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Dementia care in Christchurch

There are 13 dementia care services in Christchurch registered with the Care Quality Commission. 8 carry a published CQC rating, and 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 5 are unrated, which usually means they have not been inspected since registering rather than that anything is wrong. Privately arranged care is quoted by the hour, and the Homecare Association puts the minimum a provider must charge in 2026-27 at £34.42, or about £481.88 a week for two half-hour visits a day. Adult social care in Christchurch is arranged by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, which paid providers £23.90 an hour in 2023-24, the 27th highest of 150 councils in England and 13% above the £21.19 median. That is 13 of the 16 home care services in Christchurch. Registration sets what a service is allowed to provide. It does not say how well it does it, so read the inspection report and ring two or three before you decide.

What home care costs in Christchurch

None of the 13 services in Christchurch have published their rates here yet. Ring two or three and ask. Most will quote over the phone.

For comparison, the Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price at £34.42 an hour for 2026-27. That covers careworker pay at the statutory minimum for all working time including travel, mileage, wage-related costs, and the minimum cost of running a compliant care business.

How home care pricing works →

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole paid independent agencies a median of £23.90 an hour for the home care it commissioned in 2023-24, against the £34.42 the Homecare Association says it costs to deliver in 2026-27. What every council pays →

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Quality Care Dorset Ltd

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Nov 2021

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Visiting Angels East Dorset

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Sept 2022

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Bloomfield Care BCP

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Newly registered, not yet rated

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Ethos Care

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Jun 2023

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Alina Homecare - Christchurch

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Jul 2021

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Homelium Dorset

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Lordgrace Delight Healthcare-Dorset

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Not yet rated · on the register 1 year

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Farmhouse Care Agency Ltd

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Mar 2023

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Agincare UK Christchurch

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Not yet rated · on the register 13 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Christchurch Care

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

GoodCQC, Aug 2023

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Inter County Care - Christchurch

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

OutstandingCQC, Jan 2019one area rated lower

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Dementia care in Christchurch: questions people ask

How much does dementia care cost in Christchurch?
None of the 13 services in Christchurch publish a price, so you get a figure by ringing them: most quote by the hour after an assessment. The Homecare Association calculates that a provider needs to charge at least £34.42 an hour in 2026-27 to pay careworkers the statutory minimum for all their working time and run a compliant business. Two half-hour visits a day at that rate is roughly £481.88 a week. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole paid £23.90 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for dementia care in Christchurch?
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole can arrange and fund care after a needs assessment, which is free and which anyone can request. What you contribute depends on a separate financial assessment. It paid providers an average of £23.90 an hour in 2023-24, the 27th highest of 150 councils in England. The Homecare Association's minimum sustainable price is £34.42 for 2026-27. Those are different years, so treat the pair as context rather than a like-for-like gap. What a council pays shapes which agencies will take council-funded work at all.
Which dementia care services in Christchurch are rated best?
8 of the 13 services in Christchurch carry a published CQC rating and 8 of those, 100%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Inter County Care - Christchurch. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
How do I choose a dementia care agency in Christchurch?
Start with what the regulator publishes, then ask what it cannot tell you: who would actually visit, whether it is the same carer each time, what happens when that person is ill, and how long a call really lasts. 5 of the 13 services in Christchurch carry no published verdict at all, so for those the questions are the only evidence you have. Every service here comes from the public register, and contacting one costs nothing: we take no fee and no commission.

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