Bluebird Care (Croydon)

Bluebird Care (Croydon) is a home care agency based in South Croydon, in the Croydon council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It We are proud to provide our premium home care services across your area Croydon Borough, South Croydon, Purley, Coulsdon, Kenley, Sanderstead, Shirley, Selsdon, Addiscombe, Addington, New Addington, Thornton Heath, Norbury, SE25 and SE19. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, respite care, companionship without personal care and children's care. It is part of Bluebird Care, which has 132 branches in England. The agency has been registered since January 2014.

At its latest inspection, published August 2023, the CQC rated Bluebird Care (Croydon) Requires improvement, which means the CQC found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it how to improve. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Bluebird Care (Croydon) has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Croydon with a rate on record typically charge about £25 an hour, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

On how it works, the agency says: free assessment and male or female carer on request. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 138 registered home care agencies in Croydon. Others working the same area include Caremark (Croydon), Supreme Care Services Limited and Gramf-Pects Healthcare Services Ltd, 2 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.