Live-in Care in Peterborough

Peterborough • Cambridgeshire

24-hour live-in care at home in Peterborough

With live-in care, your relative stays in their own Peterborough home and a Care Professional lives alongside them, providing 24-hour support. It is the main alternative to a care home in the city, with one carer, the same rooms and a routine that suits one person. Our care and staffing work began in 2016, and our CQC registration for personal care dates from 2019.

We do not have an office in Peterborough. Care in the city is arranged by our London office at Highview House, 167 Station Road, Edgware HA8 7JU, and that is the team you will deal with. Enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training come first for anyone placed in Werrington, Longthorpe or Hampton. A consultant is on hand around the clock.

What live-in care in Peterborough includes

Peterborough is a cathedral city on the River Nene, and we arrange live-in care across it. That takes in Werrington, Paston, the Orton townships, Stanground, Bretton, Longthorpe, Dogsthorpe and Hampton. There is no round of short calls squeezed between other addresses. One Care Professional lives in the home.

What it looks like at the start is rarely what it looks like a year on, so the plan is reviewed rather than left to run. Support can be built up as things get harder, or eased back once somebody has found their feet again after an illness.

• ✓ 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
• ✓ Care for couples under one arrangement
• ✓ Companionship, hobbies and days out

New to the idea? Live-in care explained sets out what it is, who it suits and how it works day to day.

Live-in care or a care home in Peterborough?

Leaving a home in Werrington, Paston or the Orton townships is a hard step, and with a carer living in it may not be needed. Your relative keeps their bedroom and garden, the neighbours in Millfield and the GP they know. A walk along the Nene or a trip into the cathedral quarter can carry on, and help fits how they feel on the day. Our guide to live-in care versus a care home compares the two.

Husbands and wives in the city can share one live-in carer, so a long marriage is not split across two care homes. The cost can compare well with two placements.

Where we arrange live-in care in Peterborough

We arrange live-in care across Werrington and Paston in PE4, Bretton and Longthorpe towards PE3, the Orton townships and Stanground in PE2, and the central streets and Dogsthorpe in PE1. We also cover Hampton, Woodston, Fletton, Millfield and Walton. A post-war township house and a newer Hampton home need different plans, so support is shaped around the person and their home.

Leaving Peterborough City Hospital

Peterborough City Hospital on Bretton Gate is run by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Stamford and Rutland Hospital. Before discharge, ask the ward for the date, the medicines list and who will follow up at home. If you pass the date to us, a carer can be ready for the first day.

Peterborough City Council assessments

Peterborough City Council offers an adult social care assessment. It looks at what your relative can do, what they need help with and what matters to them, and a friend or relative can ask on their behalf. The NHS guide to a needs assessment explains the process and your rights.

Carers can have their own carer's assessment, whether or not the person they care for has been assessed. The council's carers page also points to the Peterborough Carers Wellbeing Service run by Making Space. For needs that are mostly medical, ask the GP or ward about NHS Continuing Healthcare.

Getting the house ready

The carer needs a bedroom of their own. In a township semi in Bretton or the Ortons, that is usually the spare room, so clear it in time. Think about the stairs, the bathroom and whether a bed downstairs would help in the early weeks.

Sleep and breaks for a Peterborough carer

A live-in carer sleeps in the house, so someone is near if your relative needs help after dark now and then. They are not on watch all night either, and a daily break keeps them fresh. If nights are often broken, tell us at the assessment and we will plan night support with you.

Funding and the cost of live-in care in Peterborough

In Peterborough the weekly figure follows from the assessment, including couples care and any dementia or nurse-led care; our paying for care guide and what live-in care costs explain more.

Healthcare staffing for Peterborough care providers

Separately, we are an REC-affiliated agency, and care homes and NHS teams around the city use us for NMC-registered nurses and support workers; see staffing services.

Areas of Peterborough we cover for live-in care

We arrange live-in care at home across the city and its surrounding communities, including:

• Werrington
• Bretton
• Orton
• Stanground
• Longthorpe
• Paston
• Dogsthorpe
• Woodston
• Fletton
• Millfield
• Hampton
• Walton