Careful Choices

Careful Choices is a home care agency based in Slough, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 16 miles of its Slough 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, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. The agency has been registered since May 2022.

Careful Choices 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.

Careful Choices has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Slough. 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.

There are 65 registered home care agencies in Slough. Others working the same area include Care Staff Services Ltd, CCS Homecare Services Limited and Kindness & Care Home Limited. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.