24-Hour Care in Burntwood: Costs, Funding and 47 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 £1,295 a week.

Help paying for 24-hour care

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 Burntwood by the numbers

Visiting Angels Cannock, Lichfield & Tamworth is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in July 2026. By specialism, 42 of 47 list physical disabilities, 28 of 47 list learning disabilities and 32 of 47 list mental health conditions. Dementia appears on 36 of 47 registrations here (77%), compared with 81% in Staffordshire as a whole. Voyage (DCA) Solihull and Birmingham has the oldest rating still in force, from March 2018. 3 Outstanding agencies are covering Burntwood, against 2 across Staffordshire. Lichfield has the highest share of listed agencies rated Good or Outstanding nearby (60%); Burntwood, at 47%, is 7th of the 7 towns compared. At 69% Good or Outstanding, Burntwood sits below the Staffordshire figure of 79% (from 470 agencies). Ratings are about as recent as the council average here: 6% of agencies have one less than two years old, compared with 7% across Staffordshire.

Paying for 24-hour care in Burntwood: typical prices

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

What the council pays (Staffordshire County Council): £24.95 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £940.71 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £1,143.10 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. Tools: weekly cost calculator and what would we pay?

Home care agencies covering Burntwood

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

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Your questions on 24-hour care in Burntwood

Where can I find 24-hour care in Burntwood?

47 agencies on the CQC register have an office within 7 miles of Burntwood, and 22 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 Burntwood?

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 Staffordshire 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 Burntwood well rated?

22 of the 32 rated agencies (69%) are Good or Outstanding; 36 list dementia as a specialism and 3 were inspected or rated in the last two years.

24-hour care in Burntwood

Live-in care or waking nights?

Help paying for 24-hour care

When 24-hour care is needed

Home care in Burntwood by the numbers

Paying for 24-hour care in Burntwood: typical prices

Home care agencies covering Burntwood

Your questions on 24-hour care in Burntwood

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