Home care · Essex
Overnight care in Chigwell
Someone safe at night and a family carer who gets to sleep: overnight care puts a carer in the home until morning, either resting and ready to help or staying awake throughout. None has confirmed it to us yet, so ask the 649 CQC-registered agencies covering Chigwell directly.
Updated 27 October 2026 (CQC register) · Prices: Usual 2026 prices across England
The short version
- 649 home care agencies registered with CQC have an office within 7 miles of Chigwell, and 326 of them hold a Good or Outstanding rating.
- Essex council has to offer a care needs assessment free of charge.
- CQC does not record which agencies provide overnight care, so ask each agency directly.
- A sleeping night is usually a flat rate and a waking night is priced nearer the hourly rate. Get both prices in writing.
Citation: "Overnight care in Chigwell", The Care Panel analysis of CQC register data, Oct 2026.
Waking nights and sleeping nights
- Sleeping night: the carer sleeps in a spare room and can be woken, normally a time or two at most.
- Waking night: the carer is awake all night, for people who wander, need turning, toileting or medication overnight, or are very likely to fall.
Expect to pay noticeably more for a waking night, which agencies price close to their hourly rate, than for a sleeping night, which is usually a flat fee. Request written prices for both, covering weekends and bank holidays.
Funding overnight care
- Council: Essex council assesses free; night-time needs found in the assessment can be met in the care plan.
- Attendance Allowance: the higher rate of £114.60 a week is for people over State Pension age who need help day and night, and savings do not matter.
How to ask Essex council for an assessment.
When families use overnight care
Common reasons are coming home from hospital, a run of night-time falls, dementia that disturbs sleep, end-of-life care, or simply giving a partner who cares during the day a few unbroken nights each week. Some families book one or two nights a week; others need every night.
Agencies covering Chigwell: the data
By specialism, 549 of 648 list physical disabilities, 350 of 648 list learning disabilities and 408 of 648 list mental health conditions. The share registered for dementia is 81% in Chigwell (526 of 648) and 80% across Essex. Waltham Forest has the highest share of listed agencies rated Good or Outstanding nearby (59%); Chigwell, at 50%, is 4th of the 7 towns compared. Oldest rating on the list: A & D Hammonds Ltd, October 2017. Most recent to register: MMR Homecare North (October 2026). Compare Chigwell's 88% Good or Outstanding with 90% for the rated agencies among the 1,315 we list in Essex.
What overnight care costs in Chigwell
| Visiting care | around £32–£34 an hour |
|---|---|
| Live-in care | around £1,540–£1,610 a week |
Essex County Council's own rates: £28.04 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £849.45 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,102.68 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. 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?
Home care agencies serving Chigwell
Check with each agency that it offers overnight care. Order: CQC rating, then how recent, then distance.
Marcus and Marcus Ltd
Est. £36–£44/hr
REN Caring Ltd
Est. £34–£42/hr
The Care Advantage
Est. £34–£42/hr
Alina Homecare- Epping and Loughton
Est. £30–£37/hr
Care Qters Ltd
Est. £34–£42/hr
Securecare (UK) Limited
Est. £34–£42/hr
Bluebird Care Redbridge
Est. £36–£44/hr
Fortune Smiles Service Ltd
Est. £34–£42/hr
Three Sisters Care Ltd
Est. £34–£42/hr
Radfield Home Care Chingford & Loughton
Est. £37–£46/hr
Age UK Redbridge, Barking & Havering Home Support Services
Est. £34–£42/hr
Care Champions Support Ltd
Est. £34–£42/hr
Divine Community Care Limited
Est. £34–£42/hr
JBS Consult Limited
Est. £34–£42/hr
Medicare Link Limited
Est. £34–£42/hr
Manford Deluxe Care Limited
Est. £34–£42/hr
Nurture Care Services
Est. £34–£42/hr
My Homecare Redbridge
Est. £34–£42/hr
Aark Health Limited
Est. £34–£42/hr
Dennyson Care Limited
Est. £34–£42/hr
Overnight care in Chigwell: common questions
Which home care agencies offer overnight care in Chigwell?
649 agencies on the CQC register have an office within 7 miles of Chigwell, and 326 hold a Good or Outstanding rating. Which of them provide overnight care is not recorded by CQC: ask them.
How does a waking night differ from a sleeping night?
Awake all night (waking) or asleep in a spare room and available once or twice (sleeping). The waking option is dearer.
How much does overnight care cost in Chigwell?
Most agencies use a flat fee for sleeping nights and hourly-based pricing for waking nights; request both in writing.
How are agencies covering Chigwell rated?
Of 369 agencies with a CQC rating, 326 (88%) are Good or Outstanding. Dementia is a specialism for 526, and 98 have a rating or inspection from the past two years.
Arranging overnight care in Chigwell?
Tell us what's needed once. Up to three agencies that take enquiries through us reply to you directly, by email.
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CQC register data (Oct 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel is independent of every provider listed.