24-Hour Care in Radstock: Costs, Funding and 16 Local Agencies (Oct 2026)

Live-in care or waking nights?

Live-in care is usually the most affordable way to have someone there day and night: one carer lives in, but needs about two hours off each day and an unbroken night's sleep. Waking nights put a carer in the home who stays awake all night; combined with daytime visits, that covers all 24 hours. If help is needed most nights, one live-in carer is not enough: add waking nights or a second carer.

Typical local prices: live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week; a residential care home £1,445 a week.

Help paying for 24-hour care

Bath and North East Somerset council must offer a free care needs assessment; if it finds eligible needs by day and night, care at home can be part of a council care plan, and the value of the home is not counted for care at home. Attendance Allowance pays its higher rate of £114.60 a week to people over State Pension age who need help both day and night, whatever their savings. When the main need is a health need, NHS Continuing Healthcare may pay in full. How to ask Bath and North East Somerset council for an assessment.

When 24-hour care is needed

Families usually look for it after a hospital stay, when dementia means someone cannot be left alone or wanders at night, after repeated falls, or at the end of life. A care home is the alternative to compare: for one person it often costs less than staffing every hour at home, but many people want to stay in their own home.

Agencies covering Radstock: the data

Two-year-old ratings or newer: 13% covering Radstock, 17% across Bath and North East Somerset. 78% of rated agencies covering Radstock are Good or Outstanding, compared with 91% of those rated among the 152 we list across Bath and North East Somerset. Counting all listed agencies, not only rated ones, Radstock (44% Good or Outstanding) is 6th out of 7 local towns, led by Frome (76%). Spire Homecare (Midsomer) is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in May 2026. Dementia appears on 13 of 16 registrations here (81%), compared with 80% in Bath and North East Somerset as a whole. Looking at specialisms, 14 of 16 list physical disabilities, 4 of 16 list learning disabilities and 7 of 16 list mental health conditions. Swallow has the oldest rating still in force, from July 2018.

Paying for 24-hour care in Radstock: typical prices

Typical 2026 prices across England
Visiting care	around £32–£34 an hour
Live-in care	around £1,540–£1,610 a week

Bath and North East Somerset Council's own rates: £27.51 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £1,117.69 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,083.22 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source).

Hourly rates vary between agencies more than between regions; ask each agency for its full price list, including weekend and bank holiday rates. Homecare Association figure for 2026/27: a sustainable council rate for home care in England starts at £34.42 an hour. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Tools: weekly cost calculator and what would we pay?

24-hour care in Radstock: common questions

Which home care agencies offer 24-hour care in Radstock?

16 agencies on the CQC register have an office within 7 miles of Radstock, and 7 hold a Good or Outstanding rating. Which of them provide 24-hour care is not recorded by CQC: ask them.

How much does 24-hour care cost in Radstock?

Typical 2026 prices across England: live-in care typically costs around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Covering every hour with separate day and night carers costs much more, because each hour is paid.

Is 24-hour care the same as live-in care?

Not quite. A live-in carer is there day and night but needs a daily break and a full night's sleep. If help is needed through the night most nights, true 24-hour care means adding waking nights or a second carer.

Can the council pay for 24-hour care at home?

It can, if Bath and North East Somerset council's care needs assessment finds eligible needs by day and night and care at home is a suitable way to meet them. A financial assessment follows; for care at home the home is not counted. NHS Continuing Healthcare pays in full when the main need is a health need.

How are agencies covering Radstock rated?

Of 9 agencies with a CQC rating, 7 (78%) are Good or Outstanding. Dementia is a specialism for 13, and 2 have a rating or inspection from the past two years.

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Provider details from the Care Quality Commission register, updated Oct 2026. Contains CQC data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is not a care provider.

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