Live-in careBarking and DagenhamBecontree Heath

Live-in care in Becontree Heath

159 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Becontree Heath. Typical rate £1,043 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.

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165 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Becontree Heath

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Rates, reviews and distances are from carers' own profiles. A couple pays about £1,350 a week for one carer.

Who is nearest

The live-in carers based closest to Becontree Heath

Closest first, with the rate each has set. Every one has passed our checks: an accepted criminal-record check (Enhanced DBS issued within the last 2 years, DBS Update Service, Scottish PVG or Access NI), identity, right to work, and an online interview.

What families say

What clients say about carers near Becontree Heath

Reviews of the reviewed carers based nearest Becontree Heath, nearest first. They describe previous clients’ experiences, not necessarily care delivered in Becontree Heath. Each links to the carer’s profile.

Live-in careCooking

“Shamillah prepared and cooked delicious and interesting meals for Dad, and coaxed him to eat & drink, even when he was reluctant to do so.”

Helen D., 2023

Photo of carer Shamillah S.About Shamillah S.Live-in carer based in Dagenham
DementiaMobility

“She is a safe pair of hands and her years of experience certainly shine through.”

Christine O., 2025

Photo of carer Noami B.About Noami B.Live-in carer based in Barking · 4 reviews
Palliative careCompanionship

“We couldn't have hoped for more positive, supportive and pleasurable care experience.”

Sarah K., 2023

Photo of carer Garikayi C.About Garikayi C.Live-in carer based in Barking · 2 reviews
Palliative careCompanionship

“Charity would take Nan on holidays day trips and shopping adventures”

Bateman S., 2022

Photo of carer Charity N.About Charity N.Live-in carer based in Ilford · 2 reviews
Palliative careCompanionship

“She was always cheerful and looking for ways to stimulate my mother. She became her "friend" and provided best care always.”

Julie G., 2021

Photo of carer Lynette V.About Lynette V.Live-in carer · 2 reviews

Reviews come from families who booked through PrimeCarers, or are references carers have added from past clients. We check reviews before they appear and never edit them, but we do not verify references. Read more client reviews.

What it costs

What live-in care costs in Becontree Heath, against the alternatives

A typical live-in week is £1,043 from carers within 25 miles of Becontree Heath, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £980 to £1,120. Here is where that sits against a care home.

A week of care in Barking and Dagenham, on one scaleWeekly cost, our fee included where it applies
  1. Live-in care in Barking and Dagenhamtypical advertised week£1,043
  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 Barking and Dagenham 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.

23care homes in Barking and Dagenham
143home care agencies in Barking and Dagenham

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.

Past about 35 hours a week of visits, live-in care costs about the same and somebody is there all day.

The full figures, an estimator and what changes the priceLevel of need, couples, nights, days the family covers, and what to agree before the carer arrives.

The cost of live-in care in Barking and Dagenham

Becontree Heath in numbers

Live-in care in Becontree Heath: the local picture

159 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Becontree Heath town centre, and 165 within 25 miles. The nearest is based less than 2 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,043, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £980 and £1,120. Becontree Heath is in the Barking and Dagenham council area, where 2,515 people are aged 85 or over: 1.1% of residents, fewer than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).

A live-in carer moves into the home in Becontree Heath and is there day and night: personal care, meals, medicines prompted at the right times, company, and someone in the house overnight. On PrimeCarers you choose the carer yourself from the profiles of those who can reach Becontree Heath, agree the rate on their profile, and we set up the contract and the weekly payments. Families arrange it after an operation or a hospital stay, for dementia, for a couple, or when visits are no longer enough. How live-in care works goes through it step by step.

From carers' own profiles, October 2026. Distances are straight-line, from the centre of Becontree Heath to where each carer says they live. Counts are the live-in carers with a photo and a live-in rate that our area searches return, at most 100 per area, so busy areas have more. Rates include our fee and are advertised day rates multiplied by seven; typical means the median. Availability for your dates needs confirming with each carer.

How to arrange it

From this page to a live-in carer in Becontree Heath

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

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    Search live-in carers for Becontree Heath

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    Talk to two or three

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  3. 3

    Agree the rate and a start date

    A few days
    The rate on the profile is the price. The contract, weekly invoicing and payment are set up on PrimeCarers.
  4. 4

    The carer moves in

    Week 1
    Most live-in carers work stints of two to six weeks, so agree early who covers their breaks.

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Charlotte, account manager at PrimeCarers

Charlotte

Account manager for families in Becontree Heath

Charlotte helps families in Becontree Heath arrange live-in care

Most families start with a call: what your relative needs, what it would cost, whether a live-in carer is the right answer or hourly visits would do, and what to ask a carer when you speak to them. Charlotte has those conversations every day and can tell you which of the carers in Becontree Heath might suit, though the choice is always yours.

Help paying

Help with the cost of live-in care in Becontree Heath

Becontree Heath is in the Barking and Dagenham council area. Ask your council for a care needs assessment and, where relevant, a financial assessment. Help with care costs depends on eligible needs, finances and the agreed care plan. Barking and Dagenham direct payments and council funding covers the authority at the town centre; check your home postcode if you live near a boundary.

Depending on needs, Attendance Allowance and NHS Continuing Healthcare can help too, and so can pensions, savings and the value in a home.

Around Becontree Heath

Live-in care around Becontree Heath

Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Becontree Heath as much as to Becontree Heath itself. These are the nearest places with their own live-in page, and the area guides behind this one.

Live-in care elsewhere in Barking and Dagenham

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Questions

Questions families in Becontree Heath ask about live-in care

A typical week is £1,043 from carers within 25 miles of Becontree Heath, with our fee included: about £149 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £980 and £1,120 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in Barking and Dagenham has an estimator.

Yes. 159 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Becontree Heath, and 165 within 25 miles; the nearest lives less than 2 miles away. Live-in carers move in for the placement, so carers from further away can come too. A profile does not confirm availability: check dates with each carer.

For one person they are close. A typical live-in week is £1,043, and the average care home in England charges £1,160 a week, or £1,410 with nursing. At home you also pay the household bills and the carer's food. For a couple, one live-in carer costs about £1,350 a week for both, while a care home charges two fees. The care home comparison has a calculator.

Becontree Heath is in the Barking and Dagenham council area. Ask your council for a care needs assessment and, where relevant, a financial assessment. Help with care costs depends on eligible needs, finances and the agreed care plan. Barking and Dagenham direct payments and council funding explains the local route. Check which council covers your home postcode if you live near a boundary.

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