Which home care agencies work in Bath?

Seventeen agencies registered to deliver care at home are listed on this page, each registered with the Care Quality Commission. They include Helping Hands Bath, Sarah Cares and Altogether Care, alongside others covering the same area. Each listing shows the provider name, the current CQC rating where one has been given and a link to the full profile. Coverage differs street by street, so confirm that an agency visits the address concerned.

What should we ask a home care agency in Bath before committing?

Ask how many different carers will visit in a typical fortnight and whether you can meet them in advance. Ask what happens when a carer is off sick, how missed or late visits are dealt with and who answers the telephone outside office hours. Check how the care plan is drawn up, how often it is reviewed and how medication support is recorded. Request the complete rate card in writing, covering weekend rates, travel charges and notice periods for changes.

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

A care home provides accommodation with personal care, such as help with washing, dressing, meals and medication. A nursing home offers the same with registered nurses on duty at all hours for clinical care. Home care differs from both, since the support comes to the person and is paid for by the hour or the visit. Many families use home care first and think about residential options only when the hours needed become impractical.

Will Bath and North East Somerset Council pay for home care?

It may, depending on a financial assessment carried out after the care needs assessment. Bath and North East Somerset Council considers income, savings and capital, and contributes towards the cost where these fall below the national threshold. Funding is set at a level judged sufficient to meet assessed needs and can be taken as a direct payment. Where savings sit above the threshold, the arrangement is a private one with the agency.

How do we arrange a care needs assessment in Bath?

Contact the adult social care team at Bath and North East Somerset Council and ask for a care needs assessment. It is free, it is not means tested and anyone who appears to need care is entitled to one. A relative, a GP or a hospital team can make the referral if the person cannot. The assessment covers daily tasks, safety and existing support, and it sets out how many hours of care are considered necessary.

How far ahead should we start arranging care at home?

As early as the need becomes clear, since assessments take time and good agencies are not always free to start at once. A few weeks of notice allows you to speak to more than one provider and compare inspection reports carefully. Where a hospital discharge is planned, tell the council promptly, because those cases are handled on a shorter timescale. If the situation is worsening slowly, arranging an assessment now avoids a scramble later.

Home Care in Bath

Bath has 17 CQC registered home care agencies. 7 are rated Good, 4 Requires improvement, and 6 have not yet been rated. 10 of the 17 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Bath at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Bath, 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: 21,500. Rising to 24,900 by 2035, up 16%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,800. Rising to 3,500 by 2035, up 25%
People aged 85 and over: 6,100. Rising to 9,000 by 2035, up 47%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 66%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 28 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 118 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).

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What home care in Bath involves and what to look for

The hours matter less than who fills them, which is the first thing most families discover once a package of care begins. A morning call to help someone wash and dress, a visit at lunchtime, perhaps another at bedtime: the shape is simple, the execution is not.

Making sense of a mixed rating picture

Seven agencies here are rated Good, four are rated Requires Improvement and six carry no rating yet. Inspectors write about the things families actually notice: whether visits arrive when promised, whether staff are trained and supervised, whether medicines are recorded correctly and how the office responds when something goes wrong. Where an agency is rated Requires Improvement, read exactly what was found, check the date, and ask the manager what has changed since. Unrated agencies are generally newly registered, so ask how long they have operated locally and who is running them.

Questions that separate one agency from another

Ask how many different carers a person will see over a fortnight, because continuity affects everything from medication to morale. Ask what happens when a regular carer is ill, how late a visit may run before the office telephones, and who is reachable at the weekend. Ask how the care plan is written, how often it is reviewed and whether you can meet the carers before they start. Ask finally how quickly hours can be increased if someone returns from hospital needing more help than before.

Getting assessed and sorting out the funding

The assessment decides what care is considered necessary, and every funding conversation afterwards refers back to it.

The care needs assessment

An assessment is free, is not means tested and belongs to anyone who appears to need care. It examines getting up, washing, dressing, meals, medication, mobility and how someone manages alone in the evening, then results in a support plan setting out the hours considered necessary. Bath and North East Somerset Council Adult Social Care carries out both that assessment and the financial assessment that follows. The relative providing daily support can request a carer's assessment of their own, which sometimes leads to practical help in its own right.

Rates, contributions and direct payments

Home care is charged by the hour or the visit, with higher rates at weekends and on bank holidays. Where the financial assessment finds savings below the national threshold, the council contributes towards the cost, and many people take that contribution as a direct payment so they can choose their own agency. Above the threshold, the arrangement is private. Ask for the full rate card in writing, including travel charges, minimum visit lengths and notice periods, because those details change a weekly total more than the headline hourly rate does. Ask how invoices are presented and how quickly a package can be reduced again if someone recovers, since flexibility in both directions is what makes an arrangement last, and check whether the agency charges for visits cancelled at short notice.

17 home care in Bath

Alina Homecare · 3A, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 1AF
Home care · Run by Alina Homecare Services Limited
We at Alina Homecare Bath are proud to offer compassionate home care across the beautiful city of Bath and its surrounding communities. As a dedicated home care agency serving Bath and North East Somerset, we bring professional support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Your Quality Care Services (Avon Park) · Avon Park Village, Bath, Wiltshire, BA2 7FF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Your Quality Care Services Limited
We at Your Quality Care Services (Avon Park) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Bath and the surrounding area, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Our team delivers...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping Hands · Station House West, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 3DS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We at Helping Hands Bath are proud to provide compassionate home care across Bath and the surrounding areas of Bath and North East Somerset, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Altogether Care - Care At Home · 5 Balustrade, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 6QA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Altogether Care - Care At Home Limited
We at Altogether Care - Care At Home Bath are proud to offer compassionate home care across Bath and the surrounding communities of Bath and North East Somerset, supporting people to live well in the place they know and love best: their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Ibis Homecare · 5 Margaret House, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 5FA
Home care · Run by Ibis Homecare Limited
Here at Ibis Homecare, we provide home care support to people living in Bath and the surrounding areas of Bath and North East Somerset. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Sarah Cares · 37 Beckhampton Road, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 3LL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sarah Cares (Bath) Limited
Sarah Cares provides home care to older people living in Bath and the surrounding area. We do one thing, and we would rather do it well than spread ourselves across everything. What we offer is help at home for older adults who are finding...
Specialisms: Older Person Care
Ramm Care Group · Unit 25b, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 9AP
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Ramm Care Group Ltd
Ramm Care Group provides support in people's own homes in Bath and the surrounding area. We work with a broad range of adults, including older people, those living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Phoenix Care · Office 3.53 Northgate House, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 1RG
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Phoenix (SW) Limited
At Phoenix Care, we provide home care support to people living in Bath and the surrounding Bath and North East Somerset area. We work with a wide range of individuals, including older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Radfield Home Care, Keynsham & Radstock · 37 Upper Bloomfield Road, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 2RY
Home care · Run by C & J Premium Services Limited
Radfield Home Care Bath, Keynsham and Radstock supports people in their own homes across Bath and the surrounding towns. We work with older people who want to stay independent, adults living with dementia, people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
MHA Care at Home - Alexander Branch · Walcot Court, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 5UB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Methodist Homes
We provide care at home in Bath and the surrounding area, supporting older people, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people living with mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Amicus Homecare · 2nd Floor, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 3AU
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Amicus Homecare Limited
We are Amicus Homecare, supporting adults in their own homes across Bath and the surrounding area. We support older people, people with physical disabilities, and younger adults who need help with daily life. In practice that means...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Kumari Care · 74 Circus Mews, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 2PW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Kumari Care Limited
We at Kumari Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Bath and the wider Bath and North East Somerset area, supporting people to live well and safely in the comfort of their own homes. As a home care agency rooted in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Millies Care and Support Agency · 1-2 Fairfield Road, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 6EP
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Millies Care and Support Agency Limited
Millies Care and Support Agency provides care in people's own homes in Bath and across Bath and North East Somerset. We visit older people, 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
Abney & Baker · 20 Moorland Road, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 3PW
Home care · Run by Abney & Baker (Bath) Ltd
We provide care in people's own homes in Bath and the surrounding area. Our purpose is to make staying at home workable, with support that arrives when it is supposed to and is delivered by carers the household knows. Most of the people we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Caremark & North East Somerset · 5 Kelso Place, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 3AU
Home care · Run by Hestia Homecare Services Ltd
Caremark Bath and North East Somerset provides care at home for people across the area. 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 the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Cedar Care At Home · Corston Lane, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA2 9AE
Home care · Run by Cedar Care Homes Limited
Cedar Care At Home provides care and support in people's own homes across Bath and the surrounding area. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people with loss of sight...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Your Life · Lambrook Court, Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, BA1 8AZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
We are Your Life in Bath, a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across Bath and North East Somerset. The name is meant literally. The life belongs to the person we are visiting, and our job is to fit around it rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, 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 Bath and North East Somerset agencies publish a rate.	£28.75 to £34.94 an hour
What Bath and North East Somerset pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£27.51 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

Millies Care and Support Agency Limited, 15 April 2026, Requires improvement
Ramm Care Group, 23 June 2023, Requires improvement
Sarah Cares (Bath) Ltd, 25 May 2023, Good

Longest since a report

Amicus Homecare Ltd, 20 July 2018, Requires improvement
MHA Care at Home - Alexander Branch, 24 October 2018, Good
Your Life (Bath), 24 May 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Bath

How many home care agencies are there in Bath?

Bath has 17 CQC registered home care agencies: 7 Good, 4 Requires improvement, 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 Bath?

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 Bath and North East Somerset 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 Bath were inspected most recently?

Millies Care and Support Agency Limited (15 April 2026), Ramm Care Group (23 June 2023) and Sarah Cares (Bath) Ltd (25 May 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.