✧ 850+ towns & cities covered
We match families with a dedicated, hand-picked live-in carer in more than 850 towns and cities across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of 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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850+ places covered
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We cover 850+ towns and cities across 14 regions. Pick yours to see local pricing, funding and the areas we serve nearby.
48 areas covered
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire, from city centres to the edge of the Peak District.
See all 48 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)
28 areas covered
From the Thames estuary to the Suffolk border, covering Chelmsford, Colchester, Southend and the villages around them.
See all 28 areas in Essex → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
100 areas covered
Every London borough, from Barnet to Bromley — including central areas where parking, access and carer accommodation need planning.
See all 100 areas in London → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
36 areas covered
Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside, covering Newcastle out to the rural north.
See all 36 areas in the North East → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
72 areas covered
Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria, including the Lakes and the coastal towns.
See all 72 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)
113 areas covered
Our largest region. Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire and the Thames Valley, with carers available across all of them.
See all 113 areas in the South East → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
79 areas covered
Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire — including rural areas that visiting care simply does not reach.
See all 79 areas in the South West → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
55 areas covered
North, mid and south Wales, from Cardiff and the Valleys to Anglesey and Pembrokeshire, with Welsh-speaking carers matched wherever we can.
See all 55 areas in Wales → Home care regulator: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
57 areas covered
Birmingham, Coventry, the Black Country and the surrounding shires — Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
See all 57 areas in the West Midlands → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
50 areas covered
All four ridings — Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, York and Hull, with the Dales, coast and moors between them.
See all 50 areas in Yorkshire → Home care regulator: Care Quality Commission (CQC)
74 areas covered
The Central Belt, the Borders, the north-east and the Highlands and Islands, including remote areas where visiting care is hard to arrange.
See all 74 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)When families search for live-in care near me, they often expect to find a local branch with a few miles' radius, the way visiting care agencies work. Live-in care is different. The carer moves into your relative's home and lives there for the length of the placement, so what matters is finding the right person, not the nearest one. That is why we can cover a Highland croft, a Cornish village or a flat in central London at the same weekly price, and why rural and coastal addresses that hourly agencies turn down are no problem for us.
We match carers across the UK and Ireland on skills, experience and personality, then introduce them to you. You read profiles, speak to candidates by video call and choose. The carer travels to your relative's home, settles in and follows an agreed care plan, with a two-hour break each day and a proper night's sleep. If your relative needs support awake all night, two carers working in turn is the safer arrangement.
The care itself is the same everywhere, but the rules around it are not. In England, London and the regions, councils assess needs and may contribute depending on savings, with the Care Quality Commission regulating care providers. In Scotland, personal care is free for adults assessed as needing it, and the Care Inspectorate regulates services. Wales caps what councils can charge each week for care at home, and has its own regulator, Care Inspectorate Wales. In Northern Ireland, Health and Social Care Trusts rather than councils assess and arrange care. In the Republic of Ireland, home support runs through the HSE, and our prices are in euro. Each region page explains the local picture, including which council or Trust to contact.
Whether you use us or another provider, a few questions separate a good live-in care agency from the rest. How are carers checked, and can you see their references? Do you choose the carer, or is one assigned? How are the carer's daily breaks covered, and what happens if they fall ill? Is the weekly fee fixed, and what is included? And is the agency an employer of carers or an introductory agency? We are an introductory agency: we recruit, check and match self-employed carers, you choose who supports your relative, and we stay involved for support, cover and replacements.
Most placements begin within a week of your first call. If your relative is in hospital and ready to leave, tell us the ward and the expected discharge date; in urgent cases we can often introduce a carer within 24 to 48 hours. The price is the same across the UK, from £1,200 a week, with specialist care from £1,300 and two carers from £2,600. See our pricing, our funding guide and the full range of live-in care services, including dementia care and respite care.
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 support is assessed and funded through the HSE rather than a local council, and nursing homes are inspected by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).
Full coverage list
All 850+ 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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Our care managers answer these every day. A no-obligation call takes about ten minutes.
0800 368 8558Lines open 8am–10pm, seven days a week See all questionsVery probably. We arrange live-in care in more than 850 towns and cities across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Because carers move into the home rather than travelling from a local branch, we also cover rural and coastal areas that hourly visiting agencies often turn down. If your town is not listed, call 0800 368 8558 and we will check.
Search for your town above or choose your region. Each page explains local funding, the council or Trust to contact and the hospitals nearby. Then call us: we will talk through your relative's needs, match suitable carers and introduce them to you by profile and video call, so you can choose.
Most placements begin within a week of your first call, wherever you live. In urgent cases, such as a hospital discharge or a sudden change at home, we can often introduce a carer within 24 to 48 hours. Timing depends on matching the right carer, not on distance, so a rural address rarely means a longer wait.
No. Our weekly fees are the same across the UK: from £1,200 for standard live-in care, £1,300 for specialist care and £2,600 for two carers providing round-the-clock support. In the Republic of Ireland, live-in care starts from €1,400 a week. There are no travel charges for rural homes.
Yes. We cover every region of England, as well as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. The care is the same everywhere, but funding and regulation differ by nation, so each region page explains what applies where your relative lives.
It depends on the nation: the Care Quality Commission in England, the Care Inspectorate in Scotland, Care Inspectorate Wales and the RQIA in Northern 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, and we are happy to explain what that means.
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, so you get the right carer rather than whoever happens to be nearby. Where it helps, for example a carer who speaks Welsh or knows a rural area, we take that into account.
You do not need a local branch for a fast start. Call us with the hospital, ward and expected discharge date. We check and match carers nationally, so in urgent cases we can often have a carer with your relative within 24 to 48 hours, wherever they live.
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