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Private Carers & Personal Care at Home
Our private carers service provides one-to-one support at home from a trained, DBS-checked carer — matched to your family's needs, routine and personality.
What is live-in care for personal-care-assistants?
Personal Care assistants service at home is one of the most in-demand care services anywhere because it has a wide application and has a broad set of job instructions that help and support the client and his family in various ways.
Personal Care refers to the personal needs of an individual. It includes preparing and feeding meals, bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, applying topical medicine, lotions, creams, grooming, and toileting. And this extends to the laundry, cleaning, sweeping, vacuuming, and continence management. A customized personal care plan may also include medication management and general companionship duties.
Opportunities for personal and professional growth
Opportunities to build long-lasting relationships with clients
The qualifications and experience of the personal-care-assistant
Access to specialized care equipment and resources
Personal care promises a familiar environment of home for the client. You can take advantage of a live-in carer who can take care of these personal needs of your loved one and take a chill pill while you carry on with your daily personal and professional responsibilities.
Live-in care Direct , a UK-based care agency where fully trained, experienced, and qualified carers provide discreet and professional personal care service in the comfort of one’s home. And they are well-versed in performing their care duties in a way that makes the client feel most comfortable, supporting independence and life quality with dignity and compassion.
Who Needs Live in Personal Care Assistant?
Personal Care is mainly required for aged individuals when they develop illnesses with compromised mobility or any disorder that hinders their smooth flow of daily tasks. Even when there is no particular illness or disability, simple aging is enough to do that. Aged individuals need personal care for help and support in their maintenance tasks to maintain their living standards. Additionally, personal care also plays a role in their general companionship and engagement in various tasks throughout the day, since aged family members are often left alone for most of the day at home.
A Personal Care facility is also required in case of an unexpected injury resulting from a sudden emergency or an accident. The patient may get disabled and be unable to manage his personal needs, irrespective of age.
Personal care is also needed for individuals with congenital illnesses such as syndromes, where the individual is mentally and sometimes physically incapable of taking care of his personal needs.
Personal Home Care Assistant at Live-in Care Direct
Live-in care Direct offers trained, well-versed carers to take care of the client’s personal needs while making sure the patient does not feel dependent, low, or undignified in any way. We offer care services ranging from mild to intense levels of complexity and from short to intermediate and long periods of time.
Carers at Live-in Care Direct specialize in the lifestyles of UK residents. They are not only vetted in performing their duties professionally but are also trained to deal with compassion, patience, understanding, and empathy. We provide a customized, personalised care plan specific to their needs and psychosocially suitable for every client. For a free consultation of the package you are looking for, contact us now.
What is live-in care for personal-care-assistants?
Opportunities for personal and professional growth
Opportunities to build long-lasting relationships with clients
The qualifications and experience of the personal-care-assistant
Access to specialized care equipment and resources
Private care at home and private live-in carers
Arranging private care at home means you choose the carer rather than accepting whoever a local authority rota sends. We introduce private carers and private live-in carer support directly to families, with profiles to review and a video call before you decide.
How it works
Arranging care in three steps
Tell us what you need
A friendly, no-obligation call to understand the situation, explain how the care works and give you an estimated weekly cost.
Choose your carer
We send profiles of available carers matched to your needs. You can speak to them on a video call before deciding.
Care begins at home
Your carer moves in and support starts, with a named care manager checking in regularly to make sure it's working.
Free callback
Prefer we call you?
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 personal care assistants
What families ask us before arranging care.
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 questionsHow much does personal home care assistant cost?
Personal Home Care Assistant starts from £1,200 a week for one person. That is one fixed weekly fee covering everything in the agreed care plan, rather than an hourly rate that rises as needs grow. For couples, one carer can support two people under a single fee. See our pricing page for the full breakdown, or use the cost calculator for an estimate based on your own situation.
How quickly can care start?
In most cases we can have a carer in place within a week. For urgent situations — a hospital discharge, a fall, or a family carer suddenly unable to continue — we can often arrange cover within 24 to 48 hours.
Who will the carer be, and do we get a choice?
You choose. We send profiles of matched, available carers and you decide, including a video call beforehand if you would like one. It is the same carer each day rather than a rota, so they learn the routine and notice small changes early. Every carer is enhanced DBS checked, referenced and interviewed in person before we introduce them.
What does the carer actually do day to day?
Personal care, medication prompting and administration, meal preparation, light housework, laundry, shopping, appointments and companionship — all shaped around the agreed care plan. The aim is that daily life continues as normally as possible, in familiar surroundings.
Is this better than moving into a care home?
It depends on the person, and we will say so honestly if a care home is the better answer. What live-in care offers is one-to-one attention rather than shared staffing, no upheaval from a familiar home, pets and routines kept, and visitors whenever you like. For couples it is usually far better value than two residential placements.
Can we get help paying for it?
Often, yes. Depending on circumstances and where you live, support may come through a local authority assessment, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Attendance Allowance or a personal budget. Our funding guide explains what to apply for and in what order, and our care managers will talk it through without obligation.
Where we work
Personal Care Assistants across the UK, Scotland & Ireland
We arrange care in 800+ towns and cities. Choose your area for local pricing, funding and how care is regulated where you live.
- Carers travel to you — they move into the home rather than driving from a local branch, so rural and coastal areas are covered too.
- The same weekly price everywhere — care is priced on the support needed, never on your postcode.
- Care can start in 24–48 hours in most areas, and often the same day after a hospital discharge.
Can’t see your area? Call 0800 368 8558 — we almost certainly still cover it.