How do I arrange a care needs assessment in Weybridge?

Contact Surrey County Council and ask for an adult social care assessment, which the person needing care or someone acting for them can request. There is no charge and no need to establish beforehand whether funded support would follow. A carer can ask for a separate assessment of their own needs at the same time, which is worth doing before things reach breaking point. Keep a note of dates and names, particularly where care is being set up around a hospital discharge.

Can Surrey County Council fund home care in Weybridge?

It can, where a needs assessment shows support at home is appropriate and a financial assessment shows the person qualifies for help. Savings and income are taken into account, though the value of the house the person lives in is not counted for care delivered at home. Where the council contributes, it may arrange the care itself or offer a direct payment so the family can choose the agency. Where there is no entitlement, the arrangement is private and made directly with the agency.

Which providers in Weybridge offer care at home?

Six home care agencies match this search: Austin Place, Yourlife in Weybridge, Golden Home Care Domiciliary Limited, Hartwig Care in Weybridge, Domicare Limited and Mulberry Home Care Services Limited. All are registered with the Care Quality Commission and all six currently hold a Good rating. Each appears on this page with its own profile and inspection history. Coverage varies by area, so check that an agency actually visits your street before going further.

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

A care home provides personal care in a shared setting, covering help with washing, dressing, medicines, meals and daily routine, with staff present through the night. A nursing home offers all of that with a registered nurse on site at all hours, which matters for wound care, feeding tubes and conditions that can change quickly. Home care sits before both, bringing carers to a person's own house for set periods rather than providing continuous cover. Families often begin with visiting care and move on when the gaps between visits stop feeling safe.

How far in advance should I start looking for home care in Weybridge?

Home care can often begin within a week or two, which makes it feel less urgent to plan than a move into residential care. Even so, a few weeks of lead time lets you meet more than one agency, compare rates and check availability at the hours you actually need. Early mornings and evenings are the hardest slots to fill, so agencies commit to those first. Where care follows a hospital stay, having a shortlist ready before discharge takes a great deal of pressure out of the week.

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

Ask how many different carers would visit over a fortnight and whether you will be told in advance who is coming. Ask about training in the things that matter most, whether that is dementia, moving and handling, or medicines. Ask how visits are recorded, how families can see those records, and what notice either side must give to change or end the arrangement. Ask finally to see the most recent Care Quality Commission report and let the manager account for anything inspectors raised.

Home Care in Weybridge

Weybridge has 6 CQC registered home care agencies. 6 are rated Good. 4 of the 6 were last inspected more than three years ago.

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

Weybridge at a glance

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

Hourly care visits, Surrey: £28.00 to £36.40 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies.
People aged 75 and over: 14,400. Rising to 16,800 by 2035, up 16%
Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 2,000. Rising to 2,500 by 2035, up 25%
People aged 85 and over: 4,500. Rising to 6,500 by 2035, up 44%
Dementia diagnosis rate: 68%. The NHS ambition is 67%. Surrey as a whole is 68%.
Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 0 opened, 1 closed. 24 registered today.
Choice of agencies: 429 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.6 miles).

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Arranging and Funding Home Care in Weybridge

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 work out the funding rules only once several hours a week are already in place. A care needs assessment brings some order to that, and it is free, open to anyone who appears to need support, and independent of what anyone can afford.

Getting a Care Needs Assessment

Surrey County Council is the authority responsible for carrying out that assessment and for arranging funded support where a person is eligible. 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, which is worth doing before things reach breaking point. The written outcome makes every later conversation with an agency far more precise.

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 support 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.

Choosing a Home Care Agency in Weybridge and What to Look For

Reading Behind a Shared Rating

A Good rating is reached on findings about safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership, and two agencies can arrive there by quite different routes. One may be praised for how carefully it matches carers to clients, another for its record keeping or its response to complaints, so the body of each report is worth considerably more than the word on its cover. Austin Place, Golden Home Care Domiciliary Limited, Domicare Limited and Mulberry Home Care Services Limited are among those listed. Note the date of each inspection too, since a rating awarded some time ago may not describe the agency as it runs today.

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.

6 home care in Weybridge

Golden Home Care Domiciliary · 2nd (top) floor Springfield House, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9LZ
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Golden Home Care Limited
Golden Home Care supports people in their own homes in Weybridge and the surrounding parts of Surrey. We work with older people and younger adults, including those living with dementia, people managing mental health conditions, and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Yourlife · Campbell House, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9UX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited
We at Yourlife (Weybridge) are proud to offer trusted home care across Weybridge and the surrounding Surrey communities, 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, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Domicare · Unit 7 Investment House, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9UT
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Domicare Limited
We provide care at home in Weybridge and the surrounding part of Surrey, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with mental health conditions, people with physical disabilities and people...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
Mulberry Home Care Services · Unit 4, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9PX
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Mulberry Home Care Services Limited
Mulberry Home Care provides care and support in people's own homes in Weybridge and across Surrey. We visit older people, people living with dementia and younger adults. Home care is made of small dependable things rather than grand...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Younger Adults
Hartwig Care · Suite 1, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8RN
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Hartwig Care Limited
At Hartwig Care in Weybridge, Surrey, we provide home care support to people across a wide range of needs, so that individuals can continue living in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. We work with older adults, younger...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Eating Disorders, Alcohol / Drug Misuse
Austin Place · 72 Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9JA
Home care · CQC Good · Run by Anchor Hanover Group
Austin Place provides care at home in Weybridge and the surrounding parts of Surrey. We support older adults and younger adults, people living with dementia, and those with a physical disability or a visual or hearing impairment. The...
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, Surrey Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £36.00.	£28.00 to £36.40 an hour
What Surrey pays Average hourly rate, October 2026.	£24.87 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

Mulberry Home Care Services Limited, 8 September 2026, Good
Austin Place, 11 May 2026, Good
Yourlife (Weybridge), 11 August 2023, Good

Longest since a report

Golden Home Care Domiciliary Limited, 9 July 2019, Good
Hartwig Care (Weybridge), 29 January 2020, Good
Domicare Limited, 26 May 2022, Good

Frequently asked questions about home care in Weybridge

How many home care agencies are there in Weybridge?

Weybridge has 6 CQC registered home care agencies: 6 Good. Counts come from the CQC register and are kept up to date as ratings change.

How much does home care cost in Weybridge?

Hourly care visits, Surrey: £28.00 to £36.40 an hour. Middle half of prices from 5 agencies. Median £36.00. 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 Weybridge were inspected most recently?

Mulberry Home Care Services Limited (8 September 2026), Austin Place (11 May 2026) and Yourlife (Weybridge) (11 August 2023) have the most recent CQC reports.

Local care news in Surrey

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