Advance Healthcare (Oakwood Lodge)

Advance Healthcare (Oakwood Lodge) is a home care agency based in Willenhall, in the Walsall council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 9 miles of its Willenhall office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a sensory impairment. It is part of City and County Healthcare Group, which has 158 branches in England. The agency has been registered since March 2022.

Advance Healthcare (Oakwood Lodge) has not yet received a CQC rating. This is normal for a newly registered agency; the CQC usually inspects within its first year or so.

Advance Healthcare (Oakwood Lodge) has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Walsall with a rate on record typically charge about £24 an hour, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

There are 83 registered home care agencies in Walsall. Others working the same area include TLCareServices Limited, Saving Care Ltd and Gracebrook Ltd, 3 of which have a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.