✧ Live-in care in Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham
Live-in Care in Shepherd's Bush
Live-in care in Shepherd's Bush lets your relative stay at home, near the Green, in White City, Wormholt, Askew Road or Wendell Park, with one carer living alongside them. We arrange home care across Shepherd's Bush and west London, from £1,200 a week.
- Care within a week Urgent starts often in 24–48 hours
- From £1,200 a week The same rate nationwide, not by postcode
- Care Quality Commission (CQC) Regulates home care in England
- 100 areas Covered across London
Home care around Shepherd's Bush Green
Shepherd's Bush is a lively, crowded corner of west London, with Victorian terraces, big council estates and the Westfield centre side by side. Families searching for home care in Shepherd's Bush are supporting parents in the streets around the Green and Goldhawk Road, on the White City and Wormholt estates, around Askew Road, Wendell Park and Loftus Road, and towards Brook Green and Old Oak. Many live in flats up several flights of stairs or in tower blocks with lifts that fail. A carer who lives in helps your relative stay safe and keep getting out.
We also arrange care in Hammersmith, Fulham, Acton, Chiswick, Notting Hill and Ealing.
The Shepherd's Bush Empire, on the Green, has been one of London's best-known music venues for decades.
Hammersmith Hospital on Du Cane Road
Hammersmith Hospital, on Du Cane Road in White City, is on the doorstep and is known for heart and kidney care, while Charing Cross and St Mary's take many of the area's emergencies. All three are run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. A live-in carer in Shepherd's Bush arranged before discharge means your relative comes home as soon as they are ready.
What Hammersmith and Fulham charges for home care
Shepherd's Bush is in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which in 2015 became one of the few councils to stop charging for the home care it arranges. Ask the council for a free needs assessment and a carer's assessment, and check the current position on charges when you do. Private live-in care is a separate arrangement at a fixed weekly fee.
The market, QPR and a mixed neighbourhood
Shepherd's Bush has long been home to Caribbean, Irish, Polish, Somali and Arabic-speaking communities, and many older residents want a carer who understands their language, food and faith. Tell us what matters when we match. The carer can help your relative keep up the routines that make a week, from Shepherd's Bush Market and a warm walk around Westfield to church, the mosque or a QPR match. You choose your carer from matched profiles before anything is agreed.
Weighing the options
Live-in care, visiting care or a care home?
The three choices most families are deciding between.
| Feature | Live-in care | Visiting care | Care home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stays in their own home | Yes | Yes | No |
| Support through the night | Yes | Rarely | Yes |
| The same carer each day | Yes | Rota of staff | Rota of staff |
| Keeps pets and belongings | Yes | Yes | Usually not |
| Couples stay together | Yes | Yes | Often separated |
| Typical cost | £1,200 a week | Varies with hours | Varies by home |
Visiting care and care home costs vary widely by area and provider, so we don’t quote figures we can’t stand behind. See our pricing in full →
What a live-in carer does day to day, what is not included, and the three steps to arranging it: how live-in care works →
Funding & regulation
Paying for care in England
Home care is regulated and funded differently in each nation, so the route is not the same everywhere. Here is how it works where you live.
Read our full funding guide →Who regulates care here
Home care in England is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). They inspect and register home care services to make sure standards are met.
Where funding comes from
Apply through your local authority's adult social care team. Means-tested local authority funding and NHS Continuing Healthcare are both available depending on assessed need.
How we fit in
Live-in Care Direct is an introductory agency. We introduce self-employed carers to families rather than employing them, so you contract directly with your carer and keep the choice of who provides your care.
Our carers
The people who would be caring for your family
Our carers are spread across the UK, supported by regional care managers. Every one is interviewed in person, enhanced DBS checked and reference-checked before they are ever introduced to a family — and you choose who moves in.
- Interviewed face to face, never hired on paperwork alone
- Enhanced DBS checked, with references verified
- You meet and approve your carer before they start
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Patience
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Refiloe
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Monica
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Vistorine
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Brenda
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Our services
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Nearby
Areas we cover near Shepherds Bush
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Free callback
Speak to someone about live-in care
Leave your number and a care manager will call you back — usually within an hour, and always free.
- No obligation. A conversation, not a sales call — and never a call centre.
- A real care manager. Someone who arranges care every day, who can answer properly.
- Just two details. Your name and number — we don’t need an email address.
Or call us now on 0800 368 8558 Lines open 8am–10pm, seven days a week
Common questions
Questions about live-in care here
Local answers on paying for care, nearby areas and care homes.
Not seeing your question?
Our care managers answer these every day. A no-obligation call takes about ten minutes.
0800 368 8558Lines open 8am–10pm, seven days a week See all questionsIs there help with the cost of care in Shepherds Bush?
Often, yes. Your local council's adult social care team can carry out a free needs assessment and, depending on savings, may contribute to the cost. Where needs are mainly health-related, NHS Continuing Healthcare can pay in full. Attendance Allowance, paid to people over State Pension age who need help with personal care, is not means-tested and can be put towards care.
Do you cover areas near Shepherds Bush?
Yes. Carers move into the home rather than travelling from a local branch, so we cover Shepherds Bush and the towns and villages around it, including Hammersmith, Notting Hill, Kensington and Chiswick. Rural addresses are covered too, at the same weekly price.