Home Care in Barking

Barking • East London

Care at home for families across Barking

Protocol Healthcare Services provides trusted home care in Barking for older people, adults with disabilities and anyone who needs a little more support to stay safe and independent at home. We support families right across this riverside town, from the busy Barking Town Centre and Gascoigne to the newer streets of Barking Riverside, Thames View and Creekmouth by the River Thames.

Whether you are looking for a short daily visit to help a parent get up and dressed, or full-time live-in support after a hospital stay, we build the care around the person, not the other way round. Every Care Professional we place is vetted with enhanced DBS and right to work checks, references and training before they support you, and the same familiar faces return wherever possible so trust can grow.

Home care services we provide in Barking

• ✓ Live-in care for round the clock support
• ✓ Hourly visiting care from 30 minute calls
• ✓ Personal care, washing and dressing
• ✓ Medication support and prompting
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Respite and emergency cover
• ✓ Private nursing at home
• ✓ Companionship and help getting out and about

Local knowledge that makes a difference in Barking

Barking is a historic riverside town in East London, about nine miles east of Charing Cross, with a fast-growing and diverse population and a town centre that has seen major regeneration in recent years. Many of the people we support want to stay close to familiar places, whether that is a weekly trip to Barking Market and the Vicarage Field area, a quiet moment beside the Curfew Tower and the ruins of Barking Abbey, or a stroll through Barking Park or along the new riverside at Barking Riverside. Our care is designed to keep those routines going, not replace them.

We regularly support people coming home from Queen's Hospital in Romford and King George Hospital in Goodmayes, both run by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, as well as those supported by community teams from NELFT NHS Foundation Trust. Getting the first few weeks at home right matters, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support, and we keep in close contact with families and district nurses to spot any problems early.

Adult social care in the area is overseen by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the council for a free care needs assessment, followed by a financial assessment. Many of the families we work with self-fund their care, and we are always happy to explain how the different funding routes work so you can make a confident decision. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

Serving Barking from our London office

Protocol Healthcare Services is a London home care and healthcare staffing provider, and Barking sits firmly within the Greater London area we serve. Our team is coordinated from our Edgware office, and we place local Care Professionals who know East London and can travel across the borough to reach families quickly. Because we also provide nurses and support staff across the capital, we can step up the level of care as needs change, from a single daily visit to live-in or nursing support, without you having to find a new provider. You can see the wider area we cover on our London and areas we cover pages.

Areas of Barking we cover

We arrange home care across Barking and the surrounding IG11 and RM8 postcodes, including:

• Barking Town Centre
• Gascoigne
• Abbey
• Thames View
• Eastbury
• Upney
• Creekmouth
• Barking Riverside
• Fanshawe
• Rippleside
• Longbridge
• Becontree