Home Help in Hattersley: Costs, Funding and 130 Local Agencies (Oct 2026)

Home help: the usual tasks

Cleaning, laundry, ironing and changing beds
Shopping and collecting prescriptions
Preparing meals
Post, bills and appointments
Company and trips out

Washing, dressing and medication are personal care, which must come from a CQC-registered home care agency.

How people pay for home help

Most people pay privately, by the hour. Tameside council can fund practical help only where it is part of meeting eligible needs after an assessment, which housework alone rarely is. Many older people use Attendance Allowance to cover it. More: home help for the elderly and the difference between home help and home care.

Who provides home help

Choose a home care agency if personal care may be needed later, because the same carers can take it on. For housework alone, a cleaner or a local help-at-home scheme may cost less, though these are not CQC-regulated. Ask local charities and Tameside council what low-cost services exist. Requesting an assessment from Tameside council.

Agencies covering Hattersley: the data

Clarity Homecare Oldham is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in October 2026. Compare Hattersley's 88% Good or Outstanding with 88% for the rated agencies among the 333 we list in Tameside. Ranked against the 6 closest towns on our site by the share of every listed agency that is rated Good or Outstanding, Hattersley comes 2nd of 7 (54%), with Hadfield top at 55%. Cheshire Quality Care Ltd has the oldest rating still in force, from June 2018. Dementia appears on 98 of 130 registrations here (75%), compared with 78% in Tameside as a whole. On their CQC registrations, 107 of 130 list physical disabilities, 75 of 130 list learning disabilities and 79 of 130 list mental health conditions.

Home help prices in Hattersley

Typical 2026 prices across England
Visiting care	around £32–£34 an hour
Live-in care	around £1,540–£1,610 a week

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council's own rates: £24.40 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £808.64 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,057.67 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source).

Hourly rates vary between agencies more than between regions; ask each agency for its full price list, including weekend and bank holiday rates. Homecare Association figure for 2026/27: a sustainable council rate for home care in England starts at £34.42 an hour. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Estimate the weekly cost or see what you might pay

Home help in Hattersley: common questions

Where can I find home help in Hattersley?

130 agencies on the CQC register have an office within 7 miles of Hattersley, and 70 hold a Good or Outstanding rating. Which of them provide home help is not recorded by CQC: ask them.

How much is a home help per hour in Hattersley?

Home help is usually charged by the hour, at or a little below the local rate for visiting care. Ask each agency for its hourly rate, minimum visit length and any weekend charges in writing.

Does the council pay for home help?

Sometimes, if Tameside council's care needs assessment finds eligible needs and practical help is part of meeting them. Help with housework alone often does not qualify, so many people use Attendance Allowance, which is not means-tested, to pay privately.

Is home help the same as home care?

No. Home help is practical help with housework, shopping and errands. Home care, or personal care, includes help with washing, dressing, eating and medication, and must be provided by an agency registered with the Care Quality Commission.

Are home care agencies in Hattersley well rated?

70 of the 80 rated agencies (88%) are Good or Outstanding; 98 list dementia as a specialism and 12 were inspected or rated in the last two years.

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Data: CQC register, Oct 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We are an independent directory and do not provide care.

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