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Home care in Alford

There are 6 home care services in Alford registered with the Care Quality Commission or the Care Inspectorate. 1 carry a published CQC rating, and 0 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 5 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 Alford is arranged by Aberdeenshire. Alford spans 2 local authorities, so this page gathers all of them rather than splitting the town up.

What home care costs in Alford

None of the 6 services in Alford 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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CSL Alford

Alford, Lincolnshire

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
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not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
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not published
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The Gables

Alford, Lincolnshire

Requires improvementCQC, Aug 2021

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
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not published
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not published
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Home care in Alford: questions people ask

How much does home care cost in Alford?
None of the 6 services in Alford 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.
Will the council pay for home care in Alford?
Your council can arrange and fund care after a needs assessment, which is free and which anyone can ask for. What you pay towards it depends on a separate financial assessment of income and capital. Councils in England paid independent providers an average of £25.05 an hour in 2026-27, against a minimum sustainable price of £34.42, which is why council-funded hours and privately bought hours are often priced differently.
Which home care services in Alford are rated best?
1 of the 6 services in Alford carry a published CQC rating and 0 of those, 0%, 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 home care agency in Alford?
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. 5 of the 6 services in Alford 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.

Local authorities covering Alford

Your council decides what care you are entitled to and what it will pay for, so it is worth knowing which one you fall under.

Companies running more than one service in Alford

Several branches under one owner. Ratings are given per branch, so a group with a good reputation can still have a weak one near you.

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