Home Care in Chorley
Chorley has 22 CQC registered home care agencies. 13 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 6 have not yet been rated. 13 of the 22 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Chorley at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Chorley, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 13,400. Rising to 15,500 by 2035, up 16%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,700. Rising to 2,100 by 2035, up 28%
- People aged 85 and over: 3,200. Rising to 5,200 by 2035, up 62%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 69%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Lancashire as a whole is 70%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 3 closed. 15 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 146 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.8 miles).
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Arranging care at home in Chorley and paying for it
Hours rather than rooms are the unit of home care, and how many are needed is settled by an assessment rather than by guesswork. Everything financial follows from that written record.
Asking for a care needs assessment
An assessment is free, is not means tested, and belongs to anyone who appears to need care. It looks at the ordinary shape of a day: getting up, washing, dressing, meals, medication, moving safely about the house and coping alone in the evening. Lancashire County Council Adult Social Care carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that comes after it, and the support plan it produces states how many hours are considered necessary. A relative who has been providing support can ask for a carer's assessment in their own right, which occasionally uncovers help the main assessment does not.
What the hours cost and who pays for them
Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, with higher rates at weekends and on bank holidays and higher again when two carers are needed. Where the financial assessment finds income, savings and capital below the national threshold, the council contributes towards the cost, and that money can be taken as a direct payment so the household chooses its own agency. Above the threshold, the arrangement is private. Ask for a complete rate card in writing, covering travel charges, minimum visit lengths and the notice needed to change or cancel, because a weekly figure often shifts once those are included.
Choosing the right agency in Chorley
With no building to inspect, judgement rests on published reports and on how convincingly a manager answers practical questions.
What the inspection grades are telling you
One agency here is rated Outstanding, twelve are rated Good, two are rated Requires Improvement and seven carry no rating yet. Inspectors look closely at punctuality, at whether care plans reflect what people actually need, at medicines records and at how the office handles a complaint, which is precisely the ground on which families judge an agency. Where a rating of Requires Improvement appears, read what was found and ask what has changed since, checking the date of the visit. Unrated agencies are usually newly registered, so ask who runs them and where those people have worked before.
Questions worth asking before you sign
Ask how many different carers will visit over a fortnight, since continuity matters more than almost anything else. Ask what happens when a regular carer is unwell, how late a visit may run before the office rings, and who answers the telephone on a Sunday evening. Ask how care plans are written and reviewed, whether you can meet carers in advance, and how quickly a package can be increased if someone comes out of hospital needing more. The specificity of the answers usually tells you what you need to know. Ask as well whether the agency has taken on more work than it can staff in your part of Chorley, and what it does when a new client cannot be covered reliably, because an honest answer there is worth a good deal.
22 home care in Chorley
- Jewel Home Support (Lancs) · Ground Floor The Triest Centre, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 0PJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Jewel Home Support (Lancs) Ltd
We at Jewel Home Support (Lancs) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Chorley and the surrounding communities of Lancashire, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability - Eden Futures - North West Region · 32a Market Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 2SE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Supported Homes Limited
We at Eden Futures North West Region are proud to provide compassionate home care across Chorley and the wider Lancashire community, supporting individuals to live confidently and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - LCSV · 7 Chapel Way, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 4QN
Home care · Run by LCSV Limited
We at LCSV are proud to offer compassionate home care across Chorley and the wider Lancashire area, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably within the familiar surroundings of their own homes. Our team understands that...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Domiciliary Service · Lisieux Hall, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 7DX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Best Lives Limited
Lancashire Domiciliary Service supports adults in their own homes in Chorley and the surrounding area. Our work is with adults who have learning disabilities, with autistic adults and with people who have physical disabilities, most of...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Home Angels · 11a Cheapside, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 2EX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Miss Nicolla Moran
We are Home Angels Chorley, providing care at home to older people and people living with dementia across the town and the surrounding area. Our focus is deliberately narrow. Supporting older people at home, including many who are living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care - Bespoke Specialist Care · 95A Market Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 2SQ
Home care · Run by Bespoke Specialist Care Ltd
Bespoke Specialist Care supports people in their own homes in Chorley and across Lancashire. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults whose needs mean an ordinary rota...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Delta Care · 10 St Thomas's Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1HR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Delta Care Ltd
At Delta Care in Chorley, we provide home care support to people across Lancashire who need a little extra help to live well in their own homes. We work with a wide range of people, including older adults, younger adults, and those living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Lifeways Community Care (South) · East Terrace, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 6TE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lifeways Community Care Limited
Lifeways Community Care supports people in their own homes across Chorley and the south of Lancashire. Our starting point is that people should be able to live in their own place, on their own terms, with support that makes that possible...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Domiciliary Service · Holly Trees Resource Centre, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1JE
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Lancashire County Council
We support adults in their own homes in Chorley and the surrounding area, working mainly with adults with a learning disability and autistic adults. Our starting point is what somebody wants their own life to look like, and then working...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism - Independent Living (Leyland, Parbold & Standish) · 225 Eaves Lane, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 0AG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Happy Homecare UK Ltd
Here at Independent Living, we provide home care across Chorley, Leyland, Parbold and Standish, helping people to stay in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes for as long as they choose to do so. Our work centres around older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care - Creative Support - & Wigan Services · The Lodge, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1JE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Creative Support Limited
We provide support to people in their own homes across Chorley and Wigan. Our work is with adults who have a learning disability, adults on the autistic spectrum, people living with mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Guardian Homecare (Tatton Gardens) · Windermere Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 0FJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Guardian Homecare UK Ltd
We provide care at home around Chorley and the surrounding area, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Mrs Lavinia Dawn Bellis & Mr Andrew William Bellis - 1 Arkwright Suite · 1 Arkwright Suite, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5BW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Lavinia Dawn Bellis & Mr Andrew William Bellis
We are a small home care provider based in Chorley, Lancashire, and we support adults with a learning disability and autistic adults in their own homes. Being small is not something we apologise for. It means the people we support are...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism - Visiting Angels Central · 110a and 112-114, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 2SL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by One by One Care Ltd
We at Visiting Angels Central Lancashire are proud to offer trusted home care across Chorley and the wider Lancashire community, supporting people to live safely, comfortably, and independently in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Dav Mak Care Solutions · 144 Lyons Lane Office 4, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 0PJ
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Dav Mak Care Solutions Ltd
Dav Mak Care Solutions provides support at home to adults in Chorley and the surrounding part of Lancashire. We visit older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Link-Ability · Conway House, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1NY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Link-Ability
We support people in their own homes in Chorley and across Lancashire. Those we work with include older adults, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - NC 24/7 Health Care · 130 Preston Road, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 7AU
Home care · Run by NC 24/7 Health Care Ltd
We are NC 24/7 Health Care, a home care agency in Chorley, Lancashire. We support older people and younger adults in their own homes, including people living with dementia, people managing a mental health condition and people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Cedar Health and Wellbeing · 6 East Terrace Business Park, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 6TB
Home care · Run by Cedar Health And Wellbeing Limited
Cedar Health and Wellbeing supports adults living with learning disabilities and autism in their own homes across Chorley and the surrounding parts of Lancashire, including younger adults. Support at home should widen a life rather than...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Dalesview Partnership Supported Living · Back Lane, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 7EU
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Dalesview Partnership Limited
Dalesview Partnership Supported Living provides support to people living in their own homes across Chorley. We work with adults who have a learning disability, with autistic adults, with younger adults, and with older people. Our most...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Evoke Support · Suite 18, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 6TE
Home care · Run by Evoke Support Limited
Evoke Support works with people in their own homes in Chorley and across this part of Lancashire. We support adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill health, people with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - HICA Homecare · 2nd Floor, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 7EP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by H I C A
HICA Homecare in Chorley supports people in their own homes across this part of Lancashire. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people living with mental ill health,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Lifeways Paragon (North West) · Chorley Business & Technology Centre, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 6TE
Home care · Run by Lifeways Paragon Limited
Lifeways Paragon supports people in their own homes and tenancies in Chorley and the surrounding part of Lancashire. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, 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 Lancashire agencies publish a rate. | £25.00 to £28.90 an hour |
| What Lancashire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £23.74 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
- Guardian Homecare (Tatton Gardens), 7 September 2026, Good
- Lifeways Paragon Limited (North West), 29 June 2025, Not yet rated
- Delta Care Ltd - Chorley, 29 May 2025, Good
Longest since a report
- Link-Ability, 28 April 2018, Good
- Chorley Domiciliary Service, 6 November 2018, Requires improvement
- Eden Futures - North West Region, 12 December 2018, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Chorley
How many home care agencies are there in Chorley?
Chorley has 22 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 13 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 6 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 Chorley?
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 Lancashire 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 Chorley were inspected most recently?
Guardian Homecare (Tatton Gardens) (7 September 2026), Lifeways Paragon Limited (North West) (29 June 2025) and Delta Care Ltd - Chorley (29 May 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.