Live-in Care in Aberdeen

Aberdeen • Scotland

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

Live-in care lets your loved one stay in the Aberdeen home they know and love, with a dedicated Care Professional living alongside them to provide support day and night. For many families across the North East of Scotland it is the natural alternative to moving into a care home: one-to-one attention instead of shared staff, familiar granite walls 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 the Granite City 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 Aberdeen. 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 Cults, Mannofield or Bridge of Don get the same reassurance as those on our doorstep.

What live-in care in Aberdeen 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
• ✓ Support for couples under one arrangement
• ✓ Companionship, hobbies and days out

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

Leaving a long-time home in Ferryhill, Rosemount or Old Aberdeen 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 shops on Rosemount Place carries on. And because the support is one-to-one, it flexes around the person rather than around a rota. Overnight care is part of that picture too: a live-in Care Professional is in the house through the small hours, so a fall on the way to the bathroom or a restless night no longer means an ambulance and an anxious wait alone.

For couples the case is even stronger. Two people can be supported under a single live-in arrangement, which keeps partners together in their own home rather than separating them into different care-home rooms, and often compares well with the cost of two residential places. Many of the couples we support in and around Aberdeen tell us that staying side by side, in a home full of shared memories, matters more than anything.

Local knowledge across Aberdeen

Aberdeen is a granite-built harbour city of around 200,000 people, and care needs vary just as much from one neighbourhood to the next. We arrange live-in care across the leafy western suburbs of Cults, Mannofield and Hazlehead, through the tenements of Rosemount and Ferryhill nearer the centre, out to Bridge of Don, Dyce and Bucksburn in the north, and down to Torry and Kincorth south of the river. Whether a client lives in a granite terrace near Marischal College or a bungalow in Cults, 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. Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Woodend Hospital, both on the Foresterhill health campus in the AB25 postcode and both part of NHS Grampian, the board covering Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray, handle a large share of the region's care. 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.

Funding and the cost of live-in care in Aberdeen

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 Aberdeen families self-fund, but you may also be entitled to help: Aberdeen City Council and the Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership can carry out a free care needs 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 Aberdeen providers

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

Areas of Aberdeen we cover for live-in care

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

• Cults
• Mannofield
• Rosemount
• Ferryhill
• Old Aberdeen
• Bridge of Don
• Dyce
• Bucksburn
• Torry
• Kincorth
• Woodside
• Footdee