24-Hour Care in Sileby: Costs, Funding and 151 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 £1,250 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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire council.

Sileby's agencies in figures

CQC registered Prime Way Care Ltd Leicester in October 2026, the newest on this list. Registered specialisms here: 132 of 151 list physical disabilities, 87 of 151 list learning disabilities and 101 of 151 list mental health conditions. In Sileby, 86% of agencies support people with dementia (130 of 151); the Leicestershire figure is 80%. One rating goes back to May 2018: Sova Healthcare - Leicester. Ask what has changed since. Leicestershire has 8 Outstanding agencies in total; covering Sileby the figure is 2. Of Sileby and the 6 nearest towns we cover, Sileby ranks 2nd for the share of all listed agencies rated Good or Outstanding (49%); Loughborough is highest at 63%. 86% of rated agencies covering Sileby are Good or Outstanding, compared with 84% of those rated among the 479 we list across Leicestershire. Two-year-old ratings or newer: 10% covering Sileby, 16% across Leicestershire.

Paying for 24-hour care in Sileby: typical prices

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

What the council pays (Leicestershire County Council): £25.92 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £985.70 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,084.45 a week for nursing care (2025/26 average, over-65s) (source).

The gap between agencies is bigger than the gap between regions. Ask for prices in writing, and check what weekends and bank holidays cost. 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. Check what you would pay · Weekly cost calculator

Home care agencies covering Sileby

Not confirmed for 24-hour care, so ask. Listed by CQC rating and rating date, then distance.

Every agency covering Sileby (151) →

What families ask about 24-hour care in Sileby

Where can I find 24-hour care in Sileby?

151 agencies on the CQC register have an office within 7 miles of Sileby, and 74 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 Sileby?

Prices typically seen 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 Leicestershire 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 Sileby well rated?

74 of the 86 rated agencies (86%) are Good or Outstanding; 130 list dementia as a specialism and 19 were inspected or rated in the last two years.

24-hour care in Sileby

Live-in care or waking nights?

When 24-hour care is needed

Help paying for 24-hour care

Sileby's agencies in figures

Paying for 24-hour care in Sileby: typical prices

Home care agencies covering Sileby

What families ask about 24-hour care in Sileby

Looking for 24-hour care in Sileby?

Other care in Sileby

24-hour care around Sileby

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