Home careNorth Yorkshire

Home care in North Yorkshire

12 vetted, self-employed carers do visits within about 45 minutes of North Yorkshire, from £19 an hour, and 33 offer live-in care from £1,089 a week, with our fee included. This page helps you work out which kind of care fits, what it costs here, and who could come.

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12 carers within about 45 minutes of North Yorkshire

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carers for visits within about 45 minutes of North Yorkshire
12
typical hourly rate, our fee included
£22
live-in carers within about an hour of North Yorkshire
33
typical live-in week, our fee included
£1,120

From carers' own profiles, September 2026. Rates are advertised rates with our fee included.

Which type do we need?

Find the right kind of home care in North Yorkshire

Three questions, and the page you need. Most families are not sure whether they need visits, nights or somebody living in, and the answer follows from how many hours of the day someone needs to be there.

What kind of help is needed?

1What kind of help is needed?

When is help needed?

2When is help needed?

How soon?

3How soon?

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We will suggest the type of home care that usually fits, what it tends to cost, and where to read more. It takes about ten seconds.

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Every kind of care

The types of home care available in North Yorkshire

Each one has its own page. The two with a page for the county lead, with the number of local carers; the rest carry the county into the search.

Who is available

Carers you could talk to in North Yorkshire today

Some of the carers based nearest North Yorkshire, with the hourly rate each has set and what else they offer. Every one has passed our checks: an enhanced DBS check kept under continuous monitoring, identity, right to work, and an online interview. Their skills and training are for you to check with them.

What it costs

What home care costs in North Yorkshire

Carers doing visits within about 45 minutes of North Yorkshire advertise £19 to £23 an hour on PrimeCarers, with our fee included, and live-in carers £1,089 to £1,183 a week. Here is where that sits against an agency, a care home and doing it yourself.

An hour of daytime care, on one scaleOur fee included where it applies
  1. Private carers in North Yorkshiremiddle half of local rates£19 to £23
  2. UK typicalwhat clients pay on PrimeCarers£20
  3. Home care agencythe carer sees roughly half£28 to £35
  4. Hiring someone yourselfno checks, contract or insurance£16 to £18

Most carers within about 45 minutes of North Yorkshire advertise £19 to £23 an hour; the dot is the typical rate, £22. Companionship-only visits start lower, from about £15. Overnight care is priced per night: from £130 for a sleeping night and £150 to £160 for a waking night.

A week of care in North Yorkshire, on one scaleWeekly cost, our fee included where it applies
  1. Live-in care in North Yorkshiretypical advertised week£1,120
  2. A couple, one live-in carerabout a fifth more than for one£1,350
  3. Care home, England averageone resident, before extras£1,160
  4. Nursing home, England averageone resident, before extras£1,410
  5. A couple in a care hometwo fees£2,320

Care home figures are averages for England; too few homes in North Yorkshire publish a fee for a local median. Fees vary widely between homes. At home you keep paying the household bills and the carer's food, so add those before you compare.

For a couple the gap is wide: one live-in carer for both of you is about £1,350 a week, and a care home charges two fees. Work it through for your own numbers.

Hourly visits in North Yorkshire are covered on the cost of home care in North Yorkshire page. Past about 35 hours a week, live-in care costs about the same and somebody is there all day.

By condition

Care in North Yorkshire for the conditions families ask about most

Each guide covers what the condition means for care at home, which kind of care suits each stage, and what to look for in a carer. The search for the county shows carers who list experience of each on their profile.

How it works

From this page to a carer in North Yorkshire

Four steps, and the first two cost nothing. You choose the carer; we handle the checks, the contract and the payments.

  1. 1

    Search carers for North Yorkshire

    Free
    Choose visits or live-in, and every profile shows the rate, experience, reviews, travel time and whether the carer drives or does nights. Read a few and shortlist the ones whose experience matches what your relative needs.
  2. 2

    Meet two or three

    This week
    Message them through PrimeCarers with a short description of a typical day. Most families decide after a visit or a video call, and a good carer will ask you as many questions as you ask them.
  3. 3

    Agree the care and the rate

    A few days
    The rate on the profile is the price. The contract between you and the carer is set up on PrimeCarers, with invoicing and payment handled online. Notice is 48 hours for visits and 7 days for live-in once 168 hours have been worked.
  4. 4

    Start, then adjust

    Week 1
    Begin with a week or two and change the pattern as you learn what helps. Adding a visit, adding nights, or moving to live-in later is a conversation, not a new contract.

Safety first

Someone coming into their home? We take that seriously.

Letting a carer into the home of someone you love takes trust. We've built every layer of protection so that trust is earned, not assumed.

See exactly how we vet carers or call 0203 369 3624

Vetting that never stops

Enhanced DBS, ID and right-to-work checks and an online interview before a carer appears, then continuous DBS monitoring for as long as they work. We check that a carer is caring; their skills and training are for you to check with them.

Insured and above board

Every visit is insured, contracted and paid securely online after care happens. There is no cash and no informal arrangement to manage.

A real person who knows you

Your own account manager and a UK support team who know you, your carer and your situation, not a call centre script.

Help when plans change

If your carer is unwell or away, our team will always do their best to find you vetted cover at short notice.

A person, not a form

Talk it through before you search

Lee-Ann, care manager at PrimeCarers

Lee-Ann

Care manager for families in North Yorkshire

Lee-Ann helps families in North Yorkshire arrange care at home

Most families start with a call: what your relative needs, what it would cost, whether visits, nights or a live-in carer is the right answer, 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 North Yorkshire might suit, though the choice is always yours.

Across the county

Home care across North Yorkshire

Every town in North Yorkshire has its own page with the carers who list it as home. Live-in carers travel, so the live-in figures apply across the county; for visits, the nearest carers come first.

Where the nearest carers live

From the profiles of the carers based within about 45 minutes of North Yorkshire

For visits a carer's home town matters: the shorter the drive, the easier it is to fill the early and late visits, and the less likely a visit is to run late.

Questions

Questions families in North Yorkshire ask about home care

Carers doing visits within about 45 minutes of North Yorkshire advertise £19 to £23 an hour on PrimeCarers, typically £22, with our fee included. Overnight care is from £130 a night. Live-in carers within about an hour of North Yorkshire advertise £1,089 to £1,183 a week, typically £1,120. Each carer sets their own rate. The cost of home care in North Yorkshire and the cost of live-in care in North Yorkshire go through the figures with estimators.

It follows from how many hours of the day somebody needs to be there. A few hours on some days is hourly visits; morning and evening every day is still visits, with a regular carer; mainly at night is overnight care; and someone there day and night is live-in care, which past about 35 hours a week costs about the same as visits. Company rather than care is companionship, and cover for a family carer is respite. The three questions on this page give a starting point, and how many visits a week does my parent need works the hours out properly.

Usually. Agencies in North Yorkshire typically charge £28 to £35 an hour and the carer sees roughly half. A private carer through PrimeCarers typically charges £22 an hour here, with our fee included, keeps most of it, and comes every time rather than whoever is on the rota. There are 154 home care agencies registered in North Yorkshire; Agency or private carer weighs the two.

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. Their DBS is then kept on the Update Service and monitored continuously for as long as they work. We check that a carer is caring; their skills, qualifications and training are for you to check with them, and every profile shows their experience and reviews so you can. How we vet carers sets out each step.

You can see who is available today and message them straight away. Most families are talking to two or three carers within a day or two; regular visits often start within the week, and live-in care within a week or two. 12 carers are based within about 45 minutes of North Yorkshire, so there is usually somebody free at the times you need. If somebody is coming out of hospital or a carer has let you down, emergency care explains what we can do this week.

Sometimes. In England the council contributes once savings fall below £23,250, after a care needs assessment and a financial assessment, and can pay it as a direct payment you spend on a carer you choose. Attendance Allowance is separate, not means tested, and worth £77 or £115 a week to most people over State Pension age who need help with personal care. Where the main need is a health need, NHS Continuing Healthcare can cover the whole cost. Funding home care in North Yorkshire goes through each route, and funding live-in care in North Yorkshire covers the live-in side.

Yes. For visits, the search shows the travel time from your door beside each carer's rate, so the nearest come first; 8 of the 11 nearest carers who advertise a rate have a car, which matters across the county for appointments and getting out. Live-in carers move in, so distance matters less: a carer from the next county is as available as one from the next street. Each town in North Yorkshire has its own page below with the carers who list it as home.

With the same carer every time, because familiar faces and routines are the care with dementia. Hourly visits with one regular carer suit the early stages; live-in care usually takes over once nights become difficult or someone is no longer safe alone. Dementia care at home goes through the stages, and both private carers in North Yorkshire and live-in care in North Yorkshire show carers who list dementia experience on their profiles.

No. PrimeCarers is an introductory service. The carers are self-employed and set their own rates; you choose the carer, and the contract is between you and them. We do the checks before a carer appears and keep their DBS monitored, set up the contract, handle the invoicing and payment, and insure the care while the carer works. There is no office rota to pay for, which is why the carer keeps most of what you pay. Private carers versus agency carers goes through the differences.

For one person the two often land close together once the household bills are added to the home care side: a care home in England averages £1,160 a week, against a typical live-in week of £1,120. For a couple, home care is usually far cheaper, because a care home charges two fees and one live-in carer looks after both. There are 205 care homes in North Yorkshire. Care at home or a care home covers how to decide.

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