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Dementia care in the West Devon council area

There are 12 dementia care services in the West Devon council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 5 carry a published CQC rating, and 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 7 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 £26.00 an hour in 2023-24, the 11th highest of 150 councils in England and 23% above the £21.19 median. That is 12 of the 13 home care services across the West Devon local authority. Your council decides what care you are entitled to and what it pays towards, so this is the area that matters for funding.

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Kensey Care Services

Tavistock, Devon

GoodCQC, May 2021

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Altair Healthcare Limited

Okehampton, Devon

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +7 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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West View

Yelverton, Devon

Not yet rated · on the register 15 years

  • 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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New Key West Devon

Okehampton, Devon

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
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Sante Care at Home Ltd

Tavistock, Devon

Not yet rated · on the register 4 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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Tavy Care Services

Tavistock, Devon

GoodCQC, Nov 2018

  • 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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Moorcare Devon Limited

Yelverton, Devon

GoodCQC, May 2023

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Mental health conditions
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Isobelles Care Ltd - Chagford

Newton Abbot, Devon

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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Home Instead

Tavistock, Devon

OutstandingCQC, Feb 2020one 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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Complete Care (S.W) Ltd

Tavistock, Devon

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • 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 West Devon: questions people ask

How much does dementia care cost in the West Devon council area?
Agencies in the West Devon council area quote by the hour after an assessment, so there is no single price. 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. Devon paid £26.00 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for dementia care in the West Devon council area?
Devon 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 £26.00 an hour in 2023-24, the 11th 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 the West Devon council area are rated best?
5 of the 12 services in the West Devon council area carry a published CQC rating and 5 of those, 100%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Home Instead. 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 the West Devon council area?
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. 7 of the 12 services in the West Devon council area 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.