Live-in care in Fleet

Hampshire County Council's Adults' Health and Care, not Hart District Council. Call 0300 555 1386 (weekdays 8.30am to 5pm, Tuesdays from 9.30am, Fridays to 4.30pm) or use the council's online referral form; out of hours, call 0300 555 1373. A relative who helps can ask the Hampshire Carers Support Service (01264 311680) for a carer's assessment, which the Princess Royal Trust for Carers carries out for the county council; the service also gives free information, support and help with an emergency plan.

Hampshire County Council offers free live-in care after a hospital stay, for up to four weeks, but only for people in the North East of Hampshire, so ask the hospital social work team whether your relative's address qualifies. The team refers to the council's live-in care provider before discharge, after checking that the home has a separate furnished room where the carer can sleep, an accessible bathroom, use of the kitchen and laundry facilities. A social worker should be allocated within 48 hours of leaving hospital, and the assessment should take place within 14 days. The service can end sooner if care is no longer needed or longer-term care is agreed, and the council can charge from the date long-term care is assessed as appropriate and provided.

Frimley Park Hospital, on Portsmouth Road in Frimley just over the Surrey border, has an A&E open 24 hours. Fleet Community Hospital on Church Road is a community hospital run by Frimley Health and registered for rehabilitation, not an A&E. For urgent problems that are not life-threatening, call NHS 111, which can direct you to the right service. In an emergency, call 999.

Fleet Connect, run by Rushmoor Voluntary Services, is a door-to-door minibus for people in Fleet, Church Crookham, Crookham Village and Elvetham Heath who find buses hard to use. It runs Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 2.30pm, but cannot take people to Frimley Park Hospital. Register first, then book on 01252 398451 (weekdays, 9.30am to 12.30pm). For medical appointments, Communicare's volunteer drivers help when no other transport is available (0754 64 24 397, weekdays 10am to 1pm).

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Fleet, 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 Fleet is arranged by Hampshire County Council (Adults' Health and Care). 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.