Home Care in Watford

Watford has 43 CQC registered home care agencies. 22 are rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 20 have not yet been rated. 21 of the 43 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Watford at a glance

What the local numbers say about home care in Watford, to help you judge the options below.

  • Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies.
  • People aged 75 and over: 6,900. Rising to 8,200 by 2035, up 17%
  • Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 900. Rising to 1,200 by 2035, up 24%
  • People aged 85 and over: 2,000. Rising to 2,800 by 2035, up 40%
  • Dementia diagnosis rate: 84%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Hertfordshire as a whole is 64%.
  • Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 1 opened, 1 closed. 29 registered today.
  • Choice of agencies: 387 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).

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What home care in Watford involves and what to look for

How the support is actually organised

The unit of home care is the visit rather than the week, and the pattern of those visits is what a family is really choosing. A common arrangement is a call first thing to help someone wash and dress, another at midday, and a shorter visit in the evening, with the pattern adjusted as circumstances change. Agencies also help with medication, meals, shopping and company, and some provide longer periods of cover for people who cannot safely be left. Each of the forty three agencies listed here holds registration with the Care Quality Commission for personal care in people's own homes.

Making sense of the ratings

Twenty two agencies on this page are rated Good and one is rated Requires Improvement, while twenty carry no rating because they have not yet been inspected. An unrated agency is not a warning sign in itself, but it does mean there is less published evidence to weigh, so the questions you ask have to do more work. Where a report exists, the parts about staffing, medicines and how complaints were handled are the ones that repay attention.

The questions that separate agencies

Reliability is what families end up judging an agency on, not the wording of its brochure. Ask how many different carers will attend, whether calls arrive at a set time or within a window, and what happens when a carer is off sick. Ask how staff are trained, how medication is recorded, and who picks up the telephone on a Sunday evening. Ask how relatives living further away are kept informed, because that often decides whether the arrangement feels manageable.

Getting an assessment and sorting out the funding

The care needs assessment

A care needs assessment is free and open to anyone who appears to need care and support, whatever their savings. An assessor looks at washing, dressing, meals, medication, mobility, memory and safety at home, then records which needs are eligible. Even families who fully expect to pay for themselves benefit from it, because it describes the help that is genuinely needed rather than the amount that feels affordable at the time.

How funding works

A separate financial assessment weighs income, savings and property against the national thresholds. Where support is due, Hertfordshire County Council Adult Social Care agrees a personal budget, which can be taken as services the council arranges or as a direct payment used to buy care from an agency the family chooses. Where support is not due, the arrangement is private throughout. The same route applies later if care at home stops being enough and a residential placement has to be considered.

What care at home costs

Agencies charge by the hour or by the visit, with higher rates in the evening, at weekends and on bank holidays. Short calls usually cost more per hour than longer ones, and live in support is priced differently again. Ask for the rate card in writing, check how much notice is needed to change or cancel a visit, and confirm whether the charge rises when two carers are required for safe moving and handling.

43 home care in Watford

  1. Malakiun Care · 44 Courtlands Drive, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 4HT
    Home care · Run by Malakiun Care Ltd
    We at Malakiun Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire communities, supporting older people, younger adults, and those living with physical disabilities to remain comfortably and...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  2. Drama Room · Drama Room, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0BX
    Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Choice Global Limited
    We at Drama Room are a home care agency based in Watford, Hertfordshire, supporting people to live well and safely within the comfort of their own homes. Our domiciliary care covers older person care, dementia care, and a wide range of...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  3. ACN Home Care Service · 56 Longspring, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 6QE
    Home care · Run by ACN Home Care Service Ltd
    We at ACN Home Care Service are proud to support older people across Watford and the wider Hertfordshire community with compassionate, personalised home care delivered right where it matters most: in the comfort and familiarity of your own...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care
  4. Three Rivers Homecare · The Wenta Business Centre, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 7ND
    Home care · Run by Three Rivers Homecare Limited
    We at Three Rivers Homecare Watford are proud to offer compassionate home care across Watford and the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they love most: their own home. As a dedicated...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  5. Bridgewater Home care · 137A The Parade, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1NA
    Home care · Run by M.C.A Dom Care Ltd
    We at Bridgewater Home care Watford are proud to offer compassionate home care across Watford and the wider Hertfordshire area, supporting individuals who wish to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes whilst receiving...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  6. A2Z Home Care Services · Unit 6, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0FN
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by A2Z Home Care Services Limited
    We at A2Z Home Care are proud to provide compassionate home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire communities, supporting older people and adults of all ages to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  7. FAST24 · 69 Ridge Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 6BL
    Home care · Run by Miss Katija Strizak
    We at FAST24 are proud to provide compassionate home care across Watford and the wider Hertfordshire community, supporting people to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the WD postcode area,...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Younger Adults
  8. Helping Hands · 20 Market Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0PD
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Midshires Care Limited
    We at Helping Hands Watford are proud to provide compassionate home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire communities, 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
  9. Rainbow Home Care Services · Monmouth House, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1LN
    Home care · Run by Rainbow Home Care Services Ltd
    We at Rainbow Home Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire community, supporting older people and adults living with a range of needs in the comfort and familiarity of their own...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability
  10. Anksley · First Floor Building 2, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8YA
    Home care · Run by Anksley Ltd
    We at Anksley are a home care agency proudly supporting individuals and families across Watford and the wider Hertfordshire community. Our mission is to bring compassionate, professional home care directly to the doorsteps of those who...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  11. Registered Office · Oak House, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 4PH
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Allerton C&S GL Limited
    We at Registered Office are proud to provide compassionate home care across Watford and the wider Hertfordshire community, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  12. New Shepherd Care · 1st Floor, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 2BW
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by New Shepherd Care Limited
    We at New Shepherd Care are proud to offer compassionate home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire communities, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Based in the WD...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  13. Concept Care Solutions · 58 High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 2BS
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Concept Care Solutions Limited
    We at Concept Care Solutions are proud to offer trusted home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire community, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably within the familiar surroundings of their own homes. As a...
  14. Home Instead · Suite 1, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 9AB
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Neighbourhood Care Limited
    We are the Home Instead office covering Watford and the surrounding part of Hertfordshire, providing care to people in their own homes. We support older people, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  15. Care Plus Recruitment Agency · 36 The Gossamers, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9AJ
    Home care · Run by Care Plus Recruitment Agency Limited
    We at Care Plus Recruitment Agency are proud to offer compassionate home care across Watford and the wider Hertfordshire community, supporting individuals who wish to remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Based in the...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  16. NNC Supported Living - Main Office · 1st Floor, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8YA
    Home care · Run by NNC Supported Living Ltd
    NNC Supported Living provides care and support to people in their own homes across Watford and the surrounding parts of Hertfordshire. We believe that with the right support at the right times, most people can go on living where they are...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  17. 153 The Parade · 153 The Parade, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1NA
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Protea Care Homes (Kent) Ltd
    153 The Parade supports adults in their own homes and tenancies in Watford and across Hertfordshire. We work with autistic adults and adults with a learning disability, people managing mental ill health and younger adults. Supported living...
    Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
  18. Elstree Home Care · Suite 1 and 2, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 7UB
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Elstree Home Care Ltd
    Elstree Home Care in Watford is a home care agency supporting people in their own homes across Watford and the surrounding part of Hertfordshire. Our work is for people who need help with daily life but have no wish to leave the home they...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  19. Ruby Grange Homecare · Suite A3, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 5EF
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Ruby Grange Homecare Limited
    We at Ruby Grange Homecare are proud to provide compassionate home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire community, supporting individuals to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. Operating...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
  20. EagleCrest · Unit 69, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 7ND
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by EagleCrest Ventures Ltd
    Here at EagleCrest, we provide home care across Watford and the wider Hertfordshire area, supporting people to live as independently and comfortably as possible in the place they know best: their own home. We work with older adults,...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  21. Dream Care Consultants · 196 Sheepcot Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 7DA
    Home care · Run by Dream Care Consultants Ltd
    At Dream Care Consultants, we provide home care support to people living in Watford and the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire. Our work centres on helping individuals remain in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, with the...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
  22. Ambrosial services · Suite G08, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JJ
    Home care · Run by Ambrosial Services Limited
    Ambrosial provides care at home for people across Watford and the surrounding parts of Hertfordshire. Our job is to make staying at home practical and comfortable, with support that fits around a life already in progress rather than...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  23. Mayfield Villages Care · Mayfield Villages, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0GS
    Home care · Run by Mayfield Villages Care Limited
    Mayfield Villages Care supports people in their own homes in Watford and the surrounding parts of Hertfordshire. Our visits are arranged around the person rather than around a fixed pattern. They might cover help with washing and dressing,...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  24. Novus Care · Unit 6 Century Court, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 9RS
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Novus Care Limited
    We are Novus Care in Watford, and we provide care and support in people's own homes across Hertfordshire. The people we visit include people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autistic people, people living with...
    Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
  25. Bluebird Care (& Three Rivers) · Unit 34, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 9SB
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Optima Management Limited
    Bluebird Care (Watford & Three Rivers) supports people across the area in their own homes. Our work covers a wide range of needs, and we plan each person's support around their own routines rather than around a standard schedule. We...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders
  26. Carecircle Healthcare · Office 11 C P House, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 8HR
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Carecircle Healthcare Ltd
    Carecircle Healthcare is a home care agency working in Watford and across Hertfordshire. We support people in their own homes, from short daily visits through to longer periods of support for those who need more, and we build the...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  27. Caremark & Hertsmere · 95 St Albans Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1SJ
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by S V Care Limited
    Caremark Watford and Hertsmere supports people in their own homes across Watford and the surrounding parts of Hertfordshire. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people with a learning disability or autism, those...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  28. Cranes Healthcare Services · 47 Greenwood Drive, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 0HX
    Home care · Run by Cranes Healthcare Services Limited
    We at Cranes Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire community, bringing professional support directly to the people who need it most within the comfort of their own homes....
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  29. Bushey · 5 Edinburgh Mews, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 4FS
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by SKL Professional Recruitment Agency Limited
    We at Bushey are proud to provide dedicated home care across Watford and the surrounding Hertfordshire communities, bringing compassionate support directly into the place people love most: their own home. As a trusted home care agency...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  30. Sarah's Home Care · 42-44 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JJ
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sarah's Home Care Ltd
    Sarah's Home Care provides care at home for older people in Watford and the surrounding area, including people living with dementia. We are a small agency and we prefer it that way, because it lets us keep the same care workers going to...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care
  31. Deway Care · 77-79, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 2DJ
    Home care · Run by Deway Care Limited
    Deway Care provides care and support at home for people in Watford and the surrounding parts of Hertfordshire. We are a home care agency, so our care workers come to you, at times agreed with you. We support older people who need a hand to...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Younger Adults
  32. Kind Solutions · Citibase Watford, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JJ
    Home care · Run by Kind Solutions Limited
    At Kind Solutions, we provide home care to people living in Watford and the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire. We support a wide range of individuals, including older people, younger adults, and those living with learning disabilities,...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  33. 92a · 92a Langley Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 4PJ
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Watford And District Mencap Society
    We support autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities in their own homes in Watford and the surrounding parts of Hertfordshire. We have kept our focus deliberately narrow, and we think that is worth saying plainly rather than...
    Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism
  34. Sugarman Health and Wellbeing · Citibase Watford Suite G15, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JJ
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Sugarman Health and Wellbeing Limited
    Sugarman Health and Wellbeing in Watford provides care and support to people in their own homes across the area. We work with people living with dementia, adults with a learning disability or autism, people managing mental health...
    Specialisms: Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
  35. Radfield Home Care & Borehamwood · Hille Business Centre 132a, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 4AE
    Home care · Run by Sriram Support Services Limited
    Radfield Home Care covering Watford and Borehamwood provides care and support to people in their own homes across the area. We work with older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, and people with a physical disability or...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  36. GoodOaks Homecare · 20c, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0PD
    Home care · Run by ZSQ Care Services Ltd
    We are the Watford office of GoodOaks Homecare, providing care to people in their own homes across this part of Hertfordshire. We support older people, people living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, people with a...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  37. Global Wave · 115 Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 7JD
    Home care · Run by Global Wave Ltd
    Global Wave provides care and support to people in their own homes in Watford and across Hertfordshire. We visit older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia or with mental ill health, people with a physical...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  38. Spinetail Home Care · 1 Woodhall Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 6HE
    Home care · Run by Spinetail Ltd
    Spinetail Home Care supports people in their own homes across Watford and the surrounding parts of Hertfordshire. We work with older people, adults living with dementia, people managing mental ill health, adults with physical disabilities,...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  39. Life Care Plus · 42-44, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JJ
    Home care · Run by Life Care Plus Limited
    Life Care Plus Hertfordshire supports people in their own homes in Watford and across Hertfordshire. We work with older people and younger adults, with people living with dementia, with people managing mental health conditions and with...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  40. R4R Home Care Services / · KK House, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 7FR
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by R4R Home Care Service Ltd
    R4R Home Care provides home care to adults in Watford and the surrounding part of Hertfordshire. We support older people and younger adults, people living with dementia, adults with learning disabilities and autism, people managing mental...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
  41. Fortune Life Home Care · 235 Hayling Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 7NU
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mrs Eldalyn Rivera Sundram
    Fortune Life Home Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Watford and the surrounding parts of Hertfordshire. Most people would far rather stay where they are than move, and our work is to make that a safe and dependable...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment
  42. Turning Point - Timberlea (Dom Care) · Redwood Close, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 6HW
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Turning Point
    Timberlea in Watford, run by Turning Point, provides support to adults in their own homes across the area. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers learning disabilities and autism, mental health needs...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults
  43. Bluebird Care (Chiltern & Dacorum) · First Floor Unit 34, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 9SB
    Home care · CQC Good · Run by Optima Management Limited
    Bluebird Care provides support at home for people in Watford and across this part of Hertfordshire, as well as the Chiltern and Dacorum areas. Our carers visit people where they live, helping with the parts of the day that have become...
    Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability

What home care costs

Type of careWhat it costs
Hourly care visits, East of England Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Hertfordshire agencies publish a rate.£26.00 to £34.30 an hour
What Hertfordshire pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.£31.82 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.

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Frequently asked questions about home care in Watford

How many home care agencies are there in Watford?

Watford has 43 CQC registered home care agencies: 22 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 20 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 Watford?

Hourly care visits, East of England: £26.00 to £34.30 an hour. Middle half of prices from 15 agencies. Median £31.88. Shown for East of England because too few Hertfordshire 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 Watford were inspected most recently?

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing - Watford (6 March 2026), A2Z Home Care Services Limited (6 February 2025) and Drama Room (1 November 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.

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