Home Care in Bracknell Forest
Published ratings for home care in Bracknell Forest show thirteen agencies rated Good, three rated Requires Improvement and one rated Inadequate, with ten yet to receive a published rating at all. Twenty seven providers appear in this listing, all of them agencies registered to deliver personal care in someone's own home rather than in a residential setting. Bracknell Forest Council is the authority that carries out a care needs assessment and, once a financial assessment has followed, decides what funded support a person is entitled to towards the cost of visits. That assessment is free to request and worth having on record even where the family expects to pay for care themselves, since circumstances and needs both tend to change over time. Given the spread of outcomes here, the inspection reports repay close reading, so open each profile below and look at what inspectors actually found before you settle on an agency.
Arranging and Funding Home Care in Bracknell Forest
Home care is bought in visits rather than in weeks, so the cost depends entirely on how often someone needs help and for how long. Working out the shape of the package before ringing agencies makes every conversation afterwards shorter and clearer.
Requesting a care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can ask for an assessment, and a relative, a GP or a hospital team can request one on their behalf. It is free and does not depend on savings. Bracknell Forest Council social care team carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that follows, which decides how much the council contributes towards the cost of visits and how much the person pays themselves.
How council support is delivered
Where support is funded, the council may commission an agency directly or offer a direct payment so that the family can choose the provider and arrange the visits. A direct payment gives more control but brings some administration with it, so ask what help is available to manage one. Anyone can request an assessment whatever their savings, and having eligible needs recorded is useful if circumstances change later.
What home care costs
Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, and rates commonly differ between weekdays, weekends and bank holidays. Ask each agency for its rates in writing, including any travel charge and the shortest visit it will accept, since a fifteen minute call is rarely enough for personal care. Ask how much notice is needed to change or cancel visits and what happens to charges during a hospital stay.
Choosing a Home Care Agency in Bracknell Forest and What to Check
Reading the inspection picture
Thirteen agencies here are rated Good, three are rated Requires Improvement, one is rated Inadequate and ten are not yet rated. An agency rated Inadequate deserves particular scrutiny, so read the report in full and ask what has changed since the inspection. Where no rating has been published, usually because the agency registered recently, your own questions and references carry more weight than they otherwise would.
Continuity and reliability
Ask how many different care workers are likely to attend over a fortnight and whether the same people come back. Ask how visits are recorded, whether families can see those records and what the agency does if a care worker cannot get a response at the door. Ask who answers the telephone out of hours and how quickly a missed call is picked up and put right. References from other families, where an agency will offer them, are worth the time it takes to follow them up.
Getting started
Morning and evening slots fill first, so ask how soon a package could begin and whether the times you need are genuinely available. A short trial period before anything is agreed permanently is reasonable to ask for, and most established agencies will offer one without being pressed. Ask as well how quickly the package could be increased if needs change, because an agency that cannot add a visit at short notice may not suit for long.
27 home care in Bracknell Forest
- A & T Caring Services · Venture House, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A & T Caring Services Ltd
A & T Caring is a home care agency based in Bracknell, supporting people across Bracknell Forest in their own homes. We work with older people and with younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with a learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Aptine · Office G19, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Aptine Ltd
We are Aptine, a home care agency supporting people in Bracknell and across Bracknell Forest. We provide care in people's own homes, arranged around their lives rather than around a rota. The people we visit are varied. Many are older and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - BKH Support Agency · Unit 160E, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · Run by BKH Support Agency Ltd
We at BKH Support Agency are proud to provide compassionate home care across Bracknell, supporting older people and younger adults to live well within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a dedicated home care agency based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Care In Your Home · Premier Gate, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1JS
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care In Your Home Ltd
We at Care In Your Home are proud to provide compassionate home care across Bracknell and the surrounding communities of Bracknell Forest, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Choice Supported Living - East · Linden House, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 9DY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Here at Choice Supported Living East, we provide home care to adults across Bracknell and the wider Bracknell Forest area. Our team supports people in their own homes, helping them to live as independently and comfortably as possible, on...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Consultancy Care · 19 Shepherds Lane, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG42 2BN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Consultancy Care Limited
Consultancy Care is a home care agency in Bracknell, supporting people in their own homes across Bracknell Forest and the area around it. We take on a wider range of need than many agencies of our size. Most of our work is with older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Dimensions & Surrey Domiciliary Care Office · First Floor 108, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Dimensions (UK) Limited
We support people in their own homes across Bracknell and into Surrey. Much of our work is with adults who have learning disabilities and with autistic adults, alongside older people and younger adults moving towards living independently....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Everkind Healthcare · Regus Bracknell Arlington Square, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · Run by Everkind Healthcare Limited
We at Everkind Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Bracknell and the surrounding Bracknell Forest community, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Forest Borough Council - Intermediate Care · Time Square, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1JD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bracknell Forest Borough Council
We are the intermediate care team at Bracknell Forest Borough Council, supporting adults at home across the borough. Intermediate care is short term by design. Most people come to us at a turning point: after a spell in hospital, after a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Forestcare · Mallard House, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1RB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Forestcare provides home care to adults in Bracknell and the surrounding area. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people managing mental health conditions,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - G.R Response Healthcare · 2 Ashdown Close, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 2SE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by G.R Response Healthcare Ltd
G.R Response Healthcare provides support at home to people in Bracknell and the surrounding area. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with adults who have a learning disability and with autistic adults, with people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Home Instead Ascot, Camberley & Wokingham · 17 (Unit D) County Lane, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG42 3JP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Martin Care Services Ltd
Home Instead supports people in their own homes around Ascot, Camberley, Wokingham and Bracknell. We visit older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, people with physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Loving Angels Care (Windsor) · Access Business centre, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 8FB
Home care · Run by Lovingangels Care Ltd
We are Loving Angels Care, and we provide care and support to adults in their own homes in Bracknell and the surrounding area. Our visits range from a short call to help somebody start the day through to several hours of support, arranged...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Neurodiversity Health · 40 Grange Road, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 2HZ
Home care · Run by Neurodiversity Health Ltd.
We at Neurodiversity Health are proud to offer specialist home care across Bracknell and the surrounding Bracknell Forest community, supporting individuals to live well and confidently in the place they know best: their own home. Based in...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Younger Adults - Prestige Nursing · Venture House, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Prestige Nursing Limited
At Prestige Nursing Bracknell, we provide home care support to people living in Bracknell and the surrounding areas of Bracknell Forest. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in their own homes, in familiar surroundings, with the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Radis Community Care (Reading Supported Living) · Suite G22 Venture House, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by G P Homecare Limited
Radis Community Care, through our Reading Supported Living team, provides care and support to people in their own homes in and around Bracknell. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with adults who have 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 - Rose Heart Health Care · 2 Arlington Square, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · Run by Rose Heart Health Care Limited
At Rose Heart Health Care, we provide home care support to people living in Bracknell and the surrounding areas of Bracknell Forest. We work with older people, younger adults and those who simply need a helping hand to continue living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults - Sunrise Care Mental Health Services · Head Office, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG42 2JP
Home care · Run by Sunrise Care Limited
We at Sunrise Care Mental Health in Bracknell are proud to offer compassionate home care across Bracknell Forest and the surrounding RG postcode area, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the comfort of their own homes. As a...
Specialisms: Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Sylviancare and Ascot · Office 124, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 8FB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Angel Souls Care Ltd
We at Sylviancare Bracknell and Ascot are proud to provide compassionate home care across Bracknell and the surrounding communities of Bracknell Forest, supporting people to live safely, comfortably, and with dignity in the place they know...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Tego Healthcare · Venture House - Arlington Square, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · Run by Tego Healthcare Ltd
Tego Healthcare provides care and support in people's own homes across Bracknell and the surrounding area. We work with older adults, younger adults, people living with dementia, and people living with physical disabilities. Home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - TenStone Care and Support · 10 Meteor Place, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 9SL
Home care · Run by TenStone Care and Support Limited
TenStone Care and Support provides care in people's own homes in Bracknell and the surrounding area. We work with older people, adults living with mental health conditions and people with physical disabilities. Support at home has to fit...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability - Walfinch & Ascot · Venture House, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, RG12 1WA
Home care · Run by Maverick Care Ltd
Walfinch Bracknell and Ascot provides care at home for people living in Bracknell, Ascot and the surrounding parts of Bracknell Forest. We are a home care agency, which means our support fits into your house and your routine instead of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults - 3 County Care · 163 High Street, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 7AF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by 3 County Care Limited
3 County Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Crowthorne and the surrounding area. Our purpose is to make home a place where somebody can be properly looked after, so that staying put remains a real option. The people we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Care Quality Services Berkshire · Unit 10, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 6LS
Home care · Run by Care Quality Services Limited
We are a home care agency supporting people in Crowthorne and across Bracknell Forest. Our carers visit people at home, at times agreed with them, and help with the parts of daily life that have become difficult to manage alone. What that...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Caremark (Wokingham and Bracknell) · 283 High Street, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 7AH
Home care · CQC Inadequate · Run by OM Care Ltd
Caremark in Wokingham and Bracknell provides care and support in people's own homes, working from Crowthorne across Bracknell Forest and the surrounding area. The people we support include older people, people living with dementia, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - County Carers · Devonshire Place, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 6NA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by County Carers Limited
We provide care at home in Crowthorne and the surrounding area. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental health conditions, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Your Life · Birch Place, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 6GT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
Your Life in Crowthorne supports people in their own homes and in their own apartments across the area. We work with older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia, people with a physical disability and people with a...
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. | £28.00 to £36.96 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 |
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