How do I arrange a care needs assessment in North East Lincolnshire?

Contact the adult social care team at North East Lincolnshire Council and explain what has become difficult at home. The assessment is free and available to anyone who appears to need care and support, whatever their savings or income. A practitioner will discuss daily tasks, safety and wellbeing, either at home or by telephone, then record which needs are eligible. If you provide regular unpaid care yourself, ask for a carer's assessment at the same time.

Will North East Lincolnshire Council pay for home care?

It may, once two separate assessments have been completed. The care needs assessment establishes whether the person has eligible needs, and the financial assessment then considers income and capital. Care may be funded in full, funded in part with a personal contribution, or paid for privately. Where support is agreed, a direct payment allows the family to choose and commission their own agency.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation with personal care, so staff help with washing, dressing, meals and medication in a communal setting. A nursing home offers the same and also has registered nurses on duty, allowing it to meet clinical needs such as complex wound care or an unstable long term condition. Home care is different again, since support comes to the person in their own house. Many families here use home care for a long period before either kind of home is considered.

How far in advance should I look for home care in North East Lincolnshire?

Start when daily life begins to slip rather than waiting for a fall or an admission to force a decision. With a modest number of providers locally, capacity in particular areas can be tight. Arranging an assessment, comparing agencies and agreeing a care plan realistically takes several weeks. Having a shortlist ready makes a sudden hospital discharge considerably less stressful.

What should I ask a home care agency before agreeing to visits?

Ask how many different carers will attend and whether a consistent team is kept for each person. Check how late calls are communicated, who is contactable outside office hours and how complaints are investigated. Ask to see a sample care plan and find out how quickly it can be revised when needs change. Request written confirmation of hourly rates, weekend and bank holiday charges, minimum visit lengths and the notice period.

Home Care in North East Lincolnshire

Q: Which home care agencies cover North East Lincolnshire?

Care Assura lists twenty seven home care agencies serving North East Lincolnshire, all registered with the Care Quality Commission. They include providers such as Creative Support, Prime Care, Grimsby Holistic Home Care and Bluebird Care covering North East Lincolnshire and West Lindsey. Each profile shows the current CQC rating where one has been published, together with the details needed to make contact. Confirming that an agency travels to your own address is the sensible first step.

North East Lincolnshire has 27 CQC registered home care agencies. 16 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding, 2 Requires improvement, and 8 have not yet been rated. 15 of the 27 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

North East Lincolnshire at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in North East Lincolnshire.

Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 17,600. Rising to 20,400 by 2035, up 16%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,300. Rising to 2,800 by 2035, up 22%
People aged 85 and over: 4,700. Rising to 6,500 by 2035, up 38%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 76%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in North East Lincolnshire, last 12 months: 2 opened, 1 closed

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Arranging home care in North East Lincolnshire and working out who pays

The care needs assessment

An assessment is the sensible first move, ahead of ringing round agencies. Anyone who appears to need care and support can request one free of charge whatever their income or savings, and it produces the written record of eligible needs that providers will work from. A practitioner from North East Lincolnshire Council will discuss washing, dressing, eating, taking medication, moving safely around the home and keeping in touch with other people, then set out which needs are eligible for support. Anyone giving regular unpaid help has a separate right to a carer's assessment, so ask for both in the same conversation rather than waiting to be offered one.

Funding and the cost of care at home

Where needs are found eligible, a financial assessment of income and capital follows. Care may then be funded in full, funded in part with a contribution from the person receiving it, or paid for privately. Families who qualify can request a direct payment and commission an agency of their own choosing rather than accept one arranged for them, which matters when a particular provider has impressed you. Privately funded home care is normally charged by the hour, with higher rates at weekends, on bank holidays and for shorter calls, while live in support is quoted weekly. Ask each agency for its rates, minimum visit length and notice period in writing before anything is agreed.

Choosing between home care agencies in North East Lincolnshire

Using the inspection record

All twenty seven agencies listed here are registered with the Care Quality Commission. One has been rated Outstanding and fourteen Good, two hold Requires Improvement, and ten are not yet rated because they registered too recently to be inspected. Where a report exists, read what inspectors found about the punctuality of calls, how medicines were administered and recorded, what training carers received before being sent out and how the registered manager responded to concerns. Check the inspection date as well, since a service can change substantially between visits. For an unrated agency, ask how long it has traded, who registered it and what induction new carers complete.

Matching the agency to the person

Providers differ more than their marketing suggests. Some concentrate on short personal care calls, others offer longer companionship visits, dementia support, overnight cover, supported living or help settling someone home after a hospital stay. Agencies in this listing such as Creative Support, Prime Care and Bluebird Care covering North East Lincolnshire and West Lindsey work in different ways. Confirm that carers genuinely travel to the address, ask who writes the care plan and check how quickly it can be revised when needs increase.

Questions worth asking everybody

Ask how many different carers will attend over a fortnight and whether a small consistent team is kept for each person. Find out how you would be told when a call is running late, who answers the telephone at weekends and how complaints are recorded and resolved. Ask how often care plans are formally reviewed, since continuity is what families notice most once care begins.

27 home care in North East Lincolnshire

Housing & Support Solutions DCA · 427 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, DN35 7LB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Housing And Support Solutions Limited
At Housing & Support Solutions DCA, we provide home care to people living in Cleethorpes and the wider North East Lincolnshire area. We work with individuals who need thoughtful, consistent support in their own homes, and we take that...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Angelic Care · Nelson Street, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 7DS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Angelic Care LLP
Angelic Care provides care at home across Grimsby and the surrounding area. We visit people where they live, helping with personal care, medication, meals, shopping and the everyday routines that keep a household running. Most of our work...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Aspects Care · 31 Station Avenue, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN36 4QS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Aspects Care Limited
Aspects Care supports people in their own homes in Grimsby and the surrounding area. We visit older people and younger adults, adults with a learning disability or autism and people with physical disabilities. Our starting point is what...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Blossom Home Care · 123-125, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3EW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by TVS Lincolnshire Ltd
At Blossom Home Care Grimsby, we provide personalised care and support to people in their own homes across Grimsby and the wider North East Lincolnshire area. For us, home is where people feel most comfortable, most themselves, and most in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Bluebird Care and West Lindsey · McCue House, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN36 4AW
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by BC Sheffield Ltd
We at Bluebird Care North East Lincolnshire and West Lindsey are proud to provide compassionate home care across Grimsby and the wider North East Lincolnshire and West Lindsey communities, supporting older people and adults with a range of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Comfort Call · Unit 1, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 0LW
Home care · Run by Comfort Call Limited
Comfort Call covers North East Lincolnshire from our base in Grimsby, providing care and support in people's own homes. 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
Council Short Break Services (Home and Community Support) · Queensway Family Hub, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN37 9AS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by North East Lincolnshire Council
Here at North East Lincolnshire Council Short Break Services, we provide home care support to people living in Grimsby and the surrounding areas of North East Lincolnshire. Our work focuses on enabling people to live comfortably and as...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Creative Support - Services · Armstrong House Annexe, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 2QE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Creative Support Limited
We at Creative Support North East Lincolnshire are proud to provide compassionate home care across Grimsby and the wider North East Lincolnshire community, supporting people to live well in the place they know best: their own home....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Hales Group · 11 Dudley Street, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 2AW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Hales Group Limited
We provide care at home in Grimsby and the surrounding area. 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
HICA Homecare · Allied House, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN36 4AW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by H I C A
HICA Homecare in Grimsby supports adults at home across Grimsby and North East Lincolnshire. We work with a wide range of people: older people who need help to stay in their own houses, adults living with dementia, people with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Holistic Home Care · 18 Spall Close, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN33 3GL
Home care · Run by RR Holistic Care UK Ltd
Grimsby Holistic Home Care supports people across Grimsby in their own homes. We take the view that most people manage far better in familiar surroundings, and our job is to make staying at home practical for as long as it sensibly can be....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability
Humbercare Office · 2 Abbey Walk, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1NB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Humbercare Limited
Humbercare in Grimsby supports people in their own homes across North East Lincolnshire. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people with a learning disability and people who are autistic. Our aim is to provide the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults
Jessy Care · Office 5, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1EP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Jessy Care Ltd
We at Jessy Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Grimsby and the wider North East Lincolnshire community, supporting older people, younger adults, and those living with dementia in the comfort and familiarity of their own...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Lincolnshire Quality Care · 17A Waltham Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN33 2LY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lincolnshire Quality Care Services Ltd
We are Lincolnshire Quality Care, a home care agency supporting adults in their own homes in Grimsby and across North East Lincolnshire. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people 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
Lincolnshire Quality Care Services (LQCS) · 17A Waltham Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN33 2LY
Home care · Run by East Midlands Care Agency Services Ltd
Lincolnshire Quality Care supports adults in their own homes in Grimsby and the surrounding area. We work with older people and younger adults, 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, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Living Ambitions · Office 2.21, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3EF
Home care · Run by Living Ambitions Limited
We are Living Ambitions in North East Lincolnshire, supporting people in their own homes across Grimsby and the surrounding area. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia or a mental health condition,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Nurtrio · Unit 5, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 0LT
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Nurtrio Limited
Here at Nurtrio, we provide home care to people living in Grimsby and across North East Lincolnshire, supporting individuals to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes for as long as they choose to do so. We work with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Pimelea Care Services · Telegraph House, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3EH
Home care · Run by Pimelea Care Services Ltd
Pimelea Care supports adults at home in Grimsby and across North East Lincolnshire. We help people stay in their own surroundings, keeping the routines, belongings and neighbours that make a place feel like theirs. We support older people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Premier Care Company - Main Office · G10, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN37 9TT
Home care · Run by Grimsby Premier Care Company Ltd
We at Grimsby Premier Care Company welcome you to discover our home care agency based in the heart of Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. As a dedicated provider of personalised home care, we support individuals across the local community to...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Prime Care & Domestic Services · Office G1, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3AT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Prime Care & Domestic Services Ltd
Prime Care provides care and domestic help at home for people in Grimsby and the surrounding parts of North East Lincolnshire. We take on a wide range of needs, and each arrangement begins with a proper conversation about what the person...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Priory Supported Living Lincolnshire · Office F2 The Enterprise Village, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3AG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Priory Supported Living Limited
At Priory Supported Living Lincolnshire, we provide home care support to people across Grimsby and the wider North East Lincolnshire area. We work with a broad range of individuals, including older people, younger adults, and those living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Quality Home Care · 320 Cromwell Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 2BN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by MRDI Associates Limited
Quality Home Care provides support at home for people in Grimsby and across North East Lincolnshire. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a physical disability,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Reablement at Home · Freeman Street Community Resource Centre, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 7DH
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Care Plus Group (North East Lincolnshire) Limited
We provide reablement support at home in Grimsby and the surrounding area. Our purpose is to help people get back to managing for themselves, usually after a spell in hospital, a fall, an illness or a period when things at home have become...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Rexshi · Ice House, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 7QN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Rexshi Ltd
Rexshi provides care and support at home in Grimsby and the surrounding area. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with physical disabilities and younger adults. We think good home care is quiet, reliable and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
TKB Care · 100 Sutcliffe Avenue, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN33 1AJ
Home care · Run by TKB Care Ltd
TKB Care in Grimsby provides support to people in their own homes across the town and the surrounding area. We work with older adults, younger adults, adults with learning disabilities, autistic adults, people with physical disabilities or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Treehouse Care Domiciliary Care Services · The Old Vicarage, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 9DZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Treehouse Care Fostering Solutions Limited
Treehouse Care provides support in people's own homes and in the community across Grimsby and the surrounding parts of North East Lincolnshire. Our work is with adults who have learning disabilities and with autistic adults. We support...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
Unicorn Healthcare Services · Centre4, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN33 1HE
Home care · Run by Unicorn Healthcare Services Ltd
Unicorn Healthcare supports people in their own homes in Grimsby and across North East Lincolnshire. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, people living with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few North East Lincolnshire agencies publish a rate.	£24.99 to £36.00 an hour
What North East Lincolnshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£22.90 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

Rexshi Ltd, 28 July 2026, Good
Jessy Care Ltd, 8 July 2026, Good
Blossom Home Care Grimsby, 4 June 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Priory Supported Living Lincolnshire, 15 August 2017, Good
HICA Homecare - Grimsby, 9 January 2018, Good
Reablement at Home, 9 August 2018, Outstanding

Frequently asked questions about home care in North East Lincolnshire

How many home care agencies are there in North East Lincolnshire?

North East Lincolnshire has 27 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 16 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 8 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 North East Lincolnshire?

Hourly care visits, Yorkshire and The Humber: £24.99 to £36.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £28.99. Shown for Yorkshire and The Humber because too few North East Lincolnshire 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 North East Lincolnshire were inspected most recently?

Rexshi Ltd (28 July 2026), Jessy Care Ltd (8 July 2026) and Blossom Home Care Grimsby (4 June 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.

Home Care near North East Lincolnshire

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