Live-in care in Somerset
Live-in care across Somerset, from the Levels and the Quantock Hills to the Mendips and Exmoor, with a carer your family chooses.
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Somerset is a large, predominantly rural county. Somerset Council describes a spread of market towns, coastal communities and dispersed villages, which makes services harder to reach. About 571,600 people lived in the council area at the 2021 Census. The over-65 population is projected to grow by 35.7% between 2023 and 2040, and the over-85s are expected to nearly double.
Many families arrange care for a parent in Taunton, Yeovil or Bridgwater, or in a village on the Levels or the Quantocks. A live-in carer is already in the home, so daily support doesn’t depend on how far the nearest town is.
How it works
1. Select preferred carers
Try a few options to start with
2. Trial the connection
Test whether it's a good match
3. Set up a custom plan
One that suits both you and your family's needs
Support your family can expect
- Personal care
- Shopping trips
- Catheter care
- Blood sugar monitoring
- Medication tracking
- Pet care
- Outdoor walks
- Medical appointments
- Complex care
Hospital discharge and NHS support
Somerset follows a home-first model. Most people leave hospital for their own home and have their longer-term care needs assessed once they’ve recovered. Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and Yeovil Hospital are both run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, and local NHS planning sits with NHS Somerset ICB.
The council’s intermediate care and reablement service offers recovery support of up to six weeks, which is free and not means-tested during that time. Families take part in discharge planning throughout. If more support is likely after that, a Hometouch care expert can talk through live-in care before the reablement period ends, so the next step is planned.
As a CQC regulated carer provider, we can arrange full costs and available live-in carers for:
Condition-specific care
Dementia or any other condition-specific care
Reablement care
Postoperative or any other injury-related care
General care
Overnight, companionship or disability care
CQC regulation
Hometouch's managed live-in care service is regulated by the Care Quality Commission and rated Good. Inspectors assess how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led a service is, and the full report is available on the CQC website.
Get care from a local, experienced and professional carer, from the comfort of home and with a custom care plan.
Get visibility and control
Track routines, medication schedules and shopping trips
24-hour support
Special requests or funding advice, we're always here for you
Decide the level of care
Have a say in carer choice. Every major decision is yours
Common reasons families in Somerset get in touch
Care after hospital discharge
Temporary support to help someone get back on track
Moving into full-time care
Needs have changed, or an existing arrangement needs reassessing
Unhappy with current care
Understanding whether another provider can better match your needs
Paying for live-in care in Somerset
In Somerset, the council’s Financial Assessment and Benefits team works out what someone contributes, but only after a care and support assessment finds they’re eligible. The council’s online eligibility checker takes about a minute and gives an indication, not a final decision. If capital is above £23,250, someone is treated as a self-funder and usually arranges and pays for their own care. The council can still arrange care for a self-funder whose needs qualify, but it normally charges an arrangement fee. Savings between £14,250 and £23,250 may mean a contribution. The council also points families to Citizens Advice for independent advice.
For families arranging live-in care privately, a Hometouch care expert can set out the costs in full before you commit to anything.
Some of your local live-in carers in Somerset
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Based on your family's needs.