Can Sunderland City Council help pay for home care?

It may, once two assessments have been completed. A care needs assessment first establishes whether the person has eligible needs, and a 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 funding is agreed, a direct payment lets the family choose and commission their own agency.

How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Sunderland?

Contact the adult social care team at Sunderland City Council and describe what has become difficult at home. The assessment is free and available to anyone who appears to need care and support, regardless of savings. A practitioner will discuss daily tasks, safety and wellbeing during a home visit or by telephone, then record which needs are eligible. If you provide regular unpaid care, ask for a carer's assessment at the same time.

How soon should I start arranging home care in Sunderland?

Start when everyday tasks begin slipping rather than waiting for a crisis to force the decision. Well regarded agencies often have limited capacity in particular areas, and arranging an assessment, comparing providers and agreeing a care plan takes a few weeks in practice. A hospital discharge compresses that timetable considerably. Having a shortlist ready makes an urgent situation much less stressful.

Which home care agencies cover Sunderland?

Care Assura lists forty three home care agencies serving Sunderland, all registered with the Care Quality Commission. They include providers such as Routes Healthcare Sunderland, Comfort Call in Sunderland, Thorncliffe Home Care and Abbeyfield Hope Bank View. Each profile shows the current CQC rating where one has been published, together with the details needed to make contact. Narrowing the list to your own neighbourhood keeps the comparison manageable.

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

Ask how many different carers will attend and whether the agency keeps a consistent team 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 after a hospital discharge. Request written confirmation of hourly rates, weekend and bank holiday charges, minimum visit lengths and the notice period.

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

A residential care home provides accommodation together with personal care, so staff help with washing, dressing, meals and medication in a shared setting. A nursing home offers the same support and additionally has registered nurses on duty, allowing it to meet clinical needs such as complex wound care or an unstable long term condition. Home care sits apart from both, since the support travels to the person in their own house. Many families in Sunderland rely on home care for a long time before either kind of home is considered.

Home Care in Sunderland

Sunderland has 44 CQC registered home care agencies. 34 are rated Good, 2 Outstanding, and 8 have not yet been rated. 25 of the 44 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Sunderland at a glance

What the numbers say about home care in Sunderland.

Hourly care visits, England: £25.00 to £34.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 102 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 28,600. Rising to 33,600 by 2035, up 18%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,700. Rising to 4,500 by 2035, up 20%
People aged 85 and over: 7,200. Rising to 9,800 by 2035, up 36%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 68%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
Agencies in Sunderland, last 12 months: 1 opened, 4 closed

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Planning and paying for home care in Sunderland

The care needs assessment

An assessment comes before agencies, not after them. 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 Sunderland City 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.

Costs and contributions

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. 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 by the week. Ask every agency for its rates, minimum visit length and notice period in writing before anything is signed, and check whether travel time is charged separately.

Choosing an agency in Sunderland and what to check

What the ratings show

All forty three agencies listed here are registered with the Care Quality Commission. Two have been rated Outstanding and thirty three Good, while eight are not yet rated because they registered too recently to be inspected. A strong local picture still leaves differences between individual providers, so read what inspectors found about the punctuality of calls, how medicines were administered and recorded, staff training and how the registered manager responded to concerns. Check the inspection date as well, since a service can change between visits. For an unrated agency, ask how long it has operated, who registered it and what induction new carers complete.

Matching the agency to the person

Providers differ in what they will take on. Some focus on short personal care calls, others offer longer companionship visits, dementia support, overnight cover or help settling someone home after a hospital stay, and agencies in this listing such as Routes Healthcare Sunderland, Comfort Call in Sunderland and Thorncliffe Home Care 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 and what happens when a regular carer leaves.

44 home care in Sunderland

Cherry Tree Gardens · Orchard Place, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 8JY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sunderland Home Care Associates (20-20) Limited
Cherry Tree Gardens provides care and support for people living in their own apartments here in Houghton le Spring, with staff on site rather than travelling between visits. That makes a real difference, because help can be there when it...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Elegance Care and Support · 1 Station Road, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 0AX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Elegance Care and Support Ltd
We at Elegance Care and Support are proud to provide compassionate home care across Houghton Le Spring and the wider Sunderland area, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the DH...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Housing 21 - Bramble Hollow · Four Lane Ends, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 0AF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Housing 21
We are a care team at Bramble Hollow in Houghton Le Spring, supporting people in their own homes here and in the surrounding area. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Abbeyfield Hope Bank View · Dene Street, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 1EB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Abbeyfield Society (The)
We at Abbeyfield Hope Bank View are proud to offer compassionate home care across Sunderland, supporting older people and adults of all ages to live well in the comfort of their own homes. Based in the SR postcode area of Sunderland, our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Blessed Caring Services · 10 Twickenham Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 4JH
Home care · Run by Blessed Caring Services Limited
We are Blessed Caring, and we support adults in their own homes across Sunderland. What we offer is straightforward: dependable visits from care workers who know you, at times that suit your day. Most of our work is with older people who...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Blue Ribbon Community Care (Tyne and Wear) · Business & Innovation Centre, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 2TA
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Hughes and Daughters Care Ltd
We provide care at home in Sunderland and across Tyne and Wear. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people with physical disabilities, people living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Care of Choice · Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3XW
Home care · Run by Care of Choice Limited
We provide care in people's own homes across Sunderland. Our work is to give people enough support to keep living in their own houses, delivered reliably and by carers they recognise. Most of the people we visit are older and want help...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Care Quality Services North East · 1P, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 0QA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Care Quality Services Limited
We at Care Quality North East are proud to provide compassionate home care across Sunderland, supporting people to live well and safely in the comfort of their own homes. As a trusted domiciliary care provider in the SR postcode area, we...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Cergus Prime Care Durham · Regus House, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3XW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Cergus Group Limited
We are Cergus Prime Care Durham and Sunderland, a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across the area. We work with older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia and people with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Comfort Call · R1, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 2TA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Comfort Call Limited
We at Comfort Call Sunderland are proud to provide compassionate home care across Sunderland and the surrounding SR postcode communities, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Being...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Community Support Service · Leechmere Centre, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 9TQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sunderland City Council
At Sunderland Community Support, we provide home care across Sunderland for people who want to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. We work with individuals and families to put together support that genuinely fits...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Cura Care · Suite 10, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 2TZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Inspired Care Limited
We at Cura Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Sunderland, bringing professional support directly to the doorsteps of those who wish to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in the SR postcode...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Diamond Care and Support · Suite F1, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 2TA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Susan Hutchinson
We at Diamond Care and Support are proud to provide compassionate home care across Sunderland and the surrounding SR postcode area, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a home care...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
ESPA Agency · North House, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 3RL
Home care · Run by Education and Services for People with Autism Limited
Here at ESPA Agency, we provide home care support to people living in Sunderland and the surrounding area. We work with individuals who need a helping hand in their own homes, including people with learning disabilities and autism,...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
Haddington Vale Extra Care Scheme · Haddington Vale, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 2FD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sunderland Home Care Associates (20-20) Limited
We are Haddington Vale Extra Care Scheme in Sunderland. We provide care and support to people living in their own flats here, including older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people managing a mental health condition...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Helping Hands · Ground Floor Arngrove House, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 1NA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
We provide care at home in Sunderland, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities, autistic people, people with physical disabilities and people with loss of sight...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Home Care Associates (20-20) · Unit 3, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 3AD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sunderland Home Care Associates (20-20) Limited
Sunderland Home Care Associates provides care in people's own homes across Sunderland. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with learning disabilities and autistic adults, those living with mental ill health, adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Housing 21 - Beckwith Mews · Seaham Street, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 1HN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Housing 21
Beckwith Mews, part of Housing 21, provides care and support to people in their own homes in Sunderland. Our work is built around the life somebody already has, and the aim is to support it rather than reorganise it. We support older...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Housing 21 - Dovecote Meadow · Fordfield Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR4 0FA
Home care · CQC Outstanding · Run by Housing 21
Dovecote Meadow in Sunderland, part of Housing 21, provides care and support to people living in their own homes here. We work with older people, people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, people with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Housing 21 - Gildacre Fields · Bardolph Drive, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 2DE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Housing 21
We are the Housing 21 care team at Gildacre Fields in Sunderland, supporting people who live in their own flats here and in the surrounding area. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Housing 21 - Keelboat Lodge · Hartley Street, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 2DN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Housing 21
We at Housing 21 Keelboat Lodge are proud to provide compassionate home care across Sunderland, supporting people to live well and safely in the comfort of their own surroundings. As a dedicated home care agency serving the Sunderland...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Include 'In' Autism · St Johns Place, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 2BP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Include 'In' Autism community interest company
Include In Autism supports people in their own homes in Sunderland. We work with autistic adults and with people who have a learning disability, with people who have mental health needs, physical disabilities or a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
Lifeways Community Care · Office 003 Regus House, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3XW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lifeways Community Care Limited
Lifeways Community Care in Sunderland provides support to people in their own homes and communities across the city. We work with older people, adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, people managing mental ill health and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
MyCare Services · Unit 2H, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 0QA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Carevex Limited
MyCare provides support at home for people across Sunderland. The people we visit include older people, many of them living with dementia, as well as younger adults, people with a physical disability, people managing mental health...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Oaklea · Ground Floor Office 4, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7JR
Home care · Run by Saint John of God Hospitaller Services
Oaklea provides home care to people across Sunderland. We support older people in their own homes, including many people living with dementia, and our job is to make staying at home a realistic choice rather than a hopeful one. Our visits...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care
ProClass Healthcare Solutions - Main Office · Unit 123i, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 2TJ
Home care · Run by ProClass Healthcare Solutions Limited
We are ProClass Healthcare Solutions, and we support adults in their own homes across Sunderland. Our visits range from a single short call each day through to several hours of support, arranged to fit the person's routine rather than our...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Rainbow Trust Childrens Charity 1 · North Sands Business Centre, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 0QA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Rainbow Trust Children's Charity
Rainbow Trust Childrens Charity provides support to families in Sunderland and the surrounding area, working alongside households where a child has complex needs, including learning disabilities and autism, physical disabilities, and sight...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Routes Healthcare · Suite 001 Ground Floor, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3XW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Routes Healthcare (North) Limited
We at Routes Healthcare Sunderland are proud to offer compassionate home care across Sunderland and the wider SR postcode area, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating throughout...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Seafarers Way · Moor Terrace, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 2JY
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Unity One Group Ltd
We provide care in people's own homes across Sunderland. Our aim is to give people enough support to keep living where they want to live, delivered by carers they know and at the times they have agreed. We visit older people who need help...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Signa Care Group · 8 Defender Court, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 3PE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Signa Care Group Ltd
We at Signa Care Group are proud to offer trusted home care across Sunderland, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency serving the Sunderland community and the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Step in Care · 14 North Bridge Street, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 1AB
Home care · Run by Step In Care Limited
Step in Care is a home care agency in Sunderland, supporting people in their own homes across the city. We work with older people and younger adults, including people living with a physical disability. We begin by asking what somebody...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Sunderland · Sunderland Software Centre, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 1PB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Frapor Support Services Limited
Here at Sunderland, we provide home care to people living in and around the Sunderland area, supporting individuals to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes for as long as they wish to do so. We work with older people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Support Health and Wellbeing · The Software Centre, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR1 1PB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Support Health and Wellbeing Ltd
We are Support Health and Wellbeing, and we provide care and support to adults in their own homes across Sunderland. We work with a broader range of people than many agencies, which is deliberate, because needs seldom arrive in one tidy...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Support services for disabled children · Sandhill Centre, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 4EN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Together for Children Sunderland Limited
We provide support at home for disabled children and their families in Sunderland. The children we work with include those with learning disabilities, autistic children, children with physical disabilities and children living with sight or...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
Thorncliffe Home Care · North East Business & Innovation Centre, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 2TA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Thorncliffe Home Care Limited
We at Thorncliffe Home Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Sunderland, supporting people in the place they know and love most: their own home. Based in the SR postcode area and serving the wider Sunderland community,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
TSF Healthcare Solutions · Regus House, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3XW
Home care · Run by TSF Healthcare Solutions Limited
We at TSF Healthcare Solutions are proud to offer compassionate home care across Sunderland, supporting individuals who wish to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. As a dedicated home care agency serving the SR...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
Vanguards Healthcare · Regus House, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 3XW
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Vanguards Healthcare Ltd
We at Vanguards Healthcare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Sunderland, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care agency serving the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Vestra Homecare · Unit 4, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 3AD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Vestra Homecare Limited
We at Vestra Homecare Sunderland are proud to provide compassionate home care across Sunderland and the wider SR postcode area, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the heart of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
West & Rectory Lodges · Rectory Lodge, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR2 7JP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sterling Care Solutions Group Limited
We at West & Rectory Lodges are proud to offer compassionate home care across Sunderland, supporting older people and younger adults to live well within the familiar comfort of their own homes. Based in the SR postcode area, our team...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults
Westhome Care Services · 5 Defender Court, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR5 3PE
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Westhome Care Services Limited
Here at Westhome Care, we provide home care support to people living in Sunderland and the surrounding areas. We work with individuals in their own homes, helping them to maintain their independence and live life on their own terms,...
Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders
Choice Care Services · 1 Hall Road, Washington, Sunderland, NE37 3EU
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Choice Care Services Limited
Choice Care provides support in people's own homes in Washington and across Sunderland. Our aim is to give people enough help to carry on living where they want to live, with support that arrives when it should. We visit older people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Housing 21 - Woodridge · Woodridge Gardens, Washington, Sunderland, NE38 7NZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Housing 21
Woodridge in Washington, part of Housing 21, provides care and support to people living in their own homes here. We work with older people, people living with dementia, people living with mental ill health, adults with a physical...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
KM Home Support · 4 Danbury Close, Washington, Sunderland, NE38 8FA
Home care · Run by Mrs Kelly McGillan
KM Home Support provides care to people in their own homes in Washington and the surrounding parts of Sunderland. We work with older people and with younger adults who need some help to manage from day to day, and our aim is to make...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Younger Adults
Willowbrook · Willow Brook, Washington, Sunderland, NE37 2AG
Home care · CQC Good · Run by The Riverside Group Limited
Willowbrook provides care at home to people in Washington and across Sunderland. We work with older people and people living with dementia, with people who have mental health needs and with younger adults who need support to live...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults

What home care costs

Type of care	What it costs
Hourly care visits, England Middle half of prices from 102 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for England because too few Sunderland agencies publish a rate.	£25.00 to £34.90 an hour
What Sunderland pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£22.92 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

Cura Care, 1 July 2026, Good
Blue Ribbon Community Care (Tyne and Wear), 9 June 2026, Outstanding
Include 'In' Autism, 26 January 2026, Good

Longest since a report

Housing 21 - Bramble Hollow, 12 October 2018, Good
Cherry Tree Gardens, 5 January 2019, Good
Westhome Care Services Limited, 12 February 2019, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Sunderland

How many home care agencies are there in Sunderland?

Sunderland has 44 CQC registered home care agencies: 2 Outstanding, 34 Good, 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 Sunderland?

Hourly care visits, England: £25.00 to £34.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 102 agencies. Median £31.00. Shown for England because too few Sunderland 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 Sunderland were inspected most recently?

Cura Care (1 July 2026), Blue Ribbon Community Care (Tyne and Wear) (9 June 2026) and Include 'In' Autism (26 January 2026) have the most recent CQC reports.