Home Care in Buxton
Buxton has 9 CQC registered home care agencies. 5 are rated Good, 2 Requires improvement, and 2 have not yet been rated. 7 of the 9 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Buxton at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Buxton, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 10,700. Rising to 12,700 by 2035, up 19%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,400. Rising to 1,700 by 2035, up 28%
- People aged 85 and over: 2,500. Rising to 4,000 by 2035, up 60%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 62%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Derbyshire as a whole is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 17 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 87 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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Arranging and Funding Home Care in Buxton
Support at home is usually bought gradually, beginning with a single morning call and growing as needs do. Because it builds that way, families often find themselves working out the funding rules only once several hours a week are already in place. A care needs assessment brings some order to that, and it is free, open to anyone who appears to need support, and independent of what anyone can afford.
Getting a Care Needs Assessment
Derbyshire County Council is the authority responsible for carrying out that assessment and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible. An assessor looks at washing, dressing, medicines, meals, mobility and risk, then sets out how much support would meet those needs and how often it should come. Where a relative is already providing care, they can ask for an assessment of their own needs alongside it, which is worth doing before things reach breaking point. The written outcome makes every later conversation with an agency far more precise.
What Home Care Costs and Who Pays
Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, and rates rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays. A financial assessment decides whether the council contributes, taking savings and income into account, and support at home is treated differently from residential care in that the value of the person's own house is disregarded. Some families take a direct payment and arrange the care themselves, which brings flexibility along with the work of managing it. Whichever route you take, ask for the rate in writing, check the minimum visit length, and ask what travel time between villages does to the times you are offered.
Choosing a Home Care Agency in Buxton and What to Look For
What the Ratings Show and Where They Stop
Care and Support Services, Nested Support, Moore Care Limited and High Peak Carers are among those rated Good, a judgement reached on findings about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership. Bright Opportunities Enabling Services Limited currently carries a Requires Improvement rating, so the fair questions are what inspectors found, what has changed since, and who is managing the agency now. Two agencies have not yet been rated, which means judging them on how precisely they answer questions about staffing, training and supervision rather than on a published verdict.
Questions That Separate Good Agencies From Poor Ones
Ask how many different carers would come over a typical fortnight, because continuity is what people notice most and what agencies find hardest to promise. Ask what happens when a carer is ill, how late a visit can run before you are told, and whether times are fixed or given as a window. Ask who supervises the carers, how often a manager visits the house, and how a complaint is handled once it has been made. Ask too how visits are recorded and whether the family can see those records, since that is frequently the only reliable window into what actually happens.
9 home care in Buxton
- Moore Care · The Old Court House Chambers, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Moore Care Limited
Moore Care provides care at home for people in Buxton and across the Derbyshire Peak District. Our carers come to you, and what they do during the visit is agreed with you rather than decided for you. The people we support include older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - High Peak Carers · 29 Byron Street, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6NU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by High Peak Carers Ltd
We are High Peak Carers, and we support adults in their own homes in Buxton and across the High Peak. Our visits range from a single short call each day through to several hours of support, arranged to fit the person's routine rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Brighter Days Quality Care · 2 Squirrels Court, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 7AN
Home care · Run by Brighter Days Quality Care (Buxton) Ltd
Here at Brighter Days Quality Care in Buxton, we provide home care support to people across the local area and the surrounding Derbyshire communities. We work with older people, younger adults, and anyone who needs a little extra help to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Bright Opportunities Enabling Services · Unit 18, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 7LF
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Bright Opportunities Enabling Services Limited
Bright Opportunities provides support to people in their own homes in Buxton and the surrounding part of Derbyshire. We work alongside adults who have a learning disability, autistic adults, people with physical disabilities and people...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - React Homecare · 29 Fairfield Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 7DN
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Provide Care Solutions Limited
We are React Homecare, and this is our Derbyshire team, working out of Buxton and covering the surrounding towns and villages. We support adults of all ages in their own homes, and we build each package around the individual rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - S & W Independent Living · 16 Temple Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9BA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by S & W Independent Living Limited
We at S & W Independent Living are proud to provide compassionate home care across Buxton and the surrounding Derbyshire communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Nested Support · 1a, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6EE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Nested Support Ltd
We at Nested Support are proud to offer trusted home care across Buxton and the surrounding Derbyshire communities, bringing compassionate, person centred support directly into the places our clients know and love best: their own homes....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Yourlife · Devonshire Place, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6GP
Home care · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
Yourlife in Buxton is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across Buxton and the surrounding Derbyshire area. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with a physical disability or a visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Care and Support Services · 16 Eagle Parade, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6EQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Connex Community Support
We at Care and Support Services are proud to provide trusted home care across Buxton and the surrounding Derbyshire communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, East Midlands Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few Derbyshire agencies publish a rate. | £30.58 to £32.23 an hour |
| What Derbyshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £29.75 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
- React Homecare – Derbyshire, 28 May 2022, Requires improvement
- Nested Support, 14 April 2021, Good
- S & W Independent Living, 29 November 2019, Good
Longest since a report
- Care and Support Services, 15 March 2019, Good
- Moore Care Limited, 30 April 2019, Good
- High Peak Carers, 15 June 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Buxton
How many home care agencies are there in Buxton?
Buxton has 9 CQC registered home care agencies: 5 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 Buxton?
Hourly care visits, East Midlands: £30.58 to £32.23 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for East Midlands because too few Derbyshire 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 Buxton were inspected most recently?
React Homecare – Derbyshire (28 May 2022), Nested Support (14 April 2021) and S & W Independent Living (29 November 2019) have the most recent CQC reports.