When one partner needs care and the other does not — or both do, differently — the care-home route often means separation or two sets of fees. Care at home is the option that keeps a couple in the same house.
A single live-in carer can usually support both partners, because much of the work — meals, housekeeping, shopping, medication prompts, company — serves the household rather than one individual. Personal care is then delivered to whoever needs it.
Live-in care starts from £1,150 per week, with couples quoted following assessment based on the combined support required.
For one person, live-in care and a mid-range care home are often broadly comparable. For couples, the arithmetic changes completely: a care home charges per person, while one live-in carer supports both. This is the single most common reason couples choose home care.
The usual pattern is one partner with physical needs and one with cognitive decline, or one who is the main carer and quietly exhausted. Plans are written per person, with separate goals and separate records, but delivered around one shared household routine.
When one partner becomes the other's carer, the relationship usually suffers before the care does. Bringing in support for the physically hardest and most intimate tasks lets a couple be a couple again rather than patient and nurse — which is frequently what families say made the biggest difference.
In many households, yes — where both sets of needs are compatible with one person's working time. Where they are not, we'll say so at assessment and propose an honest alternative.
That's very common. The plan covers the partner with needs, and the household support that comes with it takes pressure off the other.
For most couples, yes — one live-in fee against two placements. We'll model it in writing for your circumstances.
The plan is adjusted; we can support the partner at home and then help with the return. See our hospital discharge support.
Our core towns are Egham, Virginia Water, Ashford, Sunbury, Shepperton and Staines — see areas we cover.
We'll price a couples package properly, in writing — call 01784 740078 or request a free home visit.
We'll price a couples package properly, in writing — call 01784 740078 or request a free home visit.
