✧ 800+ towns & cities covered
We match families with a dedicated, hand-picked live-in carer in 800+ towns and cities across the UK, Scotland and Ireland. Search for your area below, or browse by region — and if you can't see your town, call us: we almost certainly cover it.
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800+ places covered
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We cover 800+ towns and cities across 14 regions. Pick yours to see local pricing, funding and the areas we serve nearby.
42 areas covered
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire, from city centres to the edge of the Peak District.
See all 42 areas in the East Midlands → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
48 areas covered
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, covering both market towns and the commuter belt.
See all 48 areas in the East of England → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
26 areas covered
From the Thames estuary to the Suffolk border, covering Chelmsford, Colchester, Southend and the villages around them.
See all 26 areas in Essex → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
98 areas covered
Every London borough, from Barnet to Bromley — including central areas where parking, access and carer accommodation need planning.
See all 98 areas in London → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
35 areas covered
Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside, covering Newcastle out to the rural north.
See all 35 areas in the North East → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
65 areas covered
Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria, including the Lakes and the coastal towns.
See all 65 areas in the North West → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
35 areas covered
All six counties, from Belfast and Derry to the smaller towns across Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh.
See all 35 areas in Northern Ireland → Home care regulator: Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA)
107 areas covered
Our largest region. Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire and the Thames Valley, with carers available across all of them.
See all 107 areas in the South East → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
74 areas covered
Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire — including rural areas that visiting care simply does not reach.
See all 74 areas in the South West → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
53 areas covered
North, mid and south Wales, with Welsh-speaking carers available on request across Gwynedd, Anglesey and Ceredigion.
See all 53 areas in Wales → Home care regulator: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
53 areas covered
Birmingham, Coventry, the Black Country and the surrounding shires — Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
See all 53 areas in the West Midlands → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
47 areas covered
All four ridings — Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, York and Hull, with the Dales, coast and moors between them.
See all 47 areas in Yorkshire → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
72 areas covered
The Central Belt, the Borders, the north-east and the Highlands and Islands — including areas other agencies will not travel to.
See all 72 areas in Scotland → Home care regulator: Care Inspectorate
56 areas covered
Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and towns across the Republic, with funding arranged through the HSE rather than a UK council.
See all 56 areas in Ireland → Home care regulator: Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)Regulation
Home care is regulated separately in each nation. Live-in Care Direct is an introductory agency — we match you with self-employed carers rather than employing them, so you contract directly with your carer.
In the Republic of Ireland, home care is overseen by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), and funding is arranged through the HSE rather than a local council.
Full coverage list
All 800+ areas, A–Z. Can’t see yours? Call 0800 368 8558 — we almost certainly still cover it.
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Common questions
The things families ask us most when they are working out whether we cover them.
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0800 368 8558Lines open 8am–10pm, seven days a week See all questionsWe arrange live-in care in 733 towns and cities across the UK, Scotland and Ireland. Because carers relocate to your home rather than travelling from a local branch, we can cover rural and coastal areas that hourly visiting agencies often turn down. If your town isn't listed, call 0800 368 8558 — we almost certainly still cover it.
In most areas care can start within 24–48 hours of your first call. Urgent hospital discharges are often arranged the same day. The timing depends on matching the right carer rather than on where you live, so a rural address rarely means a longer wait.
Far less than you would expect. Live-in care is priced on the level of support needed rather than on local property or wage costs, so weekly fees in London are close to those in the North East — unlike hourly care and care homes, where regional differences are large. Our fees start from £1,200 a week nationwide.
It depends on the nation: the Care Quality Commission in England, the Care Inspectorate in Scotland, Care Inspectorate Wales, the RQIA in Northern Ireland and HIQA in the Republic of Ireland. Live-in Care Direct is an introductory agency — we match you with self-employed carers rather than employing them, so you contract directly with your carer. We are happy to explain exactly what that means for you.
Not necessarily, and that is deliberate. Because a live-in carer lives in the home, we match on skills, experience and personality rather than postcode — which means you get the right carer rather than whoever happens to be nearby. Carers travel to you from across the UK and stay for agreed placements, usually two to six weeks at a time.
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