How much does dementia care cost in Portsmouth?

None of the 47 services in Portsmouth 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. Portsmouth paid £22.32 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.

Will the council pay for dementia care in Portsmouth?

Portsmouth 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 £22.32 an hour in 2023-24, the 44th 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 Portsmouth are rated best?

18 of the 47 services in Portsmouth carry a published CQC rating and 14 of those, 78%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Right at Home Portsmouth. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.

Is Portsmouth well served for dementia care?

47 of the 57 home care services in Portsmouth are registered to support this, 82%, against 74% across England. That is better served than most places. Registration is permission rather than specialisation, so it sets the size of the list rather than its quality.

How do I choose a dementia care agency in Portsmouth?

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. 29 of the 47 services in Portsmouth 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.

Dementia care in Portsmouth

There are 47 dementia care services in Portsmouth registered with the Care Quality Commission. 18 carry a published CQC rating, and 14 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 29 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. The council paid providers £22.32 an hour in 2023-24, the 44th highest of 150 councils in England and 5% above the £21.19 median. That is 47 of the 57 home care services in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth

None of the 47 services in Portsmouth 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.

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Portsmouth paid independent agencies a median of £22.32 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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Aster Care Ltd

Portsmouth

GoodCQC, Dec 2019

Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
Learning disabilities
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Hourly rate: not published
Pays carers for travel: not published
Shortest visit: not published

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