Home Care in Loughton
Loughton has 11 CQC registered home care agencies. 6 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement, and 3 have not yet been rated. 7 of the 11 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Loughton at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Loughton, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 14,700. Rising to 16,600 by 2035, up 13%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 1,900. Rising to 2,400 by 2035, up 22%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,100. Rising to 5,900 by 2035, up 43%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 86%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Essex as a whole is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 2 opened, 1 closed. 35 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 581 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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Planning and paying for home care in Loughton
Two separate processes sit behind funded support, one looking at what someone needs and one at what they can afford. Knowing which is which saves a good deal of confusion once things are moving.
The care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support has a right to an assessment, free of charge and whatever their income or capital. Essex County Council Adult Social Care is responsible for carrying it out and for the financial assessment that follows where funded support may apply. A person providing unpaid care has a separate right to a carer assessment covering their own health and the limits of what they can keep doing. The resulting plan sets out the hours and type of help considered necessary.
Where help with the cost comes from
If the financial assessment shows eligibility, the council may meet all or part of the cost, with any balance paid privately. Support can often be taken as a direct payment, which lets a household choose and manage its own agency rather than accept one arranged for it. Care immediately following a hospital stay is sometimes provided free for a limited period under reablement, a separate arrangement with its own time limit, so ask which is being offered.
What home care costs
Charges are made by the hour or by the visit, so the weekly total depends on the number of calls and how long each one lasts. Evening, weekend and bank holiday rates are normally higher, a call needing two carers costs about double, and live in support is priced as a weekly figure instead. Ask for the charges in writing and check how much notice is required to reduce or stop visits.
Choosing an agency in Loughton and what to check
Eleven providers gives you a genuine choice, and the differences that matter show up in reliability rather than in the tasks advertised.
Reading the inspection record
Gemstone Care Ltd holds an Outstanding rating. Six agencies are rated Good, among them Spencer and Arlington, Radis Community Care (Honey Tree Court) and KASE Care. One is marked Requires Improvement and three carry no rating at all, which usually means they registered too recently to have been inspected. Where a report exists, look at its date and at what was said about staffing, timekeeping and medication records rather than stopping at the headline word.
Continuity above everything
Ask how many different carers would come in a typical month and press for the realistic figure. Ask what happens when the regular carer is away, and whether the rota builds in travel time between calls, because most complaints about lateness come from scheduling. Ask to meet whoever will carry out the first assessment visit, and find out how quickly the plan can be changed if a fortnight shows it is wrong.
Practical checks before you sign
Ask who writes the care plan, how often it is reviewed and whether you get a copy. Check how a missed call is reported to the family, who answers the telephone outside office hours, and what the notice period is on both sides of the agreement.
11 home care in Loughton
- Gemstone Care · 48 Traps Hill, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1TB
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Gemstone Care Ltd
Gemstone Care supports adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults in their own homes in Loughton and the surrounding part of Essex. What our support is for is widening somebody's life rather than managing it. That means asking...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism - Radis Community Care (Honey Tree Court) · Fairmeads, Loughton, Essex, IG10 2RD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by G P Homecare Limited
Radis Community Care at Honey Tree Court supports people living in Loughton, Essex, helping them to manage in their own homes with the right help at the right times. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Tusk Care · 67 Felstead Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3BB
Home care · Run by Tusk Care Ltd
Tusk Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Loughton and across Essex. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people managing mental health conditions and with people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Gateway Care Services · Sterling House, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3TS
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Gateway Care Services Limited
Gateway Care provides home care to adults in Loughton and the surrounding part of Essex. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, and people managing mental...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults - Care Package Plus · 66 The Broadway, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3ST
Home care · Run by Care Package Plus Limited
We are Care Package Plus, based in Loughton and supporting adults in their own homes across this part of Essex. We support older people and people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people with a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Alafia Care · 110 High Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4HJ
Home care · Run by Alafia Care Provider Ltd
At Alafia Care, we provide home care support to people living in Loughton, Essex, and the surrounding areas. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, with the right level of support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - KASE Care · Suite 7, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4BL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by KASE Care Limited
KASE Care provides care and support in people's own homes across Loughton and the surrounding parts of Essex. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our packages range from one short daily call to substantial support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - Alina Homecare- Epping · Unit 204, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3TZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Alina Homecare Services Limited
Alina Homecare Epping and Loughton supports people in their own homes across Loughton, Epping and the surrounding parts of Essex. We work with older people who want to stay independent, adults living with dementia, people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Helping Hands Chigwell · 68 The Broadway, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3ST
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We at Helping Hands Chigwell are proud to provide compassionate home care across Loughton and the surrounding Essex communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Operating from...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Surecare Redbridge & Epping Forest · Suite 8, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4JA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Surecare Redbridge & Epping Forest Limited
We at Surecare Redbridge & Epping Forest are proud to provide compassionate home care across Loughton and the surrounding Essex communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Spencer & Arlington · 109 High Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4HZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Spencer & Arlington Limited
We at Spencer & Arlington are proud to provide compassionate home care across Loughton and the surrounding Essex community, supporting people to live well and independently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the IG...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, East of England Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Essex agencies publish a rate. | £26.00 to £34.30 an hour |
| What Essex pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.04 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
- Alina Homecare- Epping and Loughton, 29 November 2024, Good
- Gateway Care Services, 22 June 2023, Requires improvement
- Radis Community Care (Honey Tree Court), 17 August 2022, Good
Longest since a report
- Spencer & Arlington, 13 July 2019, Good
- Surecare Redbridge & Epping Forest, 3 August 2019, Good
- Gemstone Care Ltd, 22 November 2019, Outstanding
Frequently asked questions about home care in Loughton
How many home care agencies are there in Loughton?
Loughton has 11 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 6 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 3 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 Loughton?
Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Essex 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 Loughton were inspected most recently?
Alina Homecare- Epping and Loughton (29 November 2024), Gateway Care Services (22 June 2023) and Radis Community Care (Honey Tree Court) (17 August 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.
Local care news in Essex
- New 55 bed care home registered with CQC in Basildon: Oaklands (Essex) (5 November 2026)
- Highfield Care Home registered as a 60 bed care home in Uttlesford (5 November 2026)
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