How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Bromsgrove?

Ask the adult social care team at Worcestershire County Council for an assessment of needs. The request can be made by the person concerned, by a relative, or by a health professional acting on their behalf. It is free and is not means tested, so savings have no bearing on the right to have one. The written outcome is useful when approaching any agency, even for families expecting to pay privately.

Will Worcestershire County Council pay for home care?

It may, where the assessment identifies eligible needs and the financial assessment shows capital below the national threshold. The council then contributes towards the cost while the individual pays an assessed amount from income. Anyone with capital above the threshold generally funds their own care, though the assessment is still worth having. Direct payments allow some people to take the contribution and arrange support themselves.

Which home care agencies in Bromsgrove are listed here?

Fifteen providers match this search, among them Bluebird Care (Bromsgrove & Redditch), House of Care Services Ltd, Caring People, Helping Hands Redditch & Bromsgrove, Eclipse HomeCare (Gilbert Court), Alina Homecare Bromsgrove and HAB Support Ltd. Two are rated Outstanding, nine are rated Good, two are rated Requires Improvement and two have not yet been rated. Every provider has a profile page with registration details and, where one exists, the latest inspection outcome. Comparing profiles side by side is the quickest way to shorten the list.

How does home care differ from a care home or nursing home?

Home care brings workers to the person for agreed periods, helping with washing, dressing, meals and medication. A care home provides accommodation with care staff on site, while a nursing home adds registered nurses on duty at all hours. Support at home usually suits people whose needs can be met within planned visits. Where needs become constant or clinical, families tend to look again at residential options.

How far in advance should care at home be arranged?

As soon as the need is apparent, because agencies may not have capacity at the exact times you want. Arranging early allows a small package to grow gradually rather than everything changing at once. Where support follows a hospital discharge, it is often put in place within days. If the timing is tight, say so plainly, since availability shifts from week to week.

What should I ask an agency before visits start?

Ask how many different carers are likely to attend and whether a consistent team can be arranged. Ask what happens if a visit is missed or runs late, and how families are told. Check the minimum visit length, whether travel time is included and what weekend rates are. It is also worth asking how complaints are handled and how quickly a package can be increased.

Home Care in Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove has 15 CQC registered home care agencies. 9 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 2 have not yet been rated. 12 of the 15 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Bromsgrove at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Bromsgrove, to help you judge the options below.

Hourly care visits, West Midlands: £28.30 to £32.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 8 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 12,900. Rising to 14,600 by 2035, up 14%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,700. Rising to 2,100 by 2035, up 22%
People aged 85 and over: 3,800. Rising to 5,400 by 2035, up 42%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 65%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Worcestershire as a whole is 56%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 0 closed. 16 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 255 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.7 miles).

Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Market model built 22 October 2026 (ONS 2022 based population projections, CQC register), published care home prices, council planning records.

Arranging and funding care at home in Bromsgrove

The assessment that comes first

It helps to have the needs written down before the rates are discussed. An assessment of needs is free, open to anyone who appears to need support whatever their savings, and it records what help is required and at what times of day. Worcestershire County Council Adult Social Care carries it out, considering daily routines, mobility, health and the support already in place. Where eligible needs are identified, a financial assessment follows and establishes what the council contributes and what the individual pays from income and capital.

How much care at home costs

Support at home is charged by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly figure depends on how much help is needed rather than on a single fixed fee. Ask each agency for written rates covering weekdays, weekends and bank holidays, and ask whether the charge alters when two carers are needed for a visit. Check the notice required to change or cancel visits, and ask how the agency bills when a visit is cancelled at short notice for a hospital appointment. Ask as well how often invoices arrive and whether payment is taken by standing order, because the administrative side is easier to settle at the outset than later.

Other routes worth asking about

Direct payments allow some people to take the council contribution and arrange support themselves, which suits a household that already knows who it wants and would rather keep control of the rota. It is also worth asking what happens if savings later fall below the threshold, because the arrangement changes at that point and it is easier to understand in advance than in the middle of a difficult month.

Choosing a home care agency in Bromsgrove

Using a varied set of ratings

Eclipse HomeCare (Gilbert Court) and Alina Homecare Bromsgrove are rated Outstanding, a judgement inspectors reserve for services performing well beyond the expected standard. Nine more are rated Good, among them Bluebird Care (Bromsgrove & Redditch), Caring People, Helping Hands Redditch & Bromsgrove, JLKare and Support Limited, Amber Support Services and Care Force Limited. Divine Health Services Limited and M N Pulse Solutions are rated Requires Improvement, which is a reason to read the report rather than to stop reading. Right at Home Bromsgrove and Breathe Care Services ltd have not yet been rated, so other evidence has to do more work in their case.

The questions that separate one agency from another

Ask how visits are covered when a regular carer is ill or on leave, and whether the same small team can be relied on week to week. Ask about the minimum visit length, whether travel time is charged and who answers the telephone in the evening. Ask how quickly a missed visit is noticed and what happens next. Ask what training staff hold for the particular needs involved, whether that is dementia, moving and handling or medication, and ask how care plans are reviewed once the routine has settled.

15 home care in Bromsgrove

Eclipse HomeCare (Gilbert Court) · 37 Gilbert Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3JZ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Eclipse HomeCare Limited
We are Eclipse HomeCare, and we support adults in their own homes in Bromsgrove and across Worcestershire. We work with a broader range of people than many agencies, which is deliberate, because needs seldom arrive in one tidy category. We...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Right at Home · 4 West Court, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 4AD
Home care · Run by Bromsgrove Quality Homecare Limited
Right at Home Bromsgrove is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across Bromsgrove and the surrounding part of Worcestershire. We are for people who would rather stay where their belongings, their garden and their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care Force · Holland House, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8HQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Force Limited
We are Care Force, a home care agency based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. We support older people in their own homes, including those living with dementia, people managing a mental health condition, people with a physical disability and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
HAB Support · 2 Millennium Court, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3DX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by HAB Support Ltd
HAB Support provides care and support to people in their own homes in Bromsgrove and across Worcestershire. Good support sits alongside a person's life rather than taking charge of it, and that idea shapes how we work. We work with adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Amber Support Services · Unit 7, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 4AL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Amber Support Services
At Amber Support, we provide home care across Bromsgrove and the wider Worcestershire area, supporting people to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We work with individuals who have a range of needs, including those...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability
Yourlife · Bilberry Place, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8DT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
Yourlife provides care and support to people living in their own apartments in Bromsgrove. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people who have sight or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Alina Homecare · Prior Wharf, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 4FG
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Alina Homecare Bromsgrove Ltd
We at Alina Homecare Bromsgrove are proud to offer compassionate home care across Bromsgrove and the surrounding Worcestershire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Breathe Care Services · 132a, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8ES
Home care · Run by Breathe Care Services Limited
We are Breathe Care Services, a home care agency supporting people in Bromsgrove and across Worcestershire. We visit people in their own homes and provide the help that makes staying there possible, from personal care and medication...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
M N Pulse Solutions · Unit 8, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8AB
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by M N Pulse Solutions Ltd
M N Pulse Solutions is a home care agency in Bromsgrove, supporting people in their own homes across this part of Worcestershire. We work with older people and younger adults, with people who have a learning disability, with autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
JLKare and Support · 168c, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0HB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by JLKare and Support Limited
JLKare and Support provides care at home for people in Bromsgrove and across the surrounding parts of Worcestershire. We are a home care agency, so our care workers come to you, at times you have agreed, and the support fits into the life...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Divine Health Services · Unit 59, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3ET
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Divine Health Services Limited
At Divine Health, we provide home care support to people living in Bromsgrove and the surrounding areas of Worcestershire. We work with a wide range of individuals, including older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, those...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping Hands Redditch · Ground Floor, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 8AB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands Redditch & Bromsgrove provides care and support to people in their own homes across this part of Worcestershire. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia or with mental ill health,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Caring People · 485 Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0HZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Handle With Care Redditch And Worcestershire Limited
We at Caring People are proud to offer compassionate home care across Bromsgrove and the surrounding Worcestershire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care agency...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
House of Care Services · 8 The Courtyard, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3DJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by House of Care Services Ltd
We at House of Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Bromsgrove and the surrounding Worcestershire communities, supporting older people and adults with a wide range of needs to live well in the place they know best: their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability
Bluebird Care (& Redditch) · 3 Millennium Court, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3DX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by R D (Bromsgrove) Limited
We at Bluebird Care (Bromsgrove & Redditch) are proud to offer trusted home care across Bromsgrove, Redditch and the surrounding communities of Worcestershire, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they love most:...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, West Midlands Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Worcestershire agencies publish a rate.	£28.30 to £32.00 an hour
What Worcestershire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£23.43 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

HAB Support Ltd, 12 March 2026, Good
M N Pulse Solutions, 23 September 2022, Requires improvement
Divine Health Services Limited, 19 July 2022, Requires improvement

Longest since a report

Caring People, 14 March 2019, Good
Bluebird Care (Bromsgrove & Redditch), 4 April 2019, Good
Alina Homecare Bromsgrove, 9 May 2019, Outstanding

Frequently asked questions about home care in Bromsgrove

How many home care agencies are there in Bromsgrove?

Bromsgrove has 15 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 9 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 2 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 Bromsgrove?

Hourly care visits, West Midlands: £28.30 to £32.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Worcestershire 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 Bromsgrove were inspected most recently?

HAB Support Ltd (12 March 2026), M N Pulse Solutions (23 September 2022) and Divine Health Services Limited (19 July 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.