Home care is normally charged by the hour for visiting care and by the week for live-in care. With Reedsfield Care, visiting care starts from £22 per hour and live-in care from £1,150 per week. What a family actually spends depends far more on how many hours are needed than on the rate itself, so the useful question is usually not what does it cost per hour, but how little support would actually solve the problem.
One half-hour call a day is a very different figure from four calls a day. Many families start with a single morning visit for washing, dressing and medication, then add calls only where something is genuinely not working.
It is worth writing down the tasks that are going wrong before asking for a quote. Care planned around actual gaps costs less than care bought by the hour out of worry.
Rates move with the complexity of the support, the time of day, and whether cover is needed at weekends or overnight. Complex support, advanced dementia and end of life care are quoted after an assessment because they need a specialist trained carer.
With visiting care, you continue to run the household as normal. With live-in care you also provide the carer's room and share household food. There are no setup fees, agency fees or minimum contracts with us, and relief cover during a live-in carer's breaks is included.
Three routes are worth checking before you assume the money is not there. Attendance Allowance is not means tested and can be spent on care. Local authority support is means tested and depends on capital and needs. NHS Continuing Healthcare can fund care in full where needs are primarily health related. Current rates and thresholds are published on gov.uk.
Any honest provider will want to see the situation before quoting. Our assessment is free, takes about an hour, and results in a written quote and care plan rather than a phone estimate.
Our visiting care starts from £22 per hour. Rates vary with the complexity of the care and the times cover is needed.
No. Care can be scaled up, paused or stopped with a week's notice.
Travel is built into our quoted rates, so there are no separate mileage charges to work out.
It may, depending on a means test and a needs assessment. Ask your local adult social care team for an assessment, which is free and open to anyone.
Often yes. Once daily visits reach around four calls, live-in care from £1,150 per week frequently works out similar or better, with far more cover.
A free home visit and a clear price in writing. Call 01784 740078 whenever suits you.
A free home visit and a clear price in writing. Call 01784 740078 whenever suits you.
