24-Hour Care in Yeovil: Costs, Funding and 20 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 £1,445 a week.

Help paying for 24-hour care

Somerset 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 Somerset council.

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.

Home care in Yeovil by the numbers

Thera South West is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in August 2026. Registered specialisms here: 12 of 20 list physical disabilities, 13 of 20 list learning disabilities and 8 of 20 list mental health conditions. Dementia appears on 14 of 20 registrations here (70%), compared with 70% in Somerset as a whole. Dimensions Somerset Selwyn House has the oldest rating still in force, from June 2018. No Outstanding ratings covering Yeovil yet, against 7 across Somerset. Counting all listed agencies, not only rated ones, Yeovil (65% Good or Outstanding) is 3rd out of 7 local towns, led by Gillingham (100%). Compare Yeovil's 87% Good or Outstanding with 93% for the rated agencies among the 144 we list in Somerset. 10% of agencies covering Yeovil have a CQC rating from the last two years, against 23% across Somerset.

How much 24-hour care costs in Yeovil

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

What Somerset Council pays providers: £26.83 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £805 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £832 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. 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

Home care agencies that cover Yeovil

Ranked on CQC rating, its date and then distance. Ask each one about 24-hour care.

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Your questions on 24-hour care in Yeovil

Where can I find 24-hour care in Yeovil?

The CQC register does not show who offers 24-hour care. There are 20 registered agencies that have an office within 7 miles of Yeovil, 13 of them rated Good or Outstanding, so ask each one.

How much does 24-hour care cost in Yeovil?

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 Somerset 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 Yeovil well rated?

13 of the 15 rated agencies (87%) are Good or Outstanding; 14 list dementia as a specialism and 2 were inspected or rated in the last two years.

24-hour care in Yeovil

Live-in care or waking nights?

Help paying for 24-hour care

When 24-hour care is needed

Home care in Yeovil by the numbers

How much 24-hour care costs in Yeovil

Home care agencies that cover Yeovil

Your questions on 24-hour care in Yeovil

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