Live-in care in Warwickshire

Call Warwickshire County Council's adult social care team on 01926 359190 (Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm; Friday, 9am to 4.30pm), or use the council's online form (linked from its assessment page under Useful contacts on this page) if the person does not already have support from adult social care. Outside those hours, at weekends and on bank holidays, the emergency duty social worker is on 01926 886922. Coventry is a separate city council, so for an address in Coventry, contact Coventry City Council instead.

Adults living in Warwickshire who leave hospital with new or increased needs may be offered the NHS-funded Discharge to Assess scheme. At home this is the Community Recovery Service: free home care for up to six weeks, with carers visiting up to four times a day. If someone cannot go straight home, a free stay of up to four weeks in one of the care homes the council uses can be arranged. A Care Act assessment follows, and charges for any longer-term care depend on a financial assessment.

Not yet. On 29 October 2026 the Government said it is minded to replace the county council and the five district and borough councils with two unitary councils, one for the north of the county and one for the south. There will be at least three weeks for further representations before a final decision. The councils say the new councils would be in place from April 2029. Until then, Warwickshire County Council arranges adult social care and the district and borough councils collect council tax.

Dementia Connect, run by Alzheimer's Society and commissioned by Warwickshire County Council, supports anyone living with dementia and the people caring for them. Call 0333 150 3456 (Monday to Wednesday, 9am to 8pm; Thursday and Friday, 9am to 5pm; weekends, 10am to 4pm). For a diagnosis, start with the GP, who can refer to the Dementia Service run by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board. Enquiries go by email: cwicb.swchcgeneral@nhs.net for patients with GPs in South Warwickshire, Rugby and Warwickshire North, and cwicb.referrals@nhs.net for Coventry GPs. For most people an initial checklist comes first; a nurse, doctor, other healthcare professional or social worker can complete it, and it decides whether a full assessment follows. If care is needed urgently, for example because someone is terminally ill, the assessment may be fast-tracked.

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

Our care team supports every live-in placement, wherever it is in England: a free assessment, a written care plan, regular contact and reviews, one main live-in carer, with a relief carer covering holidays and time off, and a manager on call outside office hours. Your carer works alongside the person's own GP, community nurses and any hospice team already involved in their care.