24-Hour Care in Radcliffe: Costs, Funding and 238 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 £1,205 a week.

Help paying for 24-hour care

Bury 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. Getting assessed by Bury council.

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.

What the register shows for Radcliffe

At 96% Good or Outstanding, Radcliffe sits above the Bury figure of 92% (from 408 agencies). Most recent to register: Prime Way Care Ltd (Bolton) (August 2026). Oldest rating on the list: Complete Choice Care Services Limited Birmingham, December 2017. Ranked against the 6 closest towns on our site by the share of every listed agency that is rated Good or Outstanding, Radcliffe comes 4th of 7 (55%), with Farnworth top at 64%. The share registered for dementia is 78% in Radcliffe (185 of 238) and 77% across Bury. By specialism, 201 of 238 list physical disabilities, 118 of 238 list learning disabilities and 153 of 238 list mental health conditions.

Paying for 24-hour care in Radcliffe: typical prices

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

What Bury Council pays providers: £25.57 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £773.20 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £915.91 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source).

Ask every agency for a full list of charges, with weekend and bank holiday rates: hourly rates vary more between agencies than between regions. For 2026/27, the Homecare Association says council-funded home care in England is only sustainable at £34.42 an hour or more. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Work out a weekly cost · What would we pay?

Home care agencies covering Radcliffe

Not confirmed for 24-hour care, so ask. Listed by CQC rating and rating date, then distance.

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Questions about 24-hour care in Radcliffe

Who provides 24-hour care in Radcliffe?

CQC does not record which agencies provide 24-hour care. 238 CQC-registered home care agencies have an office within 7 miles of Radcliffe; 130 are rated Good or Outstanding. Ask each whether it provides 24-hour care.

How much does 24-hour care cost in Radcliffe?

Usual 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 Bury 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 good are home care agencies around Radcliffe?

96% Good or Outstanding (130 of 136 rated). 26 were inspected or rated within two years, and 185 are registered for dementia.

24-hour care in Radcliffe

Live-in care or waking nights?

Help paying for 24-hour care

When 24-hour care is needed

What the register shows for Radcliffe

Paying for 24-hour care in Radcliffe: typical prices

Home care agencies covering Radcliffe

Questions about 24-hour care in Radcliffe

Looking for 24-hour care in Radcliffe?

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