Carleton Glen

Carleton Glen is a home care agency based in Wakefield, 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 Wakefield office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults, people with a learning disability or autism, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. It is part of Alternative Care, which has 2 branches in England. The agency has been registered since August 2024.

Carleton Glen 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.

Carleton Glen has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Wakefield. 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 71 registered home care agencies in Wakefield. Others working the same area include Alternative Care Limited, Viable Care Services and Grosvenor Health and Social Care Wakefield. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.