How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Barking and Dagenham?

Contact the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and ask for an adult social care needs assessment, which costs nothing. The request can be made by the person needing help or by a relative, GP or hospital ward acting for them. A practitioner will discuss the everyday tasks that have become difficult and weigh them against the national eligibility criteria. If the needs qualify, the council sets out what support should follow and how it can be arranged.

Can the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham fund home care?

It can, but only after both a care needs assessment and a financial assessment have been completed. The financial assessment compares income and capital with thresholds set nationally, so the answer depends on individual circumstances. Support may cover the full cost, part of it, or none at all. Where funding is agreed, you can ask to take it as a direct payment and choose the agency yourself.

Which agencies provide home care in Barking and Dagenham?

One hundred and fifty five home care agencies registered with the Care Quality Commission to work in Barking and Dagenham are listed on this page. They include national brands operating through local offices and small independent providers covering only a few streets. Each has its own profile showing the current rating and the findings behind it. Reading those profiles is the quickest way to build a shortlist matching the hours and type of help required.

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

Home care sends paid carers to someone in their own house for planned visits, which might be one morning call or several across the day. A care home provides accommodation, meals and support on a single site with staff on duty at all hours. Nursing homes go further by employing registered nurses for people with clinical needs. Every provider listed here delivers care in the person's own home rather than in residential accommodation.

How much notice should I allow when arranging home care?

Allow a few weeks where circumstances make that possible, because the most popular visit times are the hardest to secure. Early morning and evening calls tend to go first at the better regarded agencies. Starting sooner also leaves room for an assessment and for speaking to more than one provider before committing. If a hospital discharge is being planned, tell the ward team early so the arrangements can run alongside it.

What should I ask an agency before visits begin?

Ask how many carers will normally attend and how absence is covered during sickness and holidays. Check whether visit times are guaranteed or offered as a window, and how much travelling time falls between calls. Find out who supervises the staff, how often care plans are reviewed, and how a concern is escalated to a doctor. Ask for the written schedule of charges covering evenings, weekends and cancellations before anything is signed.

Home Care in Barking and Dagenham

Barking and Dagenham has 158 CQC registered home care agencies. 63 are rated Good, 11 Requires improvement, and 84 have not yet been rated. 56 of the 158 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Barking and Dagenham at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Barking and Dagenham.

Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 8,400. Rising to 9,700 by 2035, up 15%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,200. Rising to 1,300 by 2035, up 15%
People aged 85 and over: 2,300. Rising to 2,500 by 2035, up 10%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 64%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in Barking and Dagenham, last 12 months: 2 opened, 8 closed

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Arranging and Paying for Home Care in Barking and Dagenham

Families usually want three questions answered before anything else: how support gets started, who judges what is needed, and what it will cost each week. Working through them in that order saves a great deal of time.

Requesting a care needs assessment

Anyone who appears to need support can ask for a care needs assessment, and it is free regardless of income or savings. The request can come from the person themselves, from a relative, or from a district nurse or hospital discharge team. A social care practitioner works through the tasks that have become difficult, from washing and dressing to cooking and remembering medication, and sets out what would meet those needs safely. The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham social care team carries out that assessment and arranges any funded support that follows, and a relative providing regular unpaid help can request an assessment of their own at the same time.

Who pays and how the cost is worked out

If the needs are found to be eligible, a financial assessment compares income and capital against thresholds set nationally rather than locally. Some people receive fully funded support, some contribute towards it and others pay in full. Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, shorter calls usually cost more per hour than longer ones, and rates commonly rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Ask for a written schedule of charges, including what happens when a visit is cancelled at short notice.

Choosing your own agency with a direct payment

Where funded support is agreed, it can be taken as a direct payment instead of care arranged on your behalf. That keeps the choice of provider with the family, which matters most when continuity of carers or a particular visit time is the deciding factor.

Sorting the Shortlist of Home Care Agencies in Barking and Dagenham

One hundred and fifty five agencies is more than anyone can sensibly telephone, so cut the list down on paper before you start making calls.

Reading the inspection record

Ratings on this page run to Good and Requires Improvement, and a proportion of agencies have not been rated yet. An absent rating usually reflects recent registration rather than any concern. Look at the date of the last inspection and at what was written about late or missed visits, recruitment, supervision and the recording of medicines, since those are the areas where home care most often comes unstuck.

Continuity and the practical fit

The best predictor of a package that works is whether the same carers keep coming. Ask how many different people are likely to attend across a fortnight, whether visit times are fixed or given as a window, and how sickness and annual leave are covered. In a densely built borough, also ask how much travelling time sits between calls, because that is what quietly erodes the length of a visit.

The questions worth pressing on

Find out who supervises the carers and how often a senior member of staff watches a visit in person. Ask how care plans are reviewed as needs change, how a concern reaches a GP or district nurse, and what training staff have for the specific conditions involved. An agency that answers plainly and offers references is telling you something useful about how it runs from day to day.

158 home care in Barking and Dagenham (showing 1–50)

A & D Hammonds · Suite 8, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8NL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A & D Hammonds Limited
A & D Hammonds supports people in their own homes across Barking and Dagenham. The people we visit are a mixed group. Older adults make up most of our work, many of them living with dementia. We also support younger adults, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Accurate Care Services · 4 Tiger Close, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 0RZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Accurate Care Services Limited
We at Accurate Care Services are proud to provide compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham borough, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Ace Care & Domestic Recruitment Agency · BEC 2 G14, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8GN
Home care · Run by Ace Care & Domestic Recruitment Agency Limited
Ace Care and Domestic Recruitment Agency provides support at home to adults in Barking and across the borough of Barking and Dagenham. We visit older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, adults living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability
Ador Health-Care Services · Roycraft House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8HE
Home care · Run by Ador Health-Care Services Ltd
Ador Healthcare provides support in people's own homes in Barking and across Barking and Dagenham. We work with older people, with people living with dementia, with people managing mental health conditions, with people who have physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Airthrie Homes · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Airthrie Homes Group Ltd
Airthrie Homes provides support at home for people in Barking and across Barking and Dagenham. We work with adults who have a learning disability or autism, including younger adults, supporting them in their own homes and out in their own...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Allied Home Care Services · 805, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 7PS
Home care · Run by Allied Home Care Services Ltd
We are Allied Home Care, a home care agency supporting adults in their own homes in Barking and across the borough of Barking and Dagenham. We work with older people and with younger adults, including many people living with dementia. Care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Amani Care · Office 209, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Amani Care Ltd
Amani Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Barking and the surrounding area. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, physical disabilities, and sight and hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Angel Care and Recruitment · Suite 8A Roding House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8NL
Home care · Run by Angel Care and Recruitment Ltd
We provide care at home in Barking and Dagenham, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with loss of sight or hearing. Our part is practical. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Angels Care Solutions · Unit 214 Barking Enterprise Centre, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8FG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Angels Care Solutions Limited
We are a home care agency in Barking, supporting people across Barking and Dagenham in their own homes. Our visits are shaped by what a person wants their day to look like, whether that is a quick call to help someone get up and dressed or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Apapa House · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Healthfield Medical Services Limited
Apapa House provides care and support to people in their own homes in Barking and across the borough of Barking and Dagenham. We work with older people, with people living with dementia, with people managing mental health conditions or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Eating Disorders
Arthur Morrison Care Services · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Arthur Morrison Ltd
Arthur Morrison Care provides support in people's own homes in Barking and across the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. We visit older adults and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Atlantizenith Unipessoal · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Atlantizenith Unipessoal Ltd
We at Atlantizenith Unipessoal are proud to offer compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham community, supporting individuals to live well and safely within the comfort of their own homes. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Banah Health Care Services · 24 Thames Road, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 0HZ
Home care · Run by Banah Health Care Services Ltd
We at Banah Health Care are proud to offer trusted home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham community, supporting individuals who wish to remain safe, comfortable, and independent in the place they know best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Barmat Healthcare · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Barmat Healthcare Limited
Barmat Healthcare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Barking and Dagenham. We visit older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with a learning disability, people who are autistic,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
BEC2 · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Mediatrix Health Care Services Ltd
BEC2 is a home care agency in Barking, supporting adults in their own homes across the borough. The people we work with are a wide mix: older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Best Care JS · Fortis House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Best Care JS Limited
At Best Care JS, we provide home care support to people living in Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham area. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the comfort of their own homes, with the right level of support tailored...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Black Horse Care · Office 210, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Black Horse Care Limited
We at Black Horse Care are proud to offer professional home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham area, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably within the place they know best: their own home. Our dedicated...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bolta Care Services · Suite 126 Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Bolta Services Limited
We at Bolta Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham borough, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the comfort of their own homes. Our team understands that choosing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bridge Care Group · Regus Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Bridge Care Group Ltd
We at Bridge Care Group are proud to provide compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham community, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably, and independently within the homes and neighbourhoods...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bright London Care · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bright London Care Limited
At Bright London Care, we provide home care support to people living in Barking and the surrounding areas of Barking and Dagenham. Our work centres on helping people remain in the place they know best, their own home, with the right level...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Candid Health & Social Care · 31 River Road, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 0DA
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Candid Health & Social Care Ltd
Candid Health and Social Care provides support to people in their own homes across Barking and Dagenham and the surrounding parts of east London. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Caramel Healthcare - Main Office · 160 London Road, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Caramel Healthcare Limited
We at Caramel Healthcare are a home care agency proudly supporting individuals and families across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham community. Our mission is simple: to deliver compassionate, personalised home care that allows...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Care Qters · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Care Qters Ltd
We at Care Qters are proud to offer compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham area, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the IG postcode area...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Careluna Services · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Careluna Services Ltd
Careluna supports people in their own homes in Barking and the surrounding area. We work with older people, with younger adults, and with people living with a physical disability. Most people come to us because daily life has become harder...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Caremark and Dagenham · Suite 201, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8AW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by M&C Care Services Limited
We are Caremark Barking and Dagenham, supporting people in their own homes across the borough. We work with people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, people managing a mental health condition or an...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders
Cay Healthcare · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Cay HealthCare Ltd
We at Cay Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham community, 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, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Celdor Care · suite11, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 7BZ
Home care · Run by Celdor Care Ltd
We at Celdor Care are proud to be a trusted home care agency serving families across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham borough. Our mission is simple: to bring compassionate, professional care directly into the homes of those who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Chinite Home Care · Unit 4, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 7BZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Chinite Resourcing Limited
We provide care at home in Barking and Dagenham. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Chosen Care Group - and Dagenham · Harp House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 9PH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Chosen Care Group Limited
We at Chosen Care Group Barking and Dagenham are proud to offer compassionate home care across the Barking community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Easy Care 247 · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Easy Care 247 Limited
We at Easy Care 247 are proud to provide compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham area, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the comfort of their own homes. Based in the IG postcode area, our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Easy Light Healthcare · Unit 323, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8FG
Home care · Run by Easy Light Healthcare Limited
We provide care at home in Barking and the surrounding area, visiting people in their own houses so that daily life can carry on much as it always has. Our starting point is a conversation about how someone actually lives and where the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Elden East · Unit 1a, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BL
Home care · Run by Elden Care Solutions Ltd
Elden East provides care at home to people in Barking and Dagenham. We support older people and people living with dementia, people with mental health needs, people with physical disabilities and with visual or hearing impairment, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Fanshawe Avenue · 109 Fanshawe Avenue, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8RF
Home care · Run by Outreach Support Services Limited
Fanshawe Avenue provides care and support to people in their own homes in Barking and across Barking and Dagenham. We work with older people, younger adults, people with learning disabilities, autistic people, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Fean Services UK · Barking Enterprise Centre, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8FG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Fean Services UK Ltd
Fean is a home care agency based in Barking, supporting adults across Barking and Dagenham in their own homes. We provide anything from a short daily call to several visits a day, shaped around what a person actually needs. The people we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Feligrace · 33 River Road, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 0EA
Home care · Run by Feligrace Limited
We at Feligrace are proud to offer trusted home care to families across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham community, bringing compassionate support directly to the place people love most: their own home. Based in the IG postcode...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Fern Care Services · Suite 3.27, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8FG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Fern Care Services Limited
We are Fern Care, a home care agency supporting people across Barking and Dagenham in their own homes. Home is where a person's routines, belongings and neighbours already are, and for most of the people we work with, staying there is the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Flourishgate Care Services · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Flourishgate Care Services ltd
Flourishgate provides care at home for people in Barking and across Barking and Dagenham. Our carers visit people where they live, helping with the parts of the day that have become difficult while leaving the rest well alone. The people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Freivan Support Services · 9 Town Quay Wharf, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 7BZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Freivan Support Services Ltd
We are Freivan Support, based in Barking, and we provide care in people's own homes across Barking and Dagenham. The people we visit are a varied group: older people, many living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Gentle Folk Community Care London · Roding House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8NL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Gentle Folk Community Care Ltd
Gentle Folk Community Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Barking and across the borough of Barking and Dagenham. Most people would far rather stay where they are than move, and our work is to make that a safe and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Gilead Complete Care Group · Unit 3.22, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8FG
Home care · Run by Gilead Complete Care Group Limited
At Gilead Complete Care Group, we provide home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham area, supporting people to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We believe that care works best when it fits around the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Hayati Care · Suite 14, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8RT
Home care · Run by Hayati Care Ltd
At Hayati Care, we provide home care support to people living in Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham area. We come to you, which means the people we support can carry on living in the place they know best, surrounded by the things...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Healthsupportcare · Suit 11, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 7BZ
Home care · Run by Healthsupportcare Limited
We at Healthsupportcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham borough, supporting individuals who wish to remain safe, comfortable and independent in the place they know best: their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Hepzibar Care Agency · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Hepzibar Care Agency Ltd
Hepzibar Care Agency supports people in their own homes in Barking and across the borough. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. Almost everyone who contacts us wants...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism
Honey Crown Bee · 16 Helmore Road, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 9PH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Honey Crown Bee Limited
We are Honey Crown Bee, a home care agency supporting adults in Barking and across Barking and Dagenham. We provide care in people's own homes. We support older people and people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Hopefield Care · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Hopefield Care Ltd
Here at Hopefield Care, we provide home care support to people across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham area. Our work centres on helping people live comfortably and as independently as possible within their own homes, which is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
ICare Resource · Barking and Dagenham, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 7BZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by ICare Resource Limited
ICare Resource supports people in their own homes in Barking and across the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. We visit older adults and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with a learning disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
iCareServicesGroup · Unit 317, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8FG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Icube Dalpro Limited
iCare Group supports people in their own homes across Barking and the wider borough of Barking and Dagenham. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with learning disabilities and autistic people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Independent Support & Care · Unit 302, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 7NP
Home care · Run by Independent Support & Care Ltd
We at Independent Support & Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham community, bringing professional support directly into the places our clients know and love best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Infigo Care · 35 Stern Close, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 0XW
Home care · Run by Infigo Care Limited
Infigo Care provides care and support to people in their own homes across Barking and the wider borough. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, and people living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
1Eclipse Care Solutions · Regus Barking, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by 1Eclipse Care Solutions Limited
We at 1Eclipse Care Solutions are proud to offer compassionate home care across Barking and the wider Barking and Dagenham community. As a dedicated home care agency, our mission is to bring skilled, personalised support directly into the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, London Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Barking and Dagenham agencies publish a rate.	£22.88 to £30.05 an hour
What Barking and Dagenham pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£22.85 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

Black Horse Care Limited, 10 August 2026, Good
Mother's Touch Care Limited, 3 July 2026, Good
Gentle Folk Community Care London, 23 April 2026, Good

Longest since a report

A & D Hammonds Ltd, 12 October 2017, Good
Springfields Supported Services, 31 January 2018, Good
Liberty Centre, 21 February 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Barking and Dagenham

How many home care agencies are there in Barking and Dagenham?

Barking and Dagenham has 158 CQC registered home care agencies: 63 Good, 11 Requires improvement, 84 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 Barking and Dagenham?

Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Barking and Dagenham 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 Barking and Dagenham were inspected most recently?

Black Horse Care Limited (10 August 2026), Mother's Touch Care Limited (3 July 2026) and Gentle Folk Community Care London (23 April 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.