Pimelea Care Services

Pimelea Care Services is a home care agency based in Grimsby, in the North East Lincolnshire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Pimelea Care Services Limited provides high quality home care services to clients in the greater Grimsby area. 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 mental health needs. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, 24-hour care, respite care and end of life care. The agency has been registered since February 2023.

Pimelea Care Services 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.

Pimelea Care Services has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for North East Lincolnshire. 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.

On how it works, the agency says: 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 24 registered home care agencies in North East Lincolnshire. Others working the same area include Treehouse Care Domiciliary Care Services, Living Ambitions North East Lincolnshire and Blossom Home Care Grimsby, 1 of which has 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.