Care homes and home care in Dorset

203 registered adult social care services, including care homes, nursing homes and home care agencies in Dorset, with 4,005 registered beds between them. Regulated by Care Quality Commission.

Register snapshot built 2026-10-07. Counts describe registered services, not current vacancies or available places. Check the source dates.

203services

4,005registered beds

96%of rated services are good or better

52not inspected in 5 years

32.84care-home beds per 1,000 people aged 65+

Excellent: 12
Good: 152
Needs improvement: 7
No published rating: 32

32 of these have no published rating and are excluded from that percentage.

What the local register shows

The most common registered categories here are 80 residential care homes and 66 home care agencies. The list below includes every published care category in this area.

171 of 203 services have a published overall rating in this snapshot. 52 rated services have an inspection date more than five years old. Read each service’s inspection date and official regulator record before comparing ratings. How the figures are calculated.

By type of care in Dorset

Towns in Dorset

203 services with published coordinates. Colour shows the latest rating.

All services in Dorset

Showing 201–203 of 203.

OHCI Dorset

Home care · Ferndown

Run by Oxford Human Capital Incorporated Ltd

Not rated No inspection date published
St Martin's

Extra care housing · Gillingham

Run by Care Dorset Limited

Not rated No inspection date published
Yourlife (Wimborne)

Home care · Wimborne

Run by Yourlife Management Services Limited

Not rated No inspection date published

Care homes and home care in Dorset

What the local register shows

By type of care in Dorset

Towns in Dorset

All services in Dorset

OHCI Dorset

St Martin's

Yourlife (Wimborne)