Live-in Care in Enfield

Enfield • North London

24-hour care at home in Enfield with a live-in carer

Live-in care brings 24-hour support to the Enfield home your relative already knows: one dedicated Care Professional, living in. Across the borough, from Southgate to Ponders End, it is a way to avoid a move into residential care while keeping one-to-one help. Our care and staffing work began in 2016, and we have been registered with the CQC for personal care since 2019.

We do not run a branch on Enfield Town's Market Square. Placements here are organised from Highview House, 167 Station Road, Edgware HA8 7JU, which looks after the carers we vet for North London. Each Care Professional passes enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, gives references and completes training before starting, and a consultant is on hand around the clock for families in Winchmore Hill, Southgate or Palmers Green.

What live-in care in Enfield includes

So it comes down to a nursing home place or finding a way to make the nights at home work. Live-in care is the third answer, and the one that tends to get overlooked: a Care Professional lives in your relative's home, sleeps there, and is on hand across the whole day rather than for a fixed half hour at a time. It suits households where someone has come back from Chase Farm Hospital or North Middlesex University Hospital needing more than before, and it is arranged the same way in Enfield Town, Ponders End, Winchmore Hill, Grange Park or Cockfosters.

The evening phone calls between brothers and sisters about who is doing tonight stop. So does the drive over at eleven because nobody could be certain, and the diary that had to be kept in three places at once.

• ✓ A dedicated live-in Care Professional in the home
• ✓ Round-the-clock support, including waking or sleeping nights
• ✓ 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

To see how a 24-hour live-in arrangement works in practice, read live-in care explained covers the basics.

Staying at home in Enfield

For someone who has lived in Bush Hill Park, Grange Park or Enfield Highway for years, moving into residential care is a big upheaval. A live-in carer comes to them, so the bedroom, garden, neighbours and GP stay where they are. The Saturday trip to the market on Enfield Town's Market Square can carry on, as can a walk at Forty Hall or in Trent Park. Couples can share one arrangement, and nobody has to move. Enfield families still deciding can turn to our care home comparison.

Enfield Council and the Enfield Carers Centre

The London Borough of Enfield handles adult social care and can carry out a free needs assessment for your relative. Carers have a legal right to an assessment of their own, and it is done by the borough where the person they look after lives. The Enfield Carers Centre, a local charity, recommends that every carer takes up that assessment. Depending on the outcome, some carers receive a Carers Direct Payment.

If an Enfield resident's needs are mainly health-related, ask the NHS about NHS Continuing Healthcare. Live-in care across the EN postcodes costs more when dementia or nurse-led care is involved; see paying for care and live-in care costs.

Leaving Chase Farm or North Middlesex

Chase Farm Hospital on The Ridgeway is run by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, and North Middlesex University Hospital sits in the south of the borough. Before discharge, ask the ward which community teams will follow up, such as the district nursing team. A live-in carer can work alongside them, keeping track of tablets, appointments and how your relative is managing.

Homes across the EN and N postcodes

Enfield runs from Enfield Town and Winchmore Hill across to Edmonton, Ponders End and Brimsdown, and out to Cockfosters. Houses and flats both work, provided the carer has a room to sleep in. In an Edmonton or Ponders End flat, that spare room often settles the question, so we ask early. Steps, bath and bedroom layout come next.

Breaks, sleep and overnight help

Our live-in carers in Enfield take a daily break and need proper sleep, which is part of doing the job safely. If your relative is restless or needs help at night, tell us at the assessment. We will discuss night support with you before anything is agreed.

Care homes and NHS teams in Edmonton and Enfield Town also book NMC-registered nurses through our REC-affiliated staffing agency; see staffing services.

Areas of Enfield we cover for live-in care

We arrange live-in care across Enfield and its EN and N postcodes, including:

• Enfield Town
• Bush Hill Park
• Winchmore Hill
• Southgate
• Palmers Green
• Edmonton
• Ponders End
• Enfield Highway
• Enfield Wash
• Brimsdown
• Forty Hill
• Grange Park
• Cockfosters