24-Hour Care in Ashtead: Costs, Funding and 145 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 £1,555 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

Surrey 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 Surrey council.

Agencies covering Ashtead: the data

Ranked against the 6 closest towns on our site by the share of every listed agency that is rated Good or Outstanding, Ashtead comes 2nd of 7 (74%), with Oxshott top at 77%. 9 Outstanding agencies are covering Ashtead, against 16 across Surrey. 31% of agencies covering Ashtead have a CQC rating from the last two years, against 22% across Surrey. Compare Ashtead's 94% Good or Outstanding with 91% for the rated agencies among the 1,090 we list in Surrey. On their CQC registrations, 124 of 145 list physical disabilities, 84 of 145 list learning disabilities and 94 of 145 list mental health conditions. Surrey is the most recently registered, joining the CQC register in June 2026. AM2PM Quality Care Limited has the oldest rating still in force, from June 2018. Dementia appears on 123 of 145 registrations here (85%), compared with 84% in Surrey as a whole.

Paying for 24-hour care in Ashtead: 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 Surrey County Council pays providers: £24.87 an hour for home care (2025/26 average paid to agencies); £952.38 a week for residential care (2025/26 average, over-65s); £988.04 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 Ashtead

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

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24-hour care in Ashtead: common questions

Where can I find 24-hour care in Ashtead?

145 agencies on the CQC register have an office within 7 miles of Ashtead, and 108 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 Ashtead?

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 Surrey 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 Ashtead well rated?

108 of the 115 rated agencies (94%) are Good or Outstanding; 123 list dementia as a specialism and 46 were inspected or rated in the last two years.

24-hour care in Ashtead

Live-in care or waking nights?

When 24-hour care is needed

Help paying for 24-hour care

Agencies covering Ashtead: the data

Paying for 24-hour care in Ashtead: typical prices

Home care agencies covering Ashtead

24-hour care in Ashtead: common questions

Looking for 24-hour care in Ashtead?

Other care in Ashtead

24-hour care around Ashtead

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