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Sensory impairment care in the Bedford council area

There are 46 sensory impairment care services in the Bedford council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 17 carry a published CQC rating, and 15 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 29 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. The council paid providers £21.00 an hour in 2023-24, the 72nd lowest of 150 councils in England and 1% below the £21.19 median. That is 46 of the 90 home care services across the Bedford local authority. Your council decides what care you are entitled to and what it pays towards, so this is the area that matters for funding.

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Liloom Home Care Limited

Bedford

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Bloom & Care Limited

Bedford

Not yet rated · on the register 9 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Kitec Supported Living

Bedford

Not yet rated · on the register 3 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Services for everyone
  • Dementia
  • +3 more
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Aamevol Home Care Ltd

Bedford

Not yet rated · on the register 6 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
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LightBulb Bespoke Care

Bedford

GoodCQC, Nov 2022

  • 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
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Samorem Health Care

Bedford

GoodCQC, Jan 2021

  • 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
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JOINING HANDS HEALTHCARE

Bedford

Not yet rated · on the register 4 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
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Lakesyde Care Limited

Bedford

Not yet rated · on the register 4 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
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Lomack Healthcare

Bedford

GoodCQC, Mar 2018

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
Hourly rate
not published
Pays carers for travel
not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Careville Ltd.

Bedford

Requires improvementCQC, Jun 2021one area rated lower

  • 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
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Bedford Supported Living

Bedford

OutstandingCQC, Dec 2021one area rated lower

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

Bedford

GoodCQC, Jul 2022one area rated lower

  • 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
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SGSL Limited

Bedford

Not yet rated · on the register 2 years

  • 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
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Sensory impairment care in Bedford: questions people ask

How much does sensory impairment care cost in the Bedford council area?
Agencies in the Bedford council area quote by the hour after an assessment, so there is no single price. 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. Bedford paid £21.00 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for sensory impairment care in the Bedford council area?
Bedford 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 £21.00 an hour in 2023-24, the 72nd lowest 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 sensory impairment care services in the Bedford council area are rated best?
17 of the 46 services in the Bedford council area carry a published CQC rating and 15 of those, 88%, are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is rated Outstanding, the top grade: Bedford Supported Living. A rating describes the service on the day it was inspected, so check the report date as well as the word.
Is the Bedford council area well served for sensory impairment care?
46 of the 90 home care services in the Bedford council area are registered to support this, 51%, against 59% across England. That is less well served than most places, so widening your search may help. Registration is permission rather than specialisation, so it sets the size of the list rather than its quality.
How do I choose a sensory impairment care agency in the Bedford council area?
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. 29 of the 46 services in the Bedford council area 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.