Live-in care in Portlethen
For families in Portlethen and Marywell, live-in care that keeps someone at home between the Aberdeenshire coast and the city.
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Portlethen is a coastal town south of Aberdeen. Aberdeenshire Council estimated its population to be 9,533 in 2022, based on Scotland’s Census 2022. The wider area is ageing. The Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership’s strategic plan projects the over-65 population to grow by 23% by 2028, faster than the Scottish average of 19%.
For a family with a parent in Portlethen or elsewhere along the coast, live-in care means one carer in the home every day. It keeps someone in familiar surroundings, with one consistent carer.
How it works
1. Select preferred carers
Try a few options to start with
2. Trial the connection
Test whether it's a good match
3. Set up a custom plan
One that suits both you and your family's needs
Support your family can expect
- Personal care
- Shopping trips
- Catheter care
- Blood sugar monitoring
- Medication tracking
- Pet care
- Outdoor walks
- Medical appointments
- Complex care
Hospital discharge and NHS support
NHS Grampian runs hospital care across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, including Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and a network of community hospitals. Locally, health and social care are joined up through the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership, which Aberdeenshire Council and NHS Grampian run together. If someone needs support after a hospital stay, an occupational therapist or care manager will assess their situation and what matters to them. Support depends on eligibility criteria.
Hometouch can plan live-in care around that assessment, and a care expert can talk through the timing with your family.
As a CQC regulated carer provider, we can arrange full costs and available live-in carers for:
Condition-specific care
Dementia or any other condition-specific care
Reablement care
Postoperative or any other injury-related care
General care
Overnight, companionship or disability care
CQC regulation
Hometouch's managed live-in care service is regulated by the Care Quality Commission and rated Good. Inspectors assess how safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led a service is, and the full report is available on the CQC website.
Get care from a local, experienced and professional carer, from the comfort of home and with a custom care plan.
Get visibility and control
Track routines, medication schedules and shopping trips
24-hour support
Special requests or funding advice, we're always here for you
Decide the level of care
Have a say in carer choice. Every major decision is yours
Common reasons families in Portlethen get in touch
Care after hospital discharge
Temporary support to help someone get back on track
Moving into full-time care
Needs have changed, or an existing arrangement needs reassessing
Unhappy with current care
Understanding whether another provider can better match your needs
Paying for live-in care in Portlethen
Funding rules in Scotland differ from those in England. Aberdeenshire Council says personal care at home carries no charge, though other support, such as social support, may be charged at up to what it costs the council to provide.
Where a charge applies, the council works it out from a financial assessment of savings and income. How much of a live-in carer’s support counts as personal care depends on a council assessment, so costs vary between families.
To see how live-in care costs could work for your family, book a call with a Hometouch care expert.
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