Alcedo Care Cheshire East & Staffordshire

Alcedo Care Cheshire East & Staffordshire is a home care agency based in Crewe, in the Cheshire East council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Alcedo Care delivers home care services throughout the North of England and Wales. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, sleeping nights, respite care and same-day start. It is part of Alcedo Orange, which has 16 branches in England. The agency has been registered since October 2023.

Alcedo Care Cheshire East & Staffordshire 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.

Alcedo Care Cheshire East & Staffordshire has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Cheshire East. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

On how it works, the agency says: employs its carers, family app or online notes, free assessment and 9 years operating. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 91 registered home care agencies in Cheshire East. Others working the same area include Evolving Care Ltd Crewe, Crewe - SOS Homecare Ltd and 1st Enable Cheshire East, 1 of which has 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.