Home Care in Stroud
Stroud has 10 CQC registered home care agencies. 9 are rated Good, 1 Outstanding. 8 of the 10 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Stroud at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Stroud, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, South West: £28.75 to £34.94 an hour. Middle half of prices from 10 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 15,900. Rising to 18,900 by 2035, up 19%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,000. Rising to 2,600 by 2035, up 28%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,200. Rising to 6,400 by 2035, up 55%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 61%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Gloucestershire as a whole is 66%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 16 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 91 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.8 miles).
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Choosing a home care agency in Stroud and what to look for
The decision rests less on the list of services an agency advertises and more on whether it can reliably send someone at the right times. Ask first whether a provider covers your street, since coverage is patchier than most families expect across a district with scattered villages. Then ask about the specific hours you need, because early morning calls and evening calls are the hardest to staff and the ones most often moved when a rota comes under pressure.
Continuity is what people notice
The complaints heard most often about care at home concern lateness and an endless rotation of unfamiliar carers. Ask how many different people are likely to attend over a fortnight, how the rota is built and what happens when a regular carer is ill or on leave. Ask whether anyone telephones when a visit is running late, and who you contact if something goes wrong at the weekend. A marginally higher hourly rate often buys a steadier rota, and stability matters more to most people than any extra service.
Reading the inspection record
Bluebird Care at Stroud and Cirencester holds the single Outstanding rating on this page, and the remaining nine agencies are rated Good. Because no provider here carries a negative rating, the report text rather than the label is what separates them, describing how medication is handled, how staff are trained and supervised and how complaints are dealt with. Check the date of each report too, since an inspection from some years ago may describe an agency under different management.
Arranging care and working out who pays
Support at home can be funded privately or met by the council following an assessment, and establishing which applies early makes the rest of the process considerably simpler.
The care needs assessment
Anyone who appears to need care and support can request an assessment, and there is no charge whatever someone owns or earns. It looks at washing, dressing, mobility, medication, nutrition and how safely someone manages alone, and ends in a written record of the support required. Gloucestershire County Council carries out that assessment and the financial assessment that decides who pays. Where you provide care yourself, ask for a carer's assessment at the same time, because your own needs are considered separately.
What home care costs
Agencies charge an hourly rate as a rule, with higher rates at weekends, on bank holidays and where two carers are needed for a safe transfer. Live in care is priced by the week instead. Where funded support applies, the council may meet part or all of the cost, often as a direct payment so you can choose the agency yourself. Ask for the rate card in writing, ask about minimum visit lengths, and ask whether travel time between calls is charged, since brief visits can work out expensive once those extras are added. Ask as well what notice is needed to change or cancel a call, and whether the rate alters if the number of visits each week increases later on.
10 home care in Stroud
- Helping Hands · Unit 11a Cornhill Shopping Centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2JT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
Helping Hands Stroud provides care and support to people in their own homes in Stroud and the surrounding parts of Gloucestershire. We support older people, including many living with dementia, adults with a physical disability, people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - A+bility · 13 Salmon Springs, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 6NU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by A+bility Limited
At A+bility, we provide home care support to people living in Stroud and across Gloucestershire, helping individuals to lead full, independent lives in the comfort of their own homes. We work with younger adults, including those living...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Community Outreach Consultancy · Ferendells, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 7DW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Community Outreach Consultancy Limited
We at Community Outreach Consultancy are proud to provide compassionate home care across Stroud and the surrounding Gloucestershire area, supporting individuals to live well and safely within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes....
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Horsfall House Homecare · Windmill Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 9EY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Minchinhampton Centre For The Elderly Limited
At Horsfall House Homecare, we provide care and support to older people in their own homes across Stroud and the surrounding areas of Gloucestershire. We believe that staying at home, in familiar surroundings, makes an enormous difference...
Specialisms: Older Person Care - Flexy Care - Main Office · 17 George Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3DP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Flexy Care Limited
Flexy Care provides care and support to people in their own homes in Stroud and the surrounding part of Gloucestershire. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience includes dementia and physical disabilities. The...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Gannicox CIC Domiciliary Care Agency · Flat 8, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4EX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Gannicox CIC
We at Gannicox CIC Domiciliary Care Agency are proud to provide compassionate home care across Stroud and the surrounding communities of Gloucestershire. As a trusted domiciliary care provider in the South West, we bring professional,...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Richmond Village Painswick DCA · Stroud Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 6UL
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Richmond Villages Operations Limited
Richmond Village Painswick provides care in people's own homes for older people in and around Stroud. Our work is straightforward in description and detailed in practice: helping someone carry on living in their own place, with as much or...
Specialisms: Older Person Care - Bluebird Care (and Cirencester) · 3B Nelson Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2HL
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Mutual Benefit Care Limited
We at Bluebird Care (Stroud and Cirencester) are proud to provide compassionate home care across Stroud, Cirencester, and the surrounding communities of Gloucestershire. As a dedicated home care agency, we bring professional, personalised...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Care Quality Services · Griffin Mill, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2AZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Quality Services Limited
We at Care Quality Gloucestershire are proud to provide compassionate home care across Stroud and the surrounding Gloucestershire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Penna Homecare · Willow House, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1QJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Penna Homecare Limited
We at Penna Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Stroud and the wider Gloucestershire area, supporting people to live well in the place they know and love best: their own home. Operating throughout the Stroud...
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 West Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Gloucestershire agencies publish a rate. | £28.75 to £34.94 an hour |
| What Gloucestershire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £28.64 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
- Bluebird Care (Stroud and Cirencester), 29 June 2026, Outstanding
- Flexy Care - Main Office, 28 April 2026, Good
- Helping Hands Stroud, 25 March 2022, Good
Longest since a report
- Community Outreach Consultancy Ltd, 29 November 2016, Good
- A+bility, 25 May 2018, Good
- Horsfall House Homecare, 23 November 2018, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Stroud
How many home care agencies are there in Stroud?
Stroud has 10 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Outstanding, 9 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does home care cost in Stroud?
Hourly care visits, South West: £28.75 to £34.94 an hour. Middle half of prices from 10 agencies. Median £32.96. Shown for South West because too few Gloucestershire 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 Stroud were inspected most recently?
Bluebird Care (Stroud and Cirencester) (29 June 2026), Flexy Care - Main Office (28 April 2026) and Helping Hands Stroud (25 March 2022) have the most recent CQC reports.