Live-in Care in Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea • Essex

Round-the-clock, 24-hour live-in care in Southend-on-Sea

With live-in care, a Care Professional moves into your relative's home in Southend-on-Sea and gives one-to-one support around the clock. Your relative stays among their own things, on their own street, with their own routine intact.

We have no branch in the city. Southend placements are run from our London office at Highview House, 167 Station Road, Edgware HA8 7JU. Each carer we place in Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff or Thorpe Bay has cleared enhanced DBS, right-to-work and reference checks and training, and a consultant is on hand around the clock.

What live-in care in Southend-on-Sea includes

Often it is the start of the day that gets hard first. Washing and dressing take longer, breakfast gets skipped, and a morning visit can arrive after the struggle is over. With someone living in, help is there from the first cup of tea to the last check before bed.

• ✓ A dedicated live-in Care Professional in the home
• ✓ Round-the-clock support and reassurance
• ✓ Personal care, washing, dressing and continence support
• ✓ Medication management and prompting
• ✓ Meal planning, cooking and nutrition
• ✓ Mobility support and help avoiding falls
• ✓ Overnight support and reassurance through the night
• ✓ Companionship, hobbies and days out along the seafront

Our guide live-in care explained sets out how the household arrangement works in practice.

Rest breaks and the nights

Every live-in carer has time off during the day and is expected to sleep at night, just as anyone in a demanding job would. Families whose relative is restless after dark should raise it when we visit, and we will look at what night support could look like.

Homes along the estuary

Southend grew from a cluster of fishermen's huts at the south end of Prittlewell village into a seaside resort. West of the pier, the cliffs above the seafront were turned into tree-lined walks in 1886. Homes near the cliffs can mean slopes and steps, which matters for anyone walking with a frame.

Before care starts we look at the house: a spare room for the carer, the number of stairs, and how the bathroom works. Couples can usually be supported together by one Care Professional when their needs fit, and we assess each partner separately. Our article live-in care or a care home? compares the two routes.

Help from Southend-on-Sea City Council

Anyone living in Southend-on-Sea can ask the city council for a care needs assessment, for themselves or for someone they look after. The council's Livewell Southend pages say it is usually a conversation with a trained practitioner. Its online Adult Social Care Portal takes referrals and is usually quicker than phoning.

Unpaid carers are entitled to a carer's assessment too. The council has contracted Carers First to keep providing help for carers and young carers across the city.

After a stay at Southend University Hospital

Southend University Hospital is on Prittlewell Chase in Westcliff-on-Sea and is run by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs Basildon and Broomfield hospitals. Tell the ward early that you are arranging live-in care, so the handover covers tablets, mobility aids and follow-up appointments. If health needs dominate, ask about screening for NHS Continuing Healthcare.

Around Southend-on-Sea

The city stretches along the Thames Estuary from Leigh-on-Sea and Chalkwell through Westcliff to Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness. Westcliff began as the old Manor of Milton, and the esplanade reached Chalkwell in 1903. Southend Pier, the longest pleasure pier in the world, is an easy outing when your relative feels up to it.

Southend Victoria has served the town since 1889, and London Southend Airport lies north of the centre, which helps family coming from further away.

Funding and the cost of live-in care in Southend

Your weekly figure follows the assessment, and nurse-led care raises it; read paying for care for funding and what live-in care costs for how prices are built.

If you run a care service locally, our REC-affiliated agency also supplies NMC-registered nurses and support workers through our staffing services.

Areas of Southend-on-Sea we cover for live-in care

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

• Leigh-on-Sea
• Westcliff-on-Sea
• Chalkwell
• Thorpe Bay
• Shoeburyness
• Prittlewell
• Southchurch
• Eastwood
• North Shoebury
• Southend Central
• Milton
• Cliff Town