The providers
Ten places to arrange round-the-clock care at home
The order is not a ranking. For each provider we say which kind of 24-hour care it means, in its own words, and link the page where it describes it.
1.Home Instead
Managed agency with local franchised offices
- What it publishes
- A 24-hour care page where several care professionals work in shifts. Its live-in page says live-in care is not the same as 24-hour care, because a live-in carer typically works an 8 to 10 hour day. Its 24-hour care page
- Published price
- No price of its own. Its live-in cost page quotes an agency range of about £1,350 to £2,000 a week for live-in care (seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Someone who needs a person awake and on duty through the night as well as the day.
2.The Good Care Group
CQC-registered managed agency
- What it publishes
- A 24-hour care at home page where two carers exchange shifts. It says it directly employs its carers. Its 24-hour care page
- Published price
- Full-time live-in care from £256 a day, on its cost page. We did not find a separate price for two-carer 24-hour care (seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Complex needs with care through the night, where you want nurse-led oversight.
3.Trinity Homecare
CQC-registered managed agency
- What it publishes
- A 24-hour care at home page describing waking care from two or more carers on separate day and night shifts, which it treats as different from live-in care. Its 24-hour care page
- Published price
- 24-hour care "typically starts from around £1,694 per week", on the same page (seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Families in mainland England who want a published starting price for shift-based 24-hour care.
4.Right at Home
Managed agency with local franchised offices
- What it publishes
- A 24-hour care page where more than one carer covers the 24 hours, separate from its live-in service. Its FAQ says every carer is directly employed by Right at Home. Its 24-hour care page
- Published price
- No price published on the pages we checked.
- Suits
- Families who want a local office to build a rota of carers.
5.Helping Hands
CQC-registered managed agency
- What it publishes
- A 24-hour care at home page that describes it as live-in care. For complex needs it says you may need two live-in carers, or one with support from its local visiting team. Its 24-hour care page
- Published price
- Live-in care from £1,675 a week for one person, on its cost page reviewed 17 April 2026.
- Suits
- Families who want one live-in carer now, with visits added if nights get harder.
6.Agincare
CQC-registered managed agency
- What it publishes
- A 24-hour care at home page. It says it employs and pays all its care workers, and that full 24-hour care from a rotating team often costs more than live-in care. Its 24-hour care page
- Published price
- Full 24-hour care from a rotating team "typically ranging from approximately £1,800 to £2,500+ per week", on the same page (seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Families who want a published range for round-the-clock waking care.
7.Elder
Introductory service: you hire a self-employed carer
- What it publishes
- A 24-hour care at home page. It says it arranges this through live-in care, or a two-carer plan where continuous overnight support is needed. Its 24-hour care page
- Published price
- Live-in care from £1,150 a week. Its pricing page says this includes being woken twice a night (seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Someone who needs a carer in the house around the clock but sleeps most of the night.
8.Curam
Both: an introductory service and a CQC-registered managed service
- What it publishes
- A 24-hour care page for its platform of self-employed carers. Curam Managed Care Services is its separate CQC-regulated subsidiary. Its 24-hour care page
- Published price
- The page says most 24-hour care at home packages sit between £1,250 and £1,600 a week (seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Families who want to choose self-employed carers for a 24-hour arrangement.
9.PrimeCarers
Introductory service: you hire a self-employed carer
- What it publishes
- This site. You can book a self-employed live-in carer, and add a waking night carer if your relative is awake for long stretches. Before a carer appears we check their ID, their right to work and an enhanced DBS (or PVG in Scotland, Access NI in Northern Ireland) issued within the last 2 years, and we interview them online. We do not verify references, qualifications or training, so ask the carer about those yourself. Live-in care or 24-hour care
- Published price
- Live-in care from £1,050 a week, typically £1,120. A waking night on top of a live-in week is about £148 a night. Fee included (PrimeCarers rates, October 2026).
- Suits
- Families who want to choose each carer and can organise a rota themselves.
- Worth knowing
- We are weaker where 24-hour care means a team awake in shifts every night. Each carer is self-employed, so you agree the rota with each one and arrange cover, and we cannot guarantee replacements. A managed agency does that for you.
10.NHS continuing healthcare
NHS route
- What it publishes
- Care arranged and paid for by the NHS for people with long-term complex health needs. The NHS says it can be provided in your own home. NHS continuing healthcare (NHS)
- Published price
- Free if eligible.
- Suits
- Anyone whose need for round-the-clock care comes mainly from health needs. Ask for an assessment before paying privately.
Each provider’s own page was checked on 19 October 2026. Prices and services change, so confirm them with the provider before you rely on them.
How to choose
Live-in care or carers in shifts
The question that decides it is what happens at night. If your relative sleeps most of the night, one live-in carer is usually enough. If they need someone awake, you need shifts.
| One live-in carer | Carers in shifts | |
|---|---|---|
| At night | The carer sleeps and can be woken occasionally | A carer is awake and on duty |
| Carers | One, with cover for breaks | Two or more |
| Published prices we found | From £1,050 a week on PrimeCarers; from £1,150 (Elder) to £1,675 (Helping Hands) | From around £1,694 a week (Trinity Homecare); £1,800 to £2,500+ a week (Agincare) |
| Suits | Someone who needs help in the day and occasionally at night | Someone up for long stretches at night, or who needs two people to move |
At night
- One live-in carer
- The carer sleeps and can be woken occasionally
- Carers in shifts
- A carer is awake and on duty
Carers
- One live-in carer
- One, with cover for breaks
- Carers in shifts
- Two or more
Published prices we found
- One live-in carer
- From £1,050 a week on PrimeCarers; from £1,150 (Elder) to £1,675 (Helping Hands)
- Carers in shifts
- From around £1,694 a week (Trinity Homecare); £1,800 to £2,500+ a week (Agincare)
Suits
- One live-in carer
- Someone who needs help in the day and occasionally at night
- Carers in shifts
- Someone up for long stretches at night, or who needs two people to move
Prices are each provider's own published figures, seen 19 October 2026. PrimeCarers' figure includes our fee.
On PrimeCarers, you can add a waking night carer to a live-in week for about £148 a night, fee included. Live-in care or 24-hour care explains how to tell which one your relative needs.
Questions
Questions about 24-hour care at home
Not always. Some providers, such as Helping Hands and Elder, provide 24-hour care through a live-in carer who sleeps at night. Others, such as Home Instead, Trinity Homecare and Right at Home, mean two or more carers working shifts, so someone is always awake.
One live-in carer costs less than carers in shifts. On PrimeCarers live-in care runs from £1,050 to £1,400 a week with our fee included. For waking shifts, Trinity Homecare publishes from around £1,694 a week and Agincare publishes a range of about £1,800 to £2,500+ a week.
If someone has long-term complex health needs, they may qualify for NHS continuing healthcare, which can be provided at home. Otherwise ask the council for a needs assessment.