Home Instead Senior Care

Home Instead Senior Care is a home care agency based in Baldock, in the Hertfordshire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Our office provides care for people at home in the following areas: Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth, Royston, Chells, Pin Green, Broadwater, Baldock, Fairfield, Old Town, Shephall, Stotfold, Great Ashby, Arlesey, Weston, Sunnyside, Melbourn, Lower Stondon, Knebworth, Symonds Green, Bassingbourn, Jackmans Estate, Oakfield, Purwell, Henlow, Fishers Green, Clothall Common, Meldreth, Norton, Woolmer Green, Walsworth, Fowlmere, Datchworth, Orwell, Steeple Morden, Guilden Morden, Little Wymondley, Barkway, Shepreth, Norton Green, Great Chishill, St Ippolyte End, Astwick, Hill View, Roebuck, Jubilee Industrial Centre, Bearton, West Hitchin, Benslow, Poets Estate, Wymondley Park, Pin Green Industrial Area, Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Datchworth Green, Todds Green, Painter's Green, Mardleybury, Building or Bilden End, Chrishall Grange, Warrens Green, Chesfield, Rooks Nest, Frog End, Titmore Green. If your town doesn’t appear above please check the postcodes below to see if we cover your area: SG5 1, SG1 2, SG1 5, SG1 3, SG8 9, SG5 2, SG1 1, SG8 5, SG2 0, SG5 4, SG1 6, SG15 6, SG6 4, SG8 8, SG8 7, SG6 2, SG8 0, SG7 6, SG6 1, SG7 5, SG4 7, SG3 6, SG2 8, SG1 4, SG2 9, SG4 9, SG4 0, SG8 6, SG6 3, SG16 6. 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, people with mental health needs and people with a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, 24-hour care, respite care and same-day start. It is part of Home Instead, which has 145 branches in England. The agency has been registered since January 2016.

At its latest inspection, published September 2019, the CQC rated Home Instead Senior Care Outstanding, which means the CQC found the service performing exceptionally well. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Home Instead Senior Care charges £20 to £35 an hour for hourly visits, a figure published on the agency's own website in September 2026. Two visits a day of an hour each comes to about £280 a week. Live-in care is £1,350 to £2,000 a week. That is about 29% below the typical hourly rate in Hertfordshire of £28.25.

On how it works, the agency says: employs its carers and 20 years operating. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 318 registered home care agencies in Hertfordshire. Others working the same area include Herts at Home, Gracefilled Care Service Hitchin and Crossroads Caring For Life, 2 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.