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The best home carers in Bristol

2,339 home carers are based within about 45 minutes of Bristol. This page profiles the six with the strongest record, starting with the four who have been reviewed by clients. Each profile has their photo, their own description of the work and, where there is one, what a client wrote about them.

Chosen by PrimeCarers from carers’ profiles and client reviews  ·  Updated September 2026

How these carers were chosen

Of the 49 carers near Bristol with a photo on their profile, 44 have a studio portrait, an hourly rate and a profile full enough to quote. The six below are the strongest of them on three measures.

  1. 1

    What clients said

    Rating and number of reviews come first. Every review is from a client who booked through PrimeCarers, screened before it appears and never edited.

  2. 2

    Their record with us

    How reliably they have worked through PrimeCarers, how long they have been caring, and how many hours of care they have given.

  3. 3

    A profile worth reading

    A clear portrait and enough written about their work to judge them by. The words under each name are the carer’s, and we have only shortened them.

Six carers, best first

The best-rated home carers near Bristol

They are based in Wiltshire, Bristol and Nailsea. Four have been caring for ten years or more, and four drive. Between them they have given 3,378 hours of care through PrimeCarers.

Based in Wiltshire · 17 years caring · Drives

Juliet D.

Client rating
5.0from 4 reviews
Hourly rate
£19 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care
In Juliet’s words

“* A diligent and self-motivated care worker who is empathetic and understanding, with a strong dedication to caring for elderly. I am Julie, I have been in the care Industry for 16 years. A hardworking, professional care assistant with a genuine interest and enthusiasm for helping and looking after people. I am a self-motivated individual with a natural ability to communicate well with people at all levels.”

My mother and the rest of the family were very grateful for the sensitive and diligent way she looked after my father we felt he was in very safe hands. Julie remains a friend of the family and we are happy to provide any references she may need.

Sue J., a client of Juliet’s, 2023

Experience Juliet writes about

  • Dementia
  • Catheter and stoma care
  • Personal care
  • Medication
  • Cooking

Speaks Akan as well as English. Outside work, Juliet lists walking, dancing, cooking & baking and puzzles.

See Juliet’s full profile3 more reviews on the profile

Based in Bristol · 10 years caring · Drives

Kimberley O.

Client rating
5.0from 1 review
Hourly rate
£25 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care
In Kimberley’s words

“Hello, my name is Kimberley and I am a self-employed professional private carer that has just moved to Bristol from Bournemouth. I have extensive experience working in health and social care (6+ years), and have been self-employed as a private carer for almost 3 years. I have supported adults with learning difficulties and disabilities, mental health conditions (children and adults), and domiciliary care for the elderly.”

Experience Kimberley writes about

  • Mental health
  • Medication

Outside work, Kimberley lists painting, walking, dancing and card games.

See Kimberley’s full profileOne review on the profile

Based in Bristol · 10 years caring · Drives

Donna Olivia S.

Client rating
5.0from 3 reviews
Hourly rate
£18.80 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care
In Donna’s words

“I have spent over ten years working in care homes and hospitals, and that time has shaped how I approach every visit now that I offer hourly and overnight care around Bristol. Care suits me because I like the steadiness of it, showing up, paying attention, and helping someone through their day with as little fuss as possible.”

Experience Donna writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Stroke
  • Palliative care
  • Catheter and stoma care
  • Personal care

Outside work, Donna lists walking, dancing, cooking & baking and puzzles.

See Donna’s full profile3 reviews on the profile

Based in Nailsea · 7 years caring · Drives

Brendan E.

Client rating
5.0from 2 reviews
Hourly rate
£22.50 an hour, our fee included
In Brendan’s words

“I've always believed that care works best when you join in rather than just supervise, so if a client enjoys puzzles or a board game, I'll sit down and do it with them. I'm based in Nailsea and have spent seven years providing hourly, visiting care, and I drive, so I can fit around a family's routine rather than the other way round.”

Experience Brendan writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Stroke
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Mental health
  • Hoists

Outside work, Brendan lists walking, puzzles, photography and socialising.

See Brendan’s full profile2 reviews on the profile

Based in Bristol · 5 years caring

Chikondi Sarah C.

Client rating
No reviews on PrimeCarers yet
Hourly rate
£21.80 an hour, our fee included
Through PrimeCarers
3,348 hours of care
In Chikondi’s words

“Each week looks a little different for me. Some days I am popping in for a few hours of hourly care, other times I am staying overnight or taking on a live-in placement, based across Bristol. What I enjoy most is the steady, ongoing relationships that live-in and overnight care allow, where you really get to know someone's routine and what puts them at ease.”

Experience Chikondi writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Stroke
  • Motor neurone disease
  • Learning disabilities
  • Autism

Outside work, Chikondi lists walking, card games, cooking & baking and puzzles.

See Chikondi’s full profile

Based in Bristol · 30 years caring

Nomakholwa Faith T.

Client rating
No reviews on PrimeCarers yet
Hourly rate
£29.50 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care and live-in care
In Nomakholwa’s words

“I've been caring for people for thirty years now, and one small ritual still stands out to me: cooking a full English breakfast every Sunday for a client with Parkinson's disease, because she told me she never got a cooked breakfast at home. One Sunday she was having a frozen moment and couldn't manage her fork, though I could see she wanted to eat. I sat with her and fed her myself, and it took an hour and a half, but she finished every bit.”

Experience Nomakholwa writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Stroke
  • Brain injury
  • Diabetes
  • Catheter and stoma care

Speaks Afrikaans, North Ndebele and Swati as well as English.

See Nomakholwa’s full profile

More carers near Bristol

The next six on the same measure. A carer without reviews is newer to PrimeCarers, not a worse carer, so read the profile and talk to them.

See every carer who could visit Bristol

How to choose

How to choose between home carers in Bristol

The carers above have the strongest records near Bristol, but the right one for your family depends on the visits you need, so start from those.

  1. 1

    Write down the visits you need

    Half an hour
    What time of day, how long each visit, and what has to happen in it: getting up and washed, tablets, a meal, a walk to the shops. Add anything that has gone wrong before. This becomes your first message to every carer.
  2. 2

    Shortlist two or three carers near Bristol

    Free
    For visits, a short journey matters, because the early and late calls are the ones a long drive puts at risk. Look at where each carer is based, then read their reviews for specific things they did.
  3. 3

    Talk to each one

    This week
    A video call or a visit of twenty minutes is enough. Use the questions below, and let your relative meet them if they can, because how the two of them get on matters as much as experience.
  4. 4

    Start with a trial fortnight

    Weeks 1 and 2
    Agree the visit times, the rate and how you will hear from the carer after each visit. The booking, the agreement between you and the carer, and payments are all set up on PrimeCarers.

Questions to ask a visiting carer

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Experience

The visits

Keeping in touch

What they charge

What the best home carers in Bristol charge

Each carer sets their own rate. The carers profiled above charge £18.80 to £29.50 an hour with our fee included, a little above the typical £21 for Bristol.

Hourly rates for visits in BristolOur fee included
  1. The carers on this page6 carers£18.80 to £29.50
  2. Carers across BristolThe middle half of rates£19 to £24
  3. A home care agencyTypical charge for a visit£28 to £35

From carers' own profiles, September 2026. Agency figures are the range we quote across the site.

A visit is charged by the hour, and most families start with one or two visits a day. The cost of home care in Bristol works through what a week comes to, and funding care covers the help available from the council and the NHS.

What we check

What every carer on this page has passed, and what is yours to check

PrimeCarers is an introductory service. We check that a carer is safe to introduce and caring; whether they are right for your relative is your decision, and the profiles above are there to help you make it.

Enhanced DBS, renewed every 18 months

Checked before a carer appears: an enhanced DBS (or PVG in Scotland, Access NI in Northern Ireland) issued within the last 18 months, and it has to be renewed every 18 months while they work through PrimeCarers.

Identity and right to work

Photo identity verified, and the right to work in the UK checked, before the profile goes live.

An online interview

A conversation with our team about their experience and how they approach care. It is not a test of clinical skills.

What we do not verify

Training certificates, qualifications and references. Carers can list these on their profile; ask about them when you talk, and ask to see anything that matters to your relative’s care.

How we vet carers sets out each check in detail.

Questions

Questions families in Bristol ask about choosing a home carer

By what their clients said first, then by their record. We start from every carer who offers visits and is based within about 45 minutes of Bristol, and keep those with a studio portrait and a profile that says enough about them to be useful. They are ordered by their client rating and how many reviews they have, then by whether a client wrote a review we can quote, then by their record with PrimeCarers, their years of experience and the care they have given through us. 4 of the 6 carers profiled here have client reviews, averaging 5.0 out of 5.

Yes. Before a carer appears on PrimeCarers they have passed an enhanced DBS check, an identity check and a right-to-work check, and had an online interview with our team. That DBS must have been issued within the last 18 months, and it has to be renewed every 18 months. We check that a carer is caring; their skills, qualifications and training are for you to check with them. How we vet carers sets out each step.

Yes, and it is worth doing. Message the carers you like through PrimeCarers with the visits you need and anything that has been difficult, then arrange a video call or a visit. Talking to a carer is free and nothing is booked until you say so. Most families speak to two or three carers before choosing.

The carers profiled on this page charge £18.80 to £29.50 an hour, with our fee included. Across Bristol carers charge £19 to £24 an hour, typically £21. Agencies usually charge £28 to £35 an hour for a visit. The cost of home care in Bristol works through what a week of visits comes to.

All 12 carers on this page list dementia on their profile. A tick on a profile is the carer's own description, so ask each one about the people with dementia they have cared for and what they found hardest. Dementia care at home covers what good support looks like at each stage.

Yes. Between them the carers on this page speak Afrikaans, Akan, North Ndebele, Polish, Russian, Swati, Xhosa and Zulu as well as English, and the search can filter by language. For someone whose first language has come back to them with age or dementia, a carer who shares it can make visits much easier.

Then you choose another, and the same search shows who else is available. For visits, notice under the contract is 48 hours, and PrimeCarers makes no charge to stop or change carer. It helps to agree at the start that the first couple of weeks are a trial for both of you. Our team can help you find someone else in the meantime.

Some can, and their profile says so. Of the carers profiled here, 5 also offer overnight care and 2 offer live-in care. Live-in carers travel much further for a placement than visiting carers do, so the best live-in carers in Bristol is a separate page, drawn from a wider area.

More on home care in Bristol

Where the nearest carers live

From the profiles of the carers based within about 45 minutes of Bristol

For visits a carer's home town matters: the shorter the drive, the easier it is to cover early and late visits.

Home care in the counties around Bristol

The best home carers in the areas around Bristol

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