Live-in carePerthshire and KinrossBlairgowrie and Rattray
Live-in care in Blairgowrie and Rattray
5 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Blairgowrie and Rattray. Compare profiles and reviews free.
5 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Blairgowrie and Rattray
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Live-in care on PrimeCarers
£1,120 a week
what a typical client pays, our fee included
£160
a day
Derek H.Based in Dundee · 16 miles from Blairgowrie and Rattray · 15 years experience£145a day
Kevin M.Based in Dundee · 17 miles from Blairgowrie and Rattray · 28 years experience£142a day
Ann M.Based in Forfar · 17 miles from Blairgowrie and Rattray · 15 years experience£200a day
Coupar AngusLive-in care in Coupar Angus
BirnamLive-in care in Birnam
SconeLive-in care in Scone
PerthLive-in care in PerthWho is nearest
The live-in carers based closest to Blairgowrie and Rattray
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See live-in carers for Blairgowrie and RattrayWhat it costs
What live-in care costs in Blairgowrie and Rattray, 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 in Perthshire and Kinross 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 Perthshire and KinrossBlairgowrie and Rattray in numbers
Live-in care in Blairgowrie and Rattray: the local picture
No live-in carer on PrimeCarers lives within 10 miles of Blairgowrie and Rattray, and 5 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 16 miles away. Blairgowrie and Rattray is in the Perth and Kinross council area, where 5,305 people are aged 85 or over: 3.4% of residents, more than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).
A live-in carer moves into the home in Blairgowrie and Rattray 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 Blairgowrie and Rattray, 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 Blairgowrie and Rattray 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 Blairgowrie and Rattray
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Agree the rate and a start date
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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 helps families in Blairgowrie and Rattray 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 Blairgowrie and Rattray might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Blairgowrie and Rattray
Blairgowrie and Rattray is in the Perth and Kinross 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. Perth and Kinross 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 Blairgowrie and Rattray
Live-in care around Blairgowrie and Rattray
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Blairgowrie and Rattray as much as to Blairgowrie and Rattray 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 Blairgowrie and Rattray
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- Live-in care in Coupar Angus4 miles
- Live-in care in Birnam9 miles
- Live-in care in Scone12 miles
- Live-in care in Perth14 miles
- Live-in care in Kirriemuir (Angus)14 miles
- Live-in care in Bridge of Earn17 miles
- Live-in care in Pitlochry17 miles
- Live-in care in Aberfeldy20 miles
More about live-in care in Perthshire and Kinross
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Questions
Questions families in Blairgowrie and Rattray 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 Perthshire and Kinross goes through the figures in full.
Yes. None is based within 10 miles of Blairgowrie and Rattray, and 5 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 16 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.
Blairgowrie and Rattray is in the Perth and Kinross 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. Perth and Kinross 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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