Home care · Worcestershire
24-hour care in Kidderminster
Round-the-clock care at home comes in two main forms: a live-in carer who stays in the home, or daytime visits combined with a carer who stays awake overnight. If someone needs help at night most nights, two carers usually share the work. Compare the 18 CQC-registered agencies covering Kidderminster and ask which of them provide it.
Updated 27 October 2026 (CQC register) · Prices: Usual 2026 prices across England
The short version
- Of the 18 CQC-registered agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Kidderminster, 8 have a Good or Outstanding rating.
- Worcestershire council has to offer a care needs assessment free of charge.
- Typical prices here: live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Live-in care is usually the cheapest way to cover day and night.
- CQC does not record which agencies provide 24-hour care, so ask each agency directly.
Citation: "24-hour care in Kidderminster", The Care Panel analysis of CQC register data, Oct 2026.
Live-in care or waking nights?
Live-in care is usually the most affordable way to have someone there day and night: one carer lives in, but needs about two hours off each day and an unbroken night's sleep. Waking nights put a carer in the home who stays awake all night; combined with daytime visits, that covers all 24 hours. If help is needed most nights, one live-in carer is not enough: add waking nights or a second carer.
Typical local prices: live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week; a residential care home £1,295 a week.
Help paying for 24-hour care
Worcestershire council must offer a free care needs assessment; if it finds eligible needs by day and night, care at home can be part of a council care plan, and the value of the home is not counted for care at home. Attendance Allowance pays its higher rate of £114.60 a week to people over State Pension age who need help both day and night, whatever their savings. When the main need is a health need, NHS Continuing Healthcare may pay in full. How to ask Worcestershire council for an assessment.
When 24-hour care is needed
Families usually look for it after a hospital stay, when dementia means someone cannot be left alone or wanders at night, after repeated falls, or at the end of life. A care home is the alternative to compare: for one person it often costs less than staffing every hour at home, but many people want to stay in their own home.
Kidderminster's agencies in figures
Worcestershire has 7 Outstanding agencies in total; covering Kidderminster the figure is 2. Ranked against the 6 closest towns on our site by the share of every listed agency that is rated Good or Outstanding, Kidderminster comes 3rd of 7 (50%), with Kinver top at 62%. Compare Kidderminster's 62% Good or Outstanding with 85% for the rated agencies among the 276 we list in Worcestershire. 0% of agencies covering Kidderminster have a CQC rating from the last two years, against 7% across Worcestershire. CQC registered Head Office in March 2026, the newest on this list. Registered specialisms here: 16 of 17 list physical disabilities, 8 of 17 list learning disabilities and 8 of 17 list mental health conditions. In Kidderminster, 76% of agencies support people with dementia (13 of 17); the Worcestershire figure is 75%. One rating goes back to March 2019: Bewdley Care Limited. Ask what has changed since.
What 24-hour care costs in Kidderminster
| Visiting care | around £32–£34 an hour |
|---|---|
| Live-in care | around £1,540–£1,610 a week |
What Worcestershire County Council pays providers: £23.43 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £911.42 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,087.77 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source).
Ask every agency for a full list of charges, with weekend and bank holiday rates: hourly rates vary more between agencies than between regions. The Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price for council-funded home care in England at £34.42 an hour for 2026/27. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Work out a weekly cost · What would we pay?
Home care agencies serving Kidderminster
Check with each agency that it offers 24-hour care. Order: CQC rating, then how recent, then distance.
Diadem Care Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Agincare Worcester
Est. £30–£37/hr
Stone House Care and Medical Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Bewdley Care Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Infinity Home Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
TLC Care at Home Ltd
Est. £32–£39/hr
Brook House
Est. £30–£37/hr
Home Instead Stourbridge
Est. £34–£42/hr
Advantage Health & Social Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
A & M Bewdley Care Services
Est. £30–£37/hr
Head Office
Est. £30–£37/hr
Head Office
Est. £30–£37/hr
Golden Touch Home Care Services
Est. £30–£37/hr
Orbital 4 Support Limited
Est. £29–£36/hr
Lanbeth Resolutions Ltd
Est. £29–£36/hr
Home Instead Kidderminster
Est. £32–£38/hr
The Homecaring Team Ltd
Est. £29–£36/hr
What families ask about 24-hour care in Kidderminster
Which home care agencies offer 24-hour care in Kidderminster?
The CQC register does not show who offers 24-hour care. There are 18 registered agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Kidderminster, 8 of them rated Good or Outstanding, so ask each one.
How much does 24-hour care cost in Kidderminster?
Usual 2026 prices across England: live-in care typically costs around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Covering every hour with separate day and night carers costs much more, because each hour is paid.
Is 24-hour care the same as live-in care?
Not quite. A live-in carer is there day and night but needs a daily break and a full night's sleep. If help is needed through the night most nights, true 24-hour care means adding waking nights or a second carer.
Can the council pay for 24-hour care at home?
It can, if Worcestershire council's care needs assessment finds eligible needs by day and night and care at home is a suitable way to meet them. A financial assessment follows; for care at home the home is not counted. NHS Continuing Healthcare pays in full when the main need is a health need.
How are agencies covering Kidderminster rated?
Of 13 agencies with a CQC rating, 8 (62%) are Good or Outstanding. Dementia is a specialism for 13, and 1 has a rating or inspection from the past two years.
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Register information from CQC as at Oct 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0 applies. We do not deliver care ourselves.