Enable Ability

Enable Ability is a home care agency based in Portsmouth, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It this fantastic fundraising effort will help us continue providing life-changing services for children, young people and adults with disabilities across Portsmouth and South-East Hampshire. It is registered to care for younger adults, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists respite care, children's care and younger adults. It is run by Enableability. The agency has been registered since December 2010.

At its latest inspection, published September 2018, the CQC rated Enable Ability Good, which means the CQC found the service performing well and meeting its expectations. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Enable Ability has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Portsmouth with a rate on record typically charge about £25.20 an hour and £1,300 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

There are 54 registered home care agencies in Portsmouth. Others working the same area include Trustmark Care, Handle With Care and Cera Care Havant and Portsmouth, 4 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.