SureCare Tameside & Oldham

SureCare Tameside & Oldham is a home care agency based in Ashton-under-Lyne, in the Tameside council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 16 miles of its Ashton-under-Lyne 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 Aum Krupa. The agency has been registered since February 2021.

SureCare Tameside & Oldham 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.

SureCare Tameside & Oldham has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Tameside. 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 28 registered home care agencies in Tameside. Others working the same area include Caremark (Oldham), L'Arche Manchester - St Paul's Office and Complex Care Professionals Ltd, 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.