Live-in careWest YorkshireCrofton
14 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Crofton. Typical rate £1,054 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.
91 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Crofton
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Live-in carer profiles near Crofton
£1,054 a week
typical week from carers within 25 miles of Crofton, our fee included
£151
a day
Rates, reviews and distances are from carers' own profiles. A couple pays about £1,350 a week for one carer.
Who is nearest
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.
91 live-in carers are based within 25 miles of Crofton, and any of them could come to Crofton
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See live-in carers for CroftonWhat families say
Reviews of the reviewed carers based nearest Crofton, nearest first. They describe previous clients’ experiences, not necessarily care delivered in Crofton. Each links to the carer’s profile.
“Carla has been a god send with the implementation of bringing mum back home from respite care.”
Claire A., 2026
About Carla M.Live-in carer based in Leeds · 3 reviews“She became a part of our family and was able to work with us and other health care professionals to provide the best care for my mother.”
Carol J., 2024
About Sylviah K.Live-in carer based in Holmfirth“Primrose is a very kind and compassionate healthcare professional”
Marion L., 2026
About Primrose N.Live-in carer based in Oldham · 3 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
A typical live-in week is £1,054 from carers within 25 miles of Crofton, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,036 to £1,124. Here is where that sits against the care homes within 10 miles.
Care home figures are averages for England; too few homes within 10 miles of Crofton 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 West YorkshireCrofton in numbers
14 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Crofton town centre, and 91 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 4 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,054, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,036 and £1,124. Within 10 miles there are 233 care homes and 206 home care agencies. The 8 local agencies that publish a live-in price charge a median of £1,227 a week. Crofton is in the Wakefield council area, where 8,408 people are aged 85 or over: 2.3% of residents, fewer than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).
A live-in carer moves into the home in Crofton 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 Crofton, 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 Crofton 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
Four steps, and the first two cost nothing. You choose the carer; we handle the checks, the contract and the payments.
A person, not a form

Lee-Ann
Account manager for families in Crofton
Someone to talk to first
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 Crofton might suit, though the choice is always yours.
Help paying
Crofton is in the Wakefield 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. Wakefield 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 Crofton
Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Crofton as much as to Crofton itself. These are the nearest places with their own live-in page, and the area guides behind this one.
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Questions
A typical week is £1,054 from carers within 25 miles of Crofton, with our fee included: about £151 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,036 and £1,124 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in West Yorkshire has an estimator.
Yes. 14 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Crofton, and 91 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 4 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 £1,054, 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.
The 8 home care agencies within 10 miles of Crofton that publish a live-in price charge a median of £1,227 a week. An agency employs the carer and chooses who comes. On PrimeCarers you choose a self-employed carer yourself and pay the rate on their profile, typically £1,054 a week with our fee included. Agency or private carer compares the two.
Crofton is in the Wakefield 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. Wakefield 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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