Greenwood Homecare Peterborough

Greenwood Homecare Peterborough is a home care agency based in Peterborough, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It We can provide pop-in care calls anywhere within 15 miles around Peterborough, including all outlying villages and remote locations. We have many clients in Stamford, Market Deeping, Spalding, Thorney, Oundle, Ramsey, and cover all the villages in between these locations. For live-in care, we can go further afield, and would be able to cover within 30 miles of Peterborough. 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 a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, sleeping nights, waking nights and respite care. It is run by Greenwood Homecare. The agency has been registered since March 2017.

At its latest inspection, published May 2018, the CQC rated Greenwood Homecare Peterborough 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.

Greenwood Homecare Peterborough has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Peterborough with a rate on record typically charge about £26 an hour and £1,558 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: 30 minute visits, employs its carers, 24/7 on-call, free assessment, happy with pets, takes direct payments and takes council-funded clients. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 115 registered home care agencies in Peterborough. Others working the same area include Harvest Life Care Ltd, Ndima Healthcare Peterborough and Dandais Care Limited, 3 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.