Home Care in Thornton-cleveleys
Thornton-cleveleys has 5 CQC registered home care agencies. 5 are rated Good. 4 of the 5 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Thornton-cleveleys at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Thornton-cleveleys, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 17,800. Rising to 21,500 by 2035, up 21%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,300. Rising to 2,900 by 2035, up 27%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,600. Rising to 6,500 by 2035, up 42%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 68%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Lancashire as a whole is 70%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 0 closed. 15 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 55 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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Choosing a home care agency in Thornton-cleveleys and what to look for
When every agency on a list holds the same rating, the decision comes down to the things inspections summarise but cannot settle: who turns up, whether it is the same person each week, and what happens when the rota goes wrong. Five agencies cover Thornton-cleveleys, all of them providing support in people's own homes rather than a bed in a building.
What a uniform record does and does not tell you
Prestige Nursing, Home Instead, DCA Thornton Gate, Briars Homecare and Delta Care are each rated Good, so none of them needs ruling out on published evidence. The shared grade hides real differences, though. Read the reports rather than the ratings: inspectors describe how visits were timed, how medicines were recorded, how staff were supervised and what people receiving care actually said. Check the date of each inspection as well, since an agency can change hands or managers between visits.
Questions that separate one agency from another
Ask how many different carers would cover a normal week, and ask it twice, because continuity is the single thing families most regret failing to establish. Ask whether the visit times quoted are guaranteed or indicative, what the agency treats as a late call, and who answers the telephone early on a Sunday. Ask what is written up after each visit and how you would see it. Then start with fewer hours than you expect to need and review after a fortnight, since a short trial reveals more than any meeting.
Arranging and funding the hours
The care needs assessment
A care needs assessment is free, carries no means test, and may be requested by the person needing help or by a relative acting with their agreement. It sets down which daily tasks have become difficult, where the risks lie and roughly how many hours a week would make a difference, giving you a written basis for comparing what each agency proposes. The Lancashire County Council social care team is responsible for that assessment and for the financial assessment that follows it.
Who pays, and how the hours are charged
Whether public money contributes rests on the financial assessment rather than the level of need. Below the national threshold for capital and income the council contributes towards the agreed hours, sometimes through a direct payment so a family can commission an agency themselves. Above it, the care is arranged and paid for privately. Rates differ according to the time of day, the length of each visit and whether weekends are involved, so ask for a written rate card covering evenings, bank holidays and travel, and confirm the notice period before signing.
5 home care in Thornton-cleveleys
- Delta Care - Blackpool · 24, Thornton-cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 4AD
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Delta Care Ltd
Delta Care in Blackpool is a home care agency based at Thornton Cleveleys, supporting adults in their own homes across the area. The people we work with are a wide mix: older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Briars Homecare Services · 23 Beechwood Drive, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 5EJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Briars Homecare Services Limited
Briars Homecare provides care in people's own homes in Thornton Cleveleys and across the Fylde coast of Lancashire. We support older people, adults living with dementia, people with learning disabilities and autistic adults, those living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - DCA Thornton Gate · 9 Thornton Gate, Thornton-cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 1JN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Achieve Together Limited
We are a domiciliary care agency based at Thornton Gate in Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, and we support people in their own homes. Our work is with adults who have a learning disability and with autistic adults, with people managing...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Blackpool North, Cleveleys and Fleetwood Home Instead · 6 Brighton Avenue, Thornton-cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 2AA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blackpool & Wyre Hi Limited
We at Blackpool North, Cleveleys and Fleetwood Home Instead are proud to provide compassionate home care across Thornton Cleveleys and the surrounding Lancashire coast, supporting older people and adults with a wide range of needs to live...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment - Prestige Nursing Blackpool · 29 Nutter Road, Thornton-cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 1BQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by JDW Consulting Limited
We at Prestige Nursing Blackpool are proud to offer compassionate home care across Thornton Cleveleys and the wider Lancashire community, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the comfort of their own homes. Operating from the...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, North West Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Lancashire agencies publish a rate. | £25.00 to £28.90 an hour |
| What Lancashire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £23.74 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
- DCA Thornton Gate, 1 February 2024, Good
- Delta Care Ltd- Blackpool, 6 February 2021, Good
- Briars Homecare Services Limited, 15 March 2019, Good
Longest since a report
- Blackpool North, Cleveleys and Fleetwood Home Instead, 19 April 2018, Good
- Prestige Nursing Blackpool, 15 August 2018, Good
- Briars Homecare Services Limited, 15 March 2019, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Thornton-cleveleys
How many home care agencies are there in Thornton-cleveleys?
Thornton-cleveleys has 5 CQC registered home care agencies: 5 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.
How much does home care cost in Thornton-cleveleys?
Hourly care visits, North West: £25.00 to £28.90 an hour. Middle half of prices from 9 agencies. Median £26.58. Shown for North West because too few Lancashire 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 Thornton-cleveleys were inspected most recently?
DCA Thornton Gate (1 February 2024), Delta Care Ltd- Blackpool (6 February 2021) and Briars Homecare Services Limited (15 March 2019) have the most recent CQC reports.