Live-in Care Across Ayrshire

Live-in care from Largs to Girvan

Ayrshire runs down the Firth of Clyde from Largs to Girvan, with seaside towns along the coast, the former mining towns of the Doon and Irvine valleys inland, and the Isle of Arran across the water. Families searching for home care in Ayrshire are supporting parents in Largs, Saltcoats, Ardrossan and Irvine in the north, in Kilmarnock, Stewarton, Cumnock and the East Ayrshire villages, and in Troon, Prestwick, Ayr, Maybole and Girvan in the south. Out in the rural villages, visiting care can be sparse. A live-in carer lives with your relative instead.

We also arrange care in Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Glasgow.

Crosshouse and University Hospital Ayr

NHS Ayrshire and Arran runs two acute hospitals: University Hospital Crosshouse near Kilmarnock, for the north and east, and University Hospital Ayr, for the south, with community hospitals in several towns. A live-in carer in Ayrshire can be ready for discharge from either, so your relative is not left waiting in hospital for a package of visits.

Three councils, three partnerships

In Scotland, personal care is free for adults assessed as needing it, whatever their income. Ayrshire has three councils, North, East and South Ayrshire, and assessments are carried out through each area's Health and Social Care Partnership with NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Care services are regulated by the Care Inspectorate. We can explain how free personal care payments can sit alongside private live-in care.

Burns, the coast and the pits

Many older people in Ayrshire worked in the pits of the Doon valley, the carpet and whisky works of Kilmarnock or the seaside trade, and Robert Burns is part of everyone's story. The promenades at Largs, Troon and Ayr, an ice cream at Largs and a day trip to Arran are favourite outings. Couples can stay together with one carer supporting both. You choose your carer from matched profiles before anything is agreed.