Home care in Croydon & Bromley
Live-in care, in your own home
Live-in care places a carefully matched carer in your home to help with daily routines and companionship, with agreed breaks and rest. Your care plan sets out any additional cover needed, including waking-night support. For families in Croydon and Bromley it can be an alternative to a care home and help couples stay together.
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- CQC rated “Good” (opens in a new tab)Across all five areas
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- Carers we employDBS-checked, not agency
Who is live-in care for?
- Anyone who needs support through the day and reassurance at night
- Families weighing up a care home but wishing there were another way
- Couples determined to stay together, in the home they share
- People coming out of hospital who need someone there while they recover
- People living with dementia who are calmest among their own rooms and routines
- Anyone whose needs have outgrown short visits but who is not ready to leave home
What’s included
- One dedicated carer living in your home, matched to your personality
- All-day support: personal care, meals, medication and housekeeping
- Overnight needs assessed, with additional cover arranged where required
- Companionship, outings and keeping life feeling like life
- A plan for the live-in carer's breaks, set out before care starts
- Regular reviews with a named manager, and family kept informed
What live-in care looks like day to day
Live-in care means a carer living in the home, with support arranged around the person’s needs and the carer’s agreed breaks and rest. For many families it is the reassuring alternative to a care home: the person stays in their own bedroom, keeps their own routines, and holds on to the ordinary comforts of home, but with a trained, DBS-checked carer based in the home. A live-in day is shaped around the person, not a rota. The carer helps with the morning and evening routine, cooks the meals they like, keeps the house running, and is there through the day for company and a steadying hand. Night-time needs are assessed as part of the plan. Frequent support overnight may require a separate waking-night carer so the live-in carer can sleep. It is a quieter, more private kind of care, built around one trusted relationship rather than a stream of different faces.
- Morning & bedtimeHelp with the morning and bedtime routine, at whatever pace suits the day.
- Home-cooked mealsHome-cooked meals made to personal tastes, and a companion to share them with.
- MedicationMedication support and prompts, recorded so the wider family and GP stay informed.
- Getting outA steadying hand around the home, and help to get out to the shops, appointments, or a favourite place.
- The householdThe household kept ticking over: laundry, tidying, shopping, and looking after a pet.
- Company through the dayCompany through the day: conversation, hobbies, and not being alone.
- Overnight reassuranceOvernight support agreed in the care plan, with separate waking-night cover if needed.
- Planned breaksPlanned breaks for the live-in carer, with the cover agreed with you in advance.
We keep you in the picture
Handing the daily running of life for someone you love to a live-in carer is a big step, so we make sure families never feel shut out. You stay as involved as you want to be, with regular reviews from a named manager, honest updates on how things are going, and a written record the carer keeps so you can see the shape of each week even from a distance. If something needs to change, a different mealtime, more help getting out, a worry about mood or health, you tell us and we adjust, rather than you having to renegotiate the whole arrangement. Because one carer cannot do everything, the wider team stays close: the office during the day, an on-call line out of hours, and a plan, agreed before care starts, for who covers the live-in carer's breaks. It means the household has real support behind it, and you have people who know the situation to turn to whenever you need them.
The same familiar faces
Live-in care stands or falls on the right match, so we take real care pairing your relative with a carer who fits, not only on skills but on temperament and the small things that make a day feel normal. Every carer is DBS-checked, trained, and directly employed by us. Because no one can be awake and on call every hour of every day, live-in carers take a planned break each day and regular time off. How the daily break and longer time off are covered is agreed with you before care starts rather than left to chance. The care plan is written with the family and reviewed regularly, and it can flex as needs change, from mainly companionship and light help now to more hands-on support later, without moving home or starting again with a new provider. And there is always an office and an on-call line where a real person answers, day or night.
How care begins
Call us
A friendly chat about what would help, no scripts, no pressure.
Free home visit
We meet you at home, listen properly and shape a plan together.
Care begins
We tell you who your carers will be, and care often starts within days.
Inspected and rated by the Care Quality Commission
The CQC is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. They inspected us across five areas, and rated us “Good” in every one, our current published rating.
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive
- Well-led
Fabulous Homecare Ltd
“All the carers have been so polite and punctual and they have treated my mum as if she were their own relative.”
Live-in care: common questions
How does the cost compare with a care home?
Our live-in care starts from £1,650 a week, not including cover for the carer's daily breaks, which family usually provide, or the council or NHS when they fund the care. Compare the full package, including any extra carers and waking-night support, with a suitable care home's costs. We give you a written quote after a free home visit, and our funding guide explains possible help with costs.
How do you choose the right live-in carer?
Matching is everything when someone shares your home, so we look at personality, interests and routine as much as care needs. We tell you about the carer before anything starts. If the chemistry is not right, we change it, simple as that.
What does the carer need from us?
A bedroom of their own, meals or a food arrangement, and agreed daily breaks. We set all of this out clearly before care begins so there are no awkward surprises for anyone.
How quickly can live-in care begin?
Usually within one to two weeks of your free home visit, depending on finding the right carer for the person. If the need is urgent, such as a hospital discharge, tell us your dates and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
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Last reviewed July 2026 · Reviewed by Roseline Fazal Masih, Registered Manager · Registered Nurse
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