Live-In Care in Plymouth

One familiar Care Professional can make support feel calmer than a changing rota of faces. Our live-in care in Plymouth means your loved one can stay where they feel most comfortable, with one-to-one help for personal care, meals, companionship and daily tasks. Belongings, friends, family, sea air, familiar routes and community connections can remain close, while support is shaped around daily life at home, not replacing what makes it theirs.

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Highest regulatory ratingsCare for  18,000+ older peopleRecommended by 95% of our clients 10,000 trained Care ProfessionalsHomecare.co.uk rating 9.6/10
Highest regulatory ratingsCare for  18,000+ older peopleRecommended by 95% of our clients 10,000 trained Care ProfessionalsHomecare.co.uk rating 9.6/10

Why Home Instead?

Personalised care that starts with listening

Your situation is unique - your care should be too. We match our Care Professionals based on skills, interests and personality, so care is always tailored to you.

20 years of trusted experience

We exceed UK regulatory standards, rank highly on Homecare.co.uk, and our qualified Care Professionals are trained to the highest standard so you can have complete peace of mind.

A simple, seamless set-up

No jargon, no pressure, no long waits. We’ll guide you through every step at your pace, with transparent pricing from day one.

1-2-1 support and personal attention

We offer trusted, round-the-clock help from a dedicated Care Professional who manages home tasks, provides personalised care, and keeps loneliness at bay - we're here to make your life easier.

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Home care in Plymouth

Home care in Plymouth supports people to live independently and comfortably in the place they know best - home. Enter postcode of the person to find your nearest office and local care team.

  • Plymouth

    We provide award winning care in Plymouth City Centre, Devonport, Barbican / The Hoe, Estover, Southway and the surrounding areas

  • Ivybridge

    We provide award winning care in Ashford , Plymstock , Wollaton , Ivybridge , Chaddlewood and the surrounding areas

  • Mount Gould
  • Southway
  • Ford
  • Mutley
  • Efford
  • Eggbuckland
  • Whitleigh
  • Compton
  • Stoke
  • Mannamead
  • Honicknowle
  • Estover
  • Derriford
  • St Budeaux
  • Devonport
  • Stonehouse
  • Manadon
  • Pennycross
  • Barne Barton
  • Ernesettle
  • Mount Wise
  • Crownhill
  • North Prospect
  • Cattedown
  • Weston Mill
  • The Hoe
  • Beacon Park
  • Woolwell
  • Plymouth City Centre
  • West Park
  • Pennycomequick
  • Laira
  • Tamerton Foliot
  • Peverell
  • Leigham
  • Keyham
  • King's Tamerton
  • Glenholt
  • Hartley
  • Prince Rock
  • Widewell
  • Ham
  • Milehouse
  • St Judes
  • Camel's Head
  • Mainstone
  • Barbican
  • Hartley Vale
  • Belliver
  • Roborough
  • Saltash Passage
  • Crabtree
  • Bickleigh
  • Marsh Mills
  • Lopwell
  • Bickham
  • Tavistock
  • Devon
  • Ashford
  • Plymstock
  • Wollaton
  • Ivybridge
  • Chaddlewood
  • Charford
  • Plympton
  • Kingsbridge
  • Harleston
  • Buckfastleigh
  • South Brent
  • Staddiscombe
  • Harraton
  • Yealmpton
  • Underwood
  • Waterhead
  • Salcombe
  • Newton Ferrers
  • Modbury
  • Oreston
  • Brixton
  • Alston
  • Loddiswell
  • Bittaford
  • Thurlestone
  • Lee Mill
  • Combe
  • Malborough
  • Lutton
  • East Allington
  • Harbertonford
  • West Buckland
  • Heybrook Bay
  • Harberton
  • Buckfast
  • Aveton Gifford
  • Inner Hope
  • Ermington
  • Buckland
  • Cornwood
  • Tideford
  • Ugborough
  • Holbeton
  • Kingston
  • Blackawton
  • West Charleton
  • Wotter
  • Diptford
  • Rattery
  • Sutton
  • Langford
  • Avonwick
  • Sparkwell
  • Stokenham
  • Easton
  • Moreleigh
  • Bigbury-on-Sea
  • Sherford
  • Brownston
  • Frogmore
  • East Prawle
  • Broadmoor
  • Churchstow
  • Upper Dean
  • Yealmbridge
  • Spriddlestone
  • Membland
  • Torcross
  • Shaugh Prior
  • Ashprington
  • Stanton
  • Cornworthy
  • Battisborough Cross
  • South Milton
  • Down Thomas
  • Horsebrook
  • Allaleigh
  • Woodleigh
  • North Huish
  • Halwell
  • East Buckland
  • Curtisknowle
  • South Pool
  • Tuckenhay
  • Galmpton
  • Wrangaton
  • Shipley Bridge
  • Belsford
  • Didworthy
  • Ringmore
  • Yondertown
  • East Portlemouth
  • Beeson
  • St Ann's Chapel
  • Beesands
  • Aish
  • Penquit
  • Harbourneford
  • Langaford
  • Lee Moor
  • Bigbury
  • Dunstone
  • Corntown
  • Gabber
  • Bow
  • Hutcherleigh
  • Hope
  • Hooe
  • Goveton
  • Burraton
  • Scorriton
  • Kellaton
  • Slapton
  • Hemerdon
  • Netton
  • Start
  • Ludbrook
  • Bantham
  • Rickham
  • South Allington
  • Worston
  • Sorley
  • Coombe
  • Blackpool
  • Westlake
  • Chillington
  • Bowden
  • Weeke
  • Eastdown
  • East Cornworthy
  • Bolberry
  • East Charleton
  • Lower Batson
  • Woolston
  • Ledstone
  • South Huish
  • Deancombe
  • Higher Batson
  • Woodford
  • Wash
  • Harford
  • Upton
  • Dean Prior
  • Goodshelter
  • Bickerton
  • Preston
  • Venn
  • Goosewell
  • Millcombe
  • West Leigh
  • Hatch
  • Chivelstone
  • Rew
  • Merafield
  • Langage Industrial Estate
  • Steer Park
  • Plympton Central
  • Plympton St Maurice
  • Turnchapel
  • Elburton Village
  • Colebrook Village
  • West Alvington
  • Mothecombe
  • Wembury
  • North Hallsands
  • South Hallsands
  • Moorhaven Village
  • West Prawle
  • Stert Barton
  • Washbourne
  • Painsford
  • Luscombe
  • Wrescombe
  • Lolesbury
  • Pool Mill
  • Rowden Court
  • Grimpstonleigh
  • Beneknowle
  • Noss Mayo
  • Higher Beara
  • Bigadon
  • Lixton
  • Topsham Bridge
  • Hendham
  • Frittiscombe
  • Flear Mill
  • Rimpston
  • Lower Combe
  • Broadgates
  • Yeatson
  • Hernaford
  • Place Barton
  • Gara Bridge
  • Crabadon
  • Yadsworthy
  • Luson
  • Hazard
  • Aunemouth
  • Coyton
  • Gitcombe
  • Beenleigh
  • Collaton
  • Outer Hope
  • Stidston
  • Cullaford
  • Boreston
  • Kitley
  • Higher Bowden
  • North Filham
  • Great Torr
  • Boarshill
  • Lower Torr
  • Worswell Barton
  • Langdon Barton
  • Higher Keaton
  • Strashleigh
  • Pennaton
  • Addislade
  • Auton
  • Collapit
  • Owley
  • Higher Kernborough
  • Middle Kernborough
  • Lower Kernborough
  • Elwell
  • Higher Wonton
  • Knapp Mill
  • Higher Warcombe
  • Fallapit
  • Smithaleigh
  • Bulkamore
  • Lucas Wood
  • Lee Mill Bridge
  • Hope Barton
  • Blanks Mill
  • Cholwells
  • Horsecombe
  • North Bolberry
  • North Upton
  • Sharpham Barton
  • Woodcombe

Trusted, Personalised Home Care in Plymouth

Live-in care provides practical support that helps the day run more smoothly. That might include personal care, help moving safely around the home, medication reminders, preparing favourite meals, light housekeeping and getting them to appointments, all arranged around your loved one's preferences rather than a timetable that feels imposed. When time outside the home suits their wishes, mobility and care plan, their Care Professional can accompany them for a gentle walk along Plymouth Hoe, shopping, a visit to a place of worship, or a regular club. A quieter day at home, perhaps with a blanket ready for the garden or a favourite film saved for the afternoon, can be just as valid. Having someone in the home also means practical help is close if something urgent happens. Your loved one stays involved in decisions about meals, rest, visitors and daily routines. Their Care Professional is there to make the harder parts of life easier, not to take over the day, so home remains personal, calm and familiar.

A carer assists an older woman as she carefully descends a staircase, holding her hand for support. - Home Instead

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Thanks again for the great care you all are giving Mum, from someone so reluctant to accept care now looks forward daily to her Care Professionals. BIG achievement!

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Our Care Starts With Connection

Some families worry that live-in care will make the home feel less private. Good support should do the opposite: it should protect privacy while making daily life easier. A Care Professional can learn when company is welcome and when quiet matters. They might share lunch, offer conversation after a walk, or simply be nearby while your loved one watches the weather roll in from the window. During personal care, they can be respectful by allowing time, asking before helping, and following your loved one’s preferred routine. This balance matters because companionship should not feel like pressure. Your loved one may enjoy company, but still need space, choice and moments that belong only to them. Families can trust that support is close without crowding the home, making live-in care feel less intrusive and more human for someone who values independence as much as reassurance in daily life.

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Our Home Care Services

We're ready to help you make an informed, confident choice for your loved one, with bespoke and easily-adapted packages designed around their needs.

  • Hourly Home Care

    Hourly Home Care

    When your loved one begins to need more frequent support, our flexible home care solutions help them stay safe and independent at home. We don't take a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, we personalise your experience with responsive, attentive, and genuinely compassionate care, so you can feel reassured they are in capable hands.

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  • Respite Home Care

    Respite Home Care

    We understand how overwhelming it can be to leave your loved one if they live with a condition like dementia, arthritis, or diabetes. Our highly experienced Care Professionals are matched based on their specialist knowledge and expertise, so you can feel content knowing your loved one's health conditions are carefully monitored and managed.

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  • Overnight Home Care

    Overnight Home Care

    We are proud to be the benchmark for exceptional care, so all of our qualified Care Professionals receive training that goes above and beyond the industry standard. When it comes to complex health conditions, you can rest assured that your loved one's safety and wellbeing is always a top priority.

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  • Live-in Home Care

    Live-in Home Care

    Our live-in care provides round-the-clock support and offers a welcome alternative to residential care, empowering your loved one to remain independent in the environment they know. With person-centred care from someone they recognise, older individuals can benefit from familiarity, friendship, and a consistent care plan.

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Thanks again for the great care you all are giving Mum, from someone so reluctant to accept care now looks forward daily to her Care Professionals. BIG achievement!

Janet, Client's Family

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Home Instead provide first class care. My care professionals are patient, kind and very reliable. I am very happy with the service they provide

Paul, Client

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As I got older, I realised that this service had made me happy in my own home.

Elisie, Client

Our Plymouth Team is With You Through Every Step

Family care can become a second job: calls, prescriptions, appointments and constant checking. Live-in care reduces that pressure by placing daily support with a Care Professional and keeping communication organised through the Plymouth team. The Care Professional’s records help relatives understand the week, including support provided, meals, routines and points the team should review. Updates can then be based on daily life at home rather than scattered messages or hurried conversations. The service is regulated by the CQC, and care planning is reviewed as part of the managed service. If needs or preferences change, the family and Care Professional can discuss the care plan with the team. Relatives remain involved without carrying every practical task, leaving more space for visits and calls to feel like family time rather than another list of things to arrange. This matters when families are already juggling work, distance, or other responsibilities.

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Award-winning service you can trust

  • Leaders in Care Award
  • A round badge reads “Top 20 Home Care Group Award 2026, homecare.co.uk” in blue and white. - Home Instead
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  • Green graphic stating "95% of clients recommend" with a note about a 2025 PEAQ satisfaction survey. - Home Instead
  • HCA Home Care Awards Winner 2025 logo with green, blue, and gray text and wavy lines. - Home Instead
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We deliver tailored home care to the Plymouth community to nurture wellbeing and independence.

We adapt our services to fit your life, delivering compassionate, consistent, and attentive care, enabling you to thrive in your home and community.

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Our home help services in Plymouth provide compassionate assistance with daily tasks, ensuring comfort and independence for your loved ones.

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Our dementia care in Plymouth is designed by experts and is City & Guilds Assured, so you know your loved one is receiving only the very best care. Our Care Professionals focus on creating an environment that's calm and consistent, while maintaining dignity and familiar routines to reduce confusion and keep clients comfortable.

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Having someone stay in your home to provide care can feel daunting, but our live-in care solutions help to bring older adults more independence and enjoy a greater sense of wellbeing. If you value the peace of mind that comes with knowing there is always someone nearby, live-in care in Plymouth could be an excellent alternative to a care home.

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The right support is crucial when managing pain and end-of-life care. Our palliative care focuses on dignity and enables your loved one to remain in the place they feel happiest. We provide considerate palliative care in Plymouth, so you can spend more meaningful moments together while we carefully manage their pain and comfort.

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Taking a break from caring can feel impossible if your loved one is lonely or has challenging health conditions, but our respite care in Plymouth is designed to step in with dependable care at any time. Whether you're recharging your batteries or managing other commitments, our Care Professionals can provide reliable support, so you can take time to yourself without disrupting routines.

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We adapt our services to fit your life, delivering compassionate, consistent, and attentive care, enabling you to thrive in your home and community.

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