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Elderly care in Benfleet

There are 13 elderly care services in Benfleet registered with the Care Quality Commission. 6 carry a published CQC rating, and 6 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. Adult social care in Benfleet is arranged by Essex, which paid providers £23.57 an hour in 2023-24, the 30th highest of 150 councils in England and 11% above the £21.19 median. That is 13 of the 16 home care services in Benfleet. 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 Benfleet

None of the 13 services in Benfleet 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 →

Essex paid independent agencies a median of £23.57 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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A Medin Care Service

Benfleet, Essex

Not yet rated · on the register 5 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • Learning disabilities
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Roseberry Kare Limited

Benfleet, Essex

Not yet rated · on the register 2 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

Homelium Essex

Benfleet, Essex

GoodCQC, Nov 2018

  • 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

Premier Care

Benfleet, Essex

GoodCQC, Apr 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

Benfleet Essex

Benfleet, Essex

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • 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

Southways Group Ltd

Benfleet, Essex

GoodCQC, Jun 2021

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Divine Care Group Ltd

Benfleet, Essex

GoodCQC, Nov 2019one area rated lower

  • 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

Not yet rated · on the register 2 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

Real People Ltd

Benfleet, Essex

OutstandingCQC, Apr 2019one area rated lower

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Not yet rated · on the register 2 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

Elderly care in Benfleet: questions people ask

How much does elderly care cost in Benfleet?
None of the 13 services in Benfleet 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. Essex paid £23.57 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for elderly care in Benfleet?
Essex 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 £23.57 an hour in 2023-24, the 30th 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 elderly care services in Benfleet are rated best?
6 of the 13 services in Benfleet carry a published CQC rating and 6 of those, 100%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Real People Ltd. 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 elderly care agency in Benfleet?
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 13 services in Benfleet 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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