Graceage Care Colchester

Graceage Care Colchester is a home care agency based in Colchester, in the Essex council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Graceage Care Ltd operates with family values at its core, providing home care, supported living care, staffing agency in Colchester, Hampshire and Norwich and running it’s own Graceage Care Home in Middlesbrough. 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 and people with mental health needs. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, respite care, end of life care and younger adults. It is run by Graceage Care. The agency has been registered since November 2021.

At its latest inspection, published March 2023, the CQC rated Graceage Care Colchester 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.

Graceage Care Colchester has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Essex with a rate on record typically charge about £27 an hour and £1,675 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.

On how it works, the agency says: free assessment and 3 years operating. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 448 registered home care agencies in Essex. Others working the same area include KSS Home Care Limited, Michael Rgis Care Ltd and Prime Care Domiciliary Essex, 5 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.