Live-in care in Gloucester

Call Gloucestershire County Council's Adult Social Care Helpdesk on 01452 426 868, Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm, or email socialcare.enq@gloucestershire.gov.uk. The county council, not Gloucester City Council, arranges adult social care. The helpdesk talks through your relative's needs and arranges an assessment if one is needed, and the assessment itself is free. In a serious social care emergency out of hours, call the Emergency Duty Team on 01452 614 194. A family carer can ask the Gloucestershire Carers Hub (0300 111 9000) for their own carer's assessment.

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on Great Western Road has the county's 24-hour consultant-led A&E. Cheltenham General's A&E is consultant-led only from 8am to 8pm, so overnight, life-threatening emergencies are treated at Gloucestershire Royal. For GP care that cannot wait, the Gloucester GP Health Access Centre at Quayside House is open seven days a week by appointment: ring 01452 336290 first. For anything else urgent, call NHS 111, which can book an appointment at a Minor Injury and Illness Unit.

Gloucester City Council does not count someone classed as severely mentally impaired, which can include Alzheimer's disease. You need a certificate from a registered medical practitioner, which is free, and proof of a qualifying benefit such as Attendance Allowance or the daily living part of Personal Independence Payment. Upload the form through My Gloucester, or email it to revenues@gloucester.gov.uk with your council tax account reference. If the person lives alone, the property may be exempt.

Yes. The Barton & Tredworth Memory Cafe at Charter Court, Victoria Street, meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 2pm to 4pm, and its team speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, Gujarati, Urdu, Patois, Polish and English. No referral is needed and refreshments are by donation; contact details are on its listing in the county council's Your Circle directory. Age UK Gloucestershire's Wednesday drop-in at Messenger House offers a Language Line translator service.

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Gloucester, 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 Gloucester is arranged by Gloucestershire County 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.