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Premium home care in Ireland,
for your loved one, day or night

Trained healthcare assistants help with everyday life at home, by day, overnight or living in. You get a quote on the first call and meet your carer online before care starts, usually within days.

Care usually starts within days, with no HSE assessment queue

Garda-vetted carers, employed and insured by us

One primary carer, with a familiar backup

4.8/5 on Google and 5/5 on Bark

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What type of care?

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What happens next

A quote on the first call

We ring you, talk through what your loved one needs, answer your questions and give you a quote on that first call.

We build the care plan

Our care management team builds the plan with you, covering the days, the hours and what the carer will help with.

You meet your carer first

We match a Garda-vetted carer, employed and insured by us. Your family meets them online before care starts, so they are a familiar face from day one.

Already a client?

For anything about care that has already started, call the office and we’ll put you through to your care manager.

How a carer can help at home

You can start with one kind of care and adjust it as things change. Your care manager plans it with you, alongside any HSE hours you already have.

A carer in a green jacket cracks an egg into a mixing bowl as an older man holding a mug smiles up at her at the kitchen table.

Live-in care

A carer lives in your home, helps through the day and sleeps in at night, close by if your loved one needs them. 24-hour care is also available.

A carer in a green jacket butters brown bread while an older woman stirs a pot of soup on the cooker in her kitchen.

Daytime care

Set hours of help through the day with personal care, meals, medication prompts, company and getting to appointments.

An overnight carer in a green jacket laughs with an older woman sitting on the edge of her bed by the light of a bedside lamp.

Overnight care

A waking carer is on hand through the night for trips to the bathroom, a drink, or help settling back to sleep.

An older man plays draughts with a carer in a green jacket at his dining table while his daughter, car keys in hand, looks on.

Respite care

Short-term cover at home so a family carer can take a proper break, planned ahead or at shorter notice when things change.

What our carers do, and the three things they don’t

Day to day, our carers help with

  • Washing, dressing and personal care

  • Meals and drinks

  • Medication prompts and reminders

  • Getting about the home safely

  • Company and a steady routine

  • Getting to appointments

  • Light housework and laundry

  • A break for family carers

Our carers don’t give injections, dress wounds or administer insulin.

Medical care stays with your GP and public health nurse, and we work alongside them.

For everything else, talk it through with your care manager.

They’re nurse-trained, and they’ll tell you plainly what a carer can take on.

What families say

“Excellent experience with providing 24/7 care for my mother in her own home. Alice has been superb in every aspect of my mams care and has seamlessly slotted into her role. Based on the last 3 weeks would highly recommend UIH”

Donal Massey, Google review

“Had to get a carer for a family member and UIH couldn't have been more helpful or friendly. Nice balance between checking on your needs vs giving you space to make the decision. Would recommend.”

“My experience with united Healthcare was good. I was able to get cover at short notice for a week and the lady sent was caring and attentive. I will use again”

Mark McLaughlin, Google review

L H, Google review

Care for the condition your loved one is living with

Each guide explains what life at home can look like and what a carer does day to day.

A calm daily routine with a carer they come to know.

Steady help with movement, daily routines and medication prompts.

Everyday help at home when stiff, painful joints make tasks harder.

Help with getting about the house, washing and dressing.

Practical help with the daily tasks a stroke has made harder.

Help with the tasks that use the most breath.

Support that flexes with good and bad weeks.

Meals, routine, medication prompts and a familiar face.

Reading post, clear conversation, appointments and a steady arm.

Up to 40%

tax relief at your marginal rate

You may be able to claim it from Revenue on Form HK1 when you pay for private home care. Our care team can talk you through it.

Home care in all 26 counties

Our carers are local, and we arrange care in every county. Choose yours to see live-in, overnight, daytime and respite care there.

Choose your county

Guides for families arranging care

Plain, practical reading for families weighing up care at home.

Tell us what’s needed at home.
We’ll give you a clear quote.

Our care team will explain how a carer could help and what it would cost. There’s no obligation.

A carer lives in your home and is close by, day and night.

Set hours of help with personal care, meals and appointments.

A carer who stays awake through the night, ready to help.

Short-term cover so a family carer can take a proper break.

Talk it through with our care team

Tell us what a normal week looks like at home.

What shapes the cost of care, what every quote includes and how to get one.

Hiring a carer yourself, an introduction agency, HSE home support or UIH, side by side.

Tell us what’s needed at home and our care team will give you a clear quote.

Up to 40%

tax relief at your marginal rate

You may be able to claim it from Revenue on Form HK1.

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