Every kind of care
Every kind of care in Warwickshire, with what it costs here
Each row is a level of help, with the price on PrimeCarers and how much of it there is locally.
The kinds of care in Warwickshire
From the least help to the most. Each row links to its section below.
- Visiting carePersonal care and help at set times£18 to £25 an hourCarers across the region
- Overnight careA sleeping or waking night£130 to £165 a night0 of the nearest carers do nights
- Live-in careA carer living in, day and night£1,015 to £1,120 a week100 live-in carers within reach
- Care homeA room, meals and care, away from homeabout £1,160 a week97 homes without nursing in Warwickshire
- Nursing homeA care home with nurses on shiftabout £1,410 a week47 nursing homes in Warwickshire
Visit and live-in prices are what carers near Warwickshire charge on PrimeCarers, our fee included, October 2026. Night prices are the range on PrimeCarers. Care home counts are from CQC registrations in Warwickshire. Care home fees are UK averages, because too few homes here publish theirs.
Care homes
Care homes and nursing homes in Warwickshire
109 of the 138 with a Care Quality Commission rating are rated good or outstanding, 4 of them outstanding, and 29 are rated requires improvement or inadequate. Few homes here publish their fees; across the UK a residential place costs about £1,160 a week and a nursing place about £1,410. A live-in carer here costs £1,015 to £1,120 a week, so for one person the two cost about the same, and for a couple live-in care costs far less.
Elderly care in Warwickshire helps you weigh care at home against a care home, and care at home or a care home goes through what to ask a home before choosing it.
Agencies or private carers
Home care agencies and private carers in Warwickshire
116 home care agencies for older people in Warwickshire
Private carers
Every carer on PrimeCarers has passed an enhanced DBS, identity and right-to-work check and an online interview before they appear (how we check carers). Agency or private carer compares the two, and the best home carers in Warwickshire profiles the best-rated private carers nearby.
Paying for care
Help paying for care in Warwickshire
Attendance Allowance is not means tested and can go towards any of these. The council assesses needs for free and contributes once savings fall below £23,250, and NHS Continuing Healthcare pays in full when needs are mainly health needs. Funding home care in Warwickshire sets out each route and who to contact.
Questions
Questions families in Warwickshire ask about the types of care
Away from home, 144 care homes in Warwickshire take older people, 47 of them with nursing and 110 registered to care for people with dementia.
For one person it is usually about the same: a live-in week here is typically £1,050 with our fee included, against about £1,160 for a care home place. For a couple, one live-in carer costs about £1,350 a week, far less than two care home places. Care at home or a care home goes through the decision.
A nursing home is a care home with registered nurses on shift, for people who need nursing as well as care, such as wound care or complex medication. Of the 144 care homes in Warwickshire that take older people, 47 provide nursing. 110 are registered to care for people with dementia. The difference between a nursing home and a care home explains how to tell which is needed.
Often, yes. Attendance Allowance is not means tested and helps with the cost of care at any level. The council contributes once savings fall below £23,250, and the NHS pays in full when needs are mainly health needs. Funding home care in Warwickshire sets out each route.