Respite care
for family carers in Surrey.

Respite care is arranged to whatever length is required. Short-term packages run from a few days to several weeks, covering a weekend away, a fortnight's holiday or a hospital stay of your own. Extended packages provide regular daily or weekly visits with no fixed end date. For round-the-clock cover, live-in respite runs from a few days to several months.

Wherever possible, yes: the same carer, or a small and consistent team, introduced to your relative before you leave. Backup cover is always in place, so that if a carer is unwell the care continues without a gap and you are not called home early.

Yes. Care can begin within 24 to 48 hours of a free assessment, so respite care covers emergencies as well as planned breaks. If a family carer becomes unwell or is called away at short notice, call us on 01372 386222 and we will act quickly.

The detail only you hold: daily rhythms, meals and preferences, medication times, mobility, and what settles or unsettles your relative. All of it is recorded in a written care plan at your free assessment, so that the respite carer follows your routine precisely and returns everything to you with clear notes.

Visiting respite starts at £29.95 a visit (30 minutes), with 45-minute visits at £34.95 and hourly visits at £36.95 per hour; live-in respite starts at £245 per day, £1,715 a week. Every price is a starting-from rate, confirmed after your free physical assessment at home, and the same rates apply 7 days a week, with no weekend premium (Bank Holidays are double). See our pricing page for full details and funding options, including Carer's Allowance and direct payments.

As little as 24 to 48 hours. Because your free assessment can happen quickly, at home or even in hospital, emergency respite is genuinely workable when a family carer falls ill or is suddenly called away. For planned breaks like holidays, a couple of weeks' notice gives us the most room to match the ideal carer and arrange introductions, though short notice should not stop you calling: our Surrey care team will tell you exactly what is possible in the time available.

Yes. That is the purpose of the handover process. At the assessment we record the routine only you know: waking times, how tea is taken, medication timings, the preferred chair, and what settles a difficult moment. All of it becomes a written care plan that mirrors your own practice. The carer is introduced before you leave, and you receive clear notes on your return. Your relative should notice nothing change except the person at the door.

Yes. Planned, recurring respite is the most sustainable pattern. Many families arrange one weekend a month, one full day a week, or the same fortnight each year, with the same carer covering every time. A break that is in the diary is far more likely to be taken, and because it repeats, your relative builds a genuine relationship with the respite carer rather than meeting someone new each time. The schedule is set up once and then runs.