24-Hour Care in Stanwell: Costs, Funding and 286 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.

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. Asking Surrey council for an assessment.

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.

Stanwell's agencies in figures

CQC registered HEALTHQO CARE PROFESSIONALS LTD in October 2026, the newest on this list. Looking at specialisms, 245 of 286 list physical disabilities, 148 of 286 list learning disabilities and 174 of 286 list mental health conditions. In Stanwell, 86% of agencies support people with dementia (246 of 286); the Surrey figure is 84%. One rating goes back to December 2017: Dial House. Ask what has changed since. Surrey has 16 Outstanding agencies in total; covering Stanwell the figure is 4. Shepperton has the highest share of listed agencies rated Good or Outstanding nearby (66%); Stanwell, at 56%, is 5th of the 7 towns compared. Compare Stanwell's 89% Good or Outstanding with 91% for the rated agencies among the 1,090 we list in Surrey. 23% of agencies covering Stanwell have a CQC rating from the last two years, against 22% across Surrey.

How much 24-hour care costs in Stanwell

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

Council rates in Surrey County Council: £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).

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. Work out a weekly cost · What would we pay?

What families ask about 24-hour care in Stanwell

Which agencies provide 24-hour care in Stanwell?

286 agencies on the CQC register have an office within 7 miles of Stanwell, and 161 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 Stanwell?

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 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.

What CQC ratings do agencies covering Stanwell have?

CQC rates 161 of 180 as Good or Outstanding, or 89%. Recent evidence: 72 rated or inspected in two years. Dementia specialists: 246.

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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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