Home Care in Crowthorne
Crowthorne has 6 CQC registered home care agencies. 4 are rated Good, 1 Inadequate, and 1 has not yet been rated. 4 of the 6 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Crowthorne at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Crowthorne, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 10,400. Rising to 13,100 by 2035, up 26%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,400. Rising to 1,800 by 2035, up 32%
- People aged 85 and over: 2,800. Rising to 4,300 by 2035, up 53%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 61%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 25 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 264 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).
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Choosing a home care provider in Crowthorne and what to look for
Care delivered at home is sold by the hour or the visit, and the number of hours is usually settled before any provider is chosen. That makes the comparison a narrow one: reliability, continuity of carers, and what happens when the regular person is off sick. With six providers covering Crowthorne, every inspection report can be read properly before anybody signs anything.
What the ratings show
Four of the providers serving Crowthorne are rated Good, including Norwood Ravenswood, Your Life (Crowthorne) and County Carers Limited. One holds an Inadequate rating and one has not yet been rated. An Inadequate judgement does not always mean a provider must be ruled out, since enforcement action and a change of management can turn a service round quickly, but it does mean reading the report first and asking directly what has changed since the inspectors visited. A provider with no rating yet is usually newly registered rather than a cause for concern.
Questions worth asking before you commit
Ask how many different carers would normally attend, and what the provider does when somebody is off sick or on holiday, because continuity is what families complain about most. Ask about the minimum visit length, whether travel time is charged, and what notice is required to change or cancel a visit. Check who handles medication, how care notes are recorded and shared, and who you would ring at nine in the evening. Ask as well how the provider acted on the findings of its most recent inspection.
Arranging care and sorting out the funding
Hours and money are decided before a provider is picked, so the assessment is genuinely the first step rather than a formality.
Requesting a care needs assessment
You can ask for an assessment on your own behalf or for a relative who consents, and the right to one does not depend on income or savings. The assessor looks at washing, dressing, eating, medication, mobility, continence and how safe the home is, then sets out in writing how many hours of support are needed and when. Ask for a copy of the plan, because a provider will want to see it. If a hospital discharge is setting the timetable, say so, as assessments can be brought forward.
Who pays, and how much
Assessments and funded support in Crowthorne are handled by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council Adult Social Care, which carries out a financial assessment alongside the needs assessment to establish the household contribution. For care delivered at home the value of the property is not counted, which is a significant difference from a residential placement, though income and savings are. Where support is funded, it may be arranged directly or paid as a direct payment so the household chooses its own provider. Hourly rates vary, so ask each agency for its rate in writing and whether evenings, weekends and bank holidays are charged differently.
6 home care in Crowthorne
- Norwood Ravenswood · Nine Mile Ride, Crowthorne, Wokingham, RG45 6BQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Norwood
We at Norwood Ravenswood are proud to offer compassionate home care in the heart of Crowthorne, supporting individuals across Wokingham and the wider RG postcode area to live well within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Your Life · Birch Place, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 6GT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
Your Life in Crowthorne supports people in their own homes and in their own apartments across the area. We work with older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Care Quality Services Berkshire · Unit 10, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 6LS
Home care · Run by Care Quality Services Limited
We are a home care agency supporting people in Crowthorne and across Bracknell Forest. Our carers visit people at home, at times agreed with them, and help with the parts of daily life that have become difficult to manage alone. What that...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Caremark (Wokingham and Bracknell) · 283 High Street, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 7AH
Home care · CQC Inadequate · Run by OM Care Ltd
Caremark in Wokingham and Bracknell provides care and support in people's own homes, working from Crowthorne across Bracknell Forest and the surrounding area. The people we support include older people, people living with dementia, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - County Carers · Devonshire Place, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 6NA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by County Carers Limited
We provide care at home in Crowthorne and the surrounding area. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - 3 County Care · 163 High Street, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 7AF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by 3 County Care Limited
3 County Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Crowthorne and the surrounding area. Our purpose is to make home a place where somebody can be properly looked after, so that staying put remains a real option. The people we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, South East Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Bracknell Forest agencies publish a rate. | £28.00 to £36.96 an hour |
| What Bracknell Forest pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £22.08 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
- Caremark (Wokingham and Bracknell), 27 August 2025, Inadequate
- Your Life (Crowthorne), 21 July 2022, Good
- County Carers Limited, 2 April 2021, Good
Longest since a report
- Norwood Ravenswood, 20 June 2018, Good
- 3 County Care, 29 February 2020, Good
- County Carers Limited, 2 April 2021, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Crowthorne
How many home care agencies are there in Crowthorne?
Crowthorne has 6 CQC registered home care agencies: 4 Good, 1 Inadequate, 1 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 Crowthorne?
Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Bracknell Forest 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 Crowthorne were inspected most recently?
Caremark (Wokingham and Bracknell) (27 August 2025), Your Life (Crowthorne) (21 July 2022) and County Carers Limited (2 April 2021) have the most recent CQC reports.