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Personalised support at home

Stay in the home you love, with care you can trust.

Live-in care brings consistent support, companionship and reassurance into the place where life already feels familiar.

Care Circle carefully matches a live-in care professional to the person, household and support required. We provide everyday live-in care and nurse-led arrangements for adults with complex health needs across East Anglia, Hertfordshire and London.

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  • From £1,310 per week after assessment
  • Everyday and nurse-led options
  • Carefully matched professionals
A Care Circle carer planning the day with an older couple in their living room.

Why people choose live-in care

Home holds a lifetime of routines, relationships and memories.

More adults and families are choosing care at home because home is more than a building: it holds familiar routines, relationships, belongings and memories. A carefully matched professional lives in the home to provide consistent support, companionship and reassurance, with nurse-led clinical care incorporated where assessment identifies complex needs.

Moving into a care home is right for some people, but it is not the only option. Live-in care can help a person remain close to family, friends, neighbours, pets and the community they know, while receiving consistent help across the day.

The purpose is not to take over the home. It is to make everyday life safer and more manageable while protecting choice, privacy, dignity and the person’s own way of doing things.

One familiar presence

Fewer changes of face can make routines calmer and help trust develop naturally over time.

Family can be family

Relatives can stay involved without carrying every practical or caring responsibility alone.

A plan behind the care

Assessment, matching, care records, review and escalation support the relationship in the home.

Two live-in care pathways

Everyday support or nurse-led complex care

The right pathway depends on assessment. Some people need practical and personal support; others need a clinically coordinated package. Care can move between the two as needs change.

Everyday live-in care

Consistent help with daily life

Suitable where the main need is personal care, household routines, companionship, medicines assistance, mobility and reassurance. The care professional lives in the home and works to an agreed daily pattern with protected breaks and sleep.

  • Personal care, dressing and familiar morning or evening routines
  • Medication assistance within the agreed care plan
  • Fresh meals, drinks and support with nutrition
  • Light housekeeping and laundry connected with everyday living
  • Companionship, conversation and shared interests
  • Appointments, shopping, walks and community activities
  • Mobility support and safer movement around the home
  • Wellbeing observations and consent-based family updates

Nurse-led live-in care

Clinical confidence at home

For adults whose health needs require clinical assessment, competency checks and nursing oversight. The package may combine a live-in care professional, registered nurse input, double-up support or waking nights according to the written plan.

  • A nurse-led assessment and clinically informed care plan
  • Registered nurse oversight and planned clinical review
  • Person-specific competencies checked before care begins
  • Complex medicines and prescribed clinical routines where authorised
  • Assessed tracheostomy, airway or ventilator support
  • Enteral feeding, catheter, stoma or wound support where assessed
  • Neurological, spinal-injury or high-dependency support
  • Clear escalation and coordination with the wider clinical team
Nurse-led does not automatically mean a registered nurse is present every hour. The assessment determines whether care is delivered by a nurse, a competency-assessed care professional with nurse oversight, or a combined team.

Who live-in care may help

Inclusive support for different lives and circumstances

Live-in care is not limited to one age, diagnosis or family structure. Suitability is based on the person, the home and the support that can be provided safely.

  • Older adults who want an alternative to moving into a care home
  • Adults of any age living with a physical disability, neurological condition or long-term illness
  • People living with dementia who benefit from familiar surroundings and fewer changes of face
  • People returning home after hospital, surgery or rehabilitation
  • Couples who want to remain together when one or both need support
  • Adults whose package combines personal care with assessed complex or clinical needs
  • Families needing short-term live-in respite or help during a change in circumstances
  • People who need support at several points across the day rather than separate short visits

Care that respects identity and household life

Assessment and matching can consider culture, faith, language, food, relationships, chosen name and pronouns, disability, neurodiversity, privacy, pets, smoking and the household’s normal routines. Preferences are taken seriously, while the final match remains subject to suitable staff availability and safe working arrangements.

Support for one person or a couple

A shared household assessment can consider both partners’ needs, the tasks one live-in professional can safely provide and where additional visits, double-up care or nursing are required.

A day with live-in care

Support follows the person’s rhythm

There is no standard timetable. This example shows how care can fit around an ordinary day while preserving choice, private time, breaks and sleep.

  1. Morning01

    Begin the day your way

    Support may include getting up, washing and dressing, medicines, breakfast and planning the day without rushing familiar routines.

  2. Through the day02

    Keep life connected

    The care professional can support meals, household routines, appointments, interests, visitors and time outside the home, with agreed breaks built in.

  3. Evening03

    Settle comfortably

    Dinner, medicines, personal care and the usual evening routine are planned around the person’s preferences rather than a care-home timetable.

  4. Overnight04

    The right level of reassurance

    A live-in professional normally sleeps. Frequent or continuous waking needs require separately planned waking-night or additional support.

From enquiry to the first day

A considered start, not simply a carer placed in the home

Live-in care works when the responsibilities, household arrangements and relationship are planned with equal care.

  1. 01

    Start with a conversation

    Tell us what is changing, what a good day looks like and what the person most wants to protect about life at home.

  2. 02

    Complete an assessment

    We consider routines, mobility, medicines, night needs, clinical requirements, the home environment and the support already around the person.

  3. 03

    Agree the match and plan

    Skills, experience, personality, communication, culture, interests, pets and household expectations are considered before a placement is proposed.

  4. 04

    Begin, review and adapt

    The care plan, handover, records, family communication and review points are agreed so the package can change when needs or circumstances do.

A suitable private room

The live-in professional normally needs a private bedroom, appropriate facilities and a home environment in which they can work, rest and maintain professional boundaries.

Breaks and rotation

Daily breaks, rest days, handovers and cover are agreed in advance. A small rotating team can provide continuity without relying unsafely on one person indefinitely.

Family involvement

With consent, relatives can contribute to the plan, receive agreed updates and join reviews. The person receiving care remains central to decisions about their home.

Illustrative composite case study

Returning home after a stroke

This example combines circumstances commonly considered in care planning. It does not describe an identifiable client and does not promise a particular outcome.

The situation

An adult wanted to return to a long-standing Suffolk home after a stroke. Their spouse wanted them home too, but could not safely manage transfers, medicines, enteral feeding and unsettled nights alone.

The plan

A nurse-led assessment brought together the discharge instructions, mobility needs and home layout. A neurologically experienced live-in professional was matched, with competency-assessed clinical support, double-up visits for transfers and temporary waking-night cover.

The difference

The person’s own routines could restart at home, while their spouse returned to being a partner rather than the only carer. Daily records and planned reviews allowed the team to adjust night support and responsibilities as needs changed.

Live-in care costs

Clear starting prices, followed by an individual quotation

The weekly fee reflects the assessed needs and working arrangement. Care Circle explains what is included before care begins so the household can make an informed decision.

Starting price

£1,310

per week, from

Final availability and fees depend on the individual assessment, location, daily and night-time needs, staffing pattern and any clinical or double-up requirements.

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What affects the final proposal?

  • The amount and timing of support needed across the day
  • Whether nights are usually settled, occasionally interrupted or require waking cover
  • Personal care, mobility, medicines and household responsibilities
  • Nursing oversight, clinical interventions and competency requirements
  • Whether double-up care or additional scheduled visits are required
  • The location, start date, matching requirements and rotation or relief arrangement

Live-in care is not a flat-rate promise of continuously awake 24-hour support. Waking nights, additional professionals and assessed clinical input are planned and quoted separately where required.

Safety and clinical boundaries

Support that remains accountable

A trusted relationship in the home is supported by care planning, professional boundaries, records, review and clear escalation.

  • Care professionals are selected for the assessed role, experience, training and compatibility
  • Safeguarding concerns are recorded and reported through Care Circle’s safeguarding procedure
  • The care plan explains what staff should observe, record and escalate, including out-of-hours arrangements
  • Care Circle does not replace emergency, GP or NHS services; urgent concerns are directed appropriately
  • If night-time needs become regular or unpredictable, the package is reviewed and waking-night or additional support may be required

Live-in care questions

Answers for individuals and families

These are the practical questions most people ask before inviting a care professional to live in their home.

Your next step

Tell us what staying at home would make possible.

We will listen to the person and family, explain the difference between everyday and nurse-led live-in care, and arrange an assessment where appropriate. An enquiry does not commit you to care and no service is accepted automatically.

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