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The best home carers in East Riding of Yorkshire

14 home carers are based within about an hour of East Riding of Yorkshire. 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 11 carers near East Riding of Yorkshire with a photo on their profile, 10 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. Reviews come from clients who booked through PrimeCarers, screened before they appear and never edited; references carers have added from past clients are not verified.

  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 East Riding of Yorkshire

They are based in North Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, Scarborough, Hull and York. Four of them drive. Between them they have given 514 hours of care through PrimeCarers.

Based in North Yorkshire · 4 years caring

Rosemary H.

Client rating
5.0from 2 reviews
Hourly rate
£27.50 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care and live-in care
In Rosemary’s words

“I trained as a nurse, and that grounding has stayed with me through four years of hands-on home care in North Yorkshire, where I offer hourly, live-in and overnight support. I'm a calm, steady presence, and I've learned that the quiet, practical moments often matter as much as anything else. With one client's dementia, hallucinations sometimes frighten her.”

She was always 'just present enough': attentive, available, kind and engaging, but without ever over-stepping any boundary, getting in anybody's way or being overbearing. She has emotional intelligence in spades. She is articulate, honest when there are doubts or complexities, thorough, dependable. She has been able to manage the demands of the job without a problem.

Beatrice N., a client of Rosemary’s, 2026

Experience Rosemary writes about

  • Dementia
  • Palliative care
  • Hoists
  • Catheter and stoma care
  • Personal care
  • Medication

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

See Rosemary’s full profileOne more review on the profile

Based in Kingston upon Hull · 5 years caring · Drives

Lorraine L.

Client rating
5.0from 1 review
Hourly rate
£19.60 an hour, our fee included
Through PrimeCarers
504 hours of care
In Lorraine’s words

“I genuinely enjoy this job. Looking after the elderly, looking after younger people too, and seeing their life get a little better, that's what keeps me going. I offer hourly and overnight visits as well as live-in care around Kingston upon Hull, and I speak both English and Afrikaans.”

Experience Lorraine writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Stroke
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Diabetes
  • Medication

Speaks Afrikaans as well as English.

See Lorraine’s full profileOne review on the profile

Based in Scarborough · 5 years caring · Drives

Chukwuanugo O.

Client rating
5.0from 1 review
Hourly rate
£19 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care and live-in care
In Chukwuanugo’s words

“My working days currently take place in a group home in Scarborough, where I support residents living alongside one another, and it's the quieter moments, a shared meal or a proper conversation, that I find most rewarding. Alongside this I offer hourly, live-in and overnight care to people who want steady, dependable support in their own home.”

Experience Chukwuanugo writes about

  • Personal care
  • Medication
  • Cooking

Outside work, Chukwuanugo lists reading, music, writing and volunteering.

See Chukwuanugo’s full profileOne review on the profile

Based in Hull · 16 years caring

Sinikiwe Niki F.

Client rating
No reviews on PrimeCarers yet
Hourly rate
£20 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care and live-in care
In Sinikiwe’s words

“Over the years I've worked across community settings, care homes and hospitals, and what I've always enjoyed most is the steady, everyday side of care: sitting down for a proper chat, sharing a meal, or just being good company through the quieter hours. I'm based in Hull and offer hourly, live-in and overnight care, built up over 16 years of working in varied and demanding settings.”

Experience Sinikiwe writes about

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

Speaks Xhosa as well as English. Outside work, Sinikiwe lists walking, cooking & baking, puzzles and socialising.

Based in York · 8 years caring · Drives

Jane L.

Client rating
No reviews on PrimeCarers yet
Hourly rate
£25 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care
In Jane’s words

“Families often tell me the same thing: I'm steady, I turn up, and I know what I'm doing. That reputation matters to me. I've spent eight years building it, working across York with hourly visits and overnight care. My experience runs wide. I support people managing Type 1 diabetes, including APO-Go insulin pumps, and I've cared for clients recovering from stroke, heart disease, orthopaedic injuries and surgery.”

Experience Jane writes about

  • Stroke
  • Palliative care
  • Diabetes
  • COPD
  • Arthritis

Outside work, Jane lists walking, socialising, reading and watching TV.

Based in North Yorkshire · 3 years caring · Drives

Amy G.

Client rating
No reviews on PrimeCarers yet
Hourly rate
£18.80 an hour, our fee included
Also offers
Overnight care
In Amy’s words

“What I enjoy most is the simple things: sitting down with someone over a meal, sharing an activity, keeping the day feeling normal and good. I offer hourly and overnight care across North Yorkshire, and over three years I have found that this steady, everyday companionship often matters as much as any task on a care plan. I stay calm when things get difficult, which I think helps the people I support feel safe rather than anxious.”

Experience Amy writes about

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • Learning disabilities
  • Personal care
  • Medication

More carers near East Riding of Yorkshire

The next four 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 East Riding of Yorkshire

How to choose

How to choose between home carers in East Riding of Yorkshire

The carers above have the strongest records near East Riding of Yorkshire, 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 East Riding of Yorkshire

    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

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Keeping in touch

What they charge

What the best home carers in East Riding of Yorkshire charge

Each carer sets their own rate. The carers profiled above charge £18.80 to £27.50 an hour with our fee included, close to the typical £20 for East Riding of Yorkshire.

Hourly rates for visits in East Riding of YorkshireOur fee included
  1. The carers on this page6 carers£18.80 to £27.50
  2. Carers across East Riding of YorkshireThe middle half of rates£19 to £20
  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 East Riding of Yorkshire 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 their identity, right to work and enhanced DBS, and they record an online interview; 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 recorded online interview, answered in the carer’s own time, about their experience and how they approach care. It is not a test of skills or a guarantee of suitability.

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 check carers sets out each check in detail.

Questions

Questions families in East Riding of Yorkshire 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 an hour of East Riding of Yorkshire, 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 recorded an online interview. That DBS must have been issued within the last 2 years, and it has to be renewed every 2 years. Their skills, qualifications and training are for you to check with them. How we check 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 £27.50 an hour, with our fee included. Across East Riding of Yorkshire carers charge £19 to £20 an hour, typically £20. Agencies usually charge £28 to £35 an hour for a visit. The cost of home care in East Riding of Yorkshire works through what a week of visits comes to.

9 of the 10 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, French, Shona, Spanish, Tswana, 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, 6 also offer overnight care and 4 offer live-in care. Live-in carers travel much further for a placement than visiting carers do, so the best live-in carers in East Riding of Yorkshire is a separate page, drawn from a wider area.

More on home care in East Riding of Yorkshire

Where the nearest carers live

From the profiles of the carers based within about an hour of East Riding of Yorkshire

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 areas around East Riding of Yorkshire

The best home carers in the areas around East Riding of Yorkshire

Home care by town in East Riding of Yorkshire

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

Ready to talk to carers in East Riding of Yorkshire?

See every carer who could visit East Riding of Yorkshire, Rosemary included, with their photos, experience, rates and reviews. Talking to them is free, and nothing is booked until you say so.

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The 6 Best Home Carers in East Riding of Yorkshire (2026)