Violets Homecare Services Limited

Violets Homecare Services Limited is a home care agency based in Dunstable, in the Central Bedfordshire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 9 miles of its Dunstable 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, 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 Violets Homecare Services. The agency has been registered since January 2011.

Violets Homecare Services Limited 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.

Violets Homecare Services Limited has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Central Bedfordshire. 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 55 registered home care agencies in Central Bedfordshire. Others working the same area include Ascon Care Services Limited, Combined Care Ltd. Wentworth House and Woburn Care. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.