The 8 Best Hourly Care Agencies In Colchester

To ease your care search, we’ve rounded up the best hourly care agencies in Colchester, all rated ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the two highest ratings a home care agency can receive.

Through hourly care, a carer will visit your home throughout the week. You can choose how long these visits last and how often they occur. For each agency below, we’ve explained the services offered, their CQC rating, the funding types and contract lengths they accept, and any other essential information. Whichever agency you choose, rest assured you or your loved one will benefit from professional, compassionate, and knowledgeable support.

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Explore the best hourly care agencies in Colchester:

1. Helping Hands - Colchester
2. Alina Homecare - Colchester
3. The Good Care Group - England
4. Unique Senior Care - England
5. Infinite Healthcare Services
6. Homelium - Essex
7. Alina Homecare - Maldon & Chelmsford
8. Curam

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Helping Hands - Colchester

Best for: 30+ years of experience

First up, the Helping Hands Colchester branch will provide you or your loved one with the highest standard of respectful and compassionate care in the comfort of your own homes. Helping Hands have over 30 years of experience providing high-quality home care, including in Colchester and nearby.

Their hourly care is highly flexible, with a minimum visit time and overall weekly commitment of just 30 minutes, making it easy to arrange care that matches your schedule. What’s more, this care is available on a permanent or fixed-term basis. People often receive hourly care for just a few weeks at a time when their regular carer needs to take a break from their caregiving duties.

Before care begins, you or your loved one will have a bespoke care plan created outlining specific care needs and preferences (including your preferred daily routine, your favourite foods, and any hobbies). Care is then matched to these requirements, whether that’s household support, dignified personal care, mobility assistance, or complex care (including for those living with a form of dementia such as Alzheimer’s).

Helping Hands provides hourly care for these Colchester postcodes:

Helping Hands is a nationwide provider, so they have coverage across all of Colchester.

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Alina Homecare - Colchester

Best for: Tailor-made care plans

Alina Homecare - Colchester specialises in hourly care throughout Colchester and across Essex. Their team provides diverse services, ranging from warm and friendly companionship and household support to personal care and specialist medical assistance.

Registered nurses and expert carers administer some medical procedures, such as wound dressing, stoma care, and PEG feeding. Complex care is also available to those living with conditions such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, a physical disability, or a sensory impairment.

Every care recipient has a care plan created for them. This plan outlines how often you or your loved one will be visited and how long these visits will last. It’ll also include the specific care required, your preferred daily schedule and lifestyle, and any hobbies or other activities you’d like to continue participating in while receiving care.

Alina Homecare provides hourly care for these Colchester postcodes:

CO7, CO13, CO15, CO16

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The Good Care Group - England

Best for: ‘Outstanding’ rated home care

The Good Care Group in England has an ‘Outstanding’ overall rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest rating available. They’re also rated ‘Outstanding’ in all five main categories agencies are judged on, including for the overall quality of care provided and how quickly they respond to changing care needs.

Hourly care can be arranged within a few days and covers many care needs. If you’re still reasonably independent but need help managing household tasks, support is available with things like cleaning, laundry, looking after pets, gardening, and shopping.

Through respectful hourly personal care, a carer will regularly visit your home and support you with tasks relating to your personal hygiene, including using the bathroom, washing, getting dressed, and taking certain medications. If your care needs are more significant, specialist care is also available, such as intensive rehabilitation following a stroke or surgery, stoma care, and PEG feeding.

The Good Care Group - England provides hourly care for these Colchester postcodes:

The Good Care Group - England is a nationwide provider, so they have coverage across all of Colchester.

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Unique Senior Care - England

Best for: Nationwide ‘Outstanding’ hourly care

Another ‘Outstanding’ home care agency, Unique Senior Care - England is an award-winning provider of hourly care and live-in care. Their ‘Outstanding’ reputation has helped make them one of the country’s most trusted home care options.

Their highly flexible hourly care service is available temporarily or permanently, and visits start from 60 minutes. This care can be funded privately, meaning you pay for it yourself. In Colchester, you’ll pay for your own care when your savings and income are worth £23,250 or more. Your local authority will pay some or all of your fees when your savings and income are worth less than £23,250.

Their care services include companionship, specialist care for conditions such as dementia and Parkinson’s, mobility support, personal care (including bathroom assistance and continence care), and help with various household tasks.

Unique Senior Care - England provides hourly care for these Colchester postcodes:

Unique Senior Care - England is a nationwide provider, so they have coverage across all of Colchester.

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Infinite Healthcare Services

Best for: Hourly care across Essex

Infinite Healthcare Services provides hourly care across Essex, including in Colchester, Romford, Chelmsford, and Ilford. Their team is renowned for a compassionate approach that treats every care recipient with the individuality they deserve.

Their comprehensive range of services covers respectful personal care and specialist support for those living with conditions such as dementia (early-stage or late-stage), a physical or learning disability, or a mental health condition. Your loved one may also have sadly been diagnosed with a terminal or chronic condition. If this is the case, palliative care at home focuses on creating a comfortable setting and alleviating any discomfort or other symptoms.

Meanwhile, warm and friendly carers give companionship care. Whichever carer you’re matched with can either pop in for regular chats over a hot drink and biscuit, help you access social gatherings in your local community, or support you around your home with tasks such as preparing meals and running various errands.

Infinite Healthcare Services provides hourly care for these Colchester postcodes:

CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6, CO7, CO8, CO9

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Homelium - Essex

Best for: Specialist medical care

Homelium - Essex is a highly trusted option for home care in the local community. Their caregivers are trained in efficient household management and work hard to create calming atmospheres within care recipients' homes.

The tasks they support with could be as simple as creating delicious meals, dusting, and other light-touch cleaning tasks. Your matched carer will also provide warm companionship if you’d benefit from some extra socialisation. This could involve going on walks together or relaxing in your home and sharing stories with each other.

Homelium also specialises in complex medical care, such as post-operative care and rehabilitation, chronic illness management, palliative care, or support for those living with conditions such as dementia or Parkinson’s disease.

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Alina Homecare - Maldon & Chelmsford

Best for: Assistance with daily tasks

The experienced team at Alina Homecare - Maldon & Chelmsford provides premium hourly care throughout the local area, including in cities and towns such as Chelmsford, Danbury, Hatfield Peverel, Maldon, and Tiptree.

Their Home Help service focuses on supporting those who need some extra help to continue living safely and independently in their homes. You may be finding it challenging to manage daily household tasks such as cooking and cleaning, looking after pets, gardening, and laundry.

This service expands to supporting personal hygiene routines, such as helping with washing and getting dressed, managing and taking certain medications, using the bathroom, and getting in and out of bed.

Alina Homecare - Maldon & Chelmsford provides hourly care for these Colchester postcodes:

CM1, CM2, CM3, CM8, CM9

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Curam

Best for: Tailored home care services across the UK

A unique option for hourly care in Colchester and beyond, Curam connects care-seekers with carers throughout the UK. Simply enter your postcode, and you’ll be matched with active carers in your area.

Each carer’s listing states the types of care available (including hourly, live-in, and overnight care), the specific services they offer (such as dementia, rehabilitation, Parkinson’s disease, incontinence, and physical and learning disability care), how much they charge, and what days they’re available on.

Every carer listed on the site must present a clean DBS certificate dated within the past three years. Additional background checks are carried out, including interviewing all carers before they begin providing care, inspecting identity documents, and looking at relevant qualifications. Independent references are also required.

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