Home care · Kent
Overnight care in Edenbridge
An overnight carer stays until morning, either sleeping and ready to be woken or awake all night. Either way the person is safe and the usual carer can rest. Compare the 18 CQC-registered agencies covering Edenbridge and ask which of them provide it.
Updated 27 October 2026 (CQC register) · Prices: Usual 2026 prices across England
In short
- 18 CQC-registered home care agencies have an office within 7 miles of Edenbridge; 11 are rated Good or Outstanding.
- Ask each agency about overnight care; the CQC register has no record of who provides it.
- Sleeping nights tend to be a flat fee; waking nights are charged closer to hourly rates. Ask for both, in writing.
- Kent council has to offer a care needs assessment free of charge.
Citation: "Overnight care in Edenbridge", The Care Panel analysis of CQC register data, Oct 2026.
Which kind of night care?
The question is how often help is needed after dark. No more than a couple of times? A sleeping night, with the carer in bed in a spare room, ready to be woken, is usually enough. Wandering, turning, toileting, night-time medication or a high falls risk point to a waking night, where the carer stays awake until morning.
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.
Who pays for overnight care?
Attendance Allowance at the higher rate (£114.60 a week) is not affected by savings and goes to people over State Pension age who need help both during the day and at night. The council can also include night care in a care plan when its assessment shows night-time needs; ask Kent council, which must assess for free. How to ask Kent council for an assessment.
Why families book night care
Families often turn to night care after a hospital stay, when falls at night start to happen, when dementia breaks up sleep, at the end of life, or so that a partner who cares all day can sleep through a few nights a week. Some book a night or two each week; others book every night.
Edenbridge's agencies in figures
Ranked against the 6 closest towns on our site by the share of every listed agency that is rated Good or Outstanding, Edenbridge comes 3rd of 7 (61%), with Oxted top at 80%. 2 Outstanding agencies are covering Edenbridge, against 11 across Kent. Two-year-old ratings or newer: 44% covering Edenbridge, 9% across Kent. 65% of rated agencies covering Edenbridge are Good or Outstanding, compared with 80% of those rated among the 831 we list across Kent. On their CQC registrations, 13 of 18 list physical disabilities, 6 of 18 list learning disabilities and 12 of 18 list mental health conditions. Mettle & Bond Care Ltd is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in June 2025. Brendoncare Stildon Mews has the oldest rating still in force, from November 2018. Dementia appears on 14 of 18 registrations here (78%), compared with 77% in Kent as a whole.
What overnight care costs in Edenbridge
| Visiting care | around £32–£34 an hour |
|---|---|
| Live-in care | around £1,540–£1,610 a week |
What the council pays (Kent County Council): £28.05 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £1,186.81 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,378 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. According to the Homecare Association, councils across England should pay no less than £34.42 an hour for home care in 2026/27 if it is to be sustainable. Source: Lottie Care Index, Q3 2026. Work out a weekly cost · What would we pay?
Home care agencies serving Edenbridge
Check with each agency that it offers overnight care. Order: CQC rating, then how recent, then distance.
Care First 24 Ltd
Est. £32–£39/hr
Surrey Hills Home Help Services Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
IRC Care Services Limited
Est. £30–£37/hr
Premier Care Services
Est. £30–£37/hr
Caremark (Sevenoaks & Tandridge)
Est. £30–£37/hr
Trinity Homecare
Est. £32–£39/hr
Ashlong House Domiciliary Care
Est. £30–£37/hr
College of St Barnabas
Est. £30–£37/hr
Mettle & Bond Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Brendoncare Stildon Mews
Est. £30–£37/hr
Your Hope Care Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Brooklands Homecare Ltd - Edenbridge
Est. £30–£37/hr
Your Quality Care Services Limited (East Grinstead)
Est. £30–£37/hr
Homelium West Sussex
Est. £30–£37/hr
London Care (Lingfield Lodge)
Est. £30–£37/hr
Sunnybanks Home Care Service
Est. £30–£37/hr
Brooklands Homecare Ltd
Est. £30–£37/hr
Care Advisory & Respite Experts Ltd
Est. £29–£36/hr
What families ask about overnight care in Edenbridge
Which home care agencies offer overnight care in Edenbridge?
Ask each agency: CQC keeps no record of who provides overnight care. Of the 18 registered agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Edenbridge, 11 are rated Good or Outstanding.
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 Edenbridge?
Agencies usually charge a flat rate for a sleeping night and an hourly-based rate for a waking night. Ask for both in writing.
How are agencies covering Edenbridge rated?
Of 17 agencies with a CQC rating, 11 (65%) are Good or Outstanding. Dementia is a specialism for 14, and 8 have a rating or inspection from the past two years.
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Built from the Care Quality Commission's register (Oct 2026) under Open Government Licence v3.0. The Care Panel lists and compares services but runs none.