Home Care in Waterlooville
Waterlooville has 9 CQC registered home care agencies. 6 are rated Good, and 3 have not yet been rated. 4 of the 9 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Waterlooville at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Waterlooville, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 17,000. Rising to 19,500 by 2035, up 15%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,200. Rising to 2,700 by 2035, up 22%
- People aged 85 and over: 4,700. Rising to 6,700 by 2035, up 42%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 74%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Hampshire as a whole is 64%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 0 closed. 25 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 128 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.5 miles).
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What Home Care in Waterlooville Involves and What to Look For
Support at home is usually bought gradually, beginning with a single morning call and growing as needs do. Because it builds that way, families often find themselves comparing agencies only once several hours a week are already in place. Nine agencies match this search in Waterlooville, and what separates them has less to do with the wording of a brochure than with whether the same carer arrives at the time they said they would.
What the Ratings Show and Where They Stop
Wellesley Court, Blue Angel Care Limited, Enchanting Care, Mushavi Private Limited, In Home Care Ltd and Lovedean Homecare Limited hold Good ratings, awarded on findings about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership. Three agencies, including Simplified Staffing Hampshire and Ribuah Healthcare Ltd, have not yet been rated. An absent rating is not a warning, but it does mean there is no published verdict to lean on, so judge those agencies on how precisely they answer questions about staffing, training and supervision.
Questions That Separate Good Agencies From Poor Ones
Ask how many different carers would come over a typical fortnight, because continuity is what people notice most and what agencies find hardest to promise. Ask what happens when a carer is ill, how late a visit can run before you are told, and whether times are fixed or given as a window. Ask who supervises the carers, how often a manager visits the house, and how a complaint is handled once it has been made. Ask too how visits are recorded and whether the family can see those records, since that is often the only reliable window into what happens between calls. Ask finally how long the manager has been in post, because a settled office usually means settled rotas and fewer unfamiliar faces.
Getting an Assessment and Funding Care in Waterlooville
The Care Needs Assessment
Hampshire County Council is the authority responsible for carrying out a care needs assessment and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible. The assessment is free, open to anyone who appears to need support, and independent of savings or income. An assessor looks at washing, dressing, medicines, meals, mobility and risk, then sets out how much support would meet those needs and how often it should come. Where a relative is already providing care, they can ask for an assessment of their own needs alongside it.
What Home Care Costs and Who Pays
Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, and rates rise for evenings, weekends and bank holidays. A financial assessment decides whether the council contributes, taking savings and income into account, and care delivered at home is treated differently from residential care in that the value of the person's own house is disregarded. Some families take a direct payment and arrange the care themselves, which brings flexibility along with the work of managing it. Whichever route you take, ask for the rate in writing, check the minimum visit length, and ask what notice either side must give.
9 home care in Waterlooville
- Simplified Staffing · Basepoint Business Centre, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7TH
Home care · Run by Simplified Staffing Limited
Simplified Staffing Hampshire is a home care agency based in Waterlooville, supporting people in their own homes across this part of Hampshire. Our aim is to take the complication out of arranging care so that families can get on with...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Blue Angel Care · 22b Picton House, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7SQ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Blue Angel Care Limited
Blue Angel Care is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes in Waterlooville and the surrounding parts of Hampshire. We work with older people, including many living with dementia, with adults who have a learning disability...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Mushavi Private · 7 St. Peters Way, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7NF
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mushavi Private Limited
We at Mushavi Private are proud to deliver compassionate home care across Waterlooville and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own home. Based in the PO...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - In Home Care · 1 Havant Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO8 0DB
Home care · CQC Good · Run by In Home Care Limited
We at In Home Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Waterlooville and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting people to live well in the place they know and love best: their own home. Based in the PO postcode...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Bluebird Care (Great Portland) · Ground Floor, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7YH
Home care · Run by Bluebird Care Franchises Limited
We are Bluebird Care, working out of Waterlooville and supporting people in their own homes across this part of Hampshire. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, and...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Ribuah Healthcare · 25 Hudson Gardens, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO8 9FA
Home care · Run by Ribuah Healthcare LTD
We provide care at home in Waterlooville and the surrounding parts of Hampshire. Those we support include older adults, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities, people living...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Lovedean Homecare · 49 London Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO8 8UJ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Lovedean Homecare Limited
We at Lovedean Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Waterlooville and the surrounding Hampshire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own home. Based in the PO...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Enchanting Care · Unit 10, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7DT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Enchanting Care Limited
We are Enchanting Care, based at Waterlooville in Hampshire, and we provide care in people's own homes across the area. We support older people, including many living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic people,...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Wellesley Court · Darnel Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7YP
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Methodist Homes
Wellesley Court is a home care agency in Waterlooville, supporting people in their own homes across the area. We visit older people and younger adults, including people with a physical disability and people with a visual or hearing...
Specialisms: Older Person 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. Shown for South East because too few Hampshire agencies publish a rate. | £28.00 to £36.96 an hour |
| What Hampshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £25.90 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
- Mushavi Private Limited, 17 March 2026, Good
- Enchanting Care, 15 October 2025, Good
- Blue Angel Care Limited, 12 May 2023, Good
Longest since a report
- Wellesley Court, 16 February 2018, Good
- In Home Care Ltd, 21 April 2020, Good
- Lovedean Homecare Limited, 13 January 2023, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Waterlooville
How many home care agencies are there in Waterlooville?
Waterlooville has 9 CQC registered home care agencies: 6 Good, 3 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 Waterlooville?
Hourly care visits, South East: £28.00 to £36.96 an hour. Middle half of prices from 24 agencies. Median £32.92. Shown for South East because too few Hampshire 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 Waterlooville were inspected most recently?
Mushavi Private Limited (17 March 2026), Enchanting Care (15 October 2025) and Blue Angel Care Limited (12 May 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.