Every kind of care
Every kind of care in Leicester, with what it costs here
Each row is a level of help, with the price on PrimeCarers and how much of it there is locally.
The kinds of care in Leicester
From the least help to the most. Each row links to its section below.
- Visiting carePersonal care and help at set times£18 to £25 an hourCarers across the region
- Overnight careA sleeping or waking night£130 to £160 a night0 of the nearest carers do nights
- Live-in careA carer living in, day and night£1,050 to £1,400 a weekCarers travel to the placement
- Care homeA room, meals and care, away from homeabout £1,160 a week65 homes without nursing in Leicester
- Nursing homeA care home with nurses on shiftabout £1,410 a week15 nursing homes in Leicester
Visit and live-in prices are what carers near Leicester charge on PrimeCarers, our fee included, October 2026. Night prices are the range on PrimeCarers. Care home counts are from CQC registrations in Leicester. Care home fees are UK averages, because too few homes here publish theirs.
Care homes
Care homes and nursing homes in Leicester
58 of the 75 with a Care Quality Commission rating are rated good or outstanding, 1 of them outstanding, and 17 are rated requires improvement or inadequate. Few homes here publish their fees; across the UK a residential place costs about £1,160 a week and a nursing place about £1,410. A live-in carer here costs £1,050 to £1,400 a week, so for one person the two cost about the same, and for a couple live-in care costs far less.
Elderly care in Leicester helps you weigh care at home against a care home, and care at home or a care home goes through what to ask a home before choosing it.
Agencies or private carers
Home care agencies and private carers in Leicester
152 home care agencies for older people in Leicester
Private carers
Every carer on PrimeCarers has passed an enhanced DBS, identity and right-to-work check and an online interview before they appear (how we check carers). Agency or private carer compares the two, and the best home carers in Leicester profiles the best-rated private carers nearby.
Paying for care
Help paying for care in Leicester
Attendance Allowance is not means tested and can go towards any of these. The council assesses needs for free and contributes once savings fall below £23,250, and NHS Continuing Healthcare pays in full when needs are mainly health needs. Funding home care in Leicester sets out each route and who to contact.
Questions
Questions families in Leicester ask about the types of care
Away from home, 80 care homes in Leicester take older people, 15 of them with nursing and 61 registered to care for people with dementia.
For one person it is usually about the same: a live-in week here is typically £1,120 with our fee included, against about £1,160 for a care home place. For a couple, one live-in carer costs about £1,350 a week, far less than two care home places. Care at home or a care home goes through the decision.
A nursing home is a care home with registered nurses on shift, for people who need nursing as well as care, such as wound care or complex medication. Of the 80 care homes in Leicester that take older people, 15 provide nursing. 61 are registered to care for people with dementia. The difference between a nursing home and a care home explains how to tell which is needed.
Often, yes. Attendance Allowance is not means tested and helps with the cost of care at any level. The council contributes once savings fall below £23,250, and the NHS pays in full when needs are mainly health needs. Funding home care in Leicester sets out each route.