Live in care London

Looking for live-in care in London? At Hometouch, we provide our clients with the best care for their loved ones – whether they are suffering from dementia or have other care needs. We’ll match your loved one with an expert carer who can offer them the care and support they need.

We offer our expert care across London – from Hillingdon to Havering, Barnet to Bromley. As well as dementia care, we offer respite care, complex care in London, post-operative care, palliative care and end-of-life care – our unique carer matching service will find the best carer for your loved one.

Vascular dementia, mixed dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or frontotemporal dementia – over 80,000 people in London are living with some form of dementia. At Hometouch, our mission is to help these people live happily, safely and with dignity in their own homes.

We were founded by Dr Jamie Wilson, an NHS dementia specialist to help people with dementia have the best quality of life possible. Our London teams offer live in care for dementia and our carers are trained in elements of brain health, medication management, dementia awareness and managing challenging behaviour.

Yes, our live in care services have a mainly elderly clientele and cover areas of London where elderly needs can be met.

Receiving 24 hour care at home in London has several advantages over a residential care home. Continuity of care by the same live in caregiver is a key benefit not available in a care home. Furthermore, live in care allows your loved one to remain in a familiar place, surrounded by relatives and their personal items.

Accessing live in care in London is easy because of good transport links and ease with which professional live in carers can travel to anywhere within the London area. London has many live in carers with diverse backgrounds that can cater to a wide variety of needs.

There are a number of live in care agencies based in London, but most will cover a regional or national area, so location of the main office is not a key factor as carers will likely live nearby with supporting team members visiting regularly

Yes, many private live in carers based in London may work part time or have other responsibilities. You may benefit from a private live in carer from the London area when the needs are not too complex, for rota coverage when your normal carer is away or for respite live in care.

On a per head basis, live in care is less common in London than other parts of the UK because of the younger age of the population, less available space in properties for carers to stay, and the wider availability of hourly home care agencies in the London region.

Like London’s general population, live in carers based in London come from every country in the world and speak a wide array of languages and dialects. They have varied cultural backgrounds and bring enormous life experience to their roles

Our prices start at £1250 per week, although the final price depends on how complex the services we need to provide are. If you wish to find out how much you would pay for your loved one’s care in London, you can always get in touch with one of the Hometouch Care Advisors and schedule a no-obligation consultation during which you can discuss the best solution for your loved one.

If you are a live in carer looking for work, you can either apply here with Hometouch or register on our sister site Live in care Jobs.

Aside from round-the-clock live-in care in London, we also have other types of care available for those who don’t need as much help but still require some assistance during the day.

Additionally, you can choose a care package that is adapted to the health condition your loved one is facing, such as cerebral palsy care or multiple sclerosis care.

One of the commonly chosen types of care is dementia care, as more and more older people suffer from this condition and the fact that it requires specific skills and training due to the particular effects of the condition, such as wandering, agitation and confusion.

For those who don’t require assistance 24/7, just a little help with doing things, Hometouch offers hourly or drop-in care in London and other locations. Those short visits are provided to meet basic needs such as washing and dressing, food preparation and assistance with personal care.

Caring for a person, although rewarding, can also be very tiring – everyone needs a break every once in a while, after all. With Hometouch, primary caregivers can have a much needed time for relaxation without worrying about their loved ones. By choosing Hometouch, you are choosing a group of professionals who provide only quality care to their clients and give them the support they need.

Our live-in carers are trained specifically to take care of older people who prefer to spend their retirement in their own home instead of an older people’s home. Hometouch’s elderly care in London includes services such as medication administration, companionship, and driving clients to appointments.

The round-the-clock care in London can be divided into two different types – residential care (e.g. care home) and live-in care. To understand more about care homes in London and live-in care as an alternative, you can check out our more in-depth article.

Live-in care is when a carer lives with the person receiving care in their home.
From companionship care all the way to round-the-clock complex care, a live-in carer can provide one-to-one support in your loved one’s own home. This is especially important for people living with dementia, who may become increasingly confused or distressed in unfamiliar surroundings.

A dedicated live-in carer can provide your loved one with more individual care than they’d receive at a residential home. So whether it’s a day out on weekends, or fish and chips in front of the TV on a Friday evening, your loved one can carry on doing the things they enjoy.
And because the carer is staying on-site, it’s often cheaper than a care home too. To find out more about the cost of care where you live, take a look at our page on understanding the cost of care.

At Hometouch, we help people live happily, safely and with dignity in their own homes. If you think live-in care could be right for your loved one, contact a Hometouch Care Advisor today.