Live-in Care in Inverness

Inverness • Highland

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

Live-in care lets your loved one stay in the Inverness home they know and love, with a dedicated Care Professional living alongside them to provide support day and night. For many families across the Highlands 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 routine 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 Inverness 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 the Highlands. 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 Crown, Dalneigh or Culloden get the same reassurance as those on our doorstep.

What live-in care in Inverness 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

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

Leaving a long-time home in Hilton, Lochardil or Kinmylies 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. Familiar routines carry on, from a morning walk along the Ness Islands to a Sunday visit from grandchildren. Because the support is one-to-one, it flexes around the person rather than around a rota. For couples the case is even stronger: two people can be supported under a single live-in arrangement, which often compares well with the cost of two care-home places and means partners of many years are not separated.

Local knowledge across Inverness

Inverness is the capital of the Highlands, spreading out from the city centre and Inverness Castle to communities on every side of the River Ness. We arrange live-in care across the older streets of Crown and Merkinch, the family suburbs of Dalneigh, Kinmylies and Hilton, and the growing communities of Inshes, Culloden, Smithton, Westhill and Milton of Leys to the east. Whether a client lives in a canal-side flat near the Caledonian Canal or a bungalow in Balloch, we tailor the support to the person and the property rather than offering one fixed package.

We also support people coming home after a hospital stay. Raigmore Hospital, on the eastern edge of the city and run by NHS Highland, is the district general hospital serving the whole of the Highlands, 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 over the long distances involved in Highland care.

Funding and the cost of live-in care in Inverness

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 Inverness families self-fund, but you may also be entitled to help: The Highland Council social work service can carry out a free care needs assessment followed by a financial assessment under self-directed support, and where needs are primarily health-related, NHS Continuing Healthcare funding may apply. Our team is always happy to explain how the routes fit together, and you can read more on our paying for care guide.

More than home care: staffing for Inverness providers

Alongside care for families, we are also an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency with national reach. Care homes, supported living services and NHS Highland teams across Inverness 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 Highlands, see our staffing services overview.

Areas of Inverness we cover for live-in care

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

• Crown
• Dalneigh
• Kinmylies
• Hilton
• Inshes
• Culloden
• Smithton
• Westhill
• Milton of Leys
• Merkinch
• Lochardil
• Balloch