Home Care in Islington

Islington • North London

Care at home for families across Islington

Protocol Healthcare Services provides trusted home care in Islington for older people, adults with disabilities and anyone who needs a little more support to stay safe and independent at home. We serve Greater London from our Edgware office, and our Care Professionals know this densely packed inner-London borough well, from the Georgian terraces of Barnsbury and Canonbury to the mansion blocks and estates around Holloway, Highbury and Archway.

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 Islington

• ✓ 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 Islington

Islington is one of the smallest but most tightly knit London boroughs, stretching from Clerkenwell and Angel on the edge of the City up to Finsbury Park and Archway at the Zone 2 boundary. Living well here often means staying connected to a much loved local street, and our care is designed to keep those routines going rather than replace them. For many of the people we support that might be a slow morning walk along Upper Street, a visit to Chapel Market off Liverpool Road, an afternoon in Highbury Fields, or catching up with neighbours near the Emirates Stadium on a match day. We plan visits around the things that matter to each person.

We regularly support people coming home from the Whittington Hospital in Archway, run by Whittington Health NHS Trust, which provides hospital and community services across Islington, as well as those discharged from University College Hospital (UCLH) just to the south in Euston. Getting the first few weeks at home right matters, especially in a borough of stairs, upper-floor flats and narrow hallways, 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 borough is overseen by Islington Council. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the London Borough of Islington 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.

Areas of Islington we cover

We arrange home care across the whole borough and the surrounding N and EC postcodes, including:

• Angel
• Highbury
• Canonbury
• Barnsbury
• Holloway
• Tufnell Park
• Archway
• Finsbury Park
• Clerkenwell
• Nag's Head
• Islington Green
• Mildmay