Live-in care in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire

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Our live-in care in Shipston-on-Stour

Live-in care means one-to-one support in your own home: personal care, medication support, meals, help around the house, getting out and about, and someone close by at night. Whether it suits the person, and whether one carer can support a couple, is worked out at the free assessment. Read more in live-in care explained and how it works day to day.

How we arrange live-in care in Shipston-on-Stour

Day and Nightcare provides fully managed live-in care in Shipston-on-Stour and the villages around it, 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 Warwickshire 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 Shipston-on-Stour

Warwickshire County Council arranges adult social care. Call 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 below) if your relative has no support yet. The needs assessment is free, and anyone can ask for one. Out of hours, the emergency duty social worker is on 01926 886922.

Read more: arranging care and funding in Shipston-on-Stour

A financial assessment decides what your relative pays. With savings over £23,250 they would usually pay the full cost, but the home is not counted for care at home. For home care the council arranges, the most it charges from April 2026 is £26.44 an hour; its Financial Assessments and Benefits Advice Team is on 01926 413985. Council funding can be taken as a direct payment.

For a free carer’s assessment, call Caring Together Warwickshire on 0800 197 5544 (Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 5pm; Tuesday and Thursday 9am to 8pm; Saturday 9am to 2pm).

Stratford-on-Avon District Council collects council tax (Revenues 01789 260990). Ask about the severe mental impairment discount, which can apply to dementia; the carer discount for an unpaid carer who lives in and gives at least 35 hours of care a week (form on 01789 260991); and the disabled band reduction. See council tax discounts for care.

Urgent care and leaving hospital in Shipston-on-Stour

A&E: Warwick Hospital, Lakin Road, has South Warwickshire’s 24-hour Emergency Department. Over the Oxfordshire border, the Horton General Hospital in Banbury also has an Emergency Department open 24 hours.
Minor injuries: the nearest unit is at Stratford Hospital, open only on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9am to 4pm. It is not an A&E. Ellen Badger Hospital lists no minor injuries service.

Ellen Badger Hospital, Stratford Road (01608 661410), reopened in June 2025. It holds clinics for Parkinson’s, heart failure, physiotherapy, bladder and bowel care, catheters, speech and language therapy and Admiral dementia nurses. Its pilot medical unit offers infusions, frailty reviews and comprehensive geriatric assessments on GP referral (weekdays 8am to 4pm), and walk-in blood tests run on weekdays, 8am to 2pm.

For Warwickshire residents with new or increased needs, NHS-funded Discharge to Assess usually means the Community Recovery Service: free home care for up to six weeks, with up to four visits a day. A Care Act assessment follows about four weeks after discharge home. At Warwick Hospital each ward has a nominated discharge co-ordinator. For a sudden decline at home, Urgent Community Response takes referrals on 01926 600818 (8am to 6pm, every day).

NHS Continuing Healthcare is arranged by NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board; for a South Warwickshire GP, email cwicb.swchcgeneral@nhs.net.

Local help in Shipston-on-Stour

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

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Dementia cafés. Shipston-on-Stour Dementia Friends Café meets at Shipston Lodge, Armistice Close, every Tuesday, 10.30am to 12.30pm, and its sister café at Tysoe Village Hall on Fridays, 10am to noon. Both are free; contact details are in Warwickshire’s Living Well with Dementia directory. Dementia Connect is on 0333 150 3456; see live-in dementia care.
Company. A community Warm Hub meets at Ellen Badger on Mondays, 10am to noon, with free tea and coffee. The Stour Health and Wellbeing Partnership (hello@shwp.org.uk) keeps a community directory for Shipston and the villages.
Sight loss. Warwickshire Vision Support meets at Stour Court, Old Road, on the fourth Tuesday of the month, 2pm to 4pm (01926 411331).
Breaks for carers. Carers Trust Heart of England’s Day Break service runs in Wellesbourne on Thursdays and Fridays, 10am to 3pm (02476 101040).
End-of-life care. Shipston Home Nursing (01608 664850) and The Shakespeare Hospice (01789 266852); see the questions below.
Getting about. VASA volunteer drivers (01789 262889) and the IndieGo PLUS on-demand bus (01926 742000); see the questions below.

What may change soon

On 29 October 2026 the Government said it is minded to create two unitary councils for Warwickshire, with Stratford-on-Avon District in the southern one. This is proposed, not confirmed; the councils say new councils would start in April 2029. Until then, the county council arranges adult social care and the district council collects council tax.

Useful local contacts

Useful contacts in Shipston-on-Stour

The council, NHS teams, hospitals and local services you are most likely to need in Shipston-on-Stour, with links to their official pages. Open any heading for the details.

Council and care assessments

Adult social care in Shipston-on-Stour is arranged by Warwickshire County Council. Anyone who appears to need care can ask for a free care needs assessment, whatever their savings. If the council funds care, you can usually take it as a direct payment and use it for live-in care from us.

Warwickshire County Council: ask for a care needs assessment (telephone 01926 359190); carer's assessment.

NHS Continuing Healthcare

When someone's main need is a health need, the NHS pays for all of their care through NHS Continuing Healthcare, and it is not means-tested. For Shipston-on-Stour it is arranged by NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (Continuing Healthcare information). See our NHS Continuing Healthcare guide.

Hospitals near Shipston-on-Stour

If someone is in hospital, tell us the expected discharge date as early as you can, and we will work with you and the discharge team on when live-in care can start.

Ellen Badger Hospital: Reopened June 2025: clinics, GP rooms, a weekday medical unit by GP referral (8am to 4pm) and walk-in blood tests (weekdays 8am to 2pm, with a request form); no inpatient beds or minor injuries service listed; 01608 661410
Warwick Hospital: 24-hour Emergency Department for South Warwickshire, Lakin Road, Warwick (leaving hospital information)
Horton General Hospital, Banbury: Over the Oxfordshire border; Emergency Department open 24 hours
Stratford Hospital Minor Injuries Unit: Building 2, Arden Street, Stratford-upon-Avon: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9am to 4pm only; not an A&E

Local support and charities

Caring Together Warwickshire: Carers' support (0800 197 5544)
Dementia Connect in Warwickshire (Alzheimer's Society): Dementia support (0333 150 3456)
Shipston-on-Stour Dementia Friends Café, Shipston Lodge: Dementia support
Shipston Home Nursing: Hospice (01608 664850)
The Shakespeare Hospice: Hospice (01789 266852)
Stour Health and Wellbeing Partnership: Community support
VASA community transport (volunteer drivers): Community transport (01789 262889)
IndieGo PLUS on-demand bus: Community transport (01926 742000)

Council tax

Council tax in Shipston-on-Stour, including discounts for people with a severe mental impairment, for disabled people and for some carers, is handled by Stratford-on-Avon District Council. See council tax discounts for care.

Villages around Shipston-on-Stour

Tredington
Newbold-on-Stour
Ilmington
Brailes
Long Compton
Little Compton
Tysoe
Ettington
Alderminster

Your questions

Questions about live-in care in Shipston-on-Stour

Who do I call in Shipston-on-Stour to ask for a care assessment?

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 has no support from adult social care yet. The county council arranges care for Shipston and the villages; Stratford-on-Avon District Council deals with council tax. Out of hours, call the emergency duty social worker on 01926 886922. Family carers can ask Caring Together Warwickshire for a carer's assessment on 0800 197 5544.

Does Ellen Badger Hospital have beds or a minor injuries unit?

No inpatient beds or minor injuries service are listed. Ellen Badger Hospital on Stratford Road reopened in June 2025 after redevelopment, with outpatient clinics, GP rooms for Shipston Medical Centre, community nursing teams and a wellbeing space. A medical unit pilot runs on weekdays, 8am to 4pm, by GP referral, and walk-in blood tests for people aged 17 and over are available on weekdays, 8am to 2pm, with a request form. For emergencies, call 999 or go to an Emergency Department.

Is there end-of-life nursing at home around Shipston?

Yes. Shipston Home Nursing, a local charity registered with the Care Quality Commission as a hospice service, gives free hospice at home care, and bereavement counselling, for adults in Shipston, Kineton, Bidford, Wellesbourne and the surrounding south Warwickshire villages. Patients, families, carers and GPs can refer on 01608 664850 (8am to 4pm). The Shakespeare Hospice's free Hospice at Home team also covers adults with a South Warwickshire GP (01789 266852). A live-in carer can work alongside both.

How do people in the Shipston villages get to appointments without a car?

Two services help. VASA arranges volunteer drivers from Shipston and the villages to medical appointments, for a £4 fee plus 55p a mile, with a minimum of £8 (01789 262889, weekdays 9.30am to 3.30pm; register at least two working days before you ask for a journey). IndieGo PLUS is an on-demand bus covering every town and parish in Stratford-on-Avon District on weekdays; book by app or on 01926 742000. Fares start at £3 and concessionary passes are valid.

How much does live-in care cost in Shipston-on-Stour?

Live-in care with Day and Nightcare costs from £1,550 a week in Shipston-on-Stour, 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.

Can the council help pay for live-in care in Shipston-on-Stour?

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 Shipston-on-Stour 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.

Can live-in care start when someone leaves Warwick Hospital?

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.

Sources and further information

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Local information checked 31 October 2026. Links go to the official council, NHS and charity pages.

Live-in care in Shipston-on-Stour