Live-in careEast Riding of YorkshireCottingham

Live-in care in Cottingham

8 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Cottingham. Typical rate £1,083 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.

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16 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Cottingham

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

What families say

What clients say about carers near Cottingham

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

DementiaCompanionship

“She was always 'just present enough': attentive, available, kind and engaging, but without ever over-stepping any boundary”

Beatrice N., 2026

Photo of carer Rosemary H.About Rosemary H.Live-in carer based in North Yorkshire · 2 reviews
RespiteCompanionship

“Carla has been a god send with the implementation of bringing mum back home from respite care.”

Claire A., 2026

Photo of carer Carla M.About Carla M.Live-in carer based in Leeds · 3 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 Cottingham, against the alternatives

A typical live-in week is £1,083 from carers within 25 miles of Cottingham, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,031 to £1,120. Here is where that sits against a care home.

A week of care in East Riding of Yorkshire, on one scaleWeekly cost, our fee included where it applies
  1. Live-in care in East Riding of Yorkshiretypical advertised week£1,083
  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 East Riding of 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.

151care homes in East Riding of Yorkshire
54home care agencies in East Riding of Yorkshire

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 East Riding of Yorkshire

Cottingham in numbers

Live-in care in Cottingham: the local picture

8 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Cottingham town centre, and 16 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 2 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,083, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,031 and £1,120. Cottingham is in the East Riding of Yorkshire council area, where 13,200 people are aged 85 or over: 3.7% of residents, more than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).

A live-in carer moves into the home in Cottingham 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 Cottingham, 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 Cottingham 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 Cottingham

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

  1. 1

    Search live-in carers for Cottingham

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    The results show carers offering live-in care who can reach Cottingham, with their rate, experience and reviews.
  2. 2

    Talk to two or three

    This week
    Message them with a short description of a typical day, then decide on a video call or a visit.
  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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Lee-Ann, account manager at PrimeCarers

Lee-Ann

Account manager for families in Cottingham

Lee-Ann helps families in Cottingham 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 Cottingham might suit, though the choice is always yours.

Help paying

Help with the cost of live-in care in Cottingham

Cottingham is in the East Riding of Yorkshire 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. East Riding of Yorkshire 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 Cottingham

Live-in care around Cottingham

Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Cottingham as much as to Cottingham 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 Cottingham

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Live-in care elsewhere in East Riding of Yorkshire

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Questions

Questions families in Cottingham ask about live-in care

A typical week is £1,083 from carers within 25 miles of Cottingham, with our fee included: about £155 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,031 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 East Riding of Yorkshire has an estimator.

Yes. 8 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Cottingham, and 16 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 £1,083, 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.

Cottingham is in the East Riding of Yorkshire 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. East Riding of Yorkshire 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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