Live-in care in Wokingham

How we arrange live-in care in Wokingham

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Wokingham and the villages around it, from £1,550 a week. One main carer lives in the home; a relief carer covers their holidays and time off, and a manager is on call. Care starts with a free assessment, a written quote and a written care plan.

Care can be paid for privately, by Wokingham Borough Council (including direct payments) or by NHS Continuing Healthcare. We have provided Discharge to Assess (D2A) care since 2014. If someone is in hospital, tell us the expected discharge date (see care after hospital). Our care team is on 01865 715780.

Arranging care and funding in Wokingham

Wokingham Borough Council runs adult social care and collects council tax. To ask for a care needs assessment, call the Health and Social Care Hub on 0300 365 1234 or use the online self-referral form. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one. Out of hours, the Emergency Duty Service is on 01344 351 999.

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A financial assessment follows. With more than £23,250 in savings your relative would usually pay the full cost, and the home is not counted when care is at home.

Carers over 18 who look after another adult can request a carer’s assessment online or through the same Hub. A carers lead arranges it at a time that suits you, and you can bring a family member or friend, or ask the council to arrange an independent advocate.

• The council’s guide price. For home care agencies working in partnership with it, the council gives an hourly guide price of £22 to £25, with shorter visits charged at a lower rate. It helps when you compare several daily visits with the cost of live-in care.
• Council tax. The council’s discounts pages cover severe mental impairment, disabled residents, carers, people in care and annexes. See council tax discounts for care.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Wokingham

• Urgent care: Reading Urgent Care Centre at the Royal Berkshire Hospital (Craven Road entrance) is open 10am to 9.30pm every day, including public holidays, for minor illnesses; it sees walk-ins and people referred by NHS 111 or a GP. It is not an A&E.
• A&E: the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, open 24 hours.

On the day of discharge, most patients wait in the Royal Berkshire’s Discharge Lounge (Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 8pm, not bank holidays), where a nurse explains medicines and the discharge letter, and relatives can use free drop-off parking.

Some people recover first at Wokingham Hospital, on the Ascot and Windsor rehabilitation wards. Back home, Berkshire Healthcare’s Intermediate Care Service gives therapy at home to housebound adults referred by a GP or health professional (Wokingham team 0118 904 3821, Monday to Saturday, 8am to 4pm). See reablement and intermediate care.

Age UK Berkshire’s Home from Hospital service is free for a number of weeks after discharge, for people in its Wokingham Borough area (0118 959 4242). It helps with food shopping, light housework, collecting medication and liaising with wards and other medical professionals.

If health needs are the main issue, ask about NHS Continuing Healthcare: NHS Thames Valley ICB’s Berkshire West team is on 0118 982 2900.

Local help in Wokingham

Carers' services, dementia support, transport, befriending and other local help, with phone numbers.

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• Carers. The Wokingham Carers Partnership brings together Age UK Berkshire (adult carers aged 19 and over, 0118 959 4242), Berkshire Youth for young carers and Promise Inclusion.
• Memory and dementia. The GP can refer to Berkshire Healthcare’s Wokingham Older Adult Mental Health Service at the Barkham Clinic, Wokingham Hospital (0118 904 7200). On the same number, Wokingham Borough Council’s Dementia Care Advisory Service supports people with a dementia diagnosis and their carers, families and friends, and offers home visits. Age UK Berkshire’s Memory Lane Singing Café meets at Cornerstone, Norreys Avenue, on selected Fridays, 11am to 12.30pm (£3, booking essential, 0118 959 4242). See dementia care at home.
• Getting about. Keep Mobile, a charity serving the Wokingham and Bracknell Forest areas, gives door-to-door transport to members who cannot use mainstream transport because of disability or age; book at least two working days ahead on 0345 544 0850, option 2 (weekdays, 9am to 12.30pm). ReadiBus also serves areas around Reading for people with restricted mobility (0118 931 0000).
• Company. Age UK Berkshire’s free telephone befriending covers all of Berkshire, including Wokingham (0118 959 4242).
• End of life. Sue Ryder’s Duchess of Kent Hospice in Reading serves Wokingham, with Hospice at Home and a 24/7 clinical advice line for its patients and their families (0118 950 5276).