✧ Live-in care in Swansea, South West Wales
Live-in Care in Swansea
Live-in care in Swansea keeps your relative at home, in Sketty, Mumbles, Killay, Morriston or a Gower village, with one carer living alongside them. We arrange home care across Swansea Bay and south-west Wales, from £1,200 a week.
- Care within a week Urgent starts often in 24–48 hours
- From £1,200 a week The same rate nationwide, not by postcode
- Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) Regulates home care in Wales
- 55 areas Covered across Wales
Home care from Mumbles to Morriston
Swansea runs from the city centre and the Uplands along the bay to Mumbles, up to Sketty, Killay and Dunvant, and north to Morriston, Clydach, Gorseinon and Pontarddulais, with the Gower peninsula to the west. Families searching for home care in Swansea are often supporting parents in houses on steep hillsides, or in Gower villages such as Reynoldston, Port Eynon and Llanrhidian, where visiting carers have long drives. A live-in carer removes the travelling from the equation.
We also arrange live-in care in Neath, Port Talbot, Llanelli, Carmarthen and Bridgend.
Morriston and Singleton
Hospital care is provided by Swansea Bay University Health Board. Morriston Hospital is the main emergency centre and a regional hub for services such as cardiac care and burns and plastic surgery, while Singleton Hospital in Sketty provides a range of other services, including cancer care. A live-in carer in Swansea can support your relative home from either, from the first night.
Swansea Council and charges in Wales
Adult social care is provided by Swansea Council, and by Neath Port Talbot Council for addresses to the east. Both carry out free needs assessments and carer's assessments. In Wales, there is a weekly maximum on what a council can charge for care and support at home, which can make a real difference to the cost. Care services are regulated by Care Inspectorate Wales.
Life by the bay
For many older people in Swansea, the seafront is part of daily life: a walk along the promenade to Mumbles, an ice cream at the pier, or a coffee looking out over the bay. A carer can help your relative keep doing that, and also help with trips to the market, chapel or a regular social group. If your relative speaks Welsh at home, tell us, and we will try to match a carer who can too.
Care homes locally
Care homes in Swansea, and the alternative
Our care-home directory lists 19 registered care homes in Swansea. 8 provide nursing care and 5 support people living with dementia.
If a move into one of these homes is on the table, it is worth comparing it with live-in care: one carer living in your relative’s own home in Swansea, looking after only them. See what live-in care costs, or ask us to check carer availability in Swansea.
Weighing the options
Live-in care, visiting care or a care home?
The three choices most families are deciding between.
| Feature | Live-in care | Visiting care | Care home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stays in their own home | Yes | Yes | No |
| Support through the night | Yes | Rarely | Yes |
| The same carer each day | Yes | Rota of staff | Rota of staff |
| Keeps pets and belongings | Yes | Yes | Usually not |
| Couples stay together | Yes | Yes | Often separated |
| Typical cost | £1,200 a week | Varies with hours | Varies by home |
Visiting care and care home costs vary widely by area and provider, so we don’t quote figures we can’t stand behind. See our pricing in full →
What a live-in carer does day to day, what is not included, and the three steps to arranging it: how live-in care works →
Funding & regulation
Paying for care in Wales
Home care is regulated and funded differently in each nation, so the route is not the same everywhere. Here is how it works where you live.
Read our full funding guide →Who regulates care here
Home care in Wales is regulated by the Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). They inspect and register home care services to make sure standards are met.
Where funding comes from
Apply through your local authority's social services department. Funding is means-tested by the local authority, with the Welsh Government setting a capital limit above which people fund their own care. What a council can charge for the care at home it arranges is capped at £100 a week (2026/27); privately arranged live-in care is paid separately.
How we fit in
Live-in Care Direct is an introductory agency. We introduce self-employed carers to families rather than employing them, so you contract directly with your carer and keep the choice of who provides your care.
Our carers
The people who would be caring for your family
Our carers are spread across the UK, supported by regional care managers. Every one is interviewed in person, enhanced DBS checked and reference-checked before they are ever introduced to a family — and you choose who moves in.
- Interviewed face to face, never hired on paperwork alone
- Enhanced DBS checked, with references verified
- You meet and approve your carer before they start
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Brenda
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Vistorine
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Gladys
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Refiloe
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Patience
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Monica
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Our services
Our live-in care services
Nearby
Areas we cover near Swansea
Free callback
Speak to someone about live-in care
Leave your number and a care manager will call you back — usually within an hour, and always free.
- No obligation. A conversation, not a sales call — and never a call centre.
- A real care manager. Someone who arranges care every day, who can answer properly.
- Just two details. Your name and number — we don’t need an email address.
Or call us now on 0800 368 8558 Lines open 8am–10pm, seven days a week
Common questions
Questions about live-in care here
Local answers on paying for care, nearby areas and care homes.
Not seeing your question?
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 questionsWho helps pay for care in Swansea?
Often, yes. The council's adult social care team for Swansea can carry out a free needs assessment and, depending on savings, may contribute to the cost. Where needs are mainly health-related, NHS Continuing Healthcare can pay in full. Attendance Allowance, paid to people over State Pension age who need help with personal care, is not means-tested and can be put towards care.
Can you arrange live-in care near Swansea?
Yes. Carers move into the home rather than travelling from a local branch, so we cover Swansea and the towns and villages around it, including Neath, Llanelli, Port Talbot and Maesteg. Rural addresses are covered too, at the same weekly price.
How many care homes are there in Swansea?
Our care-home directory lists 19 registered care homes in Swansea. If you are weighing up a care home, live-in care is the alternative that keeps your relative at home with one carer supporting only them, and we can explain how the two compare on cost.