Live-in Care in Ealing

Ealing • West London

Round-the-clock live-in care at home in Ealing

Live-in care lets your loved one stay in the Ealing home they know and love, with a dedicated Care Professional living alongside them to provide support both day and night. For many families across this corner of West London it is the natural alternative to moving into a care home: one-to-one attention rather than shared staff, familiar surroundings rather than an unfamiliar room, and a daily routine built entirely around one person. Ealing has long been called the Queen of the Suburbs, with quiet leafy roads and a large community of older residents who have lived in the same house for decades and have no wish to leave it. A live-in arrangement is how many of them carry on.

We will be straight with you about how we work. Protocol Healthcare Services is based in the South of England, so we do not run a high-street branch on The Broadway. What we do run is a genuinely national service, coordinated by our London team a short drive away at Edgware, that places vetted, background-checked Care Professionals wherever they are needed. Every person we introduce has completed enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training before they ever start, and a consultant is reachable around the clock, so a family in Pitshanger or South Ealing gets the same reassurance as one on our doorstep.

What live-in care in Ealing includes

• ✓ A dedicated live-in Care Professional in the home
• ✓ Round-the-clock support, including overnight reassurance
• ✓ Personal care, washing, dressing and continence support
• ✓ Medication management and prompting
• ✓ Meal planning, cooking and nutrition
• ✓ Mobility support and help avoiding falls
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Companionship, hobbies and days out

Why choose live-in care over a care home in Ealing

Leaving a long-time home near Ealing Common or off Pitshanger Lane is one of the hardest decisions a family can face, and it is often not the only option. With live-in care your relative keeps their own bedroom and garden, their neighbours, their GP surgery and the community they have built over a lifetime. A pet stays put. The Sunday walk through Walpole Park past Pitzhanger Manor still happens, with a Care Professional alongside. Because the support is one-to-one, it flexes around the person rather than around a rota, and there is always someone in the house through the night rather than a call bell shared between many rooms.

For couples the case is even stronger. Many older partners in Ealing dread being separated by residential care, one moving out while the other stays behind. A single live-in Care Professional can often support both partners under one arrangement, keeping a marriage of fifty years under the same roof. Two people can be supported for one live-in fee, which frequently compares well with the cost of two care-home places once you weigh everything up.

Local knowledge across Ealing

Ealing is one of the largest boroughs in West London, mixing busy town centres with green open space and a wide spread of ages and cultures. We arrange live-in care right across it, from the mansion flats and terraces around Ealing Broadway and North Ealing, through Northfields, Montpelier and Hanger Hill, out to West Ealing, Argyle, Walpole and Hanwell. Whether a client lives in an Edwardian house near Cleveland Road or a bungalow towards Hanwell, we tailor the support to the person and the property rather than offering one fixed package. Familiar routines, such as a morning coffee near The Broadway or a visit to the market stalls in West Ealing, are something we help keep going, not replace.

We also support people coming home after a hospital stay. Ealing Hospital in Southall, run by London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, handles a large share of local admissions, and the first few weeks back at home after a discharge are critical. A live-in Care Professional can be in place quickly to manage medication, support mobility and rehabilitation, and keep families, GPs and district nurses in the loop, which often makes the difference between a smooth recovery and an avoidable readmission. You can read more about this on our Ealing home care hub.

Funding and the cost of live-in care in Ealing

Live-in care is always priced on an individual assessment, because the right package depends on the level of support, whether it is for one person or a couple, and any specialist needs such as dementia or nurse-led care. We give you a clear, all-inclusive weekly figure before anything begins, with no hidden extras. Many Ealing families self-fund, but you may also be entitled to help: Ealing Council, based at Perceval House on Uxbridge Road, can carry out a free care needs assessment followed by a financial assessment, and where needs are primarily health-related, NHS Continuing Healthcare funding may apply. Care at home in England is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the standard we work to. Our team is always happy to explain how the routes fit together, and you can read more on our paying for care guide.

More than home care: staffing for Ealing providers

Alongside care for families, we are also an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency with national reach. Care homes, supported living services and NHS teams across West London rely on us for dependable cover, from NMC-registered nurses and support workers to mental health and learning disability specialists. If you run a service in the borough, see our staffing services overview.

Areas of Ealing we cover for live-in care

We arrange live-in care at home across the borough and the surrounding W5 and W13 postcodes, including:

• Ealing Broadway
• Ealing Common
• West Ealing
• South Ealing
• North Ealing
• Northfields
• Pitshanger
• Montpelier
• Hanger Hill
• Hanwell
• Argyle
• Walpole