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The best home carers in Cambridgeshire

1,369 home carers are based within about 45 minutes of Cambridgeshire. This page profiles the six with the strongest record, starting with the three 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 October 2026

How these carers were chosen

Of the 50 carers near Cambridgeshire with a photo on their profile, 46 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 Cambridgeshire

They are based in Wellingborough, Cambridge, Bedford and Peterborough. Two have been caring for ten years or more, and five drive.

Based in Wellingborough · 8 years caring · Drives

Oluwadurotimi O.

Client rating
5.0from 2 reviews
Hourly rate
£21.50 an hour, our fee included
In Oluwadurotimi’s words

“My start in care came through helping a family friend look after her elderly relative, stepping in with the cooking, cleaning and toileting that make up daily life. That experience showed me how much routine and steady company mean, and it set me on the path to working professionally. I now offer hourly visiting care across Wellingborough, with eight years behind me.”

Experience Oluwadurotimi writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Palliative care
  • Personal care
  • Medication
  • Cooking

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

See Oluwadurotimi’s full profile2 reviews on the profile

Based in Cambridge · 9 years caring · Drives

George D.

Client rating
5.0from 2 reviews
Hourly rate
£25 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care
In George’s words

“I'm George, and when I'm not working you'll likely find me out on a long walk, tending to something in the garden, or losing myself in a good board game or a bit of music. That love of staying active and connecting with people is exactly what I bring into my care work.”

Experience George writes about

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

Speaks Romanian as well as English. Outside work, George lists walking, card games, gardening and socialising.

See George’s full profile2 reviews on the profile

Based in Bedford · 6 years caring

Blessing A.

Client rating
5.0from 2 reviews
Hourly rate
£19 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care
In Blessing’s words

“Six years into professional care, I've found the work suits me best when I'm helping someone hold onto their independence and dignity, whatever they're facing. Based in Bedford, I offer hourly visiting and overnight care, and I like getting to know the small things that make a difference to someone's day.”

Experience Blessing writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Stroke
  • Palliative care
  • Arthritis
  • Hoists

Speaks Yoruba as well as English. Outside work, Blessing lists walking, dancing, cooking & baking and photography.

See Blessing’s full profile2 reviews on the profile

Based in Wellingborough · 19 years caring · Drives

Chipo M.

Client rating
No reviews on PrimeCarers yet
Hourly rate
£30 an hour, our fee included
Through PrimeCarers
286 hours of care
In Chipo’s words

“My week in Wellingborough can look very different from day to day. Some days it's a few hours of hourly visiting care, other days a full overnight stay or a longer live-in placement. What I enjoy most is the companionship side of caring, sitting down for a proper chat, cooking a meal together, or heading out for a walk. After 19 years in this work, that's still the part that gives me the most satisfaction.”

Experience Chipo writes about

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

Outside work, Chipo lists walking, cooking & baking, puzzles and socialising.

See Chipo’s full profile

Based in Cambridge · 25 years caring · Drives

Teresa R.

Client rating
No reviews on PrimeCarers yet
Hourly rate
£21 an hour, our fee included
In Teresa’s words

“People have always told me they can hear the calm in my voice, and I think that steadiness is what has kept me in this work for 25 years. I offer hourly visiting care in Cambridge, and over the years I've supported people through dementia, Parkinson's, stroke recovery, mobility problems and end of life care, alongside the everyday personal care like bathing, dressing and medication reminders.”

Experience Teresa writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Stroke
  • Palliative care
  • Personal care
  • Medication

Outside work, Teresa lists walking, cooking & baking, decorating and gardening.

See Teresa’s full profile

Based in Peterborough · 6 years caring · Drives

Matthew D.

Client rating
No reviews on PrimeCarers yet
Hourly rate
£23.10 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care and live-in care
In Matthew’s words

“Before care work, I spent three or four years on ambulances, learning to stay calm when things moved fast. That steadiness has stayed with me. I've since spent six years in care homes, agencies and people's own homes across Peterborough, often supporting between four and eight people in a day, which taught me to adapt quickly to different needs and personalities.”

Experience Matthew writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Stroke
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Palliative care
  • Hoists

Outside work, Matthew lists walking, dancing, cooking & baking and fishing.

See Matthew’s full profile

More carers near Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire

What families say

What clients in Cambridgeshire wrote about their carers

More reviews of carers based near the county, written by clients who booked through PrimeCarers. Each links to the carer it is about.

DementiaCompanionship

“I'm so happy that we have Esther on our little team and I'd recommend her to anyone looking for someone to help looking after a loved one.”

Damien H., 2025

Photo of carer Esther M.About Esther M.Home carer based in Kettering · 2 reviews
CompanionshipMobility

“She is so caring, compassionate and empathic towards my mum. It has made a huge difference both for my mum and for the wider family.”

Damien H., 2024

Photo of carer Catarina F.About Catarina F.Home carer based in Kettering

How to choose

How to choose between home carers in Cambridgeshire

The carers above have the strongest records near Cambridgeshire, 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 Cambridgeshire

    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 Cambridgeshire charge

Each carer sets their own rate. The carers profiled above charge £19 to £30 an hour with our fee included, a little above the typical £20 for Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rates for visits in CambridgeshireOur fee included
  1. The carers on this page6 carers£19 to £30
  2. Carers across CambridgeshireThe middle half of rates£19 to £23
  3. A home care agencyTypical charge for a visit£28 to £35

From carers' own profiles, October 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 Cambridgeshire 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 2 years

Checked before a carer appears: an enhanced DBS (or PVG in Scotland, Access NI in Northern Ireland) issued within the last 2 years, and it has to be renewed every 2 years 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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire, 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. 3 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 2 years, and it has to be renewed every 2 years. 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 £19 to £30 an hour, with our fee included. Across Cambridgeshire carers charge £19 to £23 an hour, typically £20. Agencies usually charge £28 to £35 an hour for a visit. The cost of home care in Cambridgeshire 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 Kikuyu, Romanian, Swahili and Yoruba 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, 4 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 Cambridgeshire is a separate page, drawn from a wider area.

More on home care in Cambridgeshire

Where the nearest carers live

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

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 Cambridgeshire

The best home carers in the areas around Cambridgeshire

Home care by town in Cambridgeshire

Each town page shows the carers who list it as home, with their rates and reviews.

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