PrimeCarers

Live-in careNottinghamshireWorksop

Live-in care in Worksop

78 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Worksop. Typical rate £1,050 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.

Free · No obligationEnhanced DBSID and right to workInterviewed onlineYou choose the carer

78 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Worksop

Need someone in the next few days? Skip the search and tell us your dates

Prefer to talk it through first? Call 0203 369 3624

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 Worksop

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

CompanionshipPersonal care

“She actively engaged with him rather than passively just looking after his needs.”

Amanda L., 2024

Photo of carer Vani N.About Vani N.Live-in carer based in Doncaster
Mobility

“Ernest is an amazing professional carer who delivers care from the heart.”

Melanie B., 2024

Photo of carer Ernest C.About Ernest C.Live-in carer based in Chesterfield
MobilityRespite

“She has got her to eat and walk again and to become more independent.”

Claire A., 2026

Photo of carer Fatmabibi B.About Fatmabibi B.Live-in carer based in Nottingham
Live-in careCompanionship

“Veronica has been an excellent live-in carer, bringing dedication, sound experience and gentle consideration to her role with my wife.”

Martin B., 2025

Photo of carer Veronica D.About Veronica D.Live-in carer based in Nottingham · 2 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 Worksop, against the alternatives

A typical live-in week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Worksop, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,017 to £1,120. Here is where that sits against the care homes within 10 miles.

A week of care within 10 miles of Worksop, on one scaleWeekly cost, our fee included where it applies
  1. Live-in care within 10 miles of Worksoptypical advertised week£1,050
  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 Worksop 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.

100care homes within 10 miles of Worksop
57home care agencies within 10 miles of Worksop

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 Nottinghamshire

Worksop in numbers

Live-in care in Worksop: the local picture

4 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Worksop town centre, and 78 within 25 miles. The nearest is based less than 2 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,050, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,017 and £1,120. Within 10 miles there are 100 care homes and 57 home care agencies. Worksop is in the Nottinghamshire council area, where 25,032 people are aged 85 or over: 2.9% of residents, more than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).

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

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 Worksop

    Free
    The results show carers offering live-in care who can reach Worksop, 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.

A person, not a form

Talk it through before you search

Lee-Ann, account manager at PrimeCarers

Lee-Ann

Account manager for families in Worksop

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

Help paying

Help with the cost of live-in care in Worksop

Worksop is in the Nottinghamshire 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. Nottinghamshire 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 Worksop

Live-in care around Worksop

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

Questions

Questions families in Worksop ask about live-in care

A typical week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Worksop, with our fee included: about £150 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,017 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 Nottinghamshire has an estimator.

Yes. 4 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Worksop, and 78 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 £1,050, 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.

Worksop is in the Nottinghamshire 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. Nottinghamshire direct payments and council funding explains the local route. Check which council covers your home postcode if you live near a boundary.

78 live-in carers within 25 miles of Worksop. See who could start.

See their photos, experience, rates and reviews, and talk to your favourites for free. Nothing is booked until you say so.

Free to searchNo obligationID and DBS checkedYou choose the carer