Live-in careDerbyshireBreaston
Live-in care in Breaston
40 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Breaston. Typical rate £1,050 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
93 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Breaston
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Live-in carer profiles near Breaston
£1,050 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of Breaston, our fee included
£150
a day
Muyer Gisele N.Based in Nottingham · 2 miles from Breaston · 8 years experience£145a day
Mirembe Masitula B.Based in Derby · 4 miles from Breaston · 20 years experience£160a day
Nonhlanhla Cynthia M.Based in Derby · 4 miles from Breaston · 18 years experience5.0(2 reviews)£150a 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 Breaston
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.
93 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Breaston, and any of them could come to Breaston
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See live-in carers for BreastonWhat families say
What clients say about carers near Breaston
Reviews of the reviewed carers based nearest Breaston, nearest first. They describe previous clients’ experiences, not necessarily care delivered in Breaston. Each links to the carer’s profile.
“She has got her to eat and walk again and to become more independent.”
Claire A., 2026
About Fatmabibi B.Live-in carer based in Nottingham“Ernest is an amazing professional carer who delivers care from the heart.”
Melanie B., 2024
About Ernest C.Live-in carer based in ChesterfieldReviews 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 Breaston, against the alternatives
A typical live-in week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Breaston, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,015 to £1,152. Here is where that sits against a care home.
- Live-in care in Derbyshiretypical advertised week£1,050
- 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 Derbyshire 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 DerbyshireBreaston in numbers
Live-in care in Breaston: the local picture
40 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Breaston town centre, and 93 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 2 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,050, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,015 and £1,152. Breaston is in the Derbyshire council area, where 23,319 people are aged 85 or over: 2.8% of residents, close to the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).
A live-in carer moves into the home in Breaston 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 Breaston, 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 Breaston 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 Breaston
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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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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Lee-Ann helps families in Breaston 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. Lee-Ann has those conversations every day and can tell you which of the carers in Breaston might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Breaston
Breaston is in the Derbyshire 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. Derbyshire 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 Breaston
Live-in care around Breaston
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Breaston as much as to Breaston 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 Breaston
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- Live-in care in Long Eaton2 miles
- Live-in care in Sandiacre2 miles
- Live-in care in Stapleford (Nottinghamshire)3 miles
- Live-in care in Borrowash3 miles
- Live-in care in Castle Donington (Leicestershire)4 miles
- Live-in care in Beeston (Nottinghamshire)4 miles
- Live-in care in Ilkeston5 miles
- Live-in care in West Hallam5 miles
More about live-in care in Derbyshire
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in Derbyshire
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Questions
Questions families in Breaston ask about live-in care
A typical week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Breaston, with our fee included: about £150 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,015 and £1,152 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in Derbyshire has an estimator.
Yes. 40 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Breaston, and 93 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 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 £1,050, 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.
Breaston is in the Derbyshire 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. Derbyshire 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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