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Live-in care in Cheltenham

6 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Cheltenham. Typical rate £1,155 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.

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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 it costs

What live-in care costs in Cheltenham, against the alternatives

A typical live-in week is £1,155 from carers within 25 miles of Cheltenham, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,026 to £1,260. Here is where that sits against the care homes within 10 miles.

A week of care within 10 miles of Cheltenham, on one scaleWeekly cost, our fee included where it applies
  1. Live-in care within 10 miles of Cheltenhamtypical advertised week£1,155
  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 within 10 miles of Cheltenham 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.

104care homes within 10 miles of Cheltenham
113home care agencies within 10 miles of Cheltenham

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 Gloucestershire

Cheltenham in numbers

Live-in care in Cheltenham: the local picture

6 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Cheltenham town centre, and 23 within 25 miles. The nearest is based less than 2 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,155, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,026 and £1,260. Within 10 miles there are 104 care homes and 113 home care agencies. Cheltenham is in the Gloucestershire council area, where 21,030 people are aged 85 or over: 3.1% of residents, more than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).

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

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 Cheltenham

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    The results show carers offering live-in care who can reach Cheltenham, 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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Charlotte, account manager at PrimeCarers

Charlotte

Account manager for families in Cheltenham

Charlotte helps families in Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham might suit, though the choice is always yours.

Help paying

Help with the cost of live-in care in Cheltenham

Cheltenham is in the Gloucestershire 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. Gloucestershire 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 Cheltenham

Live-in care around Cheltenham

Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Cheltenham as much as to Cheltenham itself. These are the nearest places with their own live-in page, and the area guides behind this one.

Questions

Questions families in Cheltenham ask about live-in care

A typical week is £1,155 from carers within 25 miles of Cheltenham, with our fee included: about £165 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,026 and £1,260 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in Gloucestershire has an estimator.

Yes. 6 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Cheltenham, and 23 within 25 miles; the nearest lives less than 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 £1,155, 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.

Cheltenham is in the Gloucestershire 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. Gloucestershire 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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