Home care · Hampshire
24-hour care in Chandler's Ford
24-hour care means someone is on hand at any hour. At home it is usually arranged as live-in care, with one carer living in, or as daytime visits plus waking nights; when help is needed all night as well as all day, two carers share the hours. None has confirmed it to us yet, so ask the 181 CQC-registered agencies covering Chandler's Ford directly.
Updated 27 October 2026 (CQC register) · Prices: Usual 2026 prices across England
Quick summary
- Agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Chandler's Ford: 181, with 78 rated Good or Outstanding.
- Typical prices here: live-in care around £1,540–£1,610 a week. Live-in care is usually the cheapest way to cover day and night.
- CQC does not record which agencies provide 24-hour care, so ask each agency directly.
- Hampshire council has to offer a care needs assessment free of charge.
Citation: "24-hour care in Chandler's Ford", The Care Panel analysis of CQC register data, 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. Requesting an assessment from Hampshire 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.
Agencies covering Chandler's Ford: the data
In Chandler's Ford, 80% of agencies support people with dementia (145 of 181); the Hampshire figure is 82%. One rating goes back to June 2018: Peartree House. Ask what has changed since. CQC registered Regal Care Solutions Limited in October 2026, the newest on this list. Registered specialisms here: 153 of 181 list physical disabilities, 79 of 181 list learning disabilities and 109 of 181 list mental health conditions. At 90% Good or Outstanding, Chandler's Ford sits in line with the Hampshire figure of 90% (from 721 agencies). Ratings are about as recent as the council average here: 17% of agencies have one less than two years old, compared with 16% across Hampshire. Hampshire has 17 Outstanding agencies in total; covering Chandler's Ford the figure is 3. Of Chandler's Ford and the 6 nearest towns we cover, Chandler's Ford ranks 5th for the share of all listed agencies rated Good or Outstanding (43%); Southampton is highest at 46%.
What 24-hour care costs in Chandler's Ford
| 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. Tools: weekly cost calculator and what would we pay?
Home care agencies serving Chandler's Ford
Check with each agency that it offers 24-hour care. Order: CQC rating, then how recent, then distance.
Bluebird Care Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey
Est. £33–£41/hr
Right at Home - Mid Hampshire
Est. £32–£39/hr
Voyage (DCA) Hampshire
Est. £30–£37/hr
Your Life (Eastleigh)
Est. £30–£37/hr
BrendonCare Otterbourne Hill
Est. £30–£37/hr
South East Focus Care Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Sylvian Care Southampton
Est. £30–£37/hr
Seremed Healthcare
Est. £30–£37/hr
Whispers Care Solutions Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
OneCare Southampton Head Office
Est. £30–£37/hr
Grove Place Retirement Village
Est. £30–£37/hr
Josben Care Southampton
Est. £30–£37/hr
Casbrook Home Care Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Bayview Healthcare Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
SCA Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
Hebron Court
Est. £30–£37/hr
Blossoming Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
MemoryJane Healthcare Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Nobilis Care Southampton
Est. £30–£37/hr
Highlands Care Solutions
Est. £30–£37/hr
24-hour care in Chandler's Ford: common questions
Where can I find 24-hour care in Chandler's Ford?
CQC does not record which agencies provide 24-hour care. 181 CQC-registered home care agencies have an office within 7 miles of Chandler's Ford; 78 are rated Good or Outstanding. Ask each whether it provides 24-hour care.
How much does 24-hour care cost in Chandler's Ford?
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.
Are home care agencies in Chandler's Ford well rated?
78 of the 87 rated agencies (90%) are Good or Outstanding; 145 list dementia as a specialism and 30 were inspected or rated in the last two years.
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Data: CQC register, Oct 2026, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We are an independent directory and do not provide care.