Opportunities for Adults and Children

Opportunities for Adults and Children is a home care agency based in Andover, in the Hampshire 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 Andover office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. 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. It is run by Purple Oak Support. The agency has been registered since December 2011.

Opportunities for Adults and Children 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.

Opportunities for Adults and Children has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Hampshire. 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 331 registered home care agencies in Hampshire. Others working the same area include Bluebird Care Andover & Stockbridge, Agincare UK Andover and New Pathways Healthcare Limited. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.