Goodrated 8 years ago
Rating from May 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Salisbury, SP5 5PA
South West
Home care in Dorset
There are 83 home care services in Dorset registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the regulator of adult social care in England.
65 of the 66 with an overall rating from CQC (98%) are rated Good or Outstanding. 17 have no overall rating shown, usually because CQC has not rated them yet or rates the parts of the service separately. CQC data as at 13 October 2026.
Find the right one near you
Search by postcode to see home care by distance, with a map.
How home care in Dorset are rated
The 66 with an overall rating from CQC, in CQC’s own words. We never turn these into a score of our own.
- Outstanding3 services (5%)Show them: rated Outstanding
- Good62 services (94%)Show them: rated Good
- Requires improvement1 service (2%)Show them: rated Requires improvement
- Inadequate0 services (0%)
- No overall rating shown17 servicesShow them: no overall rating shown
A service with no overall rating may be new, or CQC may rate the parts of it separately. What the ratings mean.
Home care in Dorset
Showing 41 to 60 of 83 services.
- Goodrated 4 months ago
- Wimborne, BH21 7RU
- No overall rating shown
- Wimborne, BH21 7PT
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from June 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Dorchester, DT1 1DH
Encompass Care Respite Accommodation and Outreach Service
Care home without nursing, Home care
Run by Encompass Care Organisation UK
Goodrated 8 years agoRating from June 2018 (more than 2 years ago)
- Dorchester, DT1 1PW
- 8 beds
- Goodrated 1 month ago
- Dorchester, DT1 1UW
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from March 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Wimborne, BH21 1NF
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from February 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Ringwood, BH24 2AG
- Goodrated 3 years ago
Rating from March 2023 (more than 2 years ago)
- Dorchester, DT1 3GR
- Homecare: GoodSupported Living: Goodrated separately for each type of care
- Ferndown, BH22 9BZ
- No overall rating shown
- Weymouth, DT4 9DN
- Goodrated 6 months ago
- Ferndown, BH22 9HZ
- Goodrated 4 years ago
Rating from December 2021 (more than 2 years ago)
- Dorchester, DT1 1UP
- Goodrated 1 year ago
- Wimborne, BH21 7RB
iDirect - East Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire
Home care, Supported living
Run by iDirect Independent Living Limited
Goodrated 7 years agoRating from August 2019 (more than 2 years ago)
- Wimborne, BH21 7UH
- Outstandingrated 6 years ago
Rating from April 2020 (more than 2 years ago)
- Dorchester, DT1 3JU
- Requires improvementrated 1 year ago
- Wimborne, BH21 7UH
- No overall rating shown
- Weymouth, DT4 8PY
- No overall rating shown
- Swanage, BH19 2QN
- No overall rating shown
- Weymouth, DT3 4DQ
Other kinds of care in Dorset
Services registered with CQC here, by kind of care.
Home care in nearby areas
Councils close by. You can often look further afield for more choice.
Choosing home care
Home care (sometimes called domiciliary care) means carers who visit you at home to help with things like washing, dressing, meals and medicines. You stay in your own home.
Things to check
- Ask whether you will have the same carers each time, and what happens if one is off sick.
- Ask how visit times are agreed, and what happens if a carer is running late.
- Ask how long each visit lasts, and whether travel time is counted in it.
- Read the latest CQC report, and ask how the provider checks that visits happen.
Whoever ends up paying, you can ask your council’s adult social care team for a free assessment of what help you need. Our guide explains what to expect and what to ask.
About this information
CQC data as at 13 October 2026. Services not currently providing care, and services that are no longer registered, are not listed.
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