Companionship careLincolnshire
Keeping up the things they love is most of what makes a day good. 364 vetted live-in carers could come to live in Lincolnshire. This page shows what they enjoy, what Lincolnshire offers for each interest, and how to find someone who shares your mother's or father's.
92 carers near Lincolnshire have told us what they enjoy
What the carers enjoy
Live-in carers move in rather than travel each day, so the choice is wide: 364 are within about three hours of Lincolnshire. These are the interests on the profiles of the nearest of them. Tap one to see what Lincolnshire offers for it.
Listed by manyLess common, so a better matchFrom the profiles of the 100 nearest live-in carers within about three hours of Lincolnshire, September 2026; 92 of them list interests.
Common ground is easy
Most carers list walking, cooking & baking and music. If that is what your mother or father enjoys, nearly anyone will share it, so choose on the things that matter more: experience, manner and whether they get on.
The less common interests
Fewer carers list these, which is exactly why they are worth searching on. Someone who shares a real passion makes a long week go quickly.
Carers choose the interests on their own profiles. A shared hobby is a good start, not a guarantee, so talk about it when you meet them.
Interest 1
Lincolnshire offers gentle walking on fen paths, riverbanks and old railway lines, with the chalk Wolds and a long coast for those who want more of a view.
81 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list walking
Somewhere to go
Lincoln
A purpose built trail on the old Lincoln to Boston railway, following the River Witham past sculptures and history boards. A carer can drive to an access point such as Lincoln or Bardney and walk a short there-and-back stretch, turning round whenever it suits.
Getting around: The route is mostly traffic-free, off-road and fairly flat throughout.
Source: visitlincolnshire.com. Check opening times and access before you go.
Somewhere to go
Boston
A coastal marsh reserve near Boston with surfaced trails, hides and a visitor centre for a hot drink. A carer can book the free mobility scooter or wheelchair in advance and plan a route between the benches and hides.
Getting around: There are about two and a half miles of evenly paved paths, benches with viewpoints over the lagoons, ramps, accessible toilets and mobility scooters and a wheelchair free to hire.
Source: lincsonline.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
A companion walks at their pace, knows when to turn back, and drives to the flat, well-surfaced routes so a short walk is still possible when a long one is not.
Live-in carers who enjoy walkingSome who could come in Lincolnshire
Nyarai N.£180 a day23 yrsAlso enjoys dancing, card games, cooking & baking, puzzles
Sithabile Tabile M.£175 a day33 yrsAlso enjoys dancing, cooking & baking, puzzles, gardening
Mary K.£217 a day4 yrsAlso enjoys dancing, card games, cooking & baking, puzzles
Ataa Yaa S.£135 a day10 yrsAlso enjoys painting, dancing, card games, cooking & bakingInterest 2
Lincolnshire cooking grew out of pig farming and plain good baking, and the county still puts its name to sausages, cured pork and fruited breads.
72 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list cooking & baking
Local food
Two old county pork specialities: haslet, a sage flavoured pork loaf, and stuffed chine, a cured cut packed with chopped parsley. A carer can pick some up from a local butcher or market and help make a simple cold plate with bread and mustard, or work through a family recipe together.
Source: visitlincoln.com. Check opening times and access before you go.
In the calendar
Lincoln Castle, Lincoln
An October food day in the grounds of Lincoln Castle, run by a local Rotary club, with sausage makers, tasting and entertainment. A carer can go early when it is quieter, carry the bags and help choose something to cook at home that week.
Source: lincolncastle.com. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
A carer does the lifting, the hot trays and the washing up, so the recipes, the judging and the tasting stay with the person who knows them.
Live-in carers who enjoy cooking & bakingSome who could come in Lincolnshire
Emmanuel E.£140 a day8 yrsAlso enjoys walking, puzzles, decorating
Everjoy K.£175 a day24 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, card games
Nyashadzaishe Sharon C.£160 a day6 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, card games
Primrose N.£180 a day20 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, card gamesInterest 3
Lincolnshire's musical life runs from cathedral and parish church organs to seaside theatre shows on the east coast.
66 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list music
In the calendar
Lincoln
A summer series of recitals on the cathedral's grand organ, played by visiting organists. A carer can book seats near an entrance, arrange drop-off close to the building and keep the outing to the concert itself so it does not become tiring.
Source: visitlincoln.com. Check opening times and access before you go.
Somewhere to go
Skegness
Skegness's long standing seafront theatre, with a year round programme of concerts, tribute shows and variety. A carer can help pick a matinee, ring ahead about seating and make the trip part of an afternoon by the sea.
Source: visitlincolnshire.com. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
Old records, a choir concert, singing along in the kitchen. Music often stays with people long after other things fade, and a companion who enjoys it makes it part of the day.
Live-in carers who enjoy musicSome who could come in Lincolnshire
Alice M.£175 a day24 yrsAlso enjoys walking, cooking & baking, knitting, socialising
Rosemary Vongai M.£149 a day15 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, card games
Tendai N.£180 a day20 yrsAlso enjoys decorating, embroidery, knitting, reading
Norman D.£145 a day25 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, card gamesInterest 4
Reading is well served across Lincolnshire, with a county library network reaching small market towns as well as the city.
53 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list reading
In the calendar
Lincoln
An annual festival of author talks and events held at venues around Lincoln, including the Arts Centre. A carer can pick one or two talks that match someone's interests, book accessible seating and handle the travel and timings.
Source: lincolnartscentre.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.
Somewhere to join
The county library service runs libraries across Lincolnshire, with free membership and loans including large print books and audiobooks. A carer can help join up, collect and return books, and read aloud at home when eyesight or concentration makes reading harder.
Source: lincolnshire.gov.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
Library trips, reading aloud when eyes tire, audiobooks set up and ready, and somebody to talk about the book with.
Live-in carers who enjoy readingSome who could come in Lincolnshire
Theresa t.£145 a day21 yrsAlso enjoys walking, dancing, card games, cooking & baking
Stephanie S.£140 a day15 yrsAlso enjoys walking, dancing, cooking & baking, puzzles
Camille F.£230 a day25 yrsAlso enjoys walking, card games, cooking & baking, puzzles
Temitayo O.£160 a day3 yrsAlso enjoys walking, card games, cooking & baking, puzzlesInterest 5
Lincolnshire keeps a strong folk streak, and its old songs and dances still turn up at fairs, festivals and village halls.
43 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list dancing
Somewhere to join
Lincoln
A mixed border morris side formed in 1995, named after the song The Lincolnshire Poacher, which dances out around Lincoln and welcomes musicians as well as dancers. A carer can find out where the side is dancing and take someone along to watch and join in with the music and the singing.
Source: lincolnbigmorris.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
From tea dances to seated movement to music, a companion can find the right session, drive there, and make sure it is enjoyable rather than tiring.
Live-in carers who enjoy dancingSome who could come in Lincolnshire
Newman D.£160 a day20 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, cooking & baking, decorating
Calvin M.£200 a day14 yrsAlso enjoys walking, card games, cooking & baking, puzzles
Natasha Perpetua M.£180 a day17 yrsAlso enjoys walking, card games, cooking & baking, puzzles
Tanaka N.£162 a day4 yrsAlso enjoys walking, card games, cooking & baking, decoratingInterest 6
Lincolnshire is a growing county, from fen bulb fields and market gardens to the walled gardens and parkland of its country estates.
36 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list gardening
Somewhere to go
Doddington Hall & Gardens, Lincoln
Walled and wild gardens around an Elizabethan house just west of Lincoln, with a kitchen garden, café and farm shop. A carer can collect the accessible route map from the Gatehouse, use the Blue Badge parking and plan a slow loop with a stop for tea.
Getting around: Most of the five acre gardens can be explored by wheelchair using ramps and graded slopes, although grass and gravel paths are harder going in wet weather.
Source: doddingtonhall.com. Check opening times and access before you go.
Somewhere to go
Grantham
A restored terraced garden known for its sweet peas, roses and meadow, set on two levels near Grantham. A carer can keep to the upper gardens and the handrailed slope, where the lower garden can still be seen from the old hall site.
Getting around: The upper gardens are accessible by wheelchair, a handrailed slope beside the vegetable garden avoids the steps, and there are accessible toilets in the Courtyard.
Source: visiteaston.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
Potting on at a table rather than kneeling, deadheading from a stool, visiting gardens with level paths and a tearoom: a carer keeps the garden in their week.
Live-in carers who enjoy gardeningSome who could come in Lincolnshire
Harnaik R.£180 a day2 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, cooking & baking, yoga
Erika P.£145 a day1 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, cooking & baking
Jonathan E.£148 a day22 yrsAlso enjoys walking, cooking & baking, decorating, fishing
Magdalena B.£160 a day7 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, cooking & baking, knittingInterest 7
Big skies, flat fen horizons and a wide sandy coastline give Lincolnshire the kind of light and space photographers keep coming back for.
23 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list photography
Somewhere to go
Skegness
Dunes, saltmarsh and freshwater lagoons at the southern end of Skegness, with a visitor centre and hides looking over the wildlife. A carer can drive to the car park, carry the camera gear and settle in one hide so the birds come to them rather than the other way round.
Source: lincstrust.org.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.
Somewhere to go
North Hykeham
Former gravel pits turned into lakes, scrub and woodland just outside Lincoln, with waymarked walks such as the Thorpe Lake route and a visitor centre. A carer can choose the shortest circuit and stop at the water's edge for photographs of ducks, grebes and reflections.
Source: visitlincolnshire.com. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
A companion can plan an outing around the light and the tide, carry the kit, and help sort the pictures afterwards.
Live-in carers who enjoy photographySome who could come in Lincolnshire
Adriana R.£145 a day4 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, cooking & baking, puzzles
Kamal preet S.£225 a day6 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, cooking & baking
Nontando S.£172 a day18 yrsAlso enjoys walking, dancing, card games, cooking & baking
Faitai Stael Z.£140 a day2 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, cooking & bakingInterest 8
Lincolnshire's scattered villages and market towns rely heavily on volunteers to keep local services and community spaces going.
19 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list volunteering
Somewhere to join
Lincolnshire Co-op supports a network of community libraries in towns and villages around the county, many of them kept going by local volunteers. A carer can arrange transport to a regular shift and stay nearby, so someone can keep contributing without worrying about getting there.
Source: lincolnshire.coop. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
A carer can help find a role that suits sitting down or short sessions, and handle the lifts there and back.
Live-in carers who enjoy volunteeringSome who could come in Lincolnshire
Janet T.£160 a day24 yrsAlso enjoys walking, dancing, cooking & baking, socialising
Eugene M.£180 a day17 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, card games
Chukwuanugo O.£145 a day5 yrsAlso enjoys reading, music, writing, collecting
Primrose K.£175 a day14 yrsAlso enjoys walking, dancing, card games, cooking & bakingInterest 9
Wool is part of Lincolnshire's farming history, and the county gave its name to one of England's heaviest fleeced sheep breeds.
17 of 92live-in carers we looked at
list knitting
Local tradition
The Lincoln Longwool is the county's native sheep, a rare breed with a long lustrous fleece still spun into yarn by local producers. A carer can order some Lincoln Longwool yarn or visit a rare breeds day, giving a knitter something with a local story behind it.
Source: lincolnlongwools.co.uk. Check opening times and access before you go.
How a companion helps
Winding wool, reading the pattern aloud, picking up dropped stitches, and a trip to the wool shop or a knitting group.
Live-in carers who enjoy knittingSome who could come in Lincolnshire
Ruth H.£150 a day20 yrsAlso enjoys walking, cooking & baking, puzzles, embroidery
Dorcas H.£140 a day14 yrsAlso enjoys walking, dancing, card games, cooking & baking
Shuvai M.£176 a day40 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, card games, embroidery
Sylviah K.£160 a day8 yrsAlso enjoys painting, walking, dancing, card gamesCloser to home
Not every good day involves going out. These are the everyday interests the carers who could come list most, and each is easier, and more fun, with somebody to share it.
From interest to introduction
Use the link under any interest on this page. It opens a search of live-in carers in Lincolnshire with the carers who list that interest first; nobody else is hidden, so you still see everyone who could come.
Each profile shows the carer's interests next to their experience, the conditions they have cared for, their day rate and their reviews. Shortlist two or three.
Message and meet them for free. Ask about the hobby: someone who really gardens will tell you what they grow. Nothing is booked until you decide.
We set up the contract, handle invoicing and payment, and insure the care while the carer works. The rest of the week is theirs to fill.
Lee-Ann
Care manager for families in Lincolnshire
Someone to talk to first
Most families start with a call: what your relative needs, what it would cost, which carers share your parent's interests, and whether live-in care or companionship visits suit them better, and what to ask a carer when you speak to them. Lee-Ann has those conversations every day and can tell you which of the carers in Lincolnshire might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Questions
Yes. Getting out is a normal part of a live-in carer's week: a walk (Water Rail Way is a good one), a garden visit, a choir concert, the bowls club or a lunch with friends. Many carers drive, and the search shows who does. Mileage is only charged if you agree it in advance and in writing, and 55p a mile is the usual figure when a carer uses their own car. Entry tickets and cafe stops for the carer are worth agreeing up front too.
Use the link under the interest on this page: it opens a search of live-in carers in Lincolnshire with the ones who list that interest shown first, and the rest still there below them. Every profile shows the carer's interests alongside their experience, rates and reviews. Message the ones you like, and talk about the hobby when you meet them: it is the quickest way to tell whether the interest is real.
For live-in care it matters more than people expect. A live-in carer shares the house for weeks at a time, and the hours between the care tasks are most of the day. Somebody who likes the same programmes, games or garden fills those hours naturally. It is still second to experience and temperament, so treat it as a tie-breaker between good carers rather than the first thing you filter on.
Live-in care through PrimeCarers is typically about £1,120 a week, with our fee included, and each carer sets their own rate, shown on their profile. That covers somebody living in and helping through the day. If your parent needs company rather than round-the-clock help, hourly companionship visits start from about £15 an hour. Companionship care in Lincolnshire compares the two.
Then the interest comes to him. A carer can bring the garden to a table on the patio, put the old records on, set up the jigsaw, read the paper aloud or play cards most afternoons. The interests further down this page are mostly the ones done at home, and plenty of carers share them.
Each local suggestion was researched from published sources, and every one on the page has passed a check before appearing: either it was found on a map inside Lincolnshire, or its source page, which we link to, is live and names the area. Anything that failed was left out. Opening times, prices and access change, so check with the venue before you go, especially for gardens such as Doddington Hall & Gardens, where it is worth asking ahead about wheelchairs or mobility scooters.
Yes. Before a carer appears on PrimeCarers they have passed an enhanced DBS check, an identity check and a right-to-work check, and had an online interview with our team, and their DBS stays under continuous monitoring. Carers write their own profiles, including their interests and skills, so ask about anything that matters to you when you meet them. How we vet carers sets out each step.
See live-in carers with their photos, interests, rates and reviews, and talk to your favourites for free. Nothing is booked until you say so.
