Live-In Care in Shoreham-by-Sea
Warm, dependable support at home for the life your loved one knows.
Care arranged by people who know this stretch of coast
Our founder and Registered Manager, Richard Barnett, has spent more than thirty years in care, starting out as an Army medic. That background shapes how we arrange live-in care across Shoreham-by-Sea: a compact flat in town asks something different of a carer than a house out towards the Downs, and a household on Shoreham Beach has the footbridge to factor in before anyone talks about rotas.
One carer, kept in place for as long as the household needs them, is the whole basis of how we work, and the manager holding the case is local rather than a coordinator in another county. We work throughout West Sussex and the coast either side, reaching west past Worthing and east into Brighton and Hove. If the whole idea is new to you, start with our guide to what live-in care involves.
Hear from families we've helped
Live-in care services we provide across Shoreham
How much a carer takes on depends entirely on the household, and the day-to-day duties are reviewed as things change.
Personal care
Help with washing, dressing, continence and getting about the house, taken slowly and privately, without the clock-watching that comes with scheduled calls.
Companionship
Someone there through the ordinary hours, and someone to keep the outside world within reach: a slow walk along the riverside, coffee in town, a browse round the weekend market in town.
Medication reminders
Reminders at the right hours, a written record of what has been taken, and a carer who picks up the phone to the surgery or pharmacy when a prescription changes.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia care
Memory loss is easier to live with when nothing moves: same bedroom, same view over the water, same face each morning. Our carers are dementia-trained and chosen for the person, not the condition.
Palliative care
When someone wishes to remain at home to the end, a live-in carer makes it workable, in step with the district nursing team, and support can be stepped up quickly.
Household chores and assistance
Meals, washing, cleaning and the general upkeep of the house. Where parking is tight or the shops are a walk away, that stretches to the errands and appointment runs that quietly become difficult.
Why families here skip the national agencies and choose Cheriton
Much of the live-in care along this coast is booked through national agencies, where a carer is drawn from a database and the case is run from an office a long way from the Adur. We work the other way round, and it shows in the detail.
- An Outstanding rating in the category that counts. The CQC marked us Outstanding in Caring, which relatively few providers hold.
- Vetting that does not stop at the DBS check. Carers are enhanced-DBS checked before placement, then keep training for as long as they stay with us.
- Plans get rewritten, not renewed. When mobility or memory shifts, the plan changes that week rather than at some annual review.
- We already know the people treating your relative. Surgeries across Adur, the community nursing teams, and the discharge staff at Worthing Hospital.
- Geography decides who we send. Over the footbridge on Shoreham Beach, or inland towards Steyning, parking and the weekly shop settle it, so we put forward carers who drive.
- Holiday cover is a name, not a gap. Relief is booked ahead with a carer the household has already met.
What a care home takes away, and live-in care doesn't
A cottage in Old Shoreham, a bungalow over towards Lancing, a flat looking out at the Adur: live-in care means home carries on being home.
When memory or mobility starts going, familiar rooms do a lot of quiet work.
Day after day with the same person, who learns how your mum takes her tea.
The cat, the garden, the radio on at the same hour every morning.
No visiting slots, no front desk, no signing anybody in.
Same GP, same chemist, same faces in town. A residential bed is wherever the vacancy happens to be.
Live-in care can work out as much as 30% below a residential placement, and for couples the difference widens. There are other advantages worth weighing first.
Live-in, 24-hour, or visiting care: Which one do you need?
People use live-in and 24-hour care to mean the same thing, and they don’t quite. Three arrangements sit behind those words:
- Live-in care. One carer lives in the house, takes agreed breaks, and sleeps at night while staying on hand if something happens.
- Overnight waking care. The carer is awake and on duty through the night. It suits someone who wakes disoriented, needs help to the bathroom, or has to be turned.
- Cover with no gaps at all. Two carers working in rotation, so somebody is alert at every hour.
Visiting care is a separate thing again: a carer turns up at fixed times, does what is needed, and goes. It fits someone still largely managing alone, though it does mean several journeys to your door each day, whatever the weather is doing off the sea.
Before anyone moves in, here's what happens
If the clock is against you, after a fall or a discharge from Worthing Hospital or a procedure at Southlands Hospital, we can have someone in place within days. If it isn’t, nothing is rushed.
- A conversation first. Ring us, message us, or book a callback for a time that works. We answer what we can, ask what we need to, and tell you what happens next.
- A visit to the house. Richard Barnett, our Registered Manager, or Nastasha, our Field Care Supervisor, comes out in person. Beyond the medical picture and the daily routine, they notice what paperwork misses: where a car can go, how steep the stairs are, how far it is to the chemist.
- You pick the carer. We send written profiles, you ask anything you want, and the decision is yours. For addresses out past the town we put forward carers who drive.
- Settling-in week. Your carer arrives on the agreed day, and Daisy, our Care Coordinator, stays in contact while the household finds its rhythm.
- Someone keeps an eye. A case manager reviews how it is going, and senior management review the case managers. That second layer is the one most agencies leave out.
What you'll pay, with nothing hidden
Charged weekly, covering one carer in the home day and night. No hourly add-ons, no hidden fees.
- From £1,190 a week for one person
- From £1,476 a week where a couple share the home
What you pay turns on the level of support and how the nights are covered.
- Sleeping nights. Your carer sleeps in their own room and gets up if needed. Most households along the Adur settle here.
- Waking nights. Your carer stays up, at a higher rate. Usually after a Worthing Hospital discharge, or once dementia breaks up the night.
Two local things shape the quote: a spare room, scarce in the compact flats and cottages around town, and whether your carer drives, which Shoreham Beach and the Downs usually demand. These are private rates, and many families here do not pay them in full.
How live-in care is funded
We support privately and publicly funded arrangements, and we will tell you which routes are worth your time.
- NHS Continuing Healthcare. We are experienced in supporting CHC-funded care packages, which can meet the full cost where clinical need is high enough.
- Local authority funding. Adult social care here sits with West Sussex County Council rather than Adur District, and a means test decides any contribution.
- Direct Payments. The council’s money comes to you instead, so the choice of provider stays yours.
- Attendance Allowance. No means test at all. It will not fund a live-in placement on its own, but it is the one families miss.
One quirk worth knowing locally: the county boundary runs just east of Southwick, so households on the Brighton side are assessed by Brighton & Hove City Council instead, under their own rates.
Questions we get asked along the Adur
Can you take over from an agency already providing care?
Yes, and it happens fairly often. We will talk through what is working and what is not before anything changes, then handle the handover so there is no day without cover.
Do you cover Lancing, Southwick and Sompting, or only Shoreham?
All of them. We place carers throughout the Adur towns and villages, including Lancing, Southwick, Sompting and Old Shoreham, and west along the coast to Worthing.
Will my carer take me to appointments and into town?
Yes, where they hold a current licence and your insurance covers them. Some households would rather the carer used their own vehicle, and we can set it up that way instead.
Can one carer look after both my parents?
Often, yes, where both have broadly manageable needs. It is why the couples rate exists. If one of them requires considerably more support, we will be straight with you about whether a single carer is realistic.
Is respite live-in care available for a short spell?
Yes. Families use it while recovering from a hospital stay, to cover a relative who normally helps and needs a break, or as a trial before committing to anything longer.
You don't need to know what you're asking for yet
Most people who ring have had a rough fortnight. A fall on the stairs, a phone call from the ward, a father who has quietly stopped managing and hoped nobody noticed.
Hardly anyone rings knowing whether the answer is a live-in carer, a couple of visits a day, or something else entirely. Tell us what has been going on. We will say plainly what we think, and where another sort of care suits better we will tell you that instead. Nothing scripted, nothing pushed.
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Areas we serve around Shoreham-by-Sea
We proudly support clients in the following communities with live-in care that honours their life at home:
