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Live-in care in Dunfermline
16 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Dunfermline. Typical rate £1,050 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
16 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Dunfermline
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Live-in carer profiles near Dunfermline
£1,050 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of Dunfermline, our fee included
£150
a day
Christine M.Based in Edinburgh · 10 miles from Dunfermline · 23 years experience£219a day
Precious K.Based in Edinburgh · 10 miles from Dunfermline · 23 years experience5.0(2 reviews)£165a day
Sylvia N.Based in City of Edinburgh · 11 miles from Dunfermline · 10 years experience£148a day
Rates, reviews and distances are from carers' own profiles. A couple pays about £1,350 a week for one carer.
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The live-in carers based closest to Dunfermline
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.
16 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Dunfermline, and any of them could come to Dunfermline
Filter by who cares for couples, who drives and what they charge, then message the ones you like. Free, and nothing is booked until you say so.
See live-in carers for DunfermlineWhat it costs
What live-in care costs in Dunfermline, against the alternatives
A typical live-in week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Dunfermline, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,015 to £1,129. Here is where that sits against a care home.
- Live-in care in Fifetypical 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 Fife 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 FifeDunfermline in numbers
Live-in care in Dunfermline: the local picture
No live-in carer on PrimeCarers lives within 10 miles of Dunfermline, and 16 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 10 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 £1,129. Dunfermline is in the Fife council area, where 10,055 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 Dunfermline 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 Dunfermline, 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 Dunfermline 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 Dunfermline
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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Lee-Ann
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Lee-Ann helps families in Dunfermline 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 Dunfermline might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Dunfermline
Dunfermline is in the Fife council area. In Scotland, council-arranged personal care is free if your care needs assessment says you need it, regardless of age, income or savings. Other help, such as shopping or housework, can be charged for. Agree the assessment and support plan with the council before arranging privately funded care. Fife 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, Pension Age Disability Payment and Personal and nursing care in Scotland can help too, and so can pensions, savings and the value in a home.
Around Dunfermline
Live-in care around Dunfermline
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Dunfermline as much as to Dunfermline 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 Dunfermline
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- Live-in care in Rosyth3 miles
- Live-in care in Inverkeithing4 miles
- Live-in care in Dalgety Bay5 miles
- Live-in care in North Queensferry5 miles
- Live-in care in Kelty5 miles
- Live-in care in Cowdenbeath5 miles
- Live-in care in Queensferry (Edinburgh)6 miles
- Live-in care in Lochgelly7 miles
More about live-in care in Fife
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in Fife
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Questions
Questions families in Dunfermline ask about live-in care
A typical week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Dunfermline, with our fee included: about £150 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,015 and £1,129 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in Fife has an estimator.
Yes. None is based within 10 miles of Dunfermline, and 16 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 10 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.
Dunfermline is in the Fife council area. In Scotland, council-arranged personal care is free if your care needs assessment says you need it, regardless of age, income or savings. Other help, such as shopping or housework, can be charged for. Agree the assessment and support plan with the council before arranging privately funded care. Fife 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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