Torkan Care

Torkan Care is a home care agency based in Borehamwood, in the Hertfordshire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Coverage Barnet Brent Enfield Hertfordshire Harrow. 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 a sensory impairment. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, respite care and younger adults. The agency has been registered since May 2023.

Torkan Care 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.

Torkan Care has not published its rates and has not yet told us what they are. Home care agencies in Hertfordshire with a rate on record typically charge about £28.25 an hour and £1,475 a week for live-in care, so expect a figure in that range and ask for a written price list that shows weekend and bank holiday rates.

On how it works, the agency says: 24/7 on-call. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 318 registered home care agencies in Hertfordshire. Others working the same area include CareCommitted Limited, Right at Home Borehamwood & Watford and Hertfordshire Domiciliary Care Agency, 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.