Home Care in Brentwood
Brentwood has 30 CQC registered home care agencies. 13 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 16 have not yet been rated. 7 of the 30 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Brentwood at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Brentwood, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 8,500. Rising to 9,200 by 2035, up 8%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,200. Rising to 1,300 by 2035, up 14%
- People aged 85 and over: 2,600. Rising to 3,400 by 2035, up 30%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 62%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Essex as a whole is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 30 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 333 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
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Arranging and funding care at home in Brentwood
Home care is usually arranged under time pressure, and the funding question tends to surface only once visits have already started. Raising it first changes what is possible, because the hours a council agrees to fund shape which of the thirty agencies listed here can build a workable rota. Two assessments produce that answer, one concerned with what a person needs and one with what they can be asked to pay.
Requesting a care needs assessment
A care needs assessment is free and open to anyone who appears to need care and support, with no savings test to qualify. Essex County Council is the authority responsible for carrying it out for people living in Brentwood and for deciding which needs are eligible for funded support. The assessor works through washing, dressing, meals, medication, mobility and safety at home, and asks what the person wants their day to look like, then records the eligible needs in writing. Keep that record, because the hours and tasks in a care package come directly from it, and an unpaid carer can request a carer's assessment in their own right.
What home care costs
A financial assessment then considers income, savings and property to establish the person's contribution. Where the council funds a package it pays up to the rate it has set for the assessed level of need, and anyone arranging care privately contracts with the agency directly. Agencies in Brentwood usually charge an hourly rate, commonly higher at evenings, weekends and bank holidays, with short calls sometimes carrying a minimum charge. Ask for the rates in writing, along with whether travel time is charged, what happens when a visit overruns, and how much notice is needed to change or cancel a call.
Choosing a home care agency in Brentwood and what to check
An agency is judged on the people it sends and on whether its rota holds together in a difficult week. That matters especially here, because more than half the agencies listed have registered recently enough that no inspection report exists to consult.
Using the inspection evidence, and what to do without it
Every agency on this page is registered with the Care Quality Commission. Eleven are rated Good, among them ECL Havering, Crystal Social Care, Premald Care, Helping Hands Brentwood, Safehands Live In Care Ltd, Ebony Healthcare Services Limited and Bluebird Care. One, Caremax Homecare Services Limited, is currently rated Requires Improvement. Eighteen have not yet been rated. A rating summarises five separate judgements about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership, and where a report exists it is worth reading in full. Where one does not, ask the manager how carers are recruited, what training they complete before their first visit, how they are supervised and spot checked, and what the agency measures to know whether it is doing well.
Questions to ask before you commit
Ask how many different carers would visit across a fortnight and whether you are told in advance who is coming, because continuity is what families end up valuing most. Ask what happens when a carer is off sick and how quickly cover is arranged. Ask how late a call can run before someone telephones you, how medication is recorded, and how a concern is raised and resolved. Ask for references or for permission to speak to an existing client, particularly where there is no inspection report to fall back on.
30 home care in Brentwood
- Sunbear Care · Avalon House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 1TG
Home care · Run by Adajour Limited
We at Sunbear Care Brentwood are proud to offer compassionate home care across Brentwood and the surrounding Essex communities, supporting individuals who wish to remain comfortable and independent in the place they know best: their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - You & I Care · 101-135 Kings House, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4DR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by You & I Care Ltd
You and I Care supports adults in their own homes across Brentwood and the surrounding part of Essex. The name is meant literally. Care at home works when it is a relationship between two people rather than a service delivered to an...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Helping Hands · 76 High Street, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4AN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands Brentwood provides care in people's own homes across Brentwood and the surrounding parts of Essex. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults who need support to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - ECL Havering · The Walter Boyce Centre, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3AP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by ECL Trading Limited
We at ECL Havering are proud to provide compassionate home care across Brentwood and the surrounding communities in Essex, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Onamds Care · 26 Wainwright Avenue, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 2SS
Home care · Run by Onamds Care Limited
We at Onamds Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Brentwood and the surrounding Essex communities, supporting older people, adults living with dementia, and individuals with a wide range of needs to remain safely and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Vim Care · Jubilee House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · Run by Vim Care Limited
We at Vim Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Brentwood and the surrounding Essex communities, supporting older people, younger adults, and those living with dementia or physical disabilities in the place they know best:...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Montbazon Court · Cleves Avenue, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4WB
Home care · Run by Hales Group Limited
At Montbazon Court, we provide home care to people living in Brentwood, Essex and the surrounding areas. Our aim is straightforward: to support people in the place they feel most comfortable, which for most of us is home. We work with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Right at Home Billericay, & Havering · Suites 3 & 7, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3XL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by L & K Care Limited
At Right at Home Billericay, Brentwood and Havering, we provide personalised home care to people across Brentwood and the surrounding areas of Essex. Our focus is on enabling people to live comfortably and confidently in their own homes,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - IXCEED HEALTH UK · Leclarely, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8QE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ixceed Health UK LTD
We are Ixceed Health UK, based in Brentwood and supporting people in their own homes across this part of Essex. We work with older people and people living with dementia, adults managing a mental health condition, people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Carelink Services · Unit 5, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 1SE
Home care · Run by Carelink Services Ltd
Carelink supports people in their own homes in Brentwood and across the surrounding parts of Essex. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people who have physical disabilities or sight and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Greenfields Care Services · 28 Storr Gardens, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 1HT
Home care · Run by Greenfields Care Services Limited
We at Greenfields Care Services are proud to support families across Brentwood and the wider Essex area with compassionate home care delivered right where it matters most, in the comfort and familiarity of your loved one's own home. Based...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Safeside Supported Living Services · Jubilee House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · Run by Safeside Supported Living Services Ltd
We are Safeside Supported Living, based in Brentwood and supporting people in their own homes across this part of Essex. We work with older people and people living with dementia, adults managing a mental health condition, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Caremax Homecare Services · Jubilee House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Caremax Homecare Services Limited
Caremax Homecare provides care in people's own homes in Brentwood and the surrounding parts of Essex. We help people to carry on living where they want to be, with support arranged around the life they already have. We do not begin with a... - Crystal Social Care · 6 Collins Way, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 1PZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Crystal Social Care Limited
At Crystal Social Care, we provide home care to people living in Brentwood, Essex and the surrounding areas. We work with older adults, younger adults living with physical disabilities, and people affected by dementia, supporting each...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Safehands Live In Care · Adelaide House, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4HL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Safehands Live In Care Ltd
Safehands Live In Care is a home care provider based in Brentwood, Essex. Live in care is the particular thing we do, and it suits people whose needs have grown beyond a few visits a day but who do not want to leave their own home. Having...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Amor Social Care · Regus Business Centre Jubilee House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · Run by Amor Social Care Limited
Amor Social Care provides support in people's own homes in Brentwood and across Essex. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with mental health needs, people with physical disabilities, people with visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Manifolds care · The Drive, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Manifolds Group Ltd
We provide care at home in Brentwood and the surrounding parts of Essex. Those we visit include older adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities, people living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Unique Resourcing · Jubilee House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · Run by Unique Resourcing Ltd
At Unique Resourcing, we provide home care to people living in Brentwood, Essex and the surrounding areas. Our work centres on supporting individuals to remain in their own homes, maintaining their independence and continuing to live life...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - De Vere Care Partnership – South West · The Drive, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by De Vere Care Partnership Ltd
De Vere Care Partnership covers south west Essex from Brentwood, providing care to people in their own homes across the surrounding towns and villages. The people we support are varied. Many are older adults who need help to keep living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Bluebird Care (West) · Unit 1A, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3AB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care and Wellbeing Group Limited
Bluebird Care in west Essex provides support at home to adults in Brentwood and the surrounding area. The people we work with include older people who need help to stay in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Connect Care · 226 Jubilee House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · Run by Connect Care Ltd
We are a home care agency working in Brentwood and across Essex. Our carers visit people in their own homes at agreed times, providing the support that makes staying at home a workable option. The people we support include older people and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Cedar Green Healthcare Services · 13 Barley Field, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 0BB
Home care · Run by Cedar Green Healthcare Services Limited
We are a home care agency in Brentwood, visiting older adults and younger adults in their own homes across this part of Essex. For some people we call once a day to get things started safely: help washing and dressing, breakfast, a prompt...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Tring Care · Jubilee House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Tring Care Limited
Tring Care supports people in their own homes in Brentwood and across Essex. We visit older people, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, those with sight or hearing loss and younger adults. Our work begins with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Aspire Support · 5 Rayleigh Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 1AB
Home care · Run by Aspire Community Care & Support Ltd
We provide care at home in Brentwood and across Essex. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - 247 Live-in Companions · Suite 3, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3AB
Home care · Run by Ivory Rose Care Ltd.
We are 247 Live in Companions, based in Brentwood and arranging live in care and companionship for people in their own homes. We support older people and people living with dementia. Live in support means somebody is there through the day...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care - Ebony Healthcare Services · The Drive, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ebony Healthcare Services Limited
Ebony Healthcare provides care and support at home in Brentwood and across Essex. We work with older people, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people with mental health needs and younger adults. Our starting point is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Well-Led Care · 3 The Drive, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · Run by Well-Led Care Ltd
At Well-Led Care, we provide home care support to people living in Brentwood, Essex and the surrounding areas. Our focus is on helping individuals remain in their own homes, maintaining their independence and continuing to live life in a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Ablecross · 144 Jubilee House, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
Home care · Run by Ablecross Limited
We at Ablecross are proud to provide compassionate home care across Brentwood and the surrounding Essex communities, supporting people to live safely, comfortably, and independently within 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 - Premald Care · 101 Hanging Hill Lane, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 2HG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Premald Care Ltd
Premald Care supports people across Brentwood and the surrounding part of Essex in their own homes. Our work covers a wide range of needs, and we plan each person's support around their own routines rather than around a standard schedule....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Access for Care · Avalon House 45 Tallon Road, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 1TG
Home care · Run by Bloompage Consulting Limited
We provide care at home in Brentwood and the surrounding parts of Essex. 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, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, East of England Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Essex agencies publish a rate. | £26.00 to £34.30 an hour |
| What Essex pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.04 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
- Bluebird Care (Essex West), 5 August 2026, Good
- Manifolds care, 9 July 2026, Good
- Tring Care Limited, 9 June 2026, Good
Longest since a report
- Ebony Healthcare Services Limited, 3 November 2017, Good
- Right at Home Billericay, Brentwood & Havering, 11 May 2019, Good
- Safehands Live In Care Ltd, 4 August 2021, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Brentwood
How many home care agencies are there in Brentwood?
Brentwood has 30 CQC registered home care agencies: 13 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 16 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 Brentwood?
Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Essex 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 Brentwood were inspected most recently?
Bluebird Care (Essex West) (5 August 2026), Manifolds care (9 July 2026) and Tring Care Limited (9 June 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.
Local care news in Essex
- New 55 bed care home registered with CQC in Basildon: Oaklands (Essex) (5 November 2026)
- Highfield Care Home registered as a 60 bed care home in Uttlesford (5 November 2026)
More local care news for Essex