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Live-in care in Winchcombe
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Live-in care on PrimeCarers
£1,120 a week
what a typical client pays, our fee included
£160
a day
- One carer, one rate, and nothing added at the end
- A couple pays about a fifth more, not double
- You provide a room and meals; the carer provides the care
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Live-in care in Winchcombe: the local picture
Within 10 miles there are 61 care homes and 46 home care agencies. Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe, 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
Live-in carers who could come to Winchcombe
Every carer on PrimeCarers 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. Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the search shows everyone who could come to Winchcombe.
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See live-in carers for WinchcombeWhat it costs
What live-in care costs in Winchcombe, 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 Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe
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 Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Winchcombe
Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe
Live-in care around Winchcombe
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Winchcombe as much as to Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe
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- Live-in care in Greet1 mile
- Live-in care in Cheltenham6 miles
- Live-in care in Tewkesbury8 miles
- Live-in care in Evesham (Worcestershire)9 miles
- Live-in care in Chipping Campden10 miles
- Live-in care in Northleach10 miles
- Live-in care in Stow on the Wold10 miles
- Live-in care in Pershore (Worcestershire)11 miles
More about live-in care in Gloucestershire
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in Gloucestershire
Explore care in nearby areas and compare the profiles shown.
Questions
Questions families in Winchcombe 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.
Live-in carers move in for the placement, so the search shows everyone who could come to Winchcombe, not only those nearby. A profile does not confirm availability: check dates and travel 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.
Winchcombe 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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