Caring Path
Caring Path is a home care agency in Hornchurch, Havering (RM12 4RS).
Newly registered with the CQC, October 2026. No inspection rating has been published yet.
About Caring Path
Caring Path is a home care agency in Hornchurch, supporting people in their own homes across Havering and the surrounding area. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with a physical disability. We begin by asking what somebody wants to keep hold of, and the answers are usually specific. Making their own breakfast. Getting to the shops on a Saturday. Managing the stairs. Keeping the house the way they like it. Support that protects those things is worth having; support that quietly swallows them is easier to provide and much worse for the person. So we try to do as little as necessary and as much as is actually needed. The practical work covers personal care, medication managed and recorded properly, meals cooked, help with the house, and support to move safely about a home that may no longer suit its occupant. Where a physical disability is involved, we take the trouble to learn how that individual wants to be helped with moving and transfers, because the right technique is specific to the person and getting it wrong is painful and frightening. Continuity is what we guard. Sending familiar carers is how anybody notices that a person has become confused, stopped eating or is in pain and not saying so. The Care Quality Commission has not yet given us an overall rating. We are happy to answer detailed questions about staffing and training before you commit to anything.
Care provided at Caring Path
- Older person care
- Physical disability support
- Younger adults care
- Covers approximately 10 miles
Read the full inspection report on the CQC website.
How Caring Path LTD compares in Havering
Measured against the 122 home care agencies registered in Havering.
- CQC rating
- Not yet rated. 62 of the 122 agencies (51%) are rated Good or Outstanding.
- Registered
- October 2026. One of the newer agencies in the area. Only 0 of the 122 have registered more recently.
- Provider
- 2 services. Caring Path LTD runs 2 adult social care services.
Powered by Orrery Intelligence. Data: CQC register and Food Standards Agency ratings. Counts cover registered home care agencies in Havering.
The local picture: Havering
What the numbers say about home care in Havering.
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| 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 Havering agencies publish a rate.) |
| What Havering pays | £24.65 an hour (Average hourly rate, October 2026.) |
| Homecare Association minimum price | £34.42 an hour (2026 to 2027. The Association's estimate of the lowest price that covers the cost of delivering care. It is not a legal minimum.) |
| Live in care, England | £1,250 to £1,668 a week (Middle half of prices from 62 agencies. Median £1,455.) |
Published prices come from agencies that publish rates, so treat them as a guide. Ask the agency for its own price.
- People aged 75 and over: 24,200. Rising to 26,300 by 2035, up 9%
- People aged 85 and over: 6,800. Rising to 8,700 by 2035, up 28%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,200. Rising to 3,700 by 2035, up 14%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 59%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 1 closed. 122 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 817 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
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Good to know about Caring Path LTD
Facts from public registers, and what the agency has told us.
- Registered with CQC
- 26 October 2026, less than a year ago.
- Run by
- Caring Path LTD, which runs 2 adult social care services in England.
- Service type
- Personal care in people's own homes (domiciliary care).
- Where it covers
- Not yet confirmed by the agency. Check that your postcode is covered before you rely on it.
- Live in, overnight and 24 hour care
- Not yet confirmed. The agency can add these when it claims its profile.
Sources: CQC register and the agency's own entries. Anything marked not yet confirmed is shown as unknown rather than guessed.
Common questions about Caring Path
Where is Caring Path located?
Caring Path is a home care agency based in Hornchurch, Havering (RM12 4RS), providing care to people in their own homes within approximately 10 miles of the area.
What type of care does Caring Path provide?
Caring Path is registered to provide care in people’s own homes, with support that includes Older person care, Physical disability support, Younger adults care. The full list of services is shown on this page.
Questions families ask about Caring Path
Can they support someone living with dementia at home?
No. Caring Path LTD does not list dementia care on the CQC register. Choose an agency that does if dementia is part of the picture.
Can they help with medication and nursing tasks?
Ask the home. Most home care agencies prompt or give medication but do not provide nursing tasks. Ask what their carers are trained to do.
Do they cover our area?
Yes. Caring Path LTD covers roughly 10 miles from Hornchurch.
Will the council help pay?
Ask the home. The agency has not told us which funding it accepts. Most take both council funded and self funded clients; a direct payment from the council can be used to pay them.
Typical home care fees in the London
Caring Path LTD has not published its fees yet. These are typical hourly rates for the London, so you know roughly what to expect before you call.
- Home care (per hour): £30 to £36 per hour, typical range
Indicative figures for the London, not a quote from Caring Path LTD. Actual fees depend on the room, the level of care and how it is funded.
More about the care at Caring Path
Home Care at Caring Path
Registration for this Hornchurch agency dates from 26 October 2026, which means no inspection has taken place yet. Home care is visits at agreed times in a person's own home, and in London it typically costs between £30 and £36 an hour, with Havering assessing and sometimes funding a package. The agency says it guards continuity, because sending familiar carers is how anybody notices that a person has become confused or stopped eating. That is the real argument for paying attention to rotas rather than to brochures. Ask how visits are recorded, how often the plan is reviewed, and who a relative telephones at the weekend.
Older Person Care at Caring Path
Making their own breakfast, getting to the shops on a Saturday, managing the stairs: these are the answers this agency says it hears when it asks what somebody wants to keep hold of. For an older person in Hornchurch the support behind that is personal care, medication managed and recorded, meals cooked, help with the house and a steadying hand on the stairs. Caring Path says it tries to do as little as necessary and as much as is actually needed, which is the right balance to aim at. Ask how long each visit lasts and how many different carers would come in a fortnight. Ask what the agency can cover in the evening, since overnight care is a separate arrangement.
Younger Adults at Caring Path
Support that quietly swallows what somebody wants to keep is easier to provide and much worse for them, this agency says. For an adult under sixty five that is the whole risk: a package that manages the day instead of making a working week possible. Ask whether call times can move around a job or a course, and whether the same carers can be relied on.
Physical Disability at Caring Path
The right technique is specific to the person, and getting it wrong is painful and frightening, as this agency says of helping somebody move. That is why it claims to learn how each individual wants to be helped with transfers rather than applying one method. Ask whether carers are trained on the equipment already in the house, and who arranges a review when a person's mobility changes.
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