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Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds)

Unit 3, The Old Wool Warehouse, St. Andrews Street South, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3PH
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Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds), Bury St Edmunds
Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds), Bury St Edmunds
Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds), Bury St Edmunds

Covering Bury St Edmunds, Diss and Stowmarket and towns across West Suffolk, Home Instead, Bury St Edmunds provides quality home care services allowing clients to continue living independently in their own homes.

Care services are tailored to each individual's needs and care preferences and all care plans will be entirely bespoke. So whether you are looking for a drop-in visit for some company once or twice a week, need some...  

Care Provided by Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds)

Types of Home Care

  • Visiting Care
  • Live-in Care
  • 24 Hour Care
  • Overnight Care (Waking)
  • Overnight Care (Sleeping)

Minimum Visit Duration (Visiting Care)

  • 60 minutes

Contract Durations

  • Ongoing / Long Term
  • Respite / Short Term

Age Ranges

  • Older Person Care (65+)
  • Younger Adult Care (18-65)

Personal Care Services

  • Washing & Dressing
  • Toileting Assistance
  • Medication Assistance (Oral)
  • Companionship
  • Continence Care
  • Feeding & Drinking Assistance

Household Services

  • Cleaning Service
  • Food Preparation & Serving
  • Laundry Service
  • Shopping Service / Errands
  • Transportation Service

Other Care Provided

  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Stroke
  • Cancer Care
  • Palliative / End of Life Care
  • Learning Disability / Autism
  • Mental Health Condition
  • Physical Disability
  • Visual / Hearing Impairment
  • Hospital Discharge

Funding & Fees

Daily Charges per Person

  • Hourly Visiting Care Fees: £34 - £38
  • Weekly Live-in Care Fees: £1,600 - £1,800

Please contact us for fee guidance and to discuss hourly and live-in fees

The price(s) shown are provided by the agency. Contact Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) for full pricing details and T&Cs.

Contact Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) to get a personalised quote:

Funding Types Accepted

  • Private Funding (Self-funded)
  • Direct Payments (from Local Authority/NHS)
  • Local Authority (Contracted Provider)
  • NHS (Contracted Provider)

Good to Know

Group/Owner

Person in charge

  • Brian McFarlane (Owner/Director)

Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) Reviews (24)

9.6

Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.552) out of 10, based on 7 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) has 24 reviews.

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Review from Catherine D (Daughter of Client) published on 21 May 2026 Submitted via Website
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We were recommended Home Instead by some friends in August 2024. Our initial phone call with the staff at Home Instead, Bury St Edmunds, was positive and friendly, with a followup meeting to arrange care. Mum was included in all decision making and her views were considered when carers were selected to support her.
Mum was very happy with the care provided over the next two years. She was always treated with dignity and respect and she enjoyed chatting with the carers, giving her a window to the world outside, as her mobility and health declined.
My brother and I used the excellent app daily to keep informed about Mum's care and any issues we raised were swiftly sorted.
Mum had very firm wishes about staying at home as her life came to an end and Home Instead provided excellent support with this. We are very grateful for the care and compassion shown to Mum and us at this difficult time.

We would highly recommend Home Instead as a care provider.

Reply from Megan Moore, Registered care manager at Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds)

Thank you Catherine. it was our pleasure looking after mum.

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Review from Samantha D (Daughter of Client) published on 7 October 2025 Submitted via Website
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I have been using the services of Home Instead Bury St Edmunds for almost six months to care for my parents.
I was instantly impressed with the speed of response following my first contact and with the initial care plan put together tailored to my parents' specific requirements. I am equally impressed at the flexibility shown to amend this care plan to accommodate their ever changing needs.
The care professionals that visit my parents are exactly that, caring & professional & they have always been introduced first which is particularly reassuring. They are always very kind and thoughtful and it is comforting for me to know my parents are in safe hands.

I would not hesitate to recommend Home Instead Bury St Edmunds, I have found the entire team to be helpful, kind, professional & coordinated and they clearly care very much about the service they provide.

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Review from Jane G (Daughter of Client) published on 13 August 2025 Submitted via Website
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A wonderful caring and professional team. Always happy to help and always so flexible with our mother's needs. I cannot recommend them more highly.

They always considered mums interests as an individual, even down to how she liked a cup of tea made.

Reply from Brian Mcfarlane, Owner at Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds)

Thank you, Jane, it really was a pleasure looking after mum. She will be sadly missed.

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Review from David H (Relative of Client) published on 16 January 2025 Submitted via Website
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We are very pleased with the home care service provided by Home Instead. They are client focused, taking time to understand our needs and agree a personalised care plan, which is reviewed regularly. The care professionals treat our family member with dignity and respect, offering companionship as well as carrying out other duties. The management team are approachable, flexible and have responded rapidly to urgent and changing requirements. We would have no hesitation in recommending Home Instead as a care company.

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Review from O S (Daughter of Client) published on 8 January 2025 Submitted via Website
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We've been using Home Instead for about a year and are very pleased with the service. We've used both live-in care and weekly visits for my dad who has dementia, he can be quite untrusting so it was a relief to see that he seems to get on well with all the carers. The staff are always helpful and deal with our requests swiftly. Thanks!

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Review from M R (Husband of Client) published on 18 December 2024 Submitted via Website
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Home Instead provided support for my wife, who has dementia, in the period when we were waiting for a room to become available in an appropriate residential home. Their initial needs assessment was very thorough and was important in determining the proper support. Each of the care workers providing the support was very professional, empathetic and engaging with my wife. I was very pleased to have the additional support to bridge the periods until my wife could enter the home.

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Review from P B (Husband of Client) published on 18 December 2024 Submitted via Website
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Very good service and experienced staff.
Good punctuality and a very sympathetic outlook.

Very willing to assist in any way possible. Efficient booking system in operation. Good communication with monthly invoices sent allows up-to-date monitoring of payments made.

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Review from James B (Son of Client) published on 29 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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A particular member of staff and his team of wonderful carers have been looking after my dad at home over the last six months, right up to the time for him to move to hospice care. They treated him with great care, good cheer and respect, alert to his changing care needs and keeping him comfortable. The team is reliable, flexible and easy to contact when things change. Thank you all for making my dad’s last months comfortable, for enabling him to stay at home for as long as possible and for looking after my mum throughout.

Reply from Brian Mcfarlane, Owner at Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds)

Thank you, James, it was an absolute pleasure and privilege looking after your dad.

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Review from L N (Daughter of Client) published on 16 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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Home Instead Bury St Edmund's provided twice daily care visits for my Mum after my Dad was admitted to hospital for an extended period. They were very reliable and excellent at accommodating changes in visit times due to hospital appointments. Mum had several carers covering all the visits, some of these were truly stellar and had a significant positive impact on Mum who was having a very difficult time with her health as well as Dad's.

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Review from Kerry A (Daughter of Client) published on 13 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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My dad has used Home Instead now for approx 6 months, during this time he has been very happy with the service. They are reliable and friendly and the carers that visit him are only 2 or 3 different people which is nice as he gets to know them and they know what he likes.
If we have had any queries, requests or changes to the service that is required the manager has got back to me very promptly, even at the weekends.

We will continue to use Home Instead as this also gives peace of mind to the family that he is being well cared for when we are not able to visit.

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Review from Sue M (Wife of Client) published on 10 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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We have used Home Instead for a few months now. My husband needed personal care following a serious illness requiring both hospital and nursing home admissions. I would have struggled on my own. We have liaised closely with different members of staff at Home Instead, resulting in my husband receiving timely and very good care throughout. The carers we have had have changed very little during this time, so there is good continuity of care. We are now very gradually reducing the input required, as my husband is slowly getting back to how he was prior to being ill.

At times due to either staff absences or scheduled medical appointments, we have been able to re-organise things amicably and efficiently between us, sometimes at very short notice. The response and help received from Home Instead and in particular the director, have been reassuring and situations easily dealt with even if small compromises have been necessary at times. Thank you to all concerned.

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Review from R B (Client / Service User) published on 10 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) have been really good to me. They look after me every time I come back to visit the town as I live away but still have family and friends in the county. All the staff, from the managing director to the manager and all the carers themselves, have helped to make it a smooth transition from my care received at home in another area. This means that I don't have to worry about sorting carers out each time, as the management make it easy to book and provide care each time with ease and flexibility. The level of care given is really good which enables me to have time away to visit family and friends without having to worry about how my care needs will be managed.

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Review from Claire O (Daughter of Client) published on 9 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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Since February this year, the manager and his outstanding team of carers at Home Instead, Bury St Edmunds have been looking after my mother, who suffers from the early stages of dementia. Every carer attending has demonstrated the utmost professionalism, respect and kindness to my mother, which has transformed her quality of life. She has regained her dignity and confidence, being more alert, engaged and physically healthier, which is solely due to the care she has received. We are extremely grateful to every carer from Home Instead and thoroughly recommend their services.

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Review from Jim C (Husband of Client) published on 9 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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Our contact with Home Instead has been well managed throughout the time we have been involved. Service has been prompt and efficient. Our carer has been excellent, on time, always cheerful and interested in what my wife has been doing and what is likely in the coming week. Her two replacements when she was ill have been just as good. My wife looks forward to her coming on Friday afternoons.

Nothing we have asked about has been too much trouble for Home Instead.

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Review from P E (Husband of Client) published on 9 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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Excellent service from a knowledgeable care team.
Very good continuity of carers which was supportive and critical.
Care over 6 months, with flexibility and responsiveness to needs.

I am happy to recommend them.

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Review from A W (Daughter of Client) published on 9 May 2024 Submitted via Website
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We have been very happy with the care Mum has received over the past 9 months. Her regular carer is very helpful and discreet, she feels like a friend to her and has been very important in helping Mum to maintain her independence at home. She has also accompanied her to medical appointments when no family member is around.

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Review from Clare H (Daughter of Client) published on 20 June 2023 Submitted via Website
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We have been really pleased with the service and care that Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) has provided for my mother. Everyone has been helpful and friendly as well as efficient and approachable. They are quick to respond to messages and queries with a warm and flexible approach. All of the regular and reliable carers are kind and caring to my mum who was nervous and doubtful about having support initially. She now looks forward to seeing them every day and they have become a welcome addition to her daily routine.

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Review from J L (Power of Attorney of Client) published on 12 May 2023 Submitted via Website
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Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) provides a caring, efficient and praiseworthy service. They treat a very vulnerable old lady with dignity and concern. They provide her with companionship. Home Instead spare no time or thought in giving her welfare primacy. They work in harmony with neighbours, who themselves play an important role in giving succour to the wellbeing of their friends. The management of Home Instead gives immediacy to any need for medical attention and of requests made by the lady's attorneys. The management is competent in dealing with any issue, including that of a medical nature.

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Review from Sally M (Daughter of Client) published on 12 May 2023 Submitted via Website
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As a family, we feel so lucky to have found Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds).

The manager and his team responded so quickly and sympathetically when we needed them at short notice. They took time to get to know my father right from the first meeting and assessed his needs accurately. They have tailored his care to meet his changing needs and have demonstrated flexibility. They have put my father at the centre of the care package using the information they have to give him a personal service. The manager keeps in touch with my brother and I, giving us up-to-date information and making suggestions to make Dad’s life easier. The level of care has been exceptional, it has given us peace of mind as we live at a distance.

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Review from Matt N (Son of Client) published on 4 May 2023 Submitted via Website
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Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) have provided care for my father since the beginning of the year. It was daunting having to rely on a stranger to care for my dad. However, my initial meeting with the manager reassured me that they will treat my dad as I would. They have provided excellent care in the past four months and they are trustworthy and I would highly recommend them. The team are always available to be contacted and the use of the app is fantastic.

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Regulatory Rating

Care Quality Commission (CQC) Rating

Date: 22 February 2023
Overall Good
  • Caring Good
  • Effective Good
  • Responsive Good
  • Safe Good
  • Well-led Good
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Awards / Recognitions (9)

  • Recipient: Home InsteadDate: Friday 30 May 2025
  • Recipient: Home InsteadDate: Friday 31 May 2024
  • Recipient: Home InsteadDate: Wednesday 31 May 2023

Meet the Team (3)

Megan Moore Job Title: Registered Care Manager Joined: 2023
Megan Moore

Megan is a dedicated and compassionate Registered Care Manager who is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care are delivered throughout the community. With a strong focus on person-centred support, Megan strives to continually improve services, ensuring that every individual receives safe, responsive, and high-quality care tailored to their needs. Her leadership, attention to detail, and genuine passion for care enable her to support both clients and staff effectively, fostering a culture of excellence, respect, and dignity at all times.

Holly Last Job Title: Deputy Care Manager Joined: 2024
Holly Last

Our Deputy Manager plays a vital role in the smooth day-to-day running of our service. Working closely with the Registered Manager, they help ensure high standards of care are consistently delivered to all clients.

With a strong focus on quality, compliance, and person-centred support, the Deputy Manager oversees care planning, staff coordination, and daily operations. They provide guidance and support to the care team, ensuring staff are well-trained, confident, and equipped to meet individual needs.

They are also actively involved in monitoring service delivery, responding to feedback, and promoting a positive and caring environment for both clients and staff. Their dedication helps ensure our service remains safe, effective, and responsive at all times.

Tracey Ship Job Title: Trainer Joined: 2024
Tracey Ship

Tracey is a dedicated trainer at Home Instead Bury St Edmunds, bringing many years of teaching expertise to her role. With a strong background in education and a passion for developing others, she plays a key role in ensuring that Care Professionals are equipped with the knowledge, confidence and practical skills needed to deliver outstanding, person-centred care.

Tracey is known for her supportive and engaging training style, creating a positive learning environment where individuals feel encouraged to grow and succeed. Her sessions combine professional insight with real-life experience, helping trainees to understand not only the technical aspects of care, but also the importance of empathy, dignity and respect.

Committed to continuous improvement, Tracey stays up to date with best practices in care and training, ensuring that all learning reflects the high standards expected at Home Instead. Her dedication helps to build a compassionate and highly skilled team, ultimately enhancing the quality of care provided to clients across the Bury St Edmunds community.

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Home Instead (Bury St Edmunds) employs 26 carers.

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