Live-In Care vs Care Homes: Why Live-In Care Offers Better Value
When it comes to choosing long-term care for yourself or a loved one, two options often stand out: live-in care and care homes. While both provide essential support, live-in care is increasingly seen as a cost-effective and quality-driven alternative. Here’s why—and how the numbers stack up.
What is Live-In Care?
Live-in care means a professional carer moves into your home to provide round-the-clock support, tailored to your needs. This option allows you to stay in familiar surroundings, maintain independence, and enjoy one-to-one care—something care homes rarely offer.
The Cost of Live-In Care
Live in care costs in the UK can vary. At Carers at Home, live-in care fees are transparent and consistent across all regions.
- Standard live-in care: From £1,550 per week for one-to-one support.
- (Source: Carers at Home Live-In Care Fees)
Care Home Costs: The Reality
According to industry data, the average cost of a residential care home in the UK is £1,160 per week, while nursing homes average £1,410 per week. Luxury or specialist homes can exceed £1,500 per week.
(Source: Carehome.co.uk)
For couples, the cost doubles—two residents mean £2,320+ per week, compared to £1,295 for live-in care for two people. That’s a saving of over £1,000 per week.
Why Live-In Care is Better Value – Benefits of live in care
At first glance, live-in care may seem similar in cost to a care home. Here is a summary of care homes vs live in care:
- One-to-One Care: Care homes have staff attending to multiple residents, while live-in care offers dedicated support.
- Stay at Home: No need to sell your property or downsize—your home remains yours.
- Personalised Routine: Eat when you want, keep your pets, and maintain your lifestyle.
- Emotional Wellbeing: Familiar surroundings reduce stress and confusion, especially for those with dementia.
For couples, the financial advantage is clear: live-in care costs no more than single-person care, while care home fees double.
Additional Savings
Care homes include meals and utilities, but moving means losing independence and incurring emotional costs. With live-in care, you keep control of your household expenses—and avoid the upheaval of relocation.
Conclusion
Live-in care isn’t just about staying at home—it’s about better value, personalised support, and peace of mind. For individuals and couples, it often works out cheaper than a care home, while delivering superior quality of life.
Ready to explore live-in care? Visit Carers at Home Live-In Care Fees for transparent pricing and expert advice.
To learn more, visit us on:
Carers at Home
https://www.carersathome.com
01483 899 350
37/38 Bridge Street, Godalming, Surrey
Carers at Home was established in 2007 to provide home care in Godalming and the surrounding areas, Carers at Home is a care agency now specialising in providing home care in Surrey and Hampshire and live in care across the south of England including Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Wiltshire.
Carers at Home care agency provides assistance to people allowing them to remain living at home. Clients are given the extra help they need in maintaining their everyday life.
Carers at Home’s experienced and well trained staff offer home care, live-in care and companionship which allows people to live a normal and happy life in the comfort of their own home.
Carers at Home’s home care and live-in care services promote independence. It’s at home where quality of life is enhanced without the stress of interrupting routines and changes in daily habits. Companionship is as important as health care, helping to enable clients to remain independent
The most common CQC regulated home care and live-in services Carers at Home provides for clients include help with getting up and/or going to bed, washing, bathing/showering, meal preparation and diet monitoring. For many clients we will prompt or administer their prescribed medication.
Other non-medical services include; light housework, cooking, laundry, shopping and errands. It’s often the little things in life that some of our clients miss and need the most however.
Companionship and human interaction are among our most important duties. Just chatting or reading to a client helps them not to feel isolated from everything that’s going on around them.
Carers at Home provides CQC regulated home care and live-in care and support services to seniors, people with disabilities or special needs, people coping at home after hospitalisation or illness, or anyone requiring help in the home.
Home care services can be arranged for a few hours a week or everyday, sometimes four times a day. Short term respite relief or longer term care is available seven days a week or live-in care, including public holidays.
• Senior Citizens
• People with disabilities
• People with special needs
• Patients recovering from a hospital visit
• Patients recovering from an illness
• Anyone requiring help in the home
• A few hours a week
• A few days a week
• Seven days a week
• Several times a day
• Short term
• Long term
• Bank holiday
To learn more visit www.carersathome.com or call Carers at Home Godalming on 01483 899 350 of Carers at Home Odiham on 01276 748 270
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