Which home care agencies work in Blackpool?

Twenty eight agencies registered to deliver care in people's own homes across Blackpool are listed on this page. They include Cherish UK Ltd, Embrace Home Care Limited, FY Care Limited, Meridian Health and Social Care and Transitions Care Fylde, alongside a number of newer providers. Each entry opens into a profile showing the Care Quality Commission rating where one has been published, with the inspection report behind it. Those profiles are the quickest route to a shortlist worth telephoning.

How does home care compare with a care home or a nursing home?

Home care brings support to a person where they already live, in scheduled visits, leaving the rest of the day their own. A care home provides accommodation, meals and personal support with staff available at all hours, which suits someone no longer safe alone between visits. A nursing home does everything a care home does and additionally has registered nurses on site for clinical needs such as complex wound care. The care needs assessment is the right place to establish which of the three fits, and many households begin at home and consider a move only much later.

What should we ask before agreeing a package?

Ask how many different carers would attend in a typical fortnight and what happens when a regular carer is away. Ask the minimum visit length, how punctuality is tracked and at what point the office would contact you about a late call. Ask how care notes are recorded and whether relatives can read them. Then ask about the hourly rate, weekend and bank holiday charges, and the notice required to change visits.

How do we arrange a care needs assessment?

Contact Blackpool Council and ask for an adult social care needs assessment. It is free and does not depend on income or savings, and anyone who appears to need support qualifies. An assessor will discuss daily routines, mobility, medication, nutrition and the risks someone faces at home, then record the findings as a care and support plan. A family member already providing care can request a separate carer assessment alongside it.

Can Blackpool Council pay for home care?

It may, following a financial assessment of income, savings and capital. Because support is delivered in a person's own home, the value of that property is left out of the calculation, so more households qualify for help than expect to. Any contribution follows the care needs assessment, which therefore comes first. Where a personal budget is agreed it can often be taken as a direct payment, letting a family choose its own agency.

How early should we start looking?

Before it becomes urgent. Bringing in an hour or two each week while someone is still managing allows a relationship to form and makes increasing support later far easier to accept. Households that wait until after a fall or a hospital admission usually choose from whoever has capacity that week. Support introduced gradually is also taken up far more willingly than a large package arranged overnight.

Home Care in Blackpool

Blackpool has 28 CQC registered home care agencies. 15 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement, and 11 have not yet been rated. 14 of the 28 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Blackpool at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Blackpool.

Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 14,900. Rising to 16,400 by 2035, up 10%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,900. Rising to 2,300 by 2035, up 17%
People aged 85 and over: 3,900. Rising to 5,100 by 2035, up 31%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 70%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in Blackpool, last 12 months: 1 opened, 4 closed

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 Blackpool and what to look for

Dealing with an unrated provider

Eleven agencies here carry no published rating, which in home care usually reflects recent registration rather than a problem. It does leave you without an independent account, so the questions have to do more work. Ask how long the agency has operated locally, who the registered manager is, how many clients it currently supports, how carers are recruited and checked, and whether references can be provided. Westmorland Homecare holds the one Outstanding judgement in the listing, and fifteen further agencies have been rated Good.

The rota is what you are actually buying

Ask how many different carers would attend across a typical fortnight and whether visits arrive at a set time or within a window. A small, consistent group learns a person's routine, notices when something has changed and spares them from explaining themselves afresh each week. Ask what happens when a regular carer is ill or on leave, how lateness is monitored, and at what point the office telephones a family about a delayed call.

Practical detail to confirm

Ask what the minimum visit length is, since a very short call rarely delivers what is promised in it, and how travel time between clients is built into the schedule. Ask how care notes are kept and whether relatives can read them, how often the package is reviewed and who leads it. Agencies such as Apollo Care Blackpool, Helping Hands Blackpool, Preferred Care and Routes Healthcare DCA will each answer these differently.

Arranging care and working out who pays

The needs assessment

An assessment of need is free, open to anyone who appears to require support and unaffected by savings. An assessor considers washing and dressing, mobility, medication, meals, continence and the risks someone faces alone at home, and the outcome is set down as a care and support plan. Request one from Blackpool Council adult social care, which is responsible for assessments and for agreeing any funded support that follows. A relative providing unpaid care can ask for a carer assessment of their own at the same time.

Why the means test favours care at home

A financial assessment examines income, savings and capital, but the value of the property someone lives in is not counted when support is delivered there. That difference brings home care within reach of households who would be expected to pay the full cost of a residential placement. Where the council agrees a personal budget it can often be taken as a direct payment, allowing a family to choose and manage the agency themselves rather than accept an allocated one.

Rates and notice periods

Ask the hourly rate and whether weekends and bank holidays carry a premium. Ask how much notice is needed to change or cancel a visit and whether a cancelled call is charged anyway. Ask when rates last increased and by how much. Getting this in writing before a package begins saves difficult conversations once carers are already coming through the door.

28 home care in Blackpool

1 Homecare · Unit 12, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 4QU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by 1 Homecare Ltd
We at 1 Homecare Blackpool are proud to be a trusted home care agency supporting people across Blackpool and the surrounding FY postcode area, delivering compassionate care in the one place that truly feels like home. Based in the heart of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Apollo Care · Lancaster House, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 2RP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Murray Home Care Ltd
Apollo Care Blackpool supports people in their own homes across Blackpool and the surrounding area. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability and younger adults. Most people who ring us want...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
A&R Guardian Services Lancashire · Suite 19 Plymouth House, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY3 7FH
Home care · Run by A&R Guardian Services Limited
A&R Guardian provides care in people's own homes across Blackpool and the wider Lancashire area. We support older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a visual...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Baxter Life Care · 26 Derby Road, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY1 2JF
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Baxter Life Care Limited
Baxter Life Care provides home care to adults in Blackpool and the surrounding area. We support people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Care Solutions Fylde · Room 2, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY3 7UN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Solutions Fylde Limited
Care Solutions Fylde provides care in people's own homes across Blackpool and the Fylde coast. We support older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Cherish UK · 8 Skyways Commercial Centre, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 3RS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cherish UK Limited
We at Cherish UK are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackpool and the surrounding FY postcode area, supporting people who wish to remain living independently in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a home...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
CMR Care · Office Unit 4, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 2RF
Home care · Run by CMR Care Limited
Here at CMR Care Blackpool, we provide home care support to people living in and around Blackpool, helping individuals to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes for as long as possible. We work with a wide range of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Creative Support - Service · 219 Church Street, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY1 3PB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Creative Support Limited
Creative Support in Blackpool provides care and support to people in their own homes across the town. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with adults who have a learning disability and with autistic adults, with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
DP Support · Suite 21, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY3 7FH
Home care · Run by DP Support Ltd
We at DP Support are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackpool and the surrounding FY postcode area, supporting individuals to live well and independently within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Embrace Home Care · Unit 12 Chiswick Court, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY3 9TW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Embrace Home Care Limited
Embrace Home Care is a home care agency in Blackpool, supporting people in their own homes across the town. We visit older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia. Care at home should fit quietly around a life...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
FY Care · 92a, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY1 3AD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by FY Care Limited
We at FY Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Blackpool and the surrounding FY postcode area, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably and independently in the place they know best: their own home. As a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Guardian Homecare · Unit 6, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 2RH
Home care · Run by Guardian Homecare UK Ltd
We at Guardian Homecare (Blackpool) are proud to offer compassionate home care across Blackpool and the surrounding FY postcode area, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping Hands · Office 11, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 2RF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands Blackpool supports people in their own homes across Blackpool and the surrounding area. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability and younger adults. Staying at home is what...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Homecare Services (Fylde & Wyre) · Unit 6, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY2 0JW
Home care · Run by Mr & Mrs Ryan Godwin
We provide care at home for people across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. 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 person rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Horizons Homecare –, Fylde & Wyre · 11 Birley Street, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY1 1EG
Home care · Run by Horizons Homecare Ltd
We provide care in people's own homes in Blackpool and across the Fylde and Wyre. Our aim is to give people enough support to keep living where they want to live, arriving when we say we will and delivered by carers they know. We visit...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
ICare (GB) -, Fylde and Wyre · Building 3, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY2 0PJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by I Care (GB) Limited
We at ICare (GB) Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre are proud to offer compassionate home care across Blackpool and the wider Fylde coast, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home. Operating throughout Blackpool...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Lastminute Care & Nursing - Lancashire · 313 Dickson Road, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY1 2JL
Home care · Run by Lancashire Care Limited
Lastminute Care and Nursing provides care and support to people in their own homes across Blackpool and Lancashire. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Lifeways SIL (North West) · 39 Kipling Drive, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY3 9TH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lifeways SIL Limited
Lifeways SIL in the North West is a home care agency based in Blackpool. We provide supported living to adults, mainly younger adults, who are managing a mental health condition. Supported living rests on a distinction that is easy to lose...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Younger Adults
Meridian Health and Social Care · 13-17, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY2 0AS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Meridian Health and Social Care Limited
We at Meridian Health and Social Care Blackpool are proud to offer compassionate home care across Blackpool and the surrounding FY postcode area, supporting people to live safely, comfortably and independently in the place they know best:...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Ocean Care Services · 14 Palatine Road, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY1 4BT
Home care · Run by Ocean Care Services Ltd
We provide care at home throughout Blackpool, supporting older people, younger adults, people living with dementia or mental health conditions and people with physical disabilities. Our work is practical. We help people get up and dressed,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Preferred Care · 11 Honeysuckle Place, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY2 0PH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Preferred Care Limited
Preferred Care provides support at home to people in Blackpool. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with people who have physical disabilities or a visual or hearing impairment, and with younger adults who need...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Primetrust Healthcare · 31 The Crescent, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 1EQ
Home care · Run by Primetrust Healthcare Limited
Primetrust Healthcare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Blackpool and the surrounding area. We work with older people and with younger adults, and the purpose of what we do is to keep home a workable place to be....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Routes Healthcare DCA · Unit 5, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY3 9LT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Routes Healthcare (North) Limited
Routes Healthcare provides care at home for people across Blackpool and the surrounding area. Our aim is to supply the support that makes staying at home workable, whether that is a short daily visit or a substantial package built around...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability
RTC Agency · 1 Harcourt Road, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 3ET
Home care · Run by RTC Agency Limited
We are RTC Agency, a home care provider in Blackpool supporting people in their own homes across the town. We work with older people and people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, and younger adults who need support to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Simple Touches Care · 109 Church Street, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY1 1HP
Home care · Run by Simple Touches Care Ltd
We at Simple Touches Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Blackpool, supporting older people and younger adults to live well in the comfort of their own homes throughout the FY postcode area and surrounding communities....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Spring Fountain (Private) · Unit 10, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY4 1EW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Spring Fountain (Private) Limited
Spring Fountain provides care and support in people's own homes across Blackpool and the Fylde coast. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental ill...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Transitions Care Fylde · Office 1, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY2 0HJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Transitions Care Fylde Limited
We are Transitions Care Fylde, a home care agency based in Blackpool. We support older people in their own homes, including people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing a mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Westmorland Homecare - Poulton, Fylde and Wyre office · 9 Darwin Court, Blackpool, Blackpool, FY2 0JN
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Westmorland Homecare Limited
Westmorland Homecare covers Poulton, the Fylde and Wyre from our Blackpool base, providing care and support in people's own homes. We work with older people, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person 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, North West Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Blackpool agencies publish a rate.	£25.00 to £28.90 an hour
What Blackpool pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£22.25 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

Spring Fountain (Private) Ltd, 9 March 2026, Good
Embrace Home Care Limited, 2 March 2026, Good
Guardian Homecare (Blackpool), 11 November 2025, Not yet rated

Longest since a report

Cherish UK Ltd, 12 October 2017, Good
Lifeways SIL Limited (North West), 11 May 2018, Good
Preferred Care, 6 June 2018, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Blackpool

How many home care agencies are there in Blackpool?

Blackpool has 28 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 15 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 11 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 Blackpool?

Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Blackpool 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 Blackpool were inspected most recently?

Spring Fountain (Private) Ltd (9 March 2026), Embrace Home Care Limited (2 March 2026) and Guardian Homecare (Blackpool) (11 November 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.