Home care in Gloucester


Cott’s Care arranges home care for people in Gloucester and the surrounding neighbourhoods. We are a family-run, CQC-registered provider with over 20 years of experience, based in Cheltenham, and we visit people at home for everything from short daily visits to live-in care. Your first step is a free assessment, usually within 48 hours.


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How care starts in Gloucester

Call us or send an enquiry. We reply within the hour in office hours (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm), and out of hours our on-call team answers the phone, day or night.

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We then arrange a free assessment, at home or by phone, usually within 48 hours depending on needs. After it you get a clear plan, and you can ask for a clear price when you enquire. There is no arrangement fee and no hidden fees, and care can start the same week. You can start small, with a couple of visits a week, and build up only if you want to.


Care for Gloucester families

Whether someone is coming home from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital or you are arranging care for a mum, dad, husband or wife, this is what you can expect from Cott’s Care:

  • A free assessment, usually within 48 hours
  • Care that can start the same week, depending on needs
  • Start with a couple of visits a week and build up only if you want to
  • Almost all our visits are 30 minutes or longer, planned with you

If someone is being discharged to a Gloucester address, call us day or night. Our on-call team answers, and you can tell us the planned discharge date so we can plan around it. You can also ask the hospital discharge team which care options they can arrange.

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Places we cover in Gloucester

We arrange care in all four Gloucester postcode areas, GL1 to GL4, which takes in the city centre and neighbourhoods such as Barnwood, Longlevens, Hucclecote, Quedgeley, Tuffley and Abbeymead. If you live nearby and do not see your area here, call us and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.


Who pays for care in Gloucester?

Some people pay for their own care; others are funded in part or in full by Gloucestershire County Council or the NHS after an assessment. You can ask the council for a care needs assessment at any time, and we can explain the options at your free assessment.


Our office is in Cheltenham

Our office is at Ground Floor, 3 Royal Crescent, Cheltenham, GL50 3DA. We have no office in Gloucester, and our carers visit you at home. We say so plainly because you should know exactly who you are speaking to.

Find out more about our home visits, live-in care, end of life care and complex needs care. We also arrange home care in Tewkesbury and the Cotswolds.


Regulated by the Care Quality Commission: view our CQC profile

We are a fully regulated service

We are registered with, and inspected by, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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Home care in Gloucester: your questions

Yes. We arrange home care for people in Gloucester from our Cheltenham office: home visits, live-in care, end of life care and complex care. Call 01242 371048 to check your address.

A free assessment can usually be arranged within 48 hours, and care can start the same week, depending on needs and availability.

Yes. Call us day or night and our on-call team answers. Tell us the planned discharge date and we will plan around it.

No. Our office is in Cheltenham, and our carers visit you at home.

It depends on the visits you need. After your free assessment you get a clear plan, and you can ask for a clear price when you enquire.

Yes. You can start small and build up only if you want to.