Overnight Care in Bicester: Costs, Funding and 19 Local Agencies (Oct 2026)

Two kinds of overnight care

A sleeping night means the carer sleeps in the spare room and is woken only when needed, typically once or twice at most. A waking night means they stay up all night, the right choice for someone who wanders, needs turning, help to the toilet or medicines in the night, or has a high risk of falling.

A sleeping night is normally a fixed fee. Waking nights are priced nearer the hourly rate and cost noticeably more. Get both figures in writing, with rates for weekends and bank holidays.

Who uses overnight care

Some need it every night; others book one or two nights a week. The usual triggers are a discharge from hospital, falls at night, dementia that unsettles sleep, end-of-life care, and a husband, wife or partner who provides care by day and needs a few full nights' rest.

Paying for night care

If the care needs assessment identifies needs at night, night care can go into the council care plan, and Oxfordshire council must carry out that assessment for free. Separately, Attendance Allowance pays its higher rate, £114.60 a week, to people over State Pension age needing help by day and by night, regardless of savings. Requesting an assessment from Oxfordshire council.

What the register shows for Bicester

By specialism, 17 of 19 list physical disabilities, 8 of 19 list learning disabilities and 9 of 19 list mental health conditions. Good Oaks Homecare - Oxford and Bicester is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in June 2025. Centurion House has the oldest rating still in force, from December 2018. Dementia appears on 14 of 19 registrations here (74%), compared with 81% in Oxfordshire as a whole. Counting all listed agencies, not only rated ones, Bicester (53% Good or Outstanding) is 5th out of 7 local towns, led by Woodstock (88%). 1 Outstanding agencies is covering Bicester, against 10 across Oxfordshire. 21% of agencies covering Bicester have a CQC rating from the last two years, against 9% across Oxfordshire. Compare Bicester's 83% Good or Outstanding with 86% for the rated agencies among the 323 we list in Oxfordshire.

Paying for overnight care in Bicester: 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

Council rates in Oxfordshire County Council: £30.26 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £1,184.25 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,231.43 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. Estimate the weekly cost or see what you might pay

Questions about overnight care in Bicester

Where can I find overnight care in Bicester?

The CQC register does not show who offers overnight care. There are 19 registered agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Bicester, 10 of them rated Good or Outstanding, so ask each one.

Sleeping night or waking night: what is the difference?

On a sleeping night the carer sleeps in a spare room and can be woken once or twice. On a waking night the carer stays awake all night. Waking nights cost more.

How much is a night carer in Bicester?

A sleeping night is normally a flat fee; a waking night is priced from the hourly rate. Get both prices in writing.

Are home care agencies in Bicester well rated?

10 of the 12 rated agencies (83%) are Good or Outstanding; 14 list dementia as a specialism and 4 were inspected or rated in the last two years.

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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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