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Live-in care in Ashton in Makerfield

23 live-in carers are based within 10 miles of Ashton in Makerfield. Typical rate £1,075 a week, our fee included. Compare profiles and reviews free.

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125 live-in carers based within 25 miles of Ashton in Makerfield

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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 Ashton in Makerfield

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 Ashton in Makerfield

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

CompanionshipElderly care

“He developed a close affinity with Terence, spending time talking with him before he retired to bed and looking after his needs during the night.”

John P., 2026

Photo of carer Rodrigo Javier B.About Rodrigo Javier B.Live-in carer based in Wigan
Live-in careCompanionship

“When my father passed away she was very compassionate with mom and was so supportive and kind. Mom regarded her as her best friend and felt safe in her company.”

Jayne W., 2023

Photo of carer Portia M.About Portia M.Live-in carer based in Manchester
Palliative careDementia

“Primrose is a very kind and compassionate healthcare professional”

Marion L., 2026

Photo of carer Primrose N.About Primrose N.Live-in carer based in Oldham · 3 reviews

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 Ashton in Makerfield, against the alternatives

A typical live-in week is £1,075 from carers within 25 miles of Ashton in Makerfield, with our fee included, and the middle half of advertised rates run from £1,022 to £1,162. Here is where that sits against a care home.

A week of care in Wigan, on one scaleWeekly cost, our fee included where it applies
  1. Live-in care in Wigantypical advertised week£1,075
  2. A couple, one live-in carerabout a fifth more than for one£1,350
  3. Care home, England averageone resident, before extras£1,160
  4. Nursing home, England averageone resident, before extras£1,410
  5. A couple in a care hometwo fees£2,320

Care home figures are averages for England; too few homes in Wigan 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.

59care homes in Wigan
42home care agencies in Wigan

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 Wigan

Ashton in Makerfield in numbers

Live-in care in Ashton in Makerfield: the local picture

23 live-in carers live within 10 miles of Ashton in Makerfield town centre, and 125 within 25 miles. The nearest is based about 2 miles away. Their advertised rates put a typical week at £1,075, with our fee included, and the middle half of them between £1,022 and £1,162. Ashton in Makerfield is in the Wigan council area, where 7,540 people are aged 85 or over: 2.2% of residents, fewer than the UK average of 2.6% (ONS, mid-2025).

A live-in carer moves into the home in Ashton in Makerfield 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 Ashton in Makerfield, 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 Ashton in Makerfield 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 Ashton in Makerfield

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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  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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Help paying

Help with the cost of live-in care in Ashton in Makerfield

Ashton in Makerfield is in the Wigan 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. Wigan 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 Ashton in Makerfield

Live-in care around Ashton in Makerfield

Live-in carers travel to their placements, so the figures on this page apply to the towns around Ashton in Makerfield as much as to Ashton in Makerfield 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 Ashton in Makerfield

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Questions

Questions families in Ashton in Makerfield ask about live-in care

A typical week is £1,075 from carers within 25 miles of Ashton in Makerfield, with our fee included: about £154 a day. The middle half of advertised rates fall between £1,022 and £1,162 a week. Complex care, such as advanced dementia or hoisting, starts from about £1,260. The cost of live-in care in Wigan has an estimator.

Yes. 23 live-in carers on PrimeCarers are based within 10 miles of Ashton in Makerfield, and 125 within 25 miles; the nearest lives about 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 £1,075, 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.

Ashton in Makerfield is in the Wigan 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. Wigan 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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