Home Care and Live-in Care in Coulsdon

We can arrange care at home in Coulsdon, and in practice that usually means live-in care. Coulsdon is Croydon's southernmost town and well over an hour from our Lewisham office by public transport, so a carer who lives in the home is far more dependable than a rota of visits. It starts with a free assessment at the house and a written care plan.

Is visiting home care available in Coulsdon?

Sometimes. Visiting care means a carer travelling to you for each call, often several times a day, and from south-east London the journey to CR5 is long. Whether we can cover visits depends on having a carer available who can reach you reliably at the times you need. Ring us with the address and the times, and we will tell you honestly.

Live-in care works differently. The carer moves in, so travel happens once at the start and once at handover. That is why it is the service we lead with this far south.

From Old Coulsdon to Cane Hill

Coulsdon is more a cluster of places than one. The town centre runs along the Brighton Road, which has been quieter since the Farthing Way bypass took the A23 around it in 2006. Up the hill to the south-east, Old Coulsdon has its own green, a small parade of shops and the Grade I listed church of St John the Evangelist. To the west, the grounds of the old Cane Hill psychiatric hospital, demolished by 2010, have been redeveloped as a new neighbourhood of houses and flats.

In between are the estates that give Coulsdon its feel: the Clockhouse estate on The Mount, the Coulsdon Woods estate that Wates began building in 1967, and road after road of detached and semi-detached family homes on the slopes. Farthing Downs and Coulsdon Common, looked after by the City of London, and Croydon Council's Happy Valley park wrap around the edge of the town.

How much does home care cost in Coulsdon?

We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the care involved, and we quote after the free assessment. What we can tell you is how the public funding works. Coulsdon is in the London Borough of Croydon, so the council carries out the needs assessment and then a financial assessment. Croydon Council's paying for care pages state that if you have savings or assets over £23,250 you pay the full cost of your care. Where someone's needs are mainly health needs, they may qualify for NHS continuing healthcare, which the NHS funds in full. A council-funded package can be taken as a direct payment and used to pay a provider such as us; our Croydon home care page covers that route.

Getting to hospital and the shops

Croydon University Hospital in Thornton Heath is where Coulsdon residents are admitted and discharged, and it is a long way north. The 60 bus is the useful one: it starts in Old Coulsdon, calls at Coulsdon South and Coulsdon Town stations, and runs through Purley and West Croydon to the hospital door. The 404 links Old Coulsdon with the town centre and both stations, and the 405 and 466 run north to Purley and central Croydon. By rail, Coulsdon South is on the Brighton main line and Coulsdon Town is on the Tattenham Corner branch.

For carers driving in, the Coulsdon Town Centre and Coulsdon Resident Only permit zones cover the centre; many residential roads on the hills are uncontrolled.

Respite for families in CR5

A live-in carer for a week or a fortnight is the practical way to take a break when you look after someone in Coulsdon. See our respite care page. Age UK Croydon is a good first call for advice and activities across the borough.

Services available in Coulsdon

• Live-in care
• Respite care
• Dementia care
• Palliative care
• Complex care
• Hospital discharge support
• Personal care
• Medication support
• Home help
• Companionship
• Sit-in service
• Nail care

What we can help with in Coulsdon

• Personal care, washing and dressing
• Medication prompting and support
• Meals, laundry and home help
• Companionship and getting out
• Dementia care at home
• Support after a hospital stay
• Short breaks for family carers
• Live-in care when needs grow