Live-in careWest SussexHaywards Heath
Live-in care in Haywards Heath
10 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Haywards Heath. Typical rate £1,106 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
58 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Haywards Heath
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Live-in carer profiles near Haywards Heath
£1,106 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of Haywards Heath, our fee included
£158
a day
Ronald S.Based in Haywards Heath · 7 years experience£158a day
Thando M.Based in Crawley · 8 miles from Haywards Heath · 1 year experience5.0(2 reviews)£155a day
Onesmus K.Based in Crawley · 8 miles from Haywards Heath · 5 years experience£145a 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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- within 25 miles of Haywards Heath
- 58
- from Haywards Heath to the nearest carer's home
- < 2 miles
- typical week from carers within 25 miles of Haywards Heath, our fee included
- £1,106
From carers' own profiles, October 2026. Distances are straight-line, from the centre of Haywards Heath 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.
Haywards Heath in numbers
Live-in care in Haywards Heath: the local picture
10 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Haywards Heath town centre, and 58 within 25 miles. The nearest is based less than 2 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,106, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,040 and £1,148. Within 10 miles there are 96 care homes and 71 home care agencies. Haywards Heath is in the West Sussex council area, where 32,785 people are aged 85 or over: 3.6% of residents, more than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).
A live-in carer moves into the home in Haywards Heath 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 Haywards Heath, 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.
Who is nearest
The live-in carers based closest to Haywards Heath
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.
58 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Haywards Heath, and any of them could come to Haywards Heath
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 Haywards HeathWhat it costs
What live-in care costs in Haywards Heath, against the alternatives
A typical live-in week is £1,106 from carers within 25 miles of Haywards Heath, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,040 to £1,148. Here is where that sits against the care homes within 10 miles.
- Live-in care within 10 miles of Haywards Heathtypical advertised week£1,106
- 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 within 10 miles of Haywards Heath 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. Work it through for your own numbers.
Hourly visits in West Sussex are covered on the cost of home care in West Sussex page, and you can compare private carers in West Sussex for visits. Past about 35 hours a week, 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 West SussexHow to arrange it
From this page to a live-in carer in Haywards Heath
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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This weekMessage them with a short description of a typical day, then decide on a video call or a visit. - 3
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
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Charlotte helps families in Haywards Heath 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 Haywards Heath might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Help with the cost of live-in care in Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath is in the West Sussex 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. West Sussex 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 the live-in care funding guide covers pensions, savings and the value in a home.
Around Haywards Heath
Live-in care around Haywards Heath
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Haywards Heath as much as to Haywards Heath 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 Haywards Heath
Confirm the care postcode and dates with each carer
- Live-in care in Cuckfield2 miles
- Live-in care in Burgess Hill3 miles
- Live-in care in Crawley8 miles
- Live-in care in Uckfield (East Sussex)9 miles
- Live-in care in East Grinstead10 miles
- Live-in care in Lewes (East Sussex)10 miles
- Live-in care in Horsham11 miles
- Live-in care in Hove (Brighton and Hove)12 miles
More about live-in care in West Sussex
Local guides explain costs, funding and choosing a carer
Live-in care elsewhere in West Sussex
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Questions
Questions families in Haywards Heath ask about live-in care
A typical week is £1,106 from carers within 25 miles of Haywards Heath, with our fee included: about £158 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,040 and £1,148 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in West Sussex has an estimator.
Yes. 10 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Haywards Heath, and 58 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 £1,106, 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.
Haywards Heath is in the West Sussex 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. West Sussex 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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