Can City of London Corporation fund a home care package in London?

Yes, City of London Corporation can contribute towards home care for residents of the Square Mile who have eligible needs following a care needs assessment. A financial assessment then looks at income and savings to decide how much the person pays and how much the council covers. People living in other London boroughs should approach their own council, as each authority funds care for its own residents. Funded support can be delivered as a managed service or as a direct payment so the family chooses the agency.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in London?

Contact the adult social care team at the council where the person lives. For someone resident within the Square Mile that is City of London Corporation, while other Londoners should ring their own borough council. You can request an assessment by phone or through the council's website, and there is no charge regardless of income or savings. The assessor will visit, often within a few weeks, and then discuss a support plan that may include home care, equipment or day services.

Which providers in London offer home care?

There are 1,136 home care agencies registered across London on this directory, ranging from large regional providers to small local teams. Examples include BM Homecare Limited, CLIA Care, Dignity Direct Homecare Limited, Caremark Ealing, Helping Hands Kensington and Chelsea, MiHomecare Kensington and Chelsea, and Care Outlook Hackney. Availability varies by postcode and by the times of day you need visits, so it is sensible to shortlist a handful of agencies covering your area and compare them.

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

A home care agency provides personal care and support with everyday tasks such as washing, dressing, meals, medication prompts and companionship, delivered by trained care workers in the person's own home. A nursing agency employs registered nurses who can carry out clinical tasks such as wound care, catheter management or complex medication administration. Many people only need a home care agency, and district nurses attached to the GP surgery cover any clinical work. Where nursing needs are ongoing and substantial, an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment is often the next step.

What should I ask when speaking to a home care agency in London?

Ask how carers are recruited, trained and supervised, and whether the person will see the same small team rather than a rotating cast. Check the minimum visit length, how punctuality is monitored, and what happens when a regular carer is unavailable. Ask about the office's out of hours contact, how care notes are shared with family, and how concerns are handled. Request a written care plan and a clear breakdown of hourly rates, mileage charges and any weekend or bank holiday premiums.

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

For a planned start, four to six weeks gives time for a council assessment, comparing agencies and a proper introduction to the carers. If a hospital discharge is imminent, the ward's discharge team can escalate matters and short term reablement is sometimes arranged within days. For self-funders arranging privately, many London agencies can begin visits within a week or two, though availability tightens for early morning slots. Starting conversations early also gives you time to trial the arrangement before needs increase.

Home Care in London

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2,435 home care in London (showing 1401–1450)

Williams Healthcare Solutions · Suite 3.16, Croydon, Croydon, CR0 5PE
Home care · Run by Williams Healthcare Solutions Ltd
Williams Healthcare Solutions is a home care team working across Croydon. We visit people in their own homes, at the times that suit them, to help with whatever has become hard to manage alone. Between us we support a wide range of people....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Best Care Co · Diamond House, Richmond, Richmond upon Thames, TW9 4LN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Best Care Group Ltd
Best Care Co provides care and support in people's own homes across the London borough of Richmond upon Thames. We work with people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Waterfields Healthcare · 10 Floathaven Close, London, Greenwich, SE28 8SN
Home care · Run by Waterfields Healthcare Ltd
Waterfields Healthcare supports people in their own homes across Greenwich and the surrounding parts of south east London. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Right at home · York House, Pinner, Harrow, HA5 4PH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by High Quality Care and Companionship Ltd
We are a home care agency based in Pinner, supporting people in their own homes across Harrow and the surrounding area. Our view is a simple one. Most people would rather stay where they feel most settled, among their own belongings and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Genuine Carers- · Suite 54, Enfield, Enfield, EN3 7XU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Genuine Carers Limited
We at Genuine Carers Enfield are proud to offer compassionate home care across Enfield and the surrounding London community, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Operating throughout...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
CJ Nicholas Care · 98 Aspen Green, Erith, Bexley, DA18 4HX
Home care · Run by CJ Nicholas Care Ltd
CJ Nicholas Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Erith and across the London borough of Bexley. We visit older people, people with physical disabilities and younger adults. Much of what we do would look unremarkable from...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Sunlight Care · Unit 3, London, Islington, N1 9PF
Home care · Run by Vista Care Solutions Limited
Sunlight Care in Islington provides care and support to people in their own homes across the borough. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability or autism, people managing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Cavendish (Homecare) Professionals · 1 Royal Exchange, London, City of London, EC3V 3DG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cavendish (Homecare) Professionals Ltd
Cavendish Homecare Professionals supports people in their own homes across the City of London and the surrounding boroughs. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Kawib Solutions · 59 Gossage Road, London, Greenwich, SE18 1NQ
Home care · Run by Kawib Solutions Ltd
Kawib Solutions is a home care agency working across Greenwich and the surrounding parts of London. We visit people in their own homes so that they can carry on living where they are settled, with the right amount of help and no more than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Ashrey Care · 96 Carmelite Road, Harrow, Harrow, HA3 5LS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ashrey Care Limited
Ashrey Care provides home care to adults in Harrow and the surrounding part of London. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Wecare Housing & Support · 41 South Park Hill Road, South Croydon, Croydon, CR2 7DZ
Home care · Run by Wecare Housing & Support Limited
We at Wecare Housing & Support are proud to provide compassionate home care across South Croydon and the wider Croydon area, bringing professional support directly into the places where people feel most comfortable: their own homes. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Elden East · Unit 1a, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BL
Home care · Run by Elden Care Solutions Ltd
Elden East provides care at home to people in Barking and Dagenham. We support older people and people living with dementia, people with mental health needs, people with physical disabilities and with visual or hearing impairment, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care Organiser · 1070-1072 London Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon, CR7 7ND
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Care Expertise Group Limited
Care Organiser is a home care agency based in Thornton Heath, supporting adults in their own homes across Croydon and nearby. Our most recent overall rating from the Care Quality Commission is requires improvement. That is the first thing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Respect Care Services · Unit 6 Opal Mews, London, Brent, NW6 7UP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Respect Care Services Limited
We provide care at home in Brent and the surrounding part of London. The people we support include older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Phebdan HealthCare Services · 10 Smock Walk, Croydon, Croydon, CR0 2UP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Phebdan HealthCare Services Limited
Phebdan Healthcare supports people across Croydon in their own homes. Our work covers a wide range of needs, and we plan each person's support around their own routines rather than around a standard schedule. We support older people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Caremark · 20 Ewell Road, Sutton, Sutton, SM3 8BU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Chloe Drury Limited
We provide care at home in Sutton, supporting people who need a hand to manage in their own houses and flats. Our work is straightforward to describe and particular in the doing. We send trained carers to people who need help at home, and...
OASIS Central Office · 38-39, London, Brent, NW10 7TR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Oasis Care and Training Agency (OCTA)
Oasis provides support at home for people in Brent and the surrounding parts of London. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
My Homecare · Highview House 165-167, Edgware, Barnet, HA8 7JU
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Homeserve 4 Care Limited
My Homecare Barnet provides care and support to people in their own homes in Edgware and across the Barnet area. We support older people and younger adults, and our experience includes dementia, learning disabilities and autism, and mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Holden Park Care · Egoh House, Orpington, Bromley, BR6 7SE
Home care · Run by Holden Park Care Limited
Here at Holden Park Care, we provide home care support to people living in Orpington and the wider Bromley area. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the places they know best, whether that is their own home or familiar...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Exodus Homecare Agency · Crown House Business Centre, London, Ealing, NW10 7PN
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Exodus Homecare Agency Limited
Exodus Homecare Agency provides home care to adults in Ealing and the surrounding part of London. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Lavender Care Agency · 164 Stafford Road, Wallington, Sutton, SM6 9BS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lavender Care Agency Limited
Lavender Care Agency provides care and support to people in their own homes in Wallington and across Sutton. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions and people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Step Ahead Care Services · Wellesley House, Ilford, Redbridge, IG1 4NH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Step Ahead Care Services Ltd
Step Ahead Care provides care at home for people in Ilford and the surrounding parts of Redbridge. We support people in the place they know best, with as much or as little help as they need, from a single call each morning through to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Supreme Care Services · 59-61 Old Kent Road, London, Southwark, SE1 4RF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Supreme Care Services Limited
We at Supreme Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across London, supporting people in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes throughout Southwark and the wider SE area. As a home care provider, our focus is on...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Felix Health · Olympic House 28-42, Ilford, Redbridge, IG1 1BA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Felix Health Ltd
We at Felix Health are proud to provide compassionate home care across Ilford and the wider Redbridge area, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency, we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
South East · 1 Othello Close, London, Lambeth, SE11 4RE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Handling Care Limited
We provide care at home across south east London, working from Lambeth. We support older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities. People usually come to us at a point of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Care Solutions Recruitment Agency · Square Root Business Centre, Croydon, Croydon, CR0 2XQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Solutions Recruitment Agency Ltd
We provide care at home in Croydon. The people we support include older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Heed Care · LK507, London, Tower Hamlets, E3 3YD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Heed Care Ltd
We at Heed Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across London, supporting individuals in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes throughout Tower Hamlets and the surrounding E postcode area. Our approach places dignity,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
LOLAD UK · 33 Vancouver Close, Orpington, Bromley, BR6 9XQ
Home care · Run by Lolad UK Limited
Lolad UK provides care and support in people's own homes in Orpington and across the London borough of Bromley. We visit older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Miles Care · Jhumat House, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · Run by Miles Care Limited
Miles Care is a home care agency in Barking, supporting people across Barking and Dagenham in their own homes. Most of the people we visit are older, a good number are living with dementia, and we also support younger adults and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Brightstar Care Solutions · 85 Southern Avenue, Feltham, Hounslow, TW14 9NE
Home care · Run by Brightstar Care Solutions Ltd
We provide care at home in Feltham and the surrounding part of Hounslow. The people we support include older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Allfor Care Alpha Care Recruitment West and Home Care Service · 15 Maswell Park Road, Hounslow, Hounslow, TW3 2DL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Allfor Care Services Limited
Allfor Care provides support in people's own homes across Hounslow. We visit older adults and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with a learning disability, autistic people, people with mental health needs,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Meds Resources · The Jubilee Centre, London, Merton, SW19 3TZ
Home care · Run by Meds Resources Limited
We provide care at home across Merton and the surrounding parts of London, supporting people of all ages and a wide range of needs. Rather than offer one narrow kind of support, we take the time to understand what a particular person...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Practical Caring · Unit 2, London, Barnet, N20 9BD
Home care · Run by Practical Caring Ltd.
Practical Caring provides care and support to people in their own homes in Barnet and the surrounding parts of London. We work with adults living with dementia or with mental ill health, people with a physical disability and people with a...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Oasis Care and Training Agency (OCTA) · 24-32 Murdock Street, London, Southwark, SE15 1LW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Oasis Care and Training Agency (OCTA)
Oasis Care and Training Agency, known to most people as OCTA, provides care in people's own homes across Southwark and the neighbouring parts of London. We support older people who want to stay where they are rather than move, adults with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
EG Business Solution · Unit 213, London, Tower Hamlets, E3 3YD
Home care · Run by EG Business Solution Ltd
EG Business Solution provides care and support to people in their own homes in Tower Hamlets and the surrounding part of London. We work with older people, younger adults, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care Delivered · 563 Roman Road, London, Tower Hamlets, E3 5EL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Delivered Ltd
At Care Delivered, we provide home care across Tower Hamlets and the wider London area, supporting people to live well in the comfort of their own homes. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, those with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Bluebird Care · 10 Bellegrove Road, Welling, Bexley, DA16 3PT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Tansonns Limited
We are Bluebird Care in Bexley, based in Welling and supporting people in their own homes across the borough. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Liznett Care Services · Unit 32 -A1, Dartford, Bexley, DA1 4SL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Liznett Care Services Ltd
We at Liznett Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Dartford and the surrounding Bexley area, supporting individuals to live safely and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Our team delivers person...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Tezlom · Access Self Storage, Hayes, Hillingdon, UB3 4UZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by K5K Limited
We provide care at home in Hayes and the surrounding part of Hillingdon, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and people with loss of sight or hearing. Our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Caremark · Gifford House, Morden, Merton, SM4 6HY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Forever Good Care Ltd
Caremark Merton provides care and support in people's own homes in Morden and across the London borough of Merton. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people managing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Springfields Supported Services · Office 139, Barking, Barking and Dagenham, IG11 8BB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Springfields Supported Services Limited
Springfields Supported provides support to adults in their own homes in Barking and the surrounding part of Barking and Dagenham. We work with older people and younger adults, adults with learning disabilities and autism, and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Wise Home Care Services · 516 Holloway Road, London, Islington, N7 6JD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Wise Home Care Services LTD
We provide care at home in Islington and the surrounding part of London, supporting older people, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with physical disabilities and people with visual or hearing impairments. Needs...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Voug Care · 12a Bourne Way, Bromley, Bromley, BR2 7EY
Home care · Run by Voug Care Ltd
We provide care at home in Bromley, supporting older adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities, people living with sight or hearing loss and younger adults. Our work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Extreme Care Services · Unit G9, Southall, Ealing, UB1 3HA
Home care · Run by Extreme Care Services Ltd
Extreme Care provides support to people in their own homes in Southall and across the surrounding parts of west London. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
London Homecare · St. James House, Romford, Havering, RM1 3NH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by London Homecare Ltd
London Homecare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Romford and across Havering. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Citibase Slough · 23 Cowley Crescent, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, UB8 2HE
Home care · Run by Red Brick Care Ltd
We at Citibase Slough are proud to offer compassionate home care across Uxbridge and the surrounding Hillingdon community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the UB postcode area...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
TrinityX Care Services (Howbury Lane) · 42 Howbury Lane, Erith, Bexley, DA8 2DR
Home care · CQC Good · Run by TrinityX Care Services Ltd
TrinityX Care at Howbury Lane provides care and support to people in their own homes in Erith and across Bexley. The people we work with include older people, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with learning disabilities,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Oodleslove Healthcare Services · 124a Frant Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon, CR7 7JU
Home care · Run by Oodleslove Healthcare Services Limited
Oodleslove Healthcare provides care and support to people in their own homes in Thornton Heath and across Croydon. We work with older people, younger adults, people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities. Most people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Angel House · 34 The Fairway, London, Enfield, N14 4NY
Home care · Run by Epiphany Care Services Ltd
Angel House provides care at home for people in Enfield and the surrounding parts of London. We support a wide range of adults, and every package is built around the person and their household rather than picked from a fixed list. For...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Kingsmith Care · Bishop Creighton House, London, Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 7PH
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Kingsmith Care Ltd
We at Kingsmith Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across London, supporting individuals and families throughout the Hammersmith and Fulham community with warmth, dignity and expertise. Our mission is to help people live well...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults