Live-in careCambridgeshireSt Ives
Live-in care in St Ives
32 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of St Ives. Typical rate £1,068 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
32 live-in carers based within 25 miles of St Ives
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Live-in carer profiles near St Ives
£1,068 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of St Ives, our fee included
£153
a day
Meriam K.Based in Huntingdon · 4 miles from St Ives · 3 years experience£161a day
Munyaradzi Dean M.Based in Huntingdon · 8 miles from St Ives · 13 years experience£149a day
Rufaro Lorraine S.Based in St. Neots · 12 miles from St Ives · 5 years experience£156a day
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 St Ives
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32 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of St Ives, and any of them could come to St Ives
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What live-in care costs in St Ives, against the alternatives
A typical live-in week is £1,068 from carers within 25 miles of St Ives, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,015 to £1,121. Here is where that sits against the care homes within 10 miles.
- Live-in care within 10 miles of St Ivestypical advertised week£1,068
- A couple, one live-in carerabout a fifth more than for one£1,350
- Care home, England averageone resident, before extras£1,160
- Nursing home, England averageone resident, before extras£1,410
- A couple in a care hometwo fees£2,320
Care home figures are averages for England; too few homes within 10 miles of St Ives 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.
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 CambridgeshireSt Ives in numbers
Live-in care in St Ives: the local picture
2 live-in carers live within 10 miles of St Ives town centre, and 32 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 4 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,068, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,015 and £1,121. Within 10 miles there are 42 care homes and 52 home care agencies. St Ives is in the Cambridgeshire council area, where 19,060 people are aged 85 or over: 2.7% of residents, close to the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).
A live-in carer moves into the home in St Ives 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 St Ives, 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 St Ives 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 St Ives
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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This weekMessage them with a short description of a typical day, then decide on a video call or a visit. - 3
Agree the rate and a start date
A few daysThe rate on the profile is the price. The contract, weekly invoicing and payment are set up on PrimeCarers. - 4
The carer moves in
Week 1Most live-in carers work stints of two to six weeks, so agree early who covers their breaks.
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Charlotte helps families in St Ives 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 St Ives might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in St Ives
St Ives is in the Cambridgeshire 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. Cambridgeshire 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 St Ives
Live-in care around St Ives
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around St Ives as much as to St Ives itself. These are the nearest places with their own live-in page, and the area guides behind this one.
Live-in care in the towns around St Ives
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- Live-in care in Godmanchester4 miles
- Live-in care in Huntingdon5 miles
- Live-in care in Northstowe7 miles
- Live-in care in Brampton7 miles
- Live-in care in Cambourne8 miles
- Live-in care in Ramsey8 miles
- Live-in care in Cottenham9 miles
- Live-in care in Histon10 miles
More about live-in care in Cambridgeshire
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in Cambridgeshire
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Questions
Questions families in St Ives ask about live-in care
A typical week is £1,068 from carers within 25 miles of St Ives, with our fee included: about £153 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,015 and £1,121 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in Cambridgeshire has an estimator.
Yes. 2 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of St Ives, and 32 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 4 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 £1,068, 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.
St Ives is in the Cambridgeshire 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. Cambridgeshire 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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