The providers
Nine places to arrange live-in care for a couple
The order is not a ranking. Each entry links to the page where the provider describes its own care for couples, and gives its published price where there is one.
1.Helping Hands
CQC-registered managed agency
- What it publishes
- A page on live-in care for couples, for couples where one or both partners need support. It says it directly employs its carers. Its couples page
- Published price
- Live-in care from £2,125 a week for a couple, on its cost page reviewed 17 April 2026.
- Suits
- Couples who want an employing agency to plan and cover the care, and who can meet a higher weekly price.
2.Edyn Care
CQC-registered managed agency
- What it publishes
- A couples care page describing one shared care arrangement with individual support for each person. Its pricing lists couples prices for each of its three tiers. Its couples page
- Published price
- Where both partners need care, from £1,695, £1,945 or £2,195 a week depending on the tier. Where only one partner needs care, from £1,545 a week. On its pricing page (no date shown; seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Couples in England who want a managed service and a price they can see before calling.
3.The Good Care Group
CQC-registered managed agency
- What it publishes
- A couples live-in care page. It says each partner has their own care plan. Its couples page
- Published price
- Full-time care for a couple is quoted individually ("call for a quote"). Couples respite care from £348.50 a day. On its cost page (no date shown; seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Couples with complex needs who want a nurse-led agency with a separate plan for each partner.
4.Trinity Homecare
CQC-registered managed agency
- What it publishes
- A couple care at home page. It says it offers couple care across mainland England and is rated Outstanding by the CQC. Its couple care page
- Published price
- The couples page says live-in care is available from £1,694 a week and visiting care from £41 an hour. It does not give a separate couples figure (seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Couples who may want visiting care first, then live-in care, from the same managed provider.
5.Home Instead
Managed agency with local franchised offices
- What it publishes
- A live-in care for couples page, where a carer lives in and supports one or both partners. Each office is independently owned and operated. Its couples page
- Published price
- No price published on the pages we checked.
- Suits
- Couples who want to talk to a local office and compare visiting care with live-in care.
6.Country Cousins
Introductory service: you hire a self-employed carer
- What it publishes
- A couple care at home page. It says it has helped couples stay together at home since 1959, by introducing self-employed carers. Its couple care page
- Published price
- Standard live-in care from £1,155 a week long-term, on its price comparison page. We did not find a separate couples price (seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Couples who want an introductory agency with a long history and are happy to direct the carer.
7.PrimeCarers
Introductory service: you hire a self-employed carer
- What it publishes
- This site. You search for self-employed carers who take on couples, compare their weekly rates and reviews, and agree the arrangement with the carer you choose. 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 for couples
- Published price
- About £1,350 a week for one carer looking after two people, against £1,120 for one person, fee included (PrimeCarers rates, October 2026).
- Suits
- Couples where one carer can manage both people, and the family wants to choose that carer.
- Worth knowing
- One self-employed carer cannot do everything. If both partners need two people to move them, or one partner is awake most nights, you may need a second carer or a waking night on top. We cannot guarantee a replacement if the carer leaves.
8.Elder
Introductory service: you hire a self-employed carer
- What it publishes
- No separate couples page that we found. Its pricing page lists a "spousal support" add-on, where the carer also helps the partner with light domestic duties. Its pricing page
- Published price
- Live-in care from £1,150 a week, plus spousal support at £80 a week, on its pricing page (no date shown; seen 19 October 2026).
- Suits
- Couples where one partner needs care and the other needs only light help.
9.Your council
Council route
- What it publishes
- A free needs assessment from adult social care. Each partner can be assessed for their own needs, and a partner who does the caring can ask for a carer's assessment. Apply for a needs assessment (GOV.UK)
- Published price
- Free to ask. What you pay depends on the financial assessment.
- Suits
- Every couple, before choosing a provider. Council funding may cover some or all of the care.
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
Choosing a provider when two people need care
Start with how much help each partner needs, especially at night and with moving, because that decides whether one carer is enough.
If one partner needs most of the care and the other needs a little help, one live-in carer usually works, and an introductory service keeps the cost down. On PrimeCarers that is about £1,350 a week for a couple, fee included. If both partners need two people to help them move, or nights are broken for both, ask a managed agency how it would staff the week. It may suggest two carers, or a live-in carer with visits on top.
Ask every provider
- Whether the price covers care for both partners, or care for one with light help for the other
- How the carer gets their daily break when two people need them
- Who covers the nights if both partners wake
- Whether each partner gets their own care plan
Do not assume
- That a single-person price applies to a couple
- That one carer can safely move two people who each need two to help
Live-in care for couples covers how the day works when one carer looks after two people.
Questions
Questions about live-in care for couples
Often, yes. Most providers on this page offer it. It works best when one partner needs most of the care. If both need two people to move them, or both are awake at night, you may need a second carer or extra visits.
Published couples prices we found in October 2026 ran from £1,545 a week (Edyn Care, where one partner needs care) to £2,125 a week (Helping Hands). On PrimeCarers one carer for two people is about £1,350 a week, with our fee included.
Yes. Each partner can ask the council for a needs assessment, and a partner who does the caring can ask for a carer's assessment.