Live-in Care in Guildford

Guildford • Surrey

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

Live-in care brings 24-hour support to the Guildford home your relative already knows: one dedicated Care Professional, living in. In Surrey it is an alternative to residential care: the help is for one person, and the house, garden and routine stay the same. Protocol dates from 2016 and has been registered with the CQC for personal care since 2019, and the same standards apply in Guildford.

There is no Protocol branch on Guildford High Street. Guildford placements are run from Highview House in Edgware (HA8 7JU), alongside the rest of our Surrey work. The Care Professionals we place in Merrow, Onslow Village or Shalford have all completed enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training first, and a consultant is on hand around the clock.

What live-in care in Guildford includes

Families often ring us when a discharge from the Royal Surrey County Hospital is being planned. The ward is satisfied, the paperwork is done, and your father is going back to a house he has not stood up in for three weeks. Live-in care is the arrangement that meets him at the door: someone in the house from the first night, learning how he takes his tea and where he keeps things, and staying through the weeks when everything takes a little longer than it used to.

Guildford is a county town on the River Wey, and the arrangement works the same whether home is a terrace near the centre in GU1 or a house out towards the University of Surrey in GU2, in Merrow, Burpham, Onslow Village or Park Barn. If a date has been mentioned on the ward, ring us with it and we will work back from there.

• ✓ A dedicated live-in Care Professional in the home
• ✓ Round-the-clock support and 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 along the River Wey

First time looking at this? Our guide to how live-in care works explains how the arrangement works.

Keeping a Guildford home

Many people would rather not leave a house in Burpham, Stoughton or Boxgrove they have lived in for years. With live-in care, the carer moves in instead, so your relative keeps their own room, garden, GP and part of town. The walk up to the Castle Grounds can carry on. A couple can share one live-in carer, so neither partner moves out. Guildford families comparing options can read our care home comparison.

Surrey County Council and Action for Carers

Adult social care for Guildford is run by Surrey County Council. Its social care needs assessment may begin with a self-assessment, then a conversation online, by phone or face to face. You can have a relative or friend with you. Surrey follows national rules, and the NHS page on a needs assessment explains your rights.

Unpaid carers can ask for a carer's assessment, which the council says is free and is not a test of your ability to care. Action for Carers Surrey supports carers across the county. In Surrey, NHS Continuing Healthcare can fund care for people whose needs are mainly health-related. A live-in package in GU1 or GU2 costs more when dementia or nurse-led care is needed; see live-in care costs and paying for care.

Leaving the Royal Surrey

The Royal Surrey County Hospital on Egerton Road is run by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, which also provides community services from Milford and Haslemere hospitals. If a date has been given on the ward, call us with it. We will aim to have a live-in carer ready for the first night home, to help with tablets, washing and getting around.

From GU1 terraces to GU2 bungalows

Guildford's homes run from Victorian terraces near the town centre in GU1 to bungalows out towards the University of Surrey in GU2. Space for the carer to sleep is the first thing we ask Guildford families about. After that we look at stairs, the front step and how your relative gets in and out.

Daily breaks and night support

A live-in carer in Guildford needs time to themselves each day and an unbroken night's sleep. That keeps the care steady over months. If your relative needs help through the night, tell us at the assessment and we will talk through night support.

Surrey care homes and NHS teams can also book NMC-registered nurses and support workers through our REC-affiliated staffing agency; see staffing services.

Areas of Guildford we cover for live-in care

Live-in carers we place in and around Guildford work in:

• Stoughton
• Onslow Village
• Merrow
• Burpham
• Shalford
• Bellfields
• Park Barn
• Westborough
• Slyfield
• Jacobs Well
• Worplesdon
• Boxgrove