Live-in carePerthshire and KinrossPerth
Live-in care in Perth
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4 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Perth
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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 · 18 miles from Perth · 15 years experience£145a day
Kevin M.Based in Dundee · 20 miles from Perth · 28 years experience£142a day
Csilla Zsuzsanna T.Based in Fife · 21 miles from Perth · 7 years experience5.0(1 review)£160a day
SconeLive-in care in Scone
Bridge of EarnLive-in care in Bridge of EarnAuchtermuchtyLive-in care in AuchtermuchtyAuchterarderLive-in care in AuchterarderWho is nearest
The live-in carers based closest to Perth
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See live-in carers for PerthWhat it costs
What live-in care costs in Perth, 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 KinrossPerth in numbers
Live-in care in Perth: the local picture
No live-in carer on PrimeCarers lives within 10 miles of Perth, and 4 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 18 miles away. Perth 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 Perth 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 Perth, 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 Perth 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 Perth
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 Perth 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 Perth might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Perth
Perth 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 Perth
Live-in care around Perth
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Perth as much as to Perth 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 Perth
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- Live-in care in Scone2 miles
- Live-in care in Bridge of Earn3 miles
- Live-in care in Auchtermuchty (Fife)10 miles
- Live-in care in Auchterarder12 miles
- Live-in care in Coupar Angus12 miles
- Live-in care in Birnam13 miles
- Live-in care in Falkland (Fife)13 miles
- Live-in care in Kinross13 miles
More about live-in care in Perthshire and Kinross
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in Perthshire and Kinross
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Questions
Questions families in Perth 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 Perth, and 4 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 18 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.
Perth 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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