Live-in Care in Dundee

Dundee • Scotland

Round-the-clock live-in care at home in Dundee

Live-in care lets your loved one stay in the Dundee home they know and love, with a dedicated Care Professional living alongside them to provide support day and night. For many families across the city and the wider Tayside area it is the natural alternative to moving into a care home: one-to-one attention instead of shared staff, familiar surroundings instead of an unfamiliar room, and a daily rhythm built entirely around one person. Protocol Healthcare Services has spent more than a decade arranging exactly this kind of care, and we bring the same standards to Dundee that we apply everywhere we work.

We will be straight with you about how we operate. Our offices are in the South of England, so we do not run a high-street branch in Dundee. What we do run is a genuinely national service, coordinating vetted, background-checked Care Professionals wherever they are needed. Every person we place has completed enhanced disclosure and right-to-work checks, references and training before they ever start, and a consultant is on hand around the clock, so families in Broughty Ferry, Lochee or the West End get the same reassurance as those on our doorstep.

What live-in care in Dundee includes

• ✓ A dedicated live-in Care Professional in the home
• ✓ Round-the-clock support and overnight reassurance
• ✓ Personal care, washing, dressing and continence support
• ✓ Medication management and prompting
• ✓ Meal planning, cooking and nutrition
• ✓ Mobility support and help avoiding falls
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Companionship, hobbies and days out along the Tay

Why choose live-in care over a care home in Dundee

Leaving a long-time home in Stobswell, Menzieshill or Broughty Ferry is one of the hardest decisions a family can face, and it is often not the only option. With live-in care your relative keeps their own bedroom and garden, their neighbours, their GP surgery and the community they have built over decades. Pets stay put. The walk to the local shops, the Sunday routine and the view over the Firth of Tay all carry on. And because the support is one-to-one, it flexes around the person rather than around a rota.

For couples the case is stronger still. Where a residential placement would mean two rooms and, often, being separated, a single live-in arrangement can support both partners under one roof and one fee. That keeps a marriage of fifty years together in the home they share, which for many Dundee families matters more than anything else on the checklist.

Local knowledge across Dundee

Dundee is Scotland's fourth largest city, spread along the north bank of the Tay, and care needs change from one neighbourhood to the next. We arrange live-in care from the seaside streets of Broughty Ferry in the east across to Lochee in the west, taking in Stobswell, the West End, Hilltown, Menzieshill, Douglas, Fintry, Whitfield, Kirkton, Charleston and Ardler. Whether a client lives in a stone tenement near the city centre or a quiet suburban bungalow, we match the Care Professional and the support plan to the person and the property rather than offering one fixed package.

We also support people coming home after a hospital stay. Ninewells Hospital, the large teaching hospital to the west of the city run by NHS Tayside, handles a great deal of the area's acute care, and the first few weeks back at home after a discharge are critical. A live-in Care Professional can be in place quickly to manage medication, support mobility and rehabilitation, and keep families and community teams in the loop, reducing the risk of a readmission during a fragile period.

Funding and the cost of live-in care in Dundee

Live-in care is always priced on an individual assessment, because the right package depends on the level of support, whether it is for one person or a couple, and any specialist needs such as dementia or nurse-led care. We give you a clear, all-inclusive weekly figure before anything begins, with no hidden extras. Many Dundee families self-fund, but you may also be entitled to help: Dundee City Council, through the Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership, can carry out a free care needs assessment, with support then planned under self-directed support and followed by a financial assessment. Care at home in Scotland is regulated by the Care Inspectorate, and the standards we work to reflect that. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

More than home care: staffing for Dundee providers

Alongside care for families, we are also an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency with national reach. Care homes, supported living services and NHS Tayside teams across Dundee rely on us for dependable cover, from NMC-registered nurses and support workers to mental health and learning disability specialists. If you run a service in the city, see our staffing services overview.

Areas of Dundee we cover for live-in care

We arrange live-in care at home across the city and its surrounding communities, including:

• Broughty Ferry
• Lochee
• Stobswell
• West End
• Hilltown
• Menzieshill
• Douglas
• Fintry
• Whitfield
• Kirkton
• Charleston
• Ardler