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Live-in care in Thornaby on Tees

25 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Thornaby on Tees. Typical rate £1,043 a week, our fee included. Care homes nearby charge a median £1,089.

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39 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Thornaby on Tees

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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 Thornaby on Tees

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.

What families say

What clients say about carers near Thornaby on Tees

Reviews of the reviewed carers based nearest Thornaby on Tees, nearest first. They describe previous clients’ experiences, not necessarily care delivered in Thornaby on Tees. Each links to the carer’s profile.

MobilityShort notice

“I found Alison to be kind , caring helpful concencious... Alison has a heart of gold”

Roy A., 2023

Photo of carer Alison G.About Alison G.Live-in carer based in Middlesbrough · 2 reviews
DementiaPersonal care

“Petty introduced herself to Mum every time she was caring for her and responded very quickly to Mum if she was distressed in the night.”

Judith W., 2026

Photo of carer Petty Tutsirai C.About Petty Tutsirai C.Live-in carer based in Newton Aycliffe

Reviews 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 Thornaby on Tees, against the alternatives

A typical live-in week is £1,043 from carers within 25 miles of Thornaby on Tees, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £980 to £1,117. Here is where that sits against the care homes within 10 miles.

A week of care within 10 miles of Thornaby on Tees, on one scaleWeekly cost, our fee included where it applies
  1. Live-in care within 10 miles of Thornaby on Teestypical advertised week£1,043
  2. A couple, one live-in carerabout a fifth more than for one£1,350
  3. Care home within 10 miles of Thornaby on Teesmedian of 6 homes that publish fees£1,089
  4. Nursing home, England averageone resident, before extras£1,410
  5. A couple in a care hometwo fees£2,178

Care home fees are the median weekly fee published by homes within 10 miles of Thornaby on Tees, before extras. Homes that do not publish a fee are not counted, and fees vary widely between homes. At home you keep paying the household bills and the carer's food, so add those before you compare.

151care homes within 10 miles of Thornaby on Tees
94home care agencies within 10 miles of Thornaby on Tees

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 Stockton-on-Tees

Thornaby on Tees in numbers

Live-in care in Thornaby on Tees: the local picture

25 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Thornaby on Tees town centre, and 39 within 25 miles. The nearest is based less than 2 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,043, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £980 and £1,117. Within 10 miles there are 151 care homes and 94 home care agencies. The 6 care homes nearby that publish their fees charge a median of £1,089 a week for a residential room. Thornaby on Tees is in the Stockton-on-Tees council area, where 4,880 people are aged 85 or over: 2.4% of residents, close to the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).

A live-in carer moves into the home in Thornaby on Tees 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 Thornaby on Tees, 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 Thornaby on Tees 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 Thornaby on Tees

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

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    Message them with a short description of a typical day, then decide on a video call or a visit.
  3. 3

    Agree the rate and a start date

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    The rate on the profile is the price. The contract, weekly invoicing and payment are set up on PrimeCarers.
  4. 4

    The carer moves in

    Week 1
    Most live-in carers work stints of two to six weeks, so agree early who covers their breaks.

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Lee-Ann, account manager at PrimeCarers

Lee-Ann

Account manager for families in Thornaby on Tees

Lee-Ann helps families in Thornaby on Tees 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. Lee-Ann has those conversations every day and can tell you which of the carers in Thornaby on Tees might suit, though the choice is always yours.

Help paying

Help with the cost of live-in care in Thornaby on Tees

Thornaby on Tees is in the Stockton-on-Tees 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. Stockton-on-Tees 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 Thornaby on Tees

Live-in care around Thornaby on Tees

Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Thornaby on Tees as much as to Thornaby on Tees itself. These are the nearest places with their own live-in page, and the area guides behind this one.

Questions

Questions families in Thornaby on Tees ask about live-in care

A typical week is £1,043 from carers within 25 miles of Thornaby on Tees, with our fee included: about £149 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £980 and £1,117 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in Stockton-on-Tees has an estimator.

Yes. 25 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Thornaby on Tees, and 39 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 £1,043, and the 6 care homes within 10 miles of Thornaby on Tees that publish their fees charge a median of £1,089 a week for residential care. 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.

Thornaby on Tees is in the Stockton-on-Tees 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. Stockton-on-Tees 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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