Home care

What is home care?

This service could be for you if you have care needs and live in your own home.

Carers will visit you in your home to support you with essential daily tasks such as preparing a meal, and personal care, including washing yourself, getting dressed and using the toilet.

Some support may be provided through the supply of equipment or technology rather than a carer.

Who is eligible?

You must pay your council tax to Oxfordshire County Council to be eligible. Read the other eligibility criteria for care and support.

How long will the service last?

There is no time limit, but you have to have eligible needs, and it will be subject to review.

Who carries out this service?

Our adult social and health care team is responsible for the care delivered as part of this service, with a network of specialist providers who will provide it daily.

Strategic providers

• Agincare
• All Care
• Care Outlook
• Eleanor Nursing

Zonal providers

• Abi Support
• Adult Transition Services Ltd
• Angel Care Group Ltd
• BBC Care Ltd
• Bridges Home Care Ltd
• Calvary Care Ltd
• Care Time UK Ltd
• Caremark (West Berkshire and Reading)
• CaringPlus Healthcare Services Ltd
• Day And Nightcare Live in Ltd
• Direct Link Care
• Golden Atara
• Mega Resource
• Oxford Private Care Ltd
• Pechiv Care
• Prime Social Care
• Reable Health Ltd
• Ringstead Healthcare Ltd
• The Care Workshop
• Trinity Cares Services Ltd

Accredited providers

• 1st Homecare (Oxford) Ltd
• A Caring hand
• Acquire Care Ltd
• Alina
• Allied Health-Services Ltd
• Anytime Recruitment Ltd
• At Home Healthcare Ltd
• Be Well Care Ltd
• Bestfield Care
• Bloomfield Care
• Bolff Healthcare Services Ltd
• Buckingham Home Care
• Carefront Care Services Ltd
• Caremark (West Oxfordshire and Cherwell)
• CareUK Living
• CEEDA
• Chromium Care
• Clarissa’s Home Healthcare Services Ltd
• Claydon Care Services
• Collaborative Health Care Ltd
• Comfort Harmony Care Ltd
• Commit2Care
• COR Care Force
• Cornerstone Staffing Solutions Ltd
• Crossroads Care
• Crystal Business Solutions t/a Everycare
• DKM Healthcare
• Enable Health Ltd
• Enigma Clinical Solutions
• Eniro
• FAB Social Care Ltd
• Flexi Direct Ltd
• ForExcel Healthcare
• Genuine Carers
• Get Care Ltd
• Glowing Care
• Golden Hope Care Ltd
• Golden Star Care Ltd
• Goldsmith
• Griegcare
• Home Helpers Care Selsley Ltd
• Hope Homestay
• Independent Community Support Ltd
• Insight Care & Support Ltd
• IQ Homecare
• Jeff Jen Care Plus Ltd
• Jencare Solutions Ltd
• JMC Care Solutions Ltd
• Joining Hands Healthcare Ltd
• KCare Nursing Agency Ltd
• Kwikfix
• Leys Consultants
• Luna Care Services Ltd
• Multilink Management Care
• My Carer Ltd
• My Homecare Slough and Southbucks T/A Topkare Ltd
• Oasis Private Care Ltd
• Pioneering Care Bicester Ltd
• Plus Point Care
• Prestige CarePlus Ltd
• Prestige Homecare
• Prestine Home Care Ltd
• Procare Healthcare Ltd
• Professional Healthcare Services
• Raynes Healthcare
• Rynes Healthcare
• S&P
• SafetyNet Care Ltd 
• Saint Catherine's Care Ltd
• SAM Partnership Ltd T/A SureCare Oxfordshire
• Same Ways Care Limited
• Sevacare
• Shiloh
• Siete Ltd
• Sky Vigil
• Star Projections Ltd T/A Walfinch Oxfordshire
• Starry Care UK Ltd
• SylvianCare Banbury
• T.How Homely
• Tonre Limited T/A TD Supported Living Services
• Trinity Peaks
• Triple E Healthcare Ltd
• Utmostcare
• Vine Recruitment Solutions Ltd
• Virtuous Business Solutions
• Vow Care Services
• We Care (TJ) Ltd
• We Care Recruitment
• Willowstone
• Xperience Recruitment
• Yod
• Zi Mat Ltd

How much does it cost?

A financial assessment will establish if you need to contribute towards the cost of your care. If you are expected to contribute, it will start from the date we identify you need ongoing care and support.

View our guide to paying for your care.

How to get the support

You can request an assessment of your needs. Alternatively, you may be referred by a professional or the social care team based in hospitals.

How we assess your needs

During the assessment, we will talk to you and your:

• partner
• relatives
• friends.

The discussion may be over the telephone or face-to-face. We will look at all aspects of your life, including:

• your physical health
• your emotional health
• how you manage to look after yourself
• your current family and support networks.