24-Hour Care in Liversedge: Costs, Funding and 63 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 £1,230 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

Kirklees 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. Getting assessed by Kirklees council.

Liversedge's agencies in figures

At 78% Good or Outstanding, Liversedge sits below the Kirklees figure of 85% (from 223 agencies). Ratings are more recent than average here: 35% of agencies have one less than two years old, compared with 32% across Kirklees. Kirklees has 3 Outstanding agencies in total; covering Liversedge the figure is 2. Counting all listed agencies, not only rated ones, Liversedge (57% Good or Outstanding) is 4th out of 7 local towns, led by Brighouse (65%). In Liversedge, 78% of agencies support people with dementia (49 of 63); the Kirklees figure is 83%. One rating goes back to June 2018: Active Social Care Limited (Kirklees, Calderdale and Bradford). Ask what has changed since. CQC registered Bradford in July 2026, the newest on this list. On their CQC registrations, 51 of 63 list physical disabilities, 27 of 63 list learning disabilities and 43 of 63 list mental health conditions.

24-hour care prices in Liversedge

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

What Kirklees Council pays providers: £26.19 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £877.88 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,279.90 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. Estimate the weekly cost or see what you might pay

What families ask about 24-hour care in Liversedge

Who provides 24-hour care in Liversedge?

63 agencies on the CQC register have an office within 7 miles of Liversedge, and 36 hold a Good or Outstanding rating. Which of them provide 24-hour care is not recorded by CQC: ask them.

How much does 24-hour care cost in Liversedge?

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 Kirklees 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 good are home care agencies around Liversedge?

78% Good or Outstanding (36 of 46 rated). 23 were inspected or rated within two years, and 49 are registered for dementia.

24-hour care in Liversedge: ask who can help

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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.

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