Care Designed For You
Home care agency in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
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- High Retirement Community — An above-average share of residents are aged 65 and over (ONS Census) — often a sign of established later-life communities and services.
- Green Surroundings — Excellent access to parks, playing fields and other green space nearby (OpenStreetMap).
- Well Served — Excellent everyday amenities nearby — shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks, post offices, cafés and places to eat (OpenStreetMap).
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About
Care Designed For You is a small, family-owned home care agency based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, providing care and support in people's own homes. It supports older people, younger adults, and people with dementia, physical disabilities, sensory impairments or learning disabilities, with a particular focus on dementia. Its support includes companionship and help with everyday tasks, with the aim of helping each person live as independently as possible.
The agency works in a person-centred way, drawing up a tailored care plan with each person and building personal relationships with those it supports. Its support workers are DBS checked, fully trained and use their own vehicles, and each is introduced to the person before a support plan begins. The Care Quality Commission rates it Good overall (report published 2019), with Good ratings for safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.
What inspectors found
CQC: GoodReport published 12 August 2019 · Last inspected 12 July 2019
Inspectors found that the service continued to provide good care to the people it supported with personal care. Staff were described as kind, caring and respectful of privacy and dignity, and they encouraged people to make their own choices and become more independent. Relatives and survey respondents gave positive feedback about the service.
- People were kept safe, supported by safe recruitment and enough staff to let people take risks safely.
- Medicines were handled safely and people's homes were kept clean.
- Staff were trained, skilled and well supported by the provider, and people had good relationships with them.
- Care was tailored to people's preferences, and people were supported to take part in activities they wanted.
- Inspectors recommended that records of people's mental capacity be included in their care records.
Written by AI from the report text and checked against it. Not an official CQC statement. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Read the full report on CQC.
Care provided
Specialist care
Food hygiene rating
Very good
Food Standards Agency · inspected April 2026
What's nearby
Straight-line distances.
What’s in the area
Outdoor Spaces
- AllotmentsAdequate
- Play SpaceAdequate
- Golf CourseSparse
- Public ParkPlentiful
- Tennis CourtAmple
- Bowling GreenAmple
- Playing FieldLimited
Local Amenities
- Pubs & BarsPlentiful
- Restaurants & CafesPlentiful
- Retail ShoppingPlentiful
- SupermarketsPlentiful
- TakeawaysAdequate
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What home care costs
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Local health safety net
Care Designed For You is backed by a local NHS health network. The nearest A&E is Harrogate District Hospital, 1.6 miles away. The local GP practice is MOSS HEALTHCARE HARROGATE, 0.7 miles away, rated ‘Good’ by the CQC.
Nearest services from NHS ODS + postcodes.io + CQC, by straight-line distance.
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Information last reviewed October 2026.
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