Elderly care in South Shields

Elderly care in South Shields: questions people ask

How much does elderly care cost in South Shields?

None of the 7 services in South Shields 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. South Tyneside paid £21.51 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.

Will the council pay for elderly care in South Shields?

South Tyneside 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 £21.51 an hour in 2023-24, the 66th 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 South Shields are rated best?

7 of the 7 services in South Shields carry a published CQC rating and 7 of those, 100%, 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 South Shields?

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. Every service here comes from the public register, and contacting one costs nothing: we take no fee and no commission.