Live-in careWaltham ForestHighams Park
Live-in care in Highams Park
198 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Highams Park. Typical rate £1,050 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
226 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Highams Park
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Live-in carer profiles near Highams Park
£1,050 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of Highams Park, our fee included
£150
a day
Terez T.Based in unknown · less than 2 miles away · 8 years experience5.0(1 review)£172a day
Hilda C.Based in London · less than 2 miles away · 22 years experience5.0(1 review)£145a day
Olanrewaju A.Based in London · less than 2 miles away · 2 years experience£160a day
Rates, reviews and distances are from carers' own profiles. A couple pays about £1,350 a week for one carer.
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The live-in carers based closest to Highams Park
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.
226 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Highams Park, and any of them could come to Highams Park
Filter by who cares for couples, who drives and what they charge, then message the ones you like. Free, and nothing is booked until you say so.
See live-in carers for Highams ParkWhat families say
What clients say about carers near Highams Park
Reviews of the reviewed carers based nearest Highams Park, nearest first. They describe previous clients’ experiences, not necessarily care delivered in Highams Park. Each links to the carer’s profile.
“Terez was an exceptional carer for my father who has advanced dementia. Her kindness and compassion went a long way to give us the space to care for our father at home”
Vin C., 2026
About Terez T.Live-in carer based in unknown“Amazing Carer. The best we have experienced! Excellent Customer Service , Communication Skill and of course Care Services.”
Lorraine T., 2021
About Ruth k.Live-in carer“Charity would take Nan on holidays day trips and shopping adventures”
Bateman S., 2022
About Charity N.Live-in carer based in Ilford · 2 reviews“She was always cheerful and looking for ways to stimulate my mother. She became her "friend" and provided best care always.”
Julie G., 2021
About Lynette V.Live-in carer · 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 Highams Park, against the alternatives
A typical live-in week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Highams Park, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,015 to £1,123. Here is where that sits against a care home.
- Live-in care in Waltham Foresttypical 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 Waltham Forest 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 Waltham ForestHighams Park in numbers
Live-in care in Highams Park: the local picture
198 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Highams Park town centre, and 226 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 £1,015 and £1,123. Highams Park is in the Waltham Forest council area, where 3,874 people are aged 85 or over: 1.4% of residents, fewer than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).
A live-in carer moves into the home in Highams Park 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 Highams Park, 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 Highams Park 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 Highams Park
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
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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Charlotte helps families in Highams Park 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. Charlotte has those conversations every day and can tell you which of the carers in Highams Park might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Highams Park
Highams Park is in the Waltham Forest 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. Waltham Forest 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 Highams Park
Live-in care around Highams Park
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Highams Park as much as to Highams Park 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 Highams Park
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- Live-in care in Woodford (Redbridge)1 mile
- Live-in care in Upper Walthamstow1 mile
- Live-in care in Walthamstow1 mile
- Live-in care in Walthamstow Village1 mile
- Live-in care in South Woodford (Redbridge)2 miles
- Live-in care in Snaresbrook (Redbridge)2 miles
- Live-in care in Chingford2 miles
- Live-in care in Woodford Green (Redbridge)2 miles
More about live-in care in Waltham Forest
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in Waltham Forest
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Questions
Questions families in Highams Park ask about live-in care
A typical week is £1,050 from carers within 25 miles of Highams Park, with our fee included: about £150 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,015 and £1,123 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in Waltham Forest has an estimator.
Yes. 198 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Highams Park, and 226 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.
Highams Park is in the Waltham Forest 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. Waltham Forest 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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