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Live-in care in Great Barr
143 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Great Barr. Typical rate £1,050 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
167 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Great Barr
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Live-in carer profiles near Great Barr
£1,050 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of Great Barr, our fee included
£150
a day
Nomangugu D.Based in Birmingham · less than 2 miles away · 15 years experience£146a day
Gilbert D.Based in Birmingham · less than 2 miles away · 20 years experience£160a day
Jacqueline N.Based in Birmingham · less than 2 miles away · 6 years experience£145a day
Rates, reviews and distances are from carers' own profiles. A couple pays about £1,350 a week for one carer.
Who is nearest
The live-in carers based closest to Great Barr
Closest first, with the rate each has set. Every one has passed our checks: an accepted criminal-record check (Enhanced DBS issued within the last 2 years, DBS Update Service, Scottish PVG or Access NI), identity, right to work, and an online interview.
167 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Great Barr, and any of them could come to Great Barr
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See live-in carers for Great BarrWhat families say
What clients say about carers near Great Barr
Reviews of the reviewed carers based nearest Great Barr, nearest first. They describe previous clients’ experiences, not necessarily care delivered in Great Barr. Each links to the carer’s profile.
“She has a big heart and is compassionate and caring. She also has a great sense of humour and I really enjoyed the times we were together with Mum.”
Katherine J., 2023
About Emma M.Live-in carer based in Birmingham“Knowing Mum was in Corina's care made an enormous difference to us and we knew she was in safe hands.”
Katherine J., 2023
About Sibonisiwe N.Live-in carer based in Tipton · 2 reviews“I have never met a person who is so kind and thinks about others before himself to such an extent as Chris Malagala.”
Brian G., 2022
About Chris M.Live-in carer based in Birmingham · 2 reviewsReviews 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 Great Barr, against the alternatives
A typical live-in week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Great Barr, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £980 to £1,120. Here is where that sits against a care home.
- Live-in care in Sandwelltypical advertised week£1,050
- 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 Sandwell 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 SandwellGreat Barr in numbers
Live-in care in Great Barr: the local picture
143 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Great Barr town centre, and 167 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 £980 and £1,120. Great Barr is in the Sandwell council area, where 6,835 people are aged 85 or over: 1.9% of residents, fewer than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).
A live-in carer moves into the home in Great Barr 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 Great Barr, 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 Great Barr 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
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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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Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Great Barr
Great Barr is in the Sandwell 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. Sandwell 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 Great Barr
Live-in care around Great Barr
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Great Barr as much as to Great Barr 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 Great Barr
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- Live-in care in Perry Beeches (Birmingham)1 mile
- Live-in care in Pheasey (Walsall)1 mile
- Live-in care in Queslett (Birmingham)1 mile
- Live-in care in Old Oscott (Birmingham)2 miles
- Live-in care in Kingstanding (Birmingham)2 miles
- Live-in care in Handsworth (Birmingham)2 miles
- Live-in care in Perry Barr (Birmingham)2 miles
- Live-in care in Handsworth Wood (Birmingham)3 miles
More about live-in care in Sandwell
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in Sandwell
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Questions
Questions families in Great Barr ask about live-in care
A typical week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Great Barr, with our fee included: about £150 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £980 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 Sandwell has an estimator.
Yes. 143 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Great Barr, and 167 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.
Great Barr is in the Sandwell 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. Sandwell 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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