How much does home care cost in Kendal?

None of the 17 services in Kendal 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 Kendal?

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 Kendal are rated best?

10 of the 17 services in Kendal carry a published CQC rating and 9 of those, 90%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 2 are rated Outstanding, the top grade: Home Instead Senior Care and Westmorland Homecare - Kendal. 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 Kendal?

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 17 services in Kendal 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.

Home care in Kendal: 17 services

Home care in Kendal

There are 17 home care services in Kendal registered with the Care Quality Commission. 10 carry a published CQC rating, and 9 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 Kendal is arranged by Westmorland and Furness.

What home care costs in Kendal

None of the 17 services in Kendal 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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Brancaster Home Care

Kendal, Westmorland and Furness

GoodCQC, Aug 2018

Sensory impairments
Caring for adults under 65 yrs
Dementia
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Hourly rate: not published
Pays carers for travel: not published
Shortest visit: not published

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