Care and support for adults with a physical disability, at home, in supported living or through a personal budget.
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Support for adults with a physical disability is built around independence: staying in your own home, working if you want to, and choosing who supports you.
Care at home. Personal care, help with moving and handling, medication and daily tasks. Often two carers where hoisting is involved.
Direct payments and personal assistants. The most common arrangement for working-age disabled adults. You take the budget and employ your own staff.
Supported living. Your own tenancy with support, where living entirely independently is not practical.
Equipment and adaptations. From grab rails to a full wet room.
Council social care. A Care Act needs assessment, then the means test. Most working-age disabled adults sit below the £14,250 lower capital limit, so capital is ignored. Push hard on disability related expenditure: the council must deduct the extra costs disability creates, and it is the single most missed reduction in the whole assessment.
Disabled Facilities Grant. Up to £30,000 in England for adaptations. Start with a free occupational therapy assessment from the council.
Access to Work. Equipment, a support worker, taxis to work, or vehicle adaptations. Not means tested, does not affect benefits, never repaid.
PIP. Not means tested, and the enhanced mobility rate also opens the Motability scheme, which lets you lease a car, wheelchair-accessible vehicle or powered wheelchair using the allowance.
Equipment and minor adaptations costing under £1,000 should be provided free by the council following an OT assessment. That includes grab rails, raised toilet seats, bath boards and similar. You should not be paying for these.
Wheelchairs come through the NHS wheelchair service. Ask about a personal wheelchair budget, which lets you put the NHS contribution towards a chair of your own choosing.
Read the full CQC report, then ask:
Every service here holds an Outstanding rating from CQC, the highest awarded. Within that, they are ordered by how many of the five inspection domains are also Outstanding or Good, then by how recently they were inspected. Nobody pays to appear.
Berkhamsted, HP4
Operated by Hospice Of St. Francis (Berkhamsted) Limited
Registered to support older people, younger adults, physical disability. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/9/16.
Spring Garden Lane, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3GW
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Ipswich, IP4
Operated by The Papworth Trust
Registered to support younger adults, learning disability and autism, mental health. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/8/18.
42-54 Foundation Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1BN
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Southampton, SO15
Operated by Southampton City Council
Registered to support older people, younger adults, dementia care. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/8/18.
Sembal House, Handel Terrace, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2FH
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Woking, GU23
Operated by Home Counties Carers Limited
Registered to support older people, younger adults, dementia care. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/6/23.
5-7 Webb House, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ER
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15
Operated by Northumberland County Council
Registered to support older people, younger adults, dementia care. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/6/23.
McDonald House, Wallace Green, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1ED
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Durham, DH7
Registered to support dementia care, learning disability and autism, mental health. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/5/18.
19 Quebec Street, Langley Park, Durham, County Durham, DH7 9XA
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Fareham, PO14
Operated by Hamble Valley Care Limited
Registered to support older people, younger adults, dementia care. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/4/19.
Unit 25b, Katana House, Fort Fareham Industrial Site, Newgate Lane, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1AH
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Stamford, PE9
Operated by Beech Health Limited
Registered to support older people, younger adults, dementia care. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/30/21.
Main Street, Great Casterton, Stamford, PE9 4AA
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Cambridge, CB25
Operated by Guyatt House Care Ltd
Registered to support older people, younger adults, learning disability and autism. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/28/22.
Cambridge Innovation Park, Denny End Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PB
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Hounslow, TW3
Operated by L D Care Limited
Registered to support younger adults, learning disability and autism, mental health. 9 beds. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/28/22.
9 Gresham Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 4BT
5 of 5 CQC domains rated Good or Outstanding
Based on CQC data published 01 July 2026. Ratings change between inspections, so check the current rating before deciding.
The same ranking method applied locally, for towns with enough rated services to make a top 10 meaningful.
Services in this category currently rated Good or Outstanding by CQC, sorted by rating and then by how recently they were inspected. This is a sample, not a ranking of the best in England.
Berkhamsted, HP4
Operated by Hospice Of St. Francis (Berkhamsted) Limited
Registered to support older people, younger adults, physical disability. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/9/16.
Spring Garden Lane, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 3GW
Ipswich, IP4
Operated by The Papworth Trust
Registered to support younger adults, learning disability and autism, mental health. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/8/18.
42-54 Foundation Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 1BN
Southampton, SO15
Operated by Southampton City Council
Registered to support older people, younger adults, dementia care. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/8/18.
Sembal House, Handel Terrace, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 2FH
Woking, GU23
Operated by Home Counties Carers Limited
Registered to support older people, younger adults, dementia care. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/6/23.
5-7 Webb House, Portsmouth Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ER
Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15
Operated by Northumberland County Council
Registered to support older people, younger adults, dementia care. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/6/23.
McDonald House, Wallace Green, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1ED
Durham, DH7
Registered to support dementia care, learning disability and autism, mental health. Care delivered in your own home. Rated Outstanding by CQC, published 9/5/18.
19 Quebec Street, Langley Park, Durham, County Durham, DH7 9XA
Counts are registered office locations. A home care agency based in a nearby town may still cover your postcode, so check coverage when you call.
Usually the council after a Care Act needs assessment, subject to the means test. Most working-age disabled adults have capital below the £14,250 lower limit, so capital is ignored and they contribute only from income while keeping the minimum income guarantee. Ask about disability related expenditure, which the council must deduct and frequently does not.
Yes. A Disabled Facilities Grant is worth up to £30,000 in England for adaptations such as a stairlift, level-access shower, ramps or a ground-floor extension. It is means tested for adults, but not at all for a disabled child under 18.
Equipment and minor adaptations under £1,000 should be provided free by the council after an occupational therapy assessment. Wheelchairs come through the NHS wheelchair service, and a personal wheelchair budget lets you put NHS funding towards a chair of your choice.
Yes, through direct payments. This is the most common arrangement for working-age disabled adults who want control over who supports them, when, and how. Councils normally fund a payroll service to handle the employer side.
Carevo is not a care provider and does not inspect or endorse services. CQC ratings change. Check the CQC website for the current rating and read the full inspection report before making a decision.