24-Hour Care in Fareham: Costs, Funding and 120 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.

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.

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. How to ask Hampshire council for an assessment.

Agencies covering Fareham: the data

One rating goes back to January 2018: Dimensions Portsmouth Domiciliary Care Office. Ask what has changed since. In Fareham, 75% of agencies support people with dementia (90 of 120); the Hampshire figure is 82%. Registered specialisms here: 105 of 120 list physical disabilities, 63 of 120 list learning disabilities and 69 of 120 list mental health conditions. CQC registered Pilarstone Care Ltd in October 2026, the newest on this list. Ratings are about as recent as the council average here: 18% of agencies have one less than two years old, compared with 16% across Hampshire. At 86% Good or Outstanding, Fareham sits below the Hampshire figure of 90% (from 721 agencies). Ranked against the 6 closest towns on our site by the share of every listed agency that is rated Good or Outstanding, Fareham comes 2nd of 7 (51%), with Portsmouth top at 52%. Hampshire has 17 Outstanding agencies in total; covering Fareham the figure is 5.

Paying for 24-hour care in Fareham: typical prices

Typical prices across England in 2026
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).

Agencies differ more than regions do on hourly rates, so request a complete tariff from each one, covering weekends and bank holidays too. The Homecare Association puts the minimum sustainable price for council-funded home care in England at £34.42 an hour for 2026/27. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Tools: weekly cost calculator and what would we pay?

24-hour care in Fareham: common questions

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

The CQC register does not show who offers 24-hour care. There are 120 registered agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Fareham, 61 of them rated Good or Outstanding, so ask each one.

How much does 24-hour care cost in Fareham?

Typical prices across England in 2026: 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.

How are agencies covering Fareham rated?

Of 71 agencies with a CQC rating, 61 (86%) are Good or Outstanding. Dementia is a specialism for 90, and 22 have a rating or inspection from the past two years.

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Source for provider details: CQC, Oct 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0). The Care Panel is a comparison site, not a care company.

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