Home Care Hours Calculator

Work out home care hours instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Home Care Hours Calculator

Multiplies visits by hours per visit to give weekly care hours, then scales to the planning period and a full year.

Formula

Care hours

Weekly hours = visits per week x hours per visit; period hours = weekly hours x weeks

Worked example

With the default values below, Home Care Hours Calculator returns Care hours in the period of 30.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Visits per weekaccepts 1–70: 5
Hours per visitaccepts 0.25–12: 1.5
Weeks in the periodaccepts 1–52: 4

Results

Care hours in the period: 30.00 h
Care hours per week: 7.50 h
Care hours per year: 390.0 h
Visits in the period: 20

Step by step

1Values used
2Care hours
3Care hours in the period= 30.00 h
4Care hours per week= 7.50 h
5Care hours per year= 390.0 h
6Visits in the period= 20

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or fees or charges into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does travel time count?

Commissioned hours usually cover contact time only; providers fund travel separately, which affects rates.

How are double-up visits counted?

Two carers for one hour counts as two care hours, so double-up visits should be entered accordingly.