✧ Live-in care in Crawley, West Sussex
Live-in Care in Crawley
Live-in care in Crawley brings one carer to live with your relative, in Pound Hill, Three Bridges, Ifield, Tilgate or Maidenbower, so they can stay in the neighbourhood they know. We arrange home care across north Sussex, 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
- 113 areas Covered across the South East
A new town with long-standing residents
Crawley was planned after the Second World War as a series of neighbourhoods, each with its own parade of shops, and many of the people who moved into Langley Green, West Green, Northgate, Furnace Green and Tilgate in the 1950s and 1960s still live there. Newer areas such as Maidenbower, Broadfield and Bewbush have their own older residents too. Families looking for home care in Crawley often tell us a parent knows everyone on their street and would hate to leave. A live-in carer lets them stay, with company in the house and help whenever it is needed.
We also cover Horley, Copthorne, Crawley Down, Horsham, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath.
East Surrey Hospital and Crawley Hospital
Crawley Hospital provides an urgent treatment centre and community services, but most emergency admissions and inpatient stays are at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, run by Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. That means discharge is usually planned from across the county border. Having a live-in carer in Crawley lined up gives the ward team a safe place to send your relative, and the carer can be at the house when they arrive.
West Sussex County Council and the cost of care
Crawley Borough Council does not run adult social care; West Sussex County Council does. Contact the county for a free needs assessment, and ask for a carer's assessment if you have been doing a lot of the caring yourself. The council may pay towards care if savings are below the upper limit. Attendance Allowance is worth claiming whatever your relative's income, and it can go towards the weekly fee.
Life near Gatwick
Many Crawley families work at or around the airport, often on early starts and shift patterns that make calling in on a parent difficult. With someone living in, the worry of a parent being alone for a long shift goes away. The carer can also help your relative to Tilgate Park, County Mall or a regular lunch club, so days have shape and company.
Care homes locally
Care homes in Crawley, and the alternative
Our care-home directory lists 23 registered care homes in Crawley, with 381 beds between them. Of the 20 with a current Care Quality Commission rating, 2 rated Outstanding, 15 rated Good and 3 require improvement. 4 provide nursing care and 9 support people living with dementia.
If a move into one of these homes is on the table, it is worth comparing it with live-in care: one carer living in your relative’s own home in Crawley, looking after only them. See what live-in care costs, or ask us to check carer availability in Crawley.
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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Vistorine
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Refiloe
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Brenda
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Our services
Our live-in care services
Nearby
Areas we cover near Crawley
More live-in care in West Sussex
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 Crawley?
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 Crawley?
Yes. Carers move into the home rather than travelling from a local branch, so we cover Crawley and the towns and villages around it, including Horley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill. Rural addresses are covered too, at the same weekly price.
How many care homes are there in Crawley?
Our care-home directory lists 23 registered care homes in Crawley, with 381 beds between them. Of those with a current Care Quality Commission rating, 2 rated Outstanding, 15 rated Good and 3 rated Requires improvement. If you are weighing up a care home, live-in care is the alternative that keeps your relative at home with one carer supporting only them, and we can explain how the two compare on cost.