Live-in Care in Perth

Perth • Perth and Kinross

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

Live-in care lets your loved one stay in the Perth home they know and love, with a dedicated Care Professional living alongside them to provide support day and night. For many families across Perth and Kinross 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 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 Perth 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 on the banks of the Tay. 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 Kinnoull, Craigie or Scone get the same reassurance as those on our doorstep in the south.

What live-in care in Perth 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 Perth

Leaving a long-time home in Letham, Viewlands or Bridgend 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, whether that is a Sunday walk up Kinnoull Hill or a regular trip into the city centre near St John's Kirk. And 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.

Local knowledge across Perth

Perth sits on the River Tay in the heart of Perth and Kinross, a compact city where care needs shift from street to street. We arrange live-in care from the tenements and terraces around the city centre and Craigie, out to the residential streets of Letham, Muirton, Tulloch and Viewlands, across the river to Bridgend and Kinnoull, and north to Scone. Most of the city falls within the PH1 and PH2 postcodes, and whether a client lives in a Victorian villa near the North Inch or a bungalow in Burghmuir, 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. Perth Royal Infirmary on Taymount Terrace, run by NHS Tayside, serves the whole of Perth and Kinross, 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. Where someone has been an inpatient at Murray Royal Hospital, also part of NHS Tayside, we work sensitively alongside community mental health teams as they settle back home.

Funding and the cost of live-in care in Perth

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 Perth families self-fund, but you may also be entitled to help: adult social care in the area is arranged through Perth and Kinross Council social work department under self-directed support, which gives people choice over how their care is organised. 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 Perth providers

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

Areas of Perth we cover for live-in care

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

• Craigie
• Letham
• Muirton
• Tulloch
• Viewlands
• Bridgend
• Kinnoull
• Scone
• Burghmuir
• Moncreiffe
• Friarton
• Oakbank