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Sensory impairment care in the Stroud council area

There are 14 sensory impairment care services in the Stroud council area registered with the Care Quality Commission. 6 carry a published CQC rating, and 6 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. The other 8 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 the Stroud council area is arranged by Gloucestershire, which paid providers £26.61 an hour in 2023-24, the 6th highest of 150 councils in England and 26% above the £21.19 median. That is 14 of the 24 home care services across the Stroud 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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Excellence in Care

Berkeley, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Jan 2023

  • Sensory impairments
  • Dementia
  • Caring for adults over 65 yrs
  • +1 more
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not published
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not published
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not published
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Carich Care Limited

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Apr 2020one area rated lower

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Learning disabilities
  • +1 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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not published
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TLC Support Services Limited

Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 9 years

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +4 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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not published
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Highborder Lodge

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 1 year

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

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 2 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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Penna Homecare Limited

Stroud, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Nov 2019

  • 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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Vintage Revelations Stroud

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Newly registered, not yet rated

  • 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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Community Outreach Consultancy Ltd

Stroud, Gloucestershire

Not yet rated · on the register 4 years

  • Caring for children (0 - 18yrs)
  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
Shortest visit
not published
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Helping Hands Stroud

Stroud, Gloucestershire

GoodCQC, Mar 2022

  • Sensory impairments
  • Caring for adults under 65 yrs
  • Dementia
  • +2 more
Hourly rate
not published
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not published
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not published
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Sensory impairment care in Stroud: questions people ask

How much does sensory impairment care cost in the Stroud council area?
Agencies in the Stroud 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. Gloucestershire paid £26.61 an hour for the care it commissioned in 2023-24.
Will the council pay for sensory impairment care in the Stroud council area?
Gloucestershire 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 £26.61 an hour in 2023-24, the 6th 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 sensory impairment care services in the Stroud council area are rated best?
6 of the 14 services in the Stroud council area carry a published CQC rating and 6 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.
Is the Stroud council area well served for sensory impairment care?
14 of the 24 home care services in the Stroud council area are registered to support this, 58%, against 59% across England. That is about average. 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 Stroud 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. 8 of the 14 services in the Stroud 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.