Skip to content
BestHomeCarersProviders sign up

Dementia care in Pontefract

There are 16 dementia care services in Pontefract registered with the Care Quality Commission. 10 carry a published CQC rating, and 8 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 6 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 Pontefract is arranged by Wakefield, which paid providers £20.48 an hour in 2023-24, the 53rd lowest of 150 councils in England and 3% below the £21.19 median. That is 16 of the 19 home care services in Pontefract. 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 Pontefract

None of the 16 services in Pontefract 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 →

Wakefield paid independent agencies a median of £20.48 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 →

Narrow this down

16 services

Type of care
Type of care
Who they care for
Who they care for
Conditions
Conditions
More
Other filters

Order is affected by subscription level. How we order results

Cresta Healthcare Ltd

Pontefract, Wakefield

Not yet rated · on the register 5 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
See this serviceCall them

Ivy Care Services Ltd

Pontefract, Wakefield

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
See this serviceCall them

Krystal Hope Ltd

Pontefract, Wakefield

Not yet rated · on the register 3 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
See this serviceCall them

Helping Hands- 5 Towns

Pontefract, Wakefield

GoodCQC, Dec 2022one area rated lower

  • Sensory impairments
  • Services for everyone
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
See this serviceCall them

Malachi Care Services

Pontefract, Wakefield

Requires improvementCQC, Oct 2022

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
See this serviceCall them

Fulfilling Healthcare

Pontefract, Wakefield

Not yet rated · on the register 4 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
See this serviceCall them

Croft Healthcare Ltd

Pontefract, Wakefield

Requires improvementCQC, May 2023

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +5 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
See this serviceCall them

HOME CARING SERVICES

Pontefract, Wakefield

GoodCQC, Jan 2020

  • 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
See this serviceCall them

HCF The Springs

Pontefract, Wakefield

GoodCQC, Sept 2019

  • 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
See this serviceCall them

Ethnatcel Care Ltd

Pontefract, Wakefield

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • 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
See this serviceCall them

Dementia care in Pontefract: questions people ask

How much does dementia care cost in Pontefract?
None of the 16 services in Pontefract 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. Wakefield paid £20.48 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for dementia care in Pontefract?
Wakefield 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 £20.48 an hour in 2023-24, the 53rd lowest 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 Pontefract are rated best?
10 of the 16 services in Pontefract carry a published CQC rating and 8 of those, 80%, are rated Good or Outstanding. None is rated Outstanding. 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 Pontefract?
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. 6 of the 16 services in Pontefract 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.

Other kinds of care in Pontefract

All home care in Pontefract →Dementia care across England and Scotland →