Live-in careVale of GlamorganLlantwit Major
Live-in care in Llantwit Major
23 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Llantwit Major. Typical rate £1,113 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
23 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Llantwit Major
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Live-in carer profiles near Llantwit Major
£1,113 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of Llantwit Major, our fee included
£159
a day
Susan H.Based in Bridgend · 7 miles from Llantwit Major · 10 years experience£160a day
Robert Lutaaya Z.Based in Bridgend County Borough · 8 miles from Llantwit Major · 15 years experience£172a day
Fatou J.Based in Cardiff · 12 miles from Llantwit Major · 7 years experience£150a 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 Llantwit Major
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.
23 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Llantwit Major, and any of them could come to Llantwit Major
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See live-in carers for Llantwit MajorWhat it costs
What live-in care costs in Llantwit Major, against the alternatives
A typical live-in week is £1,113 from carers within 25 miles of Llantwit Major, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,031 to £1,192. Here is where that sits against a care home.
- Live-in care in the Vale of Glamorgantypical advertised week£1,113
- 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 the Vale of Glamorgan 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 the Vale of GlamorganLlantwit Major in numbers
Live-in care in Llantwit Major: the local picture
2 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Llantwit Major town centre, and 23 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 7 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,113, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,031 and £1,192. Llantwit Major is in the Vale of Glamorgan council area, where 4,015 people are aged 85 or over: 3% of residents, more than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).
A live-in carer moves into the home in Llantwit Major 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 Llantwit Major, 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 Llantwit Major 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 Llantwit Major
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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Agree the rate and a start date
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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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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 Llantwit Major might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Llantwit Major
Llantwit Major is in the Vale of Glamorgan council area. In Wales, ask social services for a care and support assessment and a financial assessment. Wales has its own charging rules for care at home; the agreed support depends on assessed needs and circumstances. Vale of Glamorgan 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 Health-funded support can help too, and so can pensions, savings and the value in a home.
Around Llantwit Major
Live-in care around Llantwit Major
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Llantwit Major as much as to Llantwit Major 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 Llantwit Major
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- Live-in care in Cowbridge4 miles
- Live-in care in Rhoose6 miles
- Live-in care in Pencoed (Bridgend)8 miles
- Live-in care in Barry9 miles
- Live-in care in Llanharan (Rhondda, Cynon, Taff)9 miles
- Live-in care in Pontyclun (Rhondda, Cynon, Taff)9 miles
- Live-in care in Sarn (Bridgend)10 miles
- Live-in care in Llantrisant (Rhondda, Cynon, Taff)10 miles
More about live-in care in the Vale of Glamorgan
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in the Vale of Glamorgan
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Questions
Questions families in Llantwit Major ask about live-in care
A typical week is £1,113 from carers within 25 miles of Llantwit Major, with our fee included: about £159 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,031 and £1,192 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in the Vale of Glamorgan has an estimator.
Yes. 2 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Llantwit Major, and 23 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 7 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 £1,113, 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.
Llantwit Major is in the Vale of Glamorgan council area. In Wales, ask social services for a care and support assessment and a financial assessment. Wales has its own charging rules for care at home; the agreed support depends on assessed needs and circumstances. Vale of Glamorgan 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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