24-Hour Care in Bordon: Costs, Funding and 22 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 £1,555 a week.

Help paying for 24-hour care

Hampshire 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. Asking Hampshire 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.

Bordon's agencies in figures

Of Bordon and the 6 nearest towns we cover, Bordon ranks 3rd for the share of all listed agencies rated Good or Outstanding (68%); Alton is highest at 75%. 1 Outstanding agencies is covering Bordon, against 17 across Hampshire. Two-year-old ratings or newer: 5% covering Bordon, 16% across Hampshire. 100% of rated agencies covering Bordon are Good or Outstanding, compared with 90% of those rated among the 721 we list across Hampshire. On their CQC registrations, 20 of 22 list physical disabilities, 13 of 22 list learning disabilities and 6 of 22 list mental health conditions. Providence Home Care Ltd is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in March 2026. Treloar College has the oldest rating still in force, from October 2017. Dementia appears on 17 of 22 registrations here (77%), compared with 82% in Hampshire as a whole.

What 24-hour care costs in Bordon

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

What Hampshire County Council pays providers: £25.90 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £1,245 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,365 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 serving Bordon

Check with each agency that it offers 24-hour care. Order: CQC rating, then how recent, then distance.

All 22 home care agencies covering Bordon →

What families ask about 24-hour care in Bordon

Which agencies provide 24-hour care in Bordon?

CQC does not record which agencies provide 24-hour care. 22 CQC-registered home care agencies have an office within 7 miles of Bordon; 15 are rated Good or Outstanding. Ask each whether it provides 24-hour care.

How much does 24-hour care cost in Bordon?

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 Hampshire 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.

What CQC ratings do agencies covering Bordon have?

CQC rates 15 of 15 as Good or Outstanding, or 100%. Recent evidence: 2 rated or inspected in two years. Dementia specialists: 17.

24-hour care in Bordon

Live-in care or waking nights?

Help paying for 24-hour care

When 24-hour care is needed

Bordon's agencies in figures

What 24-hour care costs in Bordon

Home care agencies serving Bordon

What families ask about 24-hour care in Bordon

Arranging 24-hour care in Bordon?

Care options in Bordon

24-hour care in nearby towns

Cookies on The Care Panel