Home Care in Bexleyheath
Bexleyheath has 14 CQC registered home care agencies. 1 is rated Good, 4 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate, and 8 have not yet been rated. 6 of the 14 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Bexleyheath at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Bexleyheath, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 21,800. Rising to 24,400 by 2035, up 11%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,900. Rising to 3,500 by 2035, up 18%
- People aged 85 and over: 6,400. Rising to 8,300 by 2035, up 29%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 74%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 3 closed. 67 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 1052 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
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What home care in Bexleyheath involves and what to look for
Judged on reliability above all
The value of support at home rests almost entirely on what happens when nobody is watching. A package may be half an hour each morning or four calls a day covering meals, medication and settling at night, but either way the test is whether the visit arrives, on time, from someone who knows the person. Everything else a provider says about itself is secondary to that.
The questions worth asking first
Ask how many different care workers are likely to attend over a fortnight, because familiarity matters more than almost anything once someone is frail or easily confused. Ask how visits are scheduled, what happens when a regular worker is unwell, and how much notice families receive when the rota changes. Ask how each visit is recorded, and whether relatives can see those records.
Making sense of a patchy inspection record
One provider here is rated Good, four are rated Requires Improvement, one is rated Inadequate and eight have yet to be rated. That pattern calls for care rather than alarm. An unrated provider is very often a newer registration rather than a poor one, but it leaves you without a published report. Where a rating has been given, as with J.C Michael Groups Ltd Bexley, read the report behind it, and for anything rated below Good look specifically at what was found and what the provider was asked to put right.
Getting an assessment and sorting out funding
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support has a right to an assessment, whatever their savings. It is carried out by London Borough of Bexley, which considers what the person can manage safely alone and what support would close the gap. Ask for it in writing where possible and keep a record of who you spoke to and when. A relative providing regular unpaid support can request a separate carer's assessment in their own right, which is frequently overlooked until it is overdue.
Paying for the visits
A financial assessment follows and determines what, if anything, the local authority contributes. Savings and most income are taken into account, and the rules applied to support at home differ from those used for a permanent move into residential care. Hourly rates vary between providers and commonly rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Ask for the rate in writing along with the minimum visit length and what happens if a call is missed or cut short, since those details decide what the arrangement is really worth.
Direct payments and starting in good time
Where the local authority contributes, some families take a direct payment and arrange the support themselves, which allows a free choice of provider. Whichever route applies, begin before the situation becomes urgent, because assessments take weeks rather than days and capacity is not always immediate. Ask as well what the provider does in the first fortnight to check the package is working, since that early review is where a rota that looks fine on paper either proves itself or quietly falls apart.
14 home care in Bexleyheath
- Joycecare · 10 Glengall Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 4AL
Home care · Run by RJM Care Services Ltd
We provide care at home in Bexleyheath and the surrounding area, supporting older adults, people living with dementia and younger adults. Our work covers washing and dressing, medication, meals, shopping and keeping a household ticking...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Springlite Resources · 324 Erith Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 6HJ
Home care · Run by Springlite Resources Ltd
Springlite Resources provides care at home for people in Bexleyheath and the surrounding parts of Bexley. We support people in the place they know best, with as much or as little help as they need, from a single call each morning through...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Holistic Care UK · 28 Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 4HD
Home care · Run by Holistic Care U K Ltd
Holistic Care UK provides care in people's own homes in Bexleyheath and across the borough of Bexley. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with learning disabilities and autistic adults, adults with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Capital Healthcare Management · Unit 1, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 4BT
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Capital Healthcare Management Services Limited
Capital Healthcare Management provides care at home for people in Bexleyheath and the surrounding parts of Bexley. We support a wide range of adults, and each arrangement starts with a conversation about what the person wants from their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Linarome - Regina's Place · 168 Church Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 4DU
Home care · Run by Care Essence Support Ltd
Regina's Place provides care at home for people living in Bexleyheath and the surrounding parts of Bexley. Our purpose is straightforward: to make staying at home a realistic, safe and comfortable option for as long as somebody wants it....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Home Care · 1st Floor Office, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 8LX
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Bexley Homecare Services Ltd
Bexley Home Care provides care and support to people in their own homes across Bexleyheath and the wider borough. Our work is about keeping people where they want to be, in familiar surroundings with their own routines intact. We support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Global House Facilities (UK) · 1 Cotswold Close, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 6ST
Home care · CQC Inadequate · Run by Global House Facilities (UK) Ltd
Global House Facilities is a home care agency in Bexleyheath, supporting people in their own homes across Bexley and nearby. We work with older people, adults with a physical disability and younger adults. Nearly everyone who contacts us...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Sinai Healthcare · 22 Grove Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 6AX
Home care · Run by Sinai Healthcare Ltd
Sinai Healthcare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Bexleyheath and the surrounding area. We work with older people and with younger adults who need help to manage at home. The work is practical and it is judged on...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Advance, Kent and East London Domicilary Care and Supported Living Services · 75 Lion Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 8NW
Home care · Run by Advance Housing and Support Ltd
We at Advance Bexley, Kent and East London Domicilary Care and Supported Living provide compassionate home care across Bexleyheath and the wider Bexley area, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know best:...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Adele Care Services · 10 Lydd Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 5PB
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Adele Care Services Limited
We at Adele Care are a home care agency proudly supporting people across Bexleyheath and the wider Borough of Bexley, delivering personalised care in the one place that means the most to our clients: their own home. Being based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - J.C Michael Groups · 189 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 7ER
Home care · CQC Good · Run by J.C.Michael Groups Ltd
We at J.C Michael Groups Bexley are proud to offer compassionate home care across Bexleyheath and the wider London Borough of Bexley, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Prestigious Care Services - Main Office · 33 Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 4HT
Home care · Run by Prestigious Care Services Limited
We provide care at home in Bexleyheath and the surrounding part of Bexley, visiting people in their own houses so that life can carry on in familiar surroundings. Our work starts with understanding how somebody actually lives and what has...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Impact Project Solutions · 137a, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA6 7EZ
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Impact Project Solutions Ltd
We at Impact Project Solutions are proud to provide compassionate home care across Bexleyheath and the surrounding Bexley community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the heart...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Avante Home Care and Support Service · Unit A, Bexleyheath, Bexley, DA7 4LP
Home care · Run by Avante Care and Support Limited
We at Avante Home Care and Support Service are proud to provide compassionate home care across Bexleyheath and the wider Bexley area, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best, their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
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 Bexley agencies publish a rate. | £22.88 to £30.05 an hour |
| What Bexley pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £23.88 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
- Holistic Care UK, 10 January 2026, Not yet rated
- Bexley Home Care, 9 October 2024, Requires improvement
- Impact Project Solutions Ltd, 3 August 2023, Requires improvement
Longest since a report
- J.C Michael Groups Ltd Bexley, 26 November 2021, Good
- Global House Facilities (UK) Ltd, 30 June 2022, Inadequate
- Joycecare, 6 July 2022, Not yet rated
Frequently asked questions about home care in Bexleyheath
How many home care agencies are there in Bexleyheath?
Bexleyheath has 14 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Good, 4 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate, 8 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 Bexleyheath?
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 Bexley 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 Bexleyheath were inspected most recently?
Holistic Care UK (10 January 2026), Bexley Home Care (9 October 2024) and Impact Project Solutions Ltd (3 August 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.