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Live-in care in Gloucester
6 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Gloucester. Compare profiles and reviews free.
8 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Gloucester
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Live-in care on PrimeCarers
£1,120 a week
what a typical client pays, our fee included
£160
a day
Julia N.Based in Gloucester · 3 miles from Gloucester · 10 years experience£175a day
Venancia Millicent M.Based in Gloucester · 4 miles from Gloucester · 10 years experience£160a day
Sekai M.Based in Cheltenham · 7 miles from Gloucester · 15 years experience5.0(2 reviews)£200a day
PainswickLive-in care in Painswick
CheltenhamLive-in care in Cheltenham
StroudLive-in care in StroudNewentLive-in care in Newent- live-in carers based within 10 miles
- 6
- within 25 miles of Gloucester
- 8
- from Gloucester to the nearest carer's home
- 3 miles
From carers' own profiles, October 2026. Distances are straight-line, from the centre of Gloucester 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.
Gloucester in numbers
Live-in care in Gloucester: the local picture
6 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Gloucester town centre, and 8 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 3 miles away. Within 10 miles there are 135 care homes and 130 home care agencies. Gloucester 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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester, 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.
Who is nearest
The live-in carers based closest to Gloucester
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.
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See live-in carers for GloucesterWhat it costs
What live-in care costs in Gloucester, against the alternatives
Live-in care on PrimeCarers costs from £1,050 a week and typically £1,120, with our fee included. Here is where that sits against a care home.
- Live-in caretypical week on PrimeCarers£1,120
- 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 within 10 miles of Gloucester 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. Work it through for your own numbers.
Hourly visits in Gloucestershire are covered on the cost of home care in Gloucestershire page, and you can compare private carers in Gloucestershire for visits. Past about 35 hours a week, 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 GloucestershireHow to arrange it
From this page to a live-in carer in Gloucester
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
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Charlotte helps families in Gloucester 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 Gloucester might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Gloucester
Gloucester 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 the live-in care funding guide covers pensions, savings and the value in a home.
Around Gloucester
Live-in care around Gloucester
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Gloucester as much as to Gloucester 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 Gloucester
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- Live-in care in Painswick6 miles
- Live-in care in Cheltenham7 miles
- Live-in care in Stroud8 miles
- Live-in care in Newent8 miles
- Live-in care in Stonehouse8 miles
- Live-in care in Eastington9 miles
- Live-in care in Tewkesbury9 miles
- Live-in care in Mitcheldean11 miles
More about live-in care in Gloucestershire
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in Gloucestershire
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Questions
Questions families in Gloucester ask about live-in care
Live-in care on PrimeCarers costs from £1,050 a week and typically £1,120, with our fee included, which is about £160 a day for someone there day and night. Complex care starts from about £1,260 a week. The cost of live-in care in Gloucestershire goes through the figures in full.
Yes. 6 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Gloucester, and 8 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 3 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 £1,120, 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.
Gloucester 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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