Home Care in Maidenhead
Maidenhead has 12 CQC registered home care agencies. 4 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 1 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate, and 5 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 12 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Maidenhead at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Maidenhead, 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: 16,300. Rising to 19,000 by 2035, up 17%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,200. Rising to 2,700 by 2035, up 26%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,800. Rising to 7,100 by 2035, up 47%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 67%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 3 opened, 1 closed. 30 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 254 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.4 miles).
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Planning and Paying for Care at Home in Maidenhead
Care delivered at home is bought in time rather than in beds, and that single fact changes how it should be planned. A package might start with one short morning call and grow, over a year, into four visits a day with sitting cover at weekends. Because the cost follows the hours, being precise from the beginning about what help is needed and when it is needed keeps both the bill and the arrangement under control.
Beginning With a Care Needs Assessment
Anyone who appears to need support at home can ask for a free care needs assessment, whatever their savings, since this first stage is not means tested. It is arranged through Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing what support a person needs and for arranging funded care where they are eligible. The assessment sets out how many visits are required and what each should achieve, and every agency will quote against that document.
Contributions, Rates and Direct Payments
A financial assessment then examines income and capital and decides whether the council contributes, meets the cost in full, or whether the family arranges care privately. Where care is funded, many people take a direct payment and buy their own, which allows them to choose an agency rather than accept an allocation. Hourly rates differ between agencies and usually rise at weekends, on bank holidays and for calls needing two carers, so ask for a written schedule covering all of those situations before committing.
The Questions That Get Overlooked
Ask what the shortest visit is, because a fifteen minute call achieves little beyond a medication prompt. Ask what happens when a regular carer is off sick, and whether travel time between calls is charged to you.
Choosing an Agency in Maidenhead and What to Check
A Genuinely Mixed Inspection Picture
The published record locally is more varied than in many areas, and that makes it useful. One agency is rated Outstanding and four are rated Good. One is rated Requires Improvement and one is rated Inadequate, while five carry no rating yet. An Inadequate judgement is the regulator's most serious, so read that report in full and note its date and whether any follow up has been published. A Requires Improvement finding deserves reading too, though such concerns often rest on records and oversight rather than on the care delivered. Where no rating exists the agency has usually registered recently, so ask how long it has operated and who the registered manager is.
Reliability Is What to Test
Home care succeeds or fails on whether someone arrives, on time, and whether it is the same someone week after week. Ask how many different carers a person would see across a fortnight, how late a visit must be before the office telephones to warn you, and how calls are logged and checked. Ask specifically what happens when a visit is missed altogether and whether families can see the visit records for themselves.
Being Clear About What Matters
Decide what counts most, whether that is continuity of carer, exact timing, or particular skills such as dementia experience or safe moving and handling. Say so at the enquiry stage and ask for it to be written into the care plan rather than hoping it will be understood.
12 home care in Maidenhead
- Prestige Home Care · 12 Lees Close, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 4NU
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Prestige Home Care Limited
We at Prestige Home Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Maidenhead and the surrounding communities of Windsor and Maidenhead, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - Complete Circle Support · Building 3 Concorde Park, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 4BY
Home care · Run by Complete Circle Support Ltd
We at Complete Circle Support are proud to offer compassionate home care across Maidenhead and the wider Windsor and Maidenhead area, bringing professional support directly into the comfort and familiarity of your own home. As a dedicated...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Optalis ILS -WAM domiciliary care office · 15 Ronald Young Court, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 2LT
Home care · Run by Optalis Limited
We at Optalis ILS WAM domiciliary care office are proud to provide compassionate home care across Maidenhead and the wider Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best:...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - YourLife · Swift House, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 7AJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
At YourLife Maidenhead, we provide home care across Maidenhead and the wider Windsor and Maidenhead area, supporting people to live comfortably and confidently in their own homes. We believe that staying at home, surrounded by familiar...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Assisted Care Solutions · Pond House, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 2NX
Home care · CQC Inadequate · Run by Assisted Care Solutions Limited
Assisted Care Solutions provides care in people's own homes in Maidenhead and across the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. We were set up around a simple idea: that most people, given a bit of practical help at the right times of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Short Term Support and Rehabilitation Team · Town Hall, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 1RF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Optalis Limited
The Short Term Support and Rehabilitation Team works with people at home in Maidenhead and the surrounding area. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with mental health needs, people with physical disabilities,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - All In One Healthcare · 51 Courthouse Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 6JA
Home care · Run by All In One Healthcare Ltd
All In One Healthcare is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across Maidenhead, Windsor and the surrounding area. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with a physical disability, those living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders - The Oyster Live in Care Company · 27 Wyeth Close, Maidenhead, Slough, SL6 0XW
Home care · Run by The Oyster Live in Care Company Limited
The Oyster Live in Care Company arranges live in care for people in and around Maidenhead and Slough. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, and with people who have physical disabilities. Live in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Right at Home, Marlow & Henley · Bridge View House, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 8NJ
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Right Kare Limited
Right at Home Maidenhead, Marlow and Henley provides care in people's own homes across the Windsor and Maidenhead area and the towns nearby. Our work rests on a simple preference that almost everybody shares: to stay at home, among...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - We Love Care · Burlington House, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 1SQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by We Love Care Limited
We Love Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Maidenhead and the surrounding area. Most people would far rather stay where they are than move, and our work is to make that a safe and dependable arrangement. We support...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Alina Homecare · 1A Cordwallis Road, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 7DQ
Home care · Run by Alina Homecare Services Limited
Alina Homecare Maidenhead provides care and support in people's own homes across Maidenhead and the surrounding area. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, and people living with physical disabilities. The...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Helping Hands & Windsor · Suite 10, Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 1LY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands Maidenhead and Windsor provides care and support in people's own homes across the area. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, people with physical disabilities, and people with loss of sight...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, 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 Windsor and Maidenhead agencies publish a rate. | £28.00 to £36.96 an hour |
| What Windsor and Maidenhead pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £21.83 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
- Assisted Care Solutions LImited, 12 May 2025, Inadequate
- Prestige Home Care, 14 April 2025, Requires improvement
- YourLife (Maidenhead), 4 March 2024, Good
Longest since a report
- We Love Care Limited, 6 October 2018, Good
- Short Term Support and Rehabilitation Team, 8 January 2019, Good
- Right at Home Maidenhead, Marlow & Henley, 22 December 2021, Outstanding
Frequently asked questions about home care in Maidenhead
How many home care agencies are there in Maidenhead?
Maidenhead has 12 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 4 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate, 5 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 Maidenhead?
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 Windsor and Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead were inspected most recently?
Assisted Care Solutions LImited (12 May 2025), Prestige Home Care (14 April 2025) and YourLife (Maidenhead) (4 March 2024) have the most recent CQC reports.