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Elderly care in Kidderminster

There are 14 elderly care services in Kidderminster registered with the Care Quality Commission. 11 carry a published CQC rating, and 9 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 3 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 Kidderminster is arranged by Worcestershire, which paid providers £22.47 an hour in 2023-24, the 40th highest of 150 councils in England and 6% above the £21.19 median. That is 14 of the 16 home care services in Kidderminster. 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 Kidderminster

None of the 14 services in Kidderminster 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 →

Worcestershire paid independent agencies a median of £22.47 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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Brook House

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

GoodCQC, Apr 2019

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • Physical disabilities
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Diadem Care Limited

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

GoodCQC, Nov 2023

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • Physical disabilities
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published

Head Office

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Requires improvementCQC, Jan 2020

  • 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

Bewdley Care Limited

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

GoodCQC, Mar 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

Orbital 4 Support Limited

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 11 years

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

Infinity Home Care Ltd

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

GoodCQC, Feb 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

A & M Bewdley Care Services

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Requires improvementCQC, Jun 2019

  • 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

The Woodlands

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

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

Arch Hill Court

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

GoodCQC, Sept 2019

  • 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

CM Bespoke Care Ltd

Kidderminster, Shropshire

GoodCQC, Jul 2018

  • 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

Home Instead Kidderminster

Kidderminster, Worcestershire

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

Elderly care in Kidderminster: questions people ask

How much does elderly care cost in Kidderminster?
None of the 14 services in Kidderminster 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. Worcestershire paid £22.47 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for elderly care in Kidderminster?
Worcestershire 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 £22.47 an hour in 2023-24, the 40th 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 Kidderminster are rated best?
11 of the 14 services in Kidderminster carry a published CQC rating and 9 of those, 82%, 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 elderly care agency in Kidderminster?
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. 3 of the 14 services in Kidderminster 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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