Live-in care in Buckingham

Yes. Buckingham Community Hospital on the High Street cares for older patients who need rehabilitation before going home after treatment or surgery at Stoke Mandeville or Amersham, and it also provides palliative and terminal care. It runs consultant, nurse and therapy-led clinics, and community teams such as podiatry, audiology and rapid intermediate community care are based there. Its page lists no minor injuries service. The hospital's number is 01280 813243.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust's Emergency Department is at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, open 24 hours. Milton Keynes University Hospital, run by a different NHS trust, has an Emergency Department and an Urgent Treatment Centre, both open 24 hours; a nurse directs each patient to the right one on arrival. Buckinghamshire Healthcare's own Urgent Treatment Centre is at Wycombe Hospital. In an emergency, call 999.

Buckingham is in Buckinghamshire Council's area, not Milton Keynes. Call the council's adult social care team on 01296 383 204 or refer yourself online through Care Advice Buckinghamshire for a Better Lives Assessment. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one. A social care worker talks with you first, then visits. A family member who helps can ask for a carer's assessment the same way. In an out-of-hours emergency, call 0800 999 7677.

Start with the GP, who can refer to Oxford Health's Memory Assessment Service; its Buckinghamshire clinics are in Aylesbury, Amersham and High Wycombe, with another at Thame Community Hospital just over the Oxfordshire border. Dementia Support Bucks, run by Age UK Buckinghamshire with Age UK Hillingdon, Harrow and Brent, helps before and after a diagnosis with memory information sessions and dementia support workers. Its helpline is 01280 505028, weekdays 9am to 5pm.

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Buckingham, the same as everywhere in England, for one person with a carer who rests at night. That includes our care team's management (the assessment, care plan, reviews, supervision and the on-call manager) and the carer's food; break cover and the carer's travel are extra. For a couple it is from £1,800 a week, where one carer can safely meet both partners' needs. You receive a written quote after a free assessment.

Yes, if the person's care needs meet the national eligibility criteria and their savings are below £23,250 (2026/27). Adult social care in Buckingham is arranged by Buckinghamshire Council. Ask for a care needs assessment; if you are eligible, council funding can usually be taken as a direct payment and used for live-in care from us.

It can. Tell us the expected discharge date as early as you can, and we will work with you and the ward's discharge team on when live-in care can start. We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of the assessment, depending on carer availability, and we confirm the start date once a carer is arranged. We have provided Discharge to Assess (D2A) care since 2014.