Live-in care in Lymington

How we arrange live-in care in Lymington

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Lymington, Pennington and the villages around them, 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 Lymington

Hampshire County Council’s Adults’ Health and Care, not New Forest District Council, arranges adult social care in Lymington. 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.

New Forest District Council collects council tax in Lymington and Pennington. Our guide to council tax discounts for care explains the national discounts to ask it about, such as the severe mental impairment disregard.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Lymington

• Urgent treatment centre: Lymington New Forest Hospital, Ampress Park, provided by PHL: walk in 8am to 9pm, 365 days a year, for urgent minor injuries and illnesses that are not life-threatening. It is not an A&E.
• A&E: Southampton General Hospital, open 24 hours. The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, which serves part of the New Forest, also has an A&E, open 24 hours, and an urgent treatment centre open 8am to midnight (patients accepted until 10pm; call NHS 111 first). Its main number is 01202 303626.

Lymington New Forest Hospital (01590 663000) has five inpatient wards, including Deerleap Ward for stroke and general rehabilitation, and a medical assessment unit. Its Forest Assessment Centre treats medical patients referred by GPs and other professionals, aiming to avoid an admission; it is open 365 days a year (weekdays 8am to 6pm, weekends 8am to 1pm).

At Southampton General, beds should be free by 11am on the day of discharge, and families arrange transport home. University Hospitals Dorset gives at least a two-week supply of any medicines needed, with no prescription charge. 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).

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

Local help in Lymington

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

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• Memory worries. The GP can refer to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare’s memory assessment service; the first assessment can take up to an hour and a half, so bring glasses and hearing aids. Dementia Support Hampshire & IOW runs Musical Moments at Linden House, New Street, on the fourth Tuesday of each month, 2pm to 3.30pm, and a weekly Wednesday support group in New Milton (0344 324 6589, weekdays 9am to 5pm). Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Support Service New Forest gives people with dementia, their carers and families personalised help and advice, face to face or by phone (023 8061 0159, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm). See live-in dementia care.
• Day care. Age Concern Hampshire’s Gore Grange Care and Wellbeing Centre on Jowitt Drive, New Milton, opens on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and welcomes people living with dementia, with optional door-to-door transport in and around New Milton (07842 306028).
• Getting about. Connect New Forest’s wheelchair-accessible minibuses collect registered passengers from home between 9.15am and 2.45pm; Coastal Lymington is served on Tuesdays. Book with the office on 01425 461751 (weekdays, 9am to 3pm).
• 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. Oakhaven Hospice gives free care at home and in the hospice after a referral by the GP or another healthcare professional. Its 24-hour advice and support line, 01590 670346, is for patients and those caring for them. Its free Oakhaven Neighbours volunteers can visit patients and their families at home, for company and help with tasks such as collecting prescriptions or light shopping, and carers of its patients can come to a respite day in its Day Hospice on the second Tuesday of each month.

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.