutions · First Floor (Left), Ashford, Kent, TN23 7TS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ashford Personnel and Solutions Limited
We provide care in people's own homes in Ashford and across Kent. Our purpose is to support people to live where they want to live, with help that arrives when it is supposed to and is given by carers they know. The people we support are...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Beech Tree Total Care - Extra Care Schemes · Joseph Hadlum Court, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1AF
Home care · Run by Care at Home Services (South East) Limited
We are Beech Tree Total Care in Ashford, providing support to people in their own homes and in extra care housing across Ashford and the surrounding part of Kent. Our work is for people who need help with daily life and would far rather...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Clarity Homecare · First Floor Unit 4, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DH
Home care · Run by Clarity Homecare (Direct) Ltd
We provide care at home in Ashford and the surrounding parts of Kent. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Kevin Cross Case Management · Unit 6, Ashford, Kent, TN27 9LY
Home care · Run by Kevin Cross Case Management Ltd
Kevin Cross Case Management supports people in their own homes in Ashford and across Kent, working with adults who have a physical disability and with people who have visual or hearing impairment. Much of our work involves situations that...
Specialisms: Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Dependable Homecare · 118 Ellingham Industrial Centre, Ashford, Kent, TN23 6LZ
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Dependable Homecare LTD
We are Dependable Homecare, based in Ashford, and we provide care in people's own homes across this part of Kent. We support older people and younger adults, and the aim in both cases is the same: enough of the right help, at the right...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, Kent Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £32.00.	£28.50 to £39.15 an hour
What Kent pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£28.05 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

Morecare Services(UK)Ltd, 28 October 2024, Requires improvement
Avengers Prime Care, 18 September 2024, Good
Vibrant Home Care, 2 September 2023, Requires improvement

Longest since a report

Boyce Care, 27 February 2018, Good
Bluebird Care (Ashford), 16 August 2018, Good
Ultima Care and Nursing, 28 February 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Ashford

How many home care agencies are there in Ashford?

Ashford has 35 CQC registered home care agencies: 13 Good, 7 Requires improvement, 15 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 Ashford?

Hourly care visits, Kent: £28.50 to £39.15 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £32.00. 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 Ashford were inspected most recently?

Morecare Services(UK)Ltd (28 October 2024), Avengers Prime Care (18 September 2024) and Vibrant Home Care (2 September 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.

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