Live-in careCambridgeshireWaterbeach
Live-in care in Waterbeach
12 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Waterbeach. Typical rate £1,066 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
12 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Waterbeach
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Live-in carer profiles near Waterbeach
£1,066 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of Waterbeach, our fee included
£152
a day
Paula D.Based in Cambridge · 5 miles from Waterbeach · 11 years experience£160a day
Ugonma Lina M.Based in Cambridge · 8 miles from Waterbeach · 10 years experience£170a day
Siu C.9 miles from Waterbeach · 16 years experience£160a 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 Waterbeach
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.
12 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Waterbeach, and any of them could come to Waterbeach
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See live-in carers for WaterbeachWhat it costs
What live-in care costs in Waterbeach, against the alternatives
A typical live-in week is £1,066 from carers within 25 miles of Waterbeach, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,031 to £1,121. Here is where that sits against a care home.
- Live-in care in Cambridgeshiretypical advertised week£1,066
- 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 in Cambridgeshire 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 CambridgeshireWaterbeach in numbers
Live-in care in Waterbeach: the local picture
3 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Waterbeach town centre, and 12 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 5 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,066, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,031 and £1,121. Waterbeach 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 Waterbeach 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 Waterbeach, 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 Waterbeach 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 Waterbeach
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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Talk to two or three
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 Waterbeach 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 Waterbeach might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Waterbeach
Waterbeach 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 Waterbeach
Live-in care around Waterbeach
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Waterbeach as much as to Waterbeach 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 Waterbeach
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- Live-in care in Cottenham3 miles
- Live-in care in Histon4 miles
- Live-in care in Cambridge5 miles
- Live-in care in Northstowe5 miles
- Live-in care in Burwell6 miles
- Live-in care in Fulbourn6 miles
- Live-in care in Soham8 miles
- Live-in care in Great Shelford9 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 Waterbeach ask about live-in care
A typical week is £1,066 from carers within 25 miles of Waterbeach, with our fee included: about £152 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,031 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. 3 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Waterbeach, and 12 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 5 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 £1,066, 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.
Waterbeach 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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