Home Care in Coulsdon
Coulsdon has 8 CQC registered home care agencies. 3 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 4 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 8 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Coulsdon at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Coulsdon, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 27,300. Rising to 32,300 by 2035, up 18%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,700. Rising to 4,600 by 2035, up 23%
- People aged 85 and over: 7,800. Rising to 10,300 by 2035, up 32%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 84%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 10 closed. 147 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 740 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
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What Home Care in Coulsdon Involves and What to Look For
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 comparing agencies only once several hours a week are already in place. Eight agencies match this search in Coulsdon, and what separates them has less to do with the wording of a brochure than with whether the same carer arrives at the time they said they would.
What the Ratings Show and Where They Stop
Harty Homecare Services Ltd, Versacare Limited and the Nursing Direct office are rated Good, awarded on findings about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership. Anneally Care Services currently carries a Requires Improvement rating, so ask directly what inspectors found, what has changed since, and who is managing the agency now. Four agencies, among them Breakfield House, Total Caring Ltd, Kendora Healthcare Limited and Lornat Healthcare Ltd, have not yet been rated. Where there is no published verdict, judge an agency on how precisely it answers questions about staffing, training and supervision.
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 often the only reliable window into what happens between calls.
Getting an Assessment and Funding Care in Coulsdon
The Care Needs Assessment
The London Borough of Croydon is the authority responsible for carrying out a care needs assessment and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible. The assessment is free, open to anyone who appears to need support, and independent of savings or income. 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.
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 care delivered 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 notice either side must give.
8 home care in Coulsdon
- Breakfield House · Office 5, Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 2HS
Home care · Run by Custodian Care Limited
We at Breakfield House are proud to offer trusted home care in Coulsdon, bringing compassionate, personalised support directly to people in their own homes across the Croydon area and the wider CR postcode region. Based in the welcoming...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Total Caring · 150 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 3BB
Home care · Run by Total Caring Ltd
We at Total Caring are proud to offer home care across Coulsdon and the wider Croydon area, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Our team provides personalised home care for older adults,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Kendora Healthcare · 8 Skinner Grove, Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 3GN
Home care · Run by Kendora Healthcare Limited
At Kendora Healthcare, we provide home care support to people living in Coulsdon, Croydon and the surrounding areas. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the comfort of their own homes, maintaining their independence and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Anneally Care Services · 273 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 3BY
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Anneally Care Services Ltd
We at Anneally Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Coulsdon and the wider Croydon area, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based in Coulsdon, our team is well...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Versacare · 2 Church Path, Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 1HA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Versacare Limited
We at Versacare are proud to offer trusted home care across Coulsdon and the wider Croydon area, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably, and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the CR postcode...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Lornat Healthcare · 16 Weston Close, Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 1BX
Home care · Run by Lornat Healthcare Ltd
At Lornat Healthcare, we provide home care support to people living in Coulsdon, Croydon and the surrounding area. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, with the right level of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Nursing Direct - DCA Office · Galago House, Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 2YH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Nursing Direct Healthcare Limited
At Nursing Direct DCA Office, we provide home care support to people living in Coulsdon, Croydon and the surrounding areas. Our aim is straightforward: to help people live well in their own homes, on their own terms, with care that...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Harty Homecare Services · 227 Coulsdon Road, Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 1EN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Harty Homecare Services Ltd
We are Harty Homecare, and we support adults in their own homes in Coulsdon and the surrounding parts of Croydon and north Surrey. Our visits range from a single short call each day through to several hours of support, arranged to fit the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, London Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Croydon agencies publish a rate. | £22.88 to £30.05 an hour |
| What Croydon pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £22.80 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
- Nursing Direct Ltd - DCA Office, 7 September 2023, Good
- Anneally Care Services LTD, 4 March 2023, Requires improvement
- Harty Homecare Services Ltd, 13 December 2022, Good
Longest since a report
- Versacare Limited, 3 December 2020, Good
- Harty Homecare Services Ltd, 13 December 2022, Good
- Anneally Care Services LTD, 4 March 2023, Requires improvement
Frequently asked questions about home care in Coulsdon
How many home care agencies are there in Coulsdon?
Coulsdon has 8 CQC registered home care agencies: 3 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 4 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 Coulsdon?
Hourly care visits, London: £22.88 to £30.05 an hour. Middle half of prices from 16 agencies. Median £24.48. Shown for London because too few Croydon 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 Coulsdon were inspected most recently?
Nursing Direct Ltd - DCA Office (7 September 2023), Anneally Care Services LTD (4 March 2023) and Harty Homecare Services Ltd (13 December 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.