Live-in care in Havant

How we arrange live-in care in Havant

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Havant and across the borough, 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 Hampshire County 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 Havant

Hampshire County Council’s Adults’ Health and Care, not Havant Borough Council, arranges adult social care in Havant. Call 0300 555 1386 (weekdays 8.30am to 5pm, Tuesdays from 9.30am, Fridays to 4.30pm; out of hours 0300 555 1373), or use the online referral form (weekdays 8am to 8pm, weekends 8.30am to 6.30pm), which the council recommends because phone waits can be long. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one. With more than £23,250 in savings your relative would usually pay the full cost of care, and the home is not counted when care is at home. Self-funders can ask the council to arrange care at home (if it agrees: £296 once, then £8.75 a week). Financial assessment queries: the council’s Financial Assessments and Benefits Team (01962 845600, if you cannot email). See council funding for care and direct payments.

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If you help a relative, you have a right to a carer’s assessment: the Princess Royal Trust for Carers carries them out for the county council through the Hampshire Carers Support Service (01264 311680), which also gives unpaid carers free information, support and help with an emergency plan.

Havant Borough Council collects council tax. Its discounts cover certain carers (see the questions below) and severely mentally impaired people, and you can apply online. See our guide to council tax discounts for care.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Havant

• A&E: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, open 24 hours.
• Urgent treatment centres: St Mary’s Health Campus, Milton, Portsmouth, 8am to 8pm, with a GP on site; and Petersfield Community Hospital, 8am to 8pm. Most visits need no appointment; NHS 111 can book an arrival time. Neither is an A&E.

Portsmouth Hospitals asks families to give ward staff, on admission, the details of services that will need rearranging before discharge, such as carers, to arrange transport home, and to ask for a copy of the discharge letter. The discharge team may also ask the county council’s hospital social work team to assess your relative. The council’s short-term services after hospital include reablement (free for up to six weeks) and the Rapid Support Service (free for up to 28 days).

Near the end of life, the Rowans Hospice’s Emergency End of Life Response Team (EELRT) can rapidly assess someone in their final days at Queen Alexandra Hospital so they can go to their preferred place, with Hospice at Home support afterwards. See end-of-life care at home.

For NHS Continuing Healthcare, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight’s All Age Continuing Care team for patients of Hampshire GPs is on 0300 123 4448, option 4.

Local help in Havant

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

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• Carers. The Hampshire Carers Support Service runs a monthly carers’ coffee morning at The Spring Arts Centre in Havant, 10am to noon; the person you care for is welcome too (01264 311680).
• Memory worries. Dementia Support Hampshire & IOW’s support and social group meets every Wednesday, 1pm to 3pm, at Havant United Reformed Church Hall, 37 North Street (0344 324 6589). The NHS community older people’s mental health team for Havant and Waterlooville is on 02382 318301. See live-in dementia care.
• Getting about. Connect Havant runs accessible minibuses, 9.15am to 2.45pm: around Havant on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, into Portsmouth on Tuesdays, and from Hayling Island into Havant on Thursdays. Trips cost £6.20 return and an essential companion travels free; register first, then book on 0333 015 1271.
• Help in the home. Age Concern Hampshire’s Help at Home covers Havant, Emsworth and Waterlooville, from £14.50 an hour plus a £25 monthly service fee (01962 868545).
• Equipment. Free occupational therapy, which can include equipment, can be requested through the GP surgery or the county council; for care technology, the council recommends Argenti (01962 670721).
• Hospice care. The Rowans Hospice in Purbrook has 16 en-suite inpatient rooms and a Hospice at Home service that runs 24 hours a day; referral is through a health or social care professional, and care is free. Its Palliative Care Support Hub takes calls from patients and carers on 023 9225 0001, option 1 (weekdays, 9am to 5pm), and its Living Well services are on 023 9224 8011 (weekdays, 9am to 4pm).

What may change soon

Hampshire’s council reorganisation is undecided: the Government withdrew its earlier decision in September 2026 and expects an outcome by early 2027. Until then, the councils named here stay responsible.