Get in touch about live-in respite care
What types of respite care do we offer?
- Live-in Respite Care: We offer round-the-clock temporary care across England and Scotland. You’ll have a dedicated carer move into your home to provide one-to-one support while your regular carer takes a break.
- Hourly Respite Care: You can arrange multiple daily or weekly visits while your carer takes a break. As with hourly care, a carer will visit your home for a set number of hours to ensure you have the support you need.
Please note: hourly respite care is only available for clients based in London.
What does a respite carer do?
A respite carer makes sure your needs are safely met while your regular carer takes a well-deserved break. With live-in respite care, they temporarily move into your home to provide short-term support, maintaining your lifestyle and routines. With hourly respite care, they can visit your home multiple times per day or week.
There may be times when unexpected circumstances leave you without the care you need to continue living at home safely and independently. Emergency respite care can be used to fill the gap when your regular carer becomes unavailable – due to injury or illness. It also ensures your carer has the time to recover.
Our short-term respite care service provides compassionate carers, ready to deliver seamless support – without disruption to your daily life. They can support in many ways, including:
Personal Care:
Your respite carer supports you with washing, dressing and grooming.
Medication Management:
All our carers are trained to support you with taking and managing your medications.
Meal Preparation:
Your carer can prepare nutritious, home-cooked meals aligned to your dietary requirements and personal preferences.
Companionship and Emotional Support:
Live-in respite care ensures you have a companion to support you emotionally while your regular carer is away.
Bespoke One-to-one Care:
We build our care around your existing routines, needs and preferences.
Care for Complex Conditions:
We offer specialised care for individuals living with complex conditions.
When might you need in-home respite care
Caring for a loved one is rewarding but demanding. Short-term respite care offers the perfect opportunity for caregivers to take a break, and those receiving care to continue getting the support they need.
There are a number of situations where it can be beneficial, including:
✔ You or your carer needs a break to rest and recharge.
✔ You or your carer are experiencing illness, stress or burnout.
✔ You’ve been discharged from hospital and need temporary care as you recover.
✔ You or your carer have other commitments or responsibilities, such as work or a family emergency.
✔ You’re considering full-time live-in care but want to trial a temporary solution before committing.
Highly qualified respite carers
Our carers are at the heart of your wellbeing. It’s why we are dedicated to recruiting, training, and keeping the best in the industry.
- Specialist respite training: Our carers receive in-depth training tailored to equip them with the skills needed to provide seamless temporary care.
- Thorough recruitment process: Only 2% of applicants pass our rigorous selection, which includes DBS checks and a requirement for previous care experience.
- Ongoing professional development: We invest in our carers with continuous training, so they stay up to date with best practices in respite care.
- Complex care expertise: Our carers have the expertise and support to provide short term care for people living with dementia, Parkinson’s, MS, cancer and other complex conditions.
“I am extremely proud to work for The Good Care Group. I have a great line manager who trusts me, supports me and values my skills.
The work is rewarding, I have met some inspiring carers who deserve recognition and to work for this outstanding company.” – TGCG Carer
Benefits of respite care
Caring for a family member who requires day-to-day home care can be emotionally and physically demanding. Everyone understandably needs some time to catch up on daily life, take a holiday or simply have some relaxation time to refresh and recharge.
With the support of our in-home respite care service, you can rest assured that your loved one is receiving the highest quality care. It’s provided by a carer who is able to meet their medical, social, domestic and personal needs whilst improving their overall health and well-being.
Here are some of the many compelling benefits of respite home care:
✔ Temporary relief for family caregivers, allowing them to attend to their own needs while ensuring their loved ones receive the highest quality of care.
✔ Provides families with an opportunity to try a 24-hour live-in care arrangement for the first time and take the step into a more permanent arrangement.
✔ A series of bookings can be made over a period of time with the same care team providing consistency of care for your loved one.
✔ Our respite care service also provides a chance for your loved one to interact with new people and try out new caregivers or care arrangements.
✔ By offering relief to family caregivers, our respite care service helps prevent social isolation for both the individual and the caregiver.
How much does respite care cost?
Our respite care starts from £264 per day and £395 per day for couples.
The cost of respite care at home will vary depending on your loved one’s needs.
After your free, no-obligation consultation, you will receive a comprehensive respite care plan. It will explain the costs in detail. Our prices are always straightforward and transparent, with no hidden fees. We also offer discounts for a repeat or a series of respite bookings.
It is worth considering that live-in respite care is comparable to the costs of a respite care home. They may even be less. You get the added benefit of staying in the comfort, familiarity and safety of your own home and surroundings.
Find out more about the costs of respite care.
Funding options
There are several funding options available for respite care in the UK, including social care funding, NHS Continuing Healthcare funding and self-funding care.
Learn more about the ways you can fund your respite home care.
How to arrange respite care at home
1. Call our experienced team
Contact us to discuss your questions and gather the information you need to make an informed decision.
2. Free no-obligation consultation:
Your local care manager will arrange a meeting with you and your loved one to discuss care requirements.
3. Care package and carer selection:
We’ll build a bespoke care package to meet your needs and personal preferences. We’ll then match you with the right respite carer.
Why choose an unregulated care agency?
Unlike a traditional care agency, our short term respite care service is fully managed, meaning we handle everything – from recruiting and vetting carers to ongoing supervision and support.
With our stress-free, fully managed care service you can benefit from:
✔ ️ Local care managers supported by clinical experts supervise and manage your respite carer.
✔ ️ Round-the-clock support from specialists, ensuring the highest level of care.
✔ ️ Replacement carer arrangement, should your carer fall ill.
✔ ️ No carer admin, with hiring, payments and compliance directly managed by The Good Care Group.
✔ ️ No hidden fees. We pride ourselves on providing a transparent breakdown of the costs when building your respite package.
Why choose live-in respite care over a respite care home?
With home respite care, you get to remain in a comfortable, familiar environment, receiving personalised, one-to-one support tailored to your needs. We believe this is the very best place to receive care.
Here are some of the reasons our clients choose a home-based service over a residential care home.
| The Good Care Group | Residential Care Home | |
| You get to stay in your own home | ||
| You receive dedicated one-to-one care | ||
| You can enjoy the meals you love at a time that suits you | ||
| You can continue living life on your terms - with minimal disruption to your lifestyle | ||
| You don't have to worry about arranging temporary care for a beloved pet | ||
| Your loved ones can visit when and as often as they like |
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