Live-in Care
Live-in care in Oxford and Oxfordshire
Round-the-clock support from one carer who shares your home and learns your ways.
There is a particular comfort in your own surroundings: the creak of a familiar staircase, a favourite armchair, the view of a garden you planted. Live-in care protects all of that while bringing in the help that has become necessary.
Your carer becomes part of the household for weeks at a time. Days follow your rhythm, not a visiting schedule, and there is reassurance in knowing someone is there after dark.
Is this right for you?
Families usually get in touch when:
- Several daily visits would be needed, and even then evenings feel long
- There have been falls, or family worry about nights alone
- A move to residential care is being discussed but isn't wanted
- Relatives live in London or abroad and cannot be close at hand
What help looks like
- Mornings and evenings
- Washing, dressing and settling for the night, at an unhurried pace
- Kitchen
- Planning and cooking meals, with attention to appetite and fluids
- Health
- Medication prompts, appointment diaries and liaising with the GP surgery
- Household
- Laundry, tidying, shopping and keeping the home as you like it
- Life beyond the front door
- Walks, coffee in town, church, clubs and visits to friends
Getting started
- 01
A conversation
Tell us about the person and what is happening at the moment.
- 02
A visit
We come to the home, meet everyone involved and agree a care plan.
- 03
An introduction
You meet suitable carers and decide who to welcome.
The Oxfordshire picture
Residential fees in Oxfordshire sit towards the top of the national range. Once needs are substantial - and certainly for a couple - a resident carer frequently proves the more economical route, quite apart from the comfort of home.
Questions we're asked
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Discuss live-in care with us
Our Littlemore office is open 9am to 10pm, every day of the year.