Which providers in Gravesend offer home care?

Thirty providers match this search, all registered with the Care Quality Commission to deliver personal care in people's own homes. The list mixes national brands with small independent offices, and each has a profile here showing its rating and registration details. Agencies cover areas by postcode rather than by town boundary, so confirm that a provider actually visits the address in question. Shortlist a few and read their inspection reports before making calls.

What should I ask when a home care agency comes to assess?

Ask who will actually carry out the visits, how continuity is protected and what happens when a carer is unwell. Find out how medication is recorded, how the office can be reached outside working hours and how quickly a package can be increased after a hospital stay. Ask for the charges in writing, including travel, cancellation terms and weekend rates. Finally, ask how complaints are handled and how often the care plan will be reviewed.

What is the difference between a care home and a nursing home?

A residential care home provides somewhere to live along with help from care staff for washing, dressing, meals and company. A nursing home offers the same and also keeps a registered nurse on duty at all times for clinical needs such as complex wounds, tube feeding or advanced frailty. The registration category held with the Care Quality Commission shows which a setting is. Home care differs from both because the support travels to the person instead of the person moving.

Can Kent County Council pay for home care in Gravesend?

It can, subject to a needs assessment showing eligible needs and a financial assessment of income and capital. Support may be commissioned directly by the council or paid as a direct payment that lets you choose the agency yourself. Most people who qualify still contribute something from their income. Where savings sit above the national threshold the care is self funded, but the council still owes an assessment and impartial advice.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Gravesend?

Contact the adult social care team at Kent County Council and ask for a care needs assessment. A GP, district nurse or hospital discharge team can also refer if that is easier. The assessment is free and is not means tested, so there is no reason to delay while finances are worked out. Write down specific recent examples of difficulty beforehand, as these are far more useful to an assessor than a general sense of decline.

How far in advance should I start looking for home care?

Sooner than feels necessary is the honest answer. Assessments, financial checks and the agency's own assessment visit each take time, and popular call slots such as early mornings fill quickly. A few weeks of lead time turns a scramble into an ordinary decision. If the need follows a hospital discharge everything compresses, so say so when you first ring the council and ask what interim support is available.

Home Care in Gravesend

Gravesend has 31 CQC registered home care agencies. 12 are rated Good, and 19 have not yet been rated. 9 of the 31 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Gravesend at a glance

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

Hourly care visits, Kent: £28.50 to £39.15 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 9,500. Rising to 10,100 by 2035, up 7%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,200. Rising to 1,400 by 2035, up 14%
People aged 85 and over: 2,500. Rising to 3,200 by 2035, up 30%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 58%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Kent as a whole is 62%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed. 27 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 318 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).

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What home care in Gravesend involves and what to look for

The shape of a typical package

Home care is built out of visits rather than a place to live. A carer may come once a day to help someone wash and dress, or four times to cover medication, meals and settling at night. Packages commonly begin small and grow, and they can include help with shopping, laundry and getting out of the house as well as personal care. The pattern of calls, not the list of tasks, is usually what decides whether an arrangement works.

Reliability is the real test

Families judge an agency on whether carers arrive when they said they would and whether it is the same handful of faces each week. Ask how many different carers would attend across a fortnight, what happens when the regular carer is off sick, and how late a call has to run before the office telephones to say so. Ask too how visits are recorded and whether relatives can see those records.

Making sense of the ratings here

Of the thirty agencies listed, eleven are rated Good and one has been told it Requires Improvement, with eighteen not yet rated. A large unrated group is normal in home care, where new agencies register regularly and wait some time for a first inspection, so an absent rating is not a warning in itself. Where a report does exist, read the safe and well led sections closely and check when the inspection took place.

Getting an assessment and sorting out the funding

The care needs assessment

A care needs assessment is free, open to anyone who appears to need support whatever their savings, and usually carried out at home. A practitioner looks at mobility, washing and dressing, meals, medication and night time safety, then records in writing what is needed. Ask for a copy. A relative who provides regular unpaid help is also entitled to a carer's assessment of their own, which is easy to overlook.

Who pays for the visits

Funding is settled through a separate financial assessment of income and capital. Kent County Council is the authority responsible for both assessments in this area and for arranging funded support where someone is eligible, and it can either commission the care directly or offer a direct payment so that a family picks its own agency. Above the capital threshold the package is self funded, though the assessment and the advice remain available and are worth using.

What a package of visits costs

Home care is charged by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly total depends entirely on how often carers come and for how long. Very short calls often carry a higher hourly rate, and nights, weekends and bank holidays usually cost more. Ask for a written schedule of charges covering travel, cancellations and rising need, and confirm how much notice is given before rates change. It is also worth asking whether the agency charges a minimum number of hours each week and how quickly a package can be reduced again if needs improve.

31 home care in Gravesend

The Clarendon Royal Community · Royal Pier Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2BE
Home care · Run by Age UK Kent Rivers
We at The Clarendon Royal Community are proud to offer compassionate home care across Gravesend and the surrounding areas of Kent, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best, their own home. Our team...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Best2 Care – Office · Office 9 Longferry House, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0BH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Best2 Care Ltd
We at Best2 Care in Gravesend are a home care agency supporting people across Kent to live well and safely in the comfort of their own homes. Serving the Gravesend community and surrounding DA postcode areas, we bring compassionate,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Trinity Point · Flat 23, Gravesend, DA11 0FD
Home care · Run by Dritewyse Care and Support Ltd
We at Trinity Point are proud to offer compassionate home care across Gravesend and the surrounding DA postcode communities, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably and independently within the familiar surroundings of their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Services, Safeharbour Memory Wellbeing Centre · Coldharbour Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Services
We support people living with dementia, and the families around them, in their own homes across Gravesend and this part of Kent. A diagnosis changes a great deal, but it does not have to mean leaving the house and the routines that...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability
Serene Home Care · 259 Old Road West, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0LU
Home care · Run by Serene Home Care Limited
Here at Serene Home Care, we provide personalised home care support to people living in Gravesend and the surrounding areas of Kent. Our aim is straightforward: to help people live well in the comfort of their own homes, on their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Penny Care · Unit 4, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0DF
Home care · Run by Penny Care Limited
At Penny Care, we are here to support people in their own homes across Gravesend and the surrounding areas of Kent. We understand that choosing home care is a significant decision, and we take that responsibility seriously. Our aim is...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Enablement at Home · Floor 2, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1AU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Kent County Council
Kent Enablement at Home supports people in and around Gravesend, Kent, to manage well in their own homes. We work with older people and with adults living with a physical disability, and our emphasis is on helping people do as much for...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability
FÉ Care · Office 2, 53 Bath Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0DF
Home care · Run by FÉ Care Ltd
FÉ Care is a home care agency in Gravesend, supporting people in their own homes across this part of Kent. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people who have a learning disability and autistic people. Our starting...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Resilient Healthcare · Basepoint Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8HN
Home care · Run by Resilient Healthcare Limited
At Resilient Healthcare, we provide home care across Gravesend and the wider Kent area, supporting people to live comfortably and independently in their own homes. We believe that receiving care at home should feel natural and unobtrusive,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Office · 10 Harmer Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2AX
Home care · Run by Health and Social Ltd
We provide care to people in their own homes across Gravesend and the surrounding parts of Kent. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition, and people with a physical disability....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Beulah Care Training And Services · Rose Villa, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7ED
Home care · Run by Beulah Care Training And Services Limited
We at Beulah Care Training And Services are proud to offer compassionate home care across Gravesend and the surrounding Kent communities, bringing professional support directly to the doorsteps of those who wish to remain in the comfort...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Bluebird Care (Gravesham & Dartford) · Whitehall Place, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2DL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ampi Limited
We are Bluebird Care covering Gravesham and Dartford, supporting people in their own homes across this part of Kent. The people we visit include older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability and autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Vitality Home Health Gravesham & Dartford · 50 The Grove, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1DP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Vitality Home Health Ltd
Vitality Home Health supports people in their own homes across Gravesham and Dartford, working out of Gravesend. We cover a wide range of needs, from a single daily call through to several visits a day and longer periods of support. Many...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Gravesend · 27A Darnley Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0RZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by DMC Consulting Services Ltd
We provide care and support to people in their own homes in Gravesend and the surrounding part of Kent. Our work covers older people and younger adults, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Bluebird Care (Maidstone, Tonbridge & Royal Tunbridge Wells) · 47 The Terrace, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2DL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ampi Limited
Bluebird Care supports people in their own homes across Maidstone, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding parts of Kent. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, and with people who have...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Betterliving Care · 17 Raphael Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2PN
Home care · Run by Betterliving Care Limited
Betterliving Care supports people in their own homes in Gravesend and across this part of Kent. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a physical disability, people with visual or hearing impairment and younger...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Noblewave Solutions · 7 Crete Hall Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9GP
Home care · Run by Noblewave Solutions Ltd
At Noblewave Solutions, we provide home care to people living in Gravesend and the surrounding areas of Kent. Our work is straightforward in its aim: to help people live as independently as possible, in the comfort and familiarity of their...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Caremark (Dartford & Gravesham) · Office 6, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8HN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Daya Care Group Ltd
We are Caremark in Dartford and Gravesham, based in Gravesend, and we provide care in people's own homes across this part of Kent. We support older people, including many living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Austen Allen Homecare - Gravesham · 176 Old Road West, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0LZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Austen Allen Healthcare Limited
We are Austen Allen Homecare in Gravesham, based in Gravesend, and we provide care in people's own homes across this part of Kent. The people we visit are a deliberately wide group: older people, many living with dementia, adults with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Greener Pastures · 4 Grieves Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7JG
Home care · Run by Greener Pastures Ltd
Greener Pastures provides care and support in people's own homes in Gravesend and the surrounding area. We are here for people who want to carry on living in their own place, with their own routine, and who need some help to make that work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health
Blanche Caring Heart · Flat 13, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9PN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blanche Caring Heart Ltd
Blanche Caring Heart provides support at home to adults in Gravesend and across north Kent. We visit older people who need help to carry on living in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people living with mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability
Ezzie-Daisy Care Services · 34 Brenchley Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7RQ
Home care · Run by Ezzie-Daisy Care Services Limited
Here at Ezzie Daisy Care, we provide home care support to people living in Gravesend, Kent and the surrounding areas. We believe that staying in your own home, surrounded by the things and people you know, makes a real difference to your...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care Services · Wimborne House, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5FG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sanctuary Home Care Limited
Gravesend Care provides support to adults in their own homes across Gravesend and the surrounding parts of Kent. The people we visit have a range of needs. We support adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Tashn · Unit 5, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0RG
Home care · Run by TASHN Limited
Tashn provides support in people's own homes in Gravesend and the surrounding part of Kent. We work with older people, with people living with dementia, with adults who have a learning disability and autistic adults, with people managing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Better Families Social Work Services · 10 Stone Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0NH
Home care · Run by Better Families Social Work Services Ltd
Better Families provides care and support to people in their own homes in Gravesend and the surrounding parts of Kent. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with adults who have a learning disability and with autistic...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
P2P Care Support · 21 Darnley Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0RZ
Home care · Run by P2P Recruitment Limited
P2P Care Support provides care at home to adults in Gravesend and across north Kent. We visit older people who need help to keep managing at home, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people with a visual or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Timesurg Healthcare Services · 105 Darnley Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0SQ
Home care · Run by Timesurg Healthcare Services Ltd
We are Timesurg Healthcare, based in Gravesend, and we provide care in people's own homes across this part of Kent. We support older people, including many living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults. Our aim...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Faysha · Unit 2, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2EE
Home care · Run by Faysha Limited
Faysha provides care at home for people in Gravesend and the surrounding parts of Kent. We take on packages of all sizes, from one short visit a day to several calls and longer periods of support, and we agree the shape of it with the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Shamrock Road · 40 Shamrock Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2LH
Home care · Run by Marker Care UK Limited
We provide support at home in Gravesend and the surrounding area, working with older people, younger adults and people with physical disabilities. Our work is about making it possible for people to live in their own homes and keep as much...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
New Option Support - Main Office · The Old Rectory, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8HN
Home care · Run by New Option Support Limited
New Option Support provides care and support to people in their own homes in Gravesend and across north Kent. We support older people and younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, learning disabilities and autism, mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
MAUCARE Services · 56 Arthur Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0PR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by MRJ Care Limited
Maucare provides care and support in people's own homes across Gravesend and the surrounding part of Kent. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, Kent Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £32.00.	£28.50 to £39.15 an hour
What Kent pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£28.05 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

Austen Allen Homecare - Gravesham, 30 July 2026, Good
Best2 Care Ltd – Gravesend Office, 27 July 2026, Good
Blanche Caring Heart Ltd, 1 July 2025, Good

Longest since a report

Gravesend Care Services, 30 June 2017, Good
Kent Enablement at Home, 5 January 2018, Good
Caremark (Dartford & Gravesham), 27 March 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Gravesend

How many home care agencies are there in Gravesend?

Gravesend has 31 CQC registered home care agencies: 12 Good, 19 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 Gravesend?

Hourly care visits, Kent: £28.50 to £39.15 an hour. Middle half of prices from 7 agencies. Median £32.00. 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 Gravesend were inspected most recently?

Austen Allen Homecare - Gravesham (30 July 2026), Best2 Care Ltd – Gravesend Office (27 July 2026) and Blanche Caring Heart Ltd (1 July 2025) have the most recent CQC reports.