Home Instead Senior Care

Home Instead Senior Care 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 Our office provides care for people at home in the following areas. Colchester, Harwich, Hythe, Upper Dovercourt, Greenstead, Wivenhoe, West Mersea, Monkwick, Dovercourt, University of Essex, Lexden, Highwoods, Old Heath, Alresford, Rowhedge, Layer-de-la-Haye, Elmstead Market, Mistley, Ramsey, Great Bentley, Langham, Bradfield Heath, Tolleshunt Knights, Bradfield, Parkeston, Thorrington, Ardleigh, Great Oakley, Eight Ash Green, Wix, Boxted, Boxted Cross, Peldon, Wrabness, Aingers Green, Hare Green, Fingringhoe, East Mersea, Little Bromley, Balls Green, Fox Street, Great Wigborough, Birch, Great Bromley, Crockleford Heath, Stones Green, Little Bentley, Lawford, Heckfordbridge, Langenhoe, Frating, Stanway, Mistley Heath, Abberton, Little Oakley, Horsleycross Street, Raven's Green, Birch Green, Horsley Cross, Myland, Berechurch, Layer Breton, Pig's Foot Green, Little Wigborough, Hardys Green. Postcodes we cover: CO4 0, CO2 9, CO7 9, CO4 3, CO5 8, CO4 9, CO3 3, CO3 8, CO2 7, CO7 7, CO3 4, CO12 3, CO3 0, CO1 1, CO12 4, CO2 0, CO2 8, CO1 2, CO5 7, CO4 5, CO3 9, CO7 8, CO11 2, CO12 5. It is registered to care for older people and people living with dementia. Its website lists live-in care, 24-hour care, respite care, same-day start and end of life care. It is part of Home Instead, which has 145 branches in England. The agency has been registered since March 2016.

At its latest inspection, published February 2026, the CQC rated Home Instead Senior Care 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.

Home Instead Senior Care charges £1,350 to £2,000 a week for live-in care, a figure published on the agency's own website in September 2026. Live-in care is £1,350 to £2,000 a week.

On how it works, the agency says: private clients only. 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 Butterfly's Care, Fuchsia Homecare Colchester and Care Givers Limited, 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.