Respite care in Somerset
Find a self-employed carer for respite care anywhere in Somerset. It's free for families, and you choose who to speak to.
Cities and towns in Somerset
Villages in Somerset
- Abbas Combe
- Adsborough
- Alford
- Alhampton
- Aller
- Allerford
- Alstone
- Ash
- Ash Priors
- Ashbrittle
- Ashcott
- Ashill
- Babcary
- Badgworth
- Baltonsborough
- Barrington
- Barton St David
- Barwick
- Batcombe
- Bathpool
- Battleton
- Bawdrip
- Beckington
- Beercrocombe
- Berrow
- Bicknoller
- Biddisham
- Bilbrook
- Binegar
- Bishops Lydeard
- Bishopswood
- Blackford (BA22)
- Blackford (BS28)
- Blagdon Hill
- Blue Anchor
- Bradford-on-Tone
- Bratton Seymour
- Brean
- Brent Knoll
- Broadshard
- Broadway
- Brompton Regis
- Brushford
- Buckland Dinham
- Buckland St Mary
- Burrowbridge
- Burtle
- Burton
- Butleigh
- Cannard's Grave
- Cannington
- Carhampton
- Catcott
- Chaffcombe
- Chantry
- Chapel Allerton
- Chapel Cleeve
- Charlton Adam
- Charlton Horethorne
- Charlton Mackrell
- Charlton Musgrove
- Cheddar
- Cheddon Fitzpaine
- Chedzoy
- Chelston
- Chewton Mendip
- Chilcompton
- Chilthorne Domer
- Chilton Polden
- Chilton Trinity
- Chiselborough
- Church Row
- Churchinford
- Clapton (BA3)
- Clapton (TA18)
- Coat
- Cocklake
- Coleford
- Combe Florey
- Combe St Nicholas
- Combwich
- Compton Bishop
- Compton Dundon
- Compton Pauncefoot
- Corfe
- Corton Denham
- Cossington
- Cotford St Luke
- Coxley
- Coxley Wick
- Cranmore
- Creech Heathfield
- Creech St Michael
- Crickham
- Croscombe
- Cross
- Crowcombe
- Cucklington
- Curload
- Curry Mallet
- Curry Rivel
- Cutcombe
- Dinder
- Ditcheat
- Doniford
- Donyatt
- Doulting
- Dowlish Ford
- Dowlish Wake
- Down End
- Downside
- Draycott
- Drayton
- Dulcote
- Dundon
- Dunster
- Durston
- East Brent
- East Chinnock
- East Coker
- East Horrington
- East Huntspill
- East Lambrook
- East Lydford
- East Lyng
- East Quantoxhead
- Eastertown
- Easton
- Edington
- Edithmead
- Enmore
- Evercreech
- Exebridge
- Exford
- Faulkland
- Fiddington
- Fitzhead
- Fivehead
- Forton
- Four Forks
- Galhampton
- Goathurst
- Great Elm
- Greinton
- Gurney Slade
- Halse
- Ham Street
- Hambridge
- Hardington Mandeville
- Hardington Moor
- Hardway
- Haselbury Plucknett
- Hatch Beauchamp
- Haybridge
- Heath House
- Henley
- Henstridge
- Henton
- Hewish
- High Ham
- Hillcommon
- Hillfarrance
- Hinton St George
- Holcombe
- Holford
- Holton
- Holywell
- Holywell Lake
- Horsey
- Horsington
- Horton
- Huish Champflower
- Huntspill
- Huntworth
- Ilchester
- Ilton
- Isle Abbotts
- Isle Brewers
- Keinton Mandeville
- Kilmersdon
- Kilve
- Kingsbury Episcopi
- Kingsdon
- Kingston St Mary
- Kingstone
- Knapp
- Knole
- Lamyatt
- Langford
- Langford Budville
- Langley Marsh
- Laverton
- Leigh upon Mendip
- Limington
- Litton
- Long Load
- Long Sutton
- Lopen
- Lovington
- Low Ham
- Lower Godney
- Lower Weare
- Luccombe
- Luxborough
- Lydeard St Lawrence
- Lydford-on-Fosse
- Lympsham
- Mark
- Mark Causeway
- Marston Magna
- Martock
- Meare
- Meare Green
- Mells
- Merriott
- Middlezoy
- Milborne Port
- Milverton
- Misterton
- Monksilver
- Monkton Heathfield
- Montacute
- Moorland
- Moorlinch
- Muchelney
- Mudford
- Mudgley
- Nailsbourne
- Nether Stowey
- North Barrow
- North Brewham
- North Cadbury
- North Cheriton
- North Coker
- North Curry
- North Newton
- North Perrott
- North Wootton
- Norton Fitzwarren
- Norton St Philip
- Norton sub Hamdon
- Nunney
- Nynehead
- Oake
- Oakhill
- Odcombe
- Old Cleeve
- Oldford
- Othery
- Over Stratton
- Oxenpill
- Pawlett
- Pedwell
- Penselwood
- Pict's Hill
- Pilton
- Pitminster
- Pitney
- Plot Gate
- Podimore
- Porlock
- Porlock Weir
- Prestleigh
- Priddy
- Puckington
- Puddle Town
- Puriton
- Queen Camel
- Redlynch
- Rimpton
- Roadwater
- Rockwell Green
- Rode
- Rodney Stoke
- Rooks Bridge
- Rudge
- Ruishton
- Sampford Arundel
- Sampford Brett
- Seavington St Mary
- Seavington St Michael
- Shapwick
- Shepton Beauchamp
- Shepton Montague
- Shipham
- Shoreditch
- Shurton
- Simonsbath
- South Barrow
- South Brewham
- South Cadbury
- South Cheriton
- South Horrington
- Sparkford
- Spaxton
- Staple Fitzpaine
- Staplegrove
- Stapleton
- Star
- Stathe
- Stawell
- Stawley
- Stembridge
- Stockland Bristol
- Stocklinch
- Stoford
- Stogumber
- Stogursey
- Stoke St Gregory
- Stoke St Mary
- Stoke St Michael
- Stoke sub Hamdon
- Stoke Trister
- Ston Easton
- Stone Allerton
- Stoney Stratton
- Stratton-on-the-Fosse
- Street on the Fosse
- Sutton Mallet
- Sutton Montis
- Tatworth
- Templecombe
- Theale
- Thorney
- Thurloxton
- Timberscombe
- Tintinhull
- Trudoxhill
- Trull
- Upper Coxley
- Upton (TA10)
- Upton (TA4)
- Upton Noble
- Wadeford
- Walton
- Wambrook
- Wanstrow
- Washford
- Watchfield
- Wayford
- Weare
- Wearne
- Wedmore
- Wembdon
- West Bagborough
- West Buckland
- West Camel
- West Chinnock
- West Coker
- West Horrington
- West Lydford
- West Monkton
- West Pennard
- West Quantoxhead
- Westbury-sub-Mendip
- Westford
- Westhay
- Westonzoyland
- Westport
- Wheddon Cross
- White Ball
- Whitelackington
- Williton
- Windmill Hill
- Winsford
- Winsham
- Witham Friary
- Withycombe
- Withypool
- Wookey
- Wookey Hole
- Woolavington
- Woolverton
- Wootton Courtenay
- Wrantage
- Wraxall
- Yarlington
- Yenston
- Yeovil Marsh
- Yeovilton
About respite care
Someone stepping in so the family carer can rest, get to an appointment, see friends or go away. It can be a few hours a week, a regular day, or a longer block of time.
Questions families ask
I feel guilty taking a break. Is that normal?
Very. But carers who get rest can keep caring for longer. A regular break is part of looking after someone, not a step away from it.
Can the council help with breaks?
Anyone looking after someone can ask the council for a carer's assessment (an adult carer support plan in Scotland). It can lead to support, sometimes including help with breaks.
How much notice does a respite carer need?
Agree it at the start. A regular slot is set once; for a holiday, ask a few weeks ahead.
Helpful guides
Other help in Somerset
- Companionship
- Personal care
- Dementia care
- Help after a hospital stay
- Overnight care
- Live-in care
- End of life support
- Meal preparation
- Shopping and errands
- Appointments and outings
- Medication reminders
- Light housework
- Regular cleaning
- Deep clean
- End of tenancy
- After builders
- Oven cleaning
- Carpet cleaning
- Window cleaning
- Ironing and laundry
- Decluttering
Are you a carer in Somerset?
Join Carers & Cleaners for £1 a year and be found by families looking for respite care near you. There's no commission: you set your own rates and families pay you directly.
Carers & Cleaners is an introduction service. We don't vet or employ anyone, and what carers and cleaners tell us about themselves is self-declared. Families choose who to speak to and agree everything with them directly.