Lifeways Community Care Essex

Lifeways Community Care Essex 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 most likely works within about 6 miles of its Colchester office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, younger adults and people with a learning disability or autism. It is part of Lifeways Community Care, which has 33 branches in England. The agency has been registered since May 2013.

Lifeways Community Care Essex has not yet received a CQC rating. This is normal for a newly registered agency; the CQC usually inspects within its first year or so.

Lifeways Community Care Essex has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Essex. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

There are 448 registered home care agencies in Essex. Others working the same area include Bright Idea Staffing- Main Office, City On A Hill Care and CKM Care Ltd. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.