Home Care in Willenhall
Willenhall has 11 CQC registered home care agencies. 1 is rated Good, 1 Requires improvement, and 9 have not yet been rated. 3 of the 11 were last inspected more than three years ago.
Source: Care Quality Commission register, kept up to date as ratings change.
Willenhall at a glance
What the local numbers say about home care in Willenhall, to help you judge the options below.
- Hourly care visits, West Midlands: £28.30 to £32.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 8 agencies.
- People aged 75 and over: 25,700. Rising to 27,300 by 2035, up 6%
- Living with dementia, aged 65 and over (estimate): 3,400. Rising to 3,800 by 2035, up 12%
- People aged 85 and over: 7,200. Rising to 8,800 by 2035, up 21%
- Dementia diagnosis rate: 68%. The NHS ambition is 67%.
- Agencies in the borough, last 12 months: 3 opened, 8 closed. 83 registered today.
- Choice of agencies: 527 within 10 miles. In a typical neighbourhood. The nearest is under a mile away (0.3 miles).
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Planning and Paying for Care at Home in Willenhall
Charges for help at home follow the hours booked rather than arriving as one weekly figure, which keeps a package flexible but makes the total harder to predict at the outset. Establishing which funding route applies early makes everything that follows considerably easier.
Asking for a care needs assessment
Any adult who appears to need care and support can request a care needs assessment, and a relative providing care can ask for a separate carer's assessment in their own right. Both are arranged through Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council adult social care, the authority responsible for assessing need and for arranging funded support where a person qualifies. The assessment records how someone manages washing, dressing, meals, medication and moving about, and it produces a written statement of need rather than a recommendation of any particular agency.
Who pays, and how much
Where eligible needs are identified, a financial assessment considers income and capital. Savings above the upper threshold mean the care is funded privately; below it, the authority contributes and the person pays an assessed share. Some households take a direct payment instead and arrange support themselves, which gives more say over who visits and at what time. The authority can also say which agencies it commissions from, which is useful information where published ratings are scarce.
Reading a schedule of charges
Ask each agency for its charges in writing and check what a quoted rate includes. Travel time between calls, mileage, visits needing two carers, and short notice cancellations are treated differently from one agency to another. Rates across Willenhall vary, and evening, weekend and bank holiday visits generally cost more. Ask about the minimum visit length too, because a short call may not leave time for what has been agreed.
Choosing a Home Care Agency in Willenhall and What to Check
With nine of eleven agencies carrying no published rating, this page cannot be worked through by comparing judgements. The task instead is to ask every agency the same set of questions and to listen carefully to how each one answers.
What a registered agency provides
Every provider listed is registered to deliver personal care in someone's own home: help with washing, dressing, moving about, meals and medication, along with company and a regular check that all is well. Clinical work requiring a qualified nurse, such as complex wound care, falls outside that registration and is arranged separately through health services. Raise needs of that kind at the first conversation rather than later.
What to do when there is no rating
Ask when the agency registered and whether an inspection has been scheduled. Ask how long it has been operating, how many people it currently supports locally, and whether it can provide references. Where a report does exist, open it in full, since each inspection answers five questions about whether a service is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led. Where an agency has been told it requires improvement, the report states exactly what inspectors found and when.
Questions that reveal how an agency runs
Ask how many different carers are likely to visit in a typical week, because continuity matters more than almost anything else. Ask what happens when a regular carer is unwell, how you will be told if a visit is running late, and who answers the telephone out of hours. Check how medication support is recorded and how the care plan is reviewed as needs change. An agency that cannot answer these plainly is telling you something useful.
11 home care in Willenhall
- Customized Community Support · West Midlands House, Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 2HA
Home care · Run by Customized Community Support Ltd
Customized Community Support provides care and support to people in their own homes in Willenhall and the surrounding part of Walsall. We work with older people and with younger adults, and our experience covers dementia, learning...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - L&J Agape Healthcare · 1 - 3, Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 2AA
Home care · Run by L & J Agape Healthcare Ltd
We provide care at home in Willenhall and the surrounding part of Walsall, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia and people with physical disabilities. People usually come to us at a point of...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Advance Healthcare (Oakwood Lodge) · OakWood Lodge, Willenhall, Walsall, WV12 5JR
Home care · Run by Advance Health Care UK Ltd
Advance Healthcare (Oakwood Lodge) supports people across Willenhall and the surrounding area in their own homes. We arrange visits around the routines somebody already has rather than around what suits a rota, and we aim to keep the same...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Kind Hearted Healthcare · West Midlands House, Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 2HA
Home care · Run by Kind Hearted Healthcare Limited
Kind Hearted Healthcare is a home care agency supporting people in Willenhall and the surrounding area in their own homes. Most people manage far better in familiar surroundings, and our job is to make staying at home realistic rather than...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Younger Adults - Bellamy House (Empowering U Care) · Bellamy House, Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 2BS
Home care · Run by Empowering U Care Limited
Bellamy House supports adults to live in their own homes across Willenhall and the surrounding parts of Walsall. Our starting point is that a home belongs to the person living in it, and that support belongs in the background of a life...
Specialisms: Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Anif Care · Planetary Business Centre, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, WV13 3SW
Home care · Run by Anif Homes Ltd
We provide care at home in Willenhall and the surrounding part of Wolverhampton, supporting older people and younger adults, including people living with dementia, people with mental health conditions and people with physical disabilities....
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - All Health Care Services · 6-11 Riley Street, Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 1RH
Home care · CQC Good · Run by All Health Care Services Limited
Here at All Health Care, we provide home care support to people living in Willenhall, Walsall and the surrounding areas. Our aim is straightforward: to help people live comfortably and independently in their own homes, with the right level...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - Charter Care - Caring for You · Planetary Business Centre, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, WV13 3SW
Home care · CQC Requires improvement · Run by Chartercare (West Midlands) Limited
Charter Care is a home care agency in Willenhall, supporting people in their own homes across this part of the West Midlands. We will put our rating up front rather than let you find it and wonder why we said nothing. The Care Quality...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults, Alcohol / Drug Misuse - Gracebrook · S34a West Midlands House, Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 2HA
Home care · Run by Gracebrook Ltd
We at Gracebrook are proud to offer compassionate home care across Willenhall and the wider Walsall area, supporting individuals to live safely, comfortably and independently within the familiar surroundings of their own homes. Based in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults - Healthcare 1st Choice · Planetary House, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, WV13 3SW
Home care · Run by Healthcare 1st Choice Ltd
We at Healthcare 1st Choice Wolverhampton are proud to offer compassionate home care across Willenhall and the wider Wolverhampton area, supporting individuals to live safely and comfortably in the place they know best: their own home. As...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Younger Adults - New Leaf Healthcare Services · West Midlands House, Willenhall, Walsall, WV13 2HA
Home care · Run by New Leaf Healthcare Services Ltd
We at New Leaf Healthcare are proud to offer compassionate home care across Willenhall and the wider Walsall area, supporting people to live well and safely in the place they know best: their own home. As a dedicated home care provider in...
Specialisms: Older Person Care, Dementia Care, Learning Disability / Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disability, Visual / Hearing Impairment, Younger Adults
What home care costs
| Type of care | What it costs |
|---|---|
| Hourly care visits, West Midlands Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Walsall agencies publish a rate. | £28.30 to £32.00 an hour |
| What Walsall pays Average hourly rate, October 2026. | £21.00 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
- All Health Care Services Limited, 20 January 2022, Good
- Charter Care - Caring for You, 1 May 2020, Requires improvement
- Bellamy House (Empowering U Care), 31 May 2018, Not yet rated
Longest since a report
- Bellamy House (Empowering U Care), 31 May 2018, Not yet rated
- Charter Care - Caring for You, 1 May 2020, Requires improvement
- All Health Care Services Limited, 20 January 2022, Good
Frequently asked questions about home care in Willenhall
How many home care agencies are there in Willenhall?
Willenhall has 11 CQC registered home care agencies: 1 Good, 1 Requires improvement, 9 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 Willenhall?
Hourly care visits, West Midlands: £28.30 to £32.00 an hour. Middle half of prices from 8 agencies. Median £32.00. Shown for West Midlands because too few Walsall 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 Willenhall were inspected most recently?
All Health Care Services Limited (20 January 2022), Charter Care - Caring for You (1 May 2020) and Bellamy House (Empowering U Care) (31 May 2018) have the most recent CQC reports.