Many companies can provide you with a carer and other services at home. Our directory contains more information about home care providers. We also recommend looking at the Dorset Care Services directory from Care Choices.

If you pay for home care by yourself, you are responsible for checking the provider's standards and looking into references and reviews. We encourage you to research the provider carefully. The information about each provider on this page and in our directory has been supplied by the providers themselves.

All providers who are registered with the Care Quality Commission have links to their CQC inspection reports on their websites. We recommend reading these reports before making any final decisions about your care.

Home care providers that we recommend

We work with inspectors from the Care Quality Commission and social work teams to monitor their services.

You can check the status of any provider on this list by contacting our care contracts team. You can also email us at carecontracts@bcpcouncil.gov.uk.

Below is a list of care services that meet our high standards.

Provider	Located in
A1 (Work Experience Ltd)	Bournemouth
Abacus	Bournemouth
Adonai Care Services	Bournemouth
Agincare	Christchurch, Poole and New Milton
Altogether Care	Christchurch and Poole
Apex Prime Care	Christchurch and Poole
AQS	Bournemouth
Care Dynamics	Bournemouth
Caremark	Poole
Eleanor Nursing	Poole
Fairhope Limited	Poole
Horizon Homecare	Bournemouth and Poole
MC Care Solutions	Bournemouth
Tendercare	Bournemouth
Sage Care	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Below is a list of learning disability care services that meet our high standards.

Provider	Located in
Advance Housing & Support Ltd	Ferndown
Alina Homecare Specialist Care	Poole
Autism Unlimited (Previously Autism Wessex)	Christchurch
Bournemouth Rainbow	Bournemouth
Care Dynamics Ltd	Poole
Community Integrated Care	Poole
Dimensions (UK) ltd	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Diverse Abilities	Poole
Horizon Home Care (Southern) Ltd	Poole
Idirect Independent Living Ltd	Ferndown
Keys Plc (also known as Dorset Supported Living)	Poole
Lifeways Community Care Ltd	Poole
Pines Home Care	Bournemouth
Potens	Christchurch
Rehability UK (Formerly Assisted Living South West)	Christchurch
Royal Mencap Society	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The Stable Family Home Trust	Bournemouth
Voyage Care	Christchurch