Home Care in Swanage

Swanage • Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

Care at home for families across Swanage

Protocol Healthcare Services provides trusted home care in Swanage for older people, adults with disabilities and anyone who needs a little more support to stay safe and independent at home. The town sits at the eastern tip of the Isle of Purbeck, a fair distance from the nearest large hospitals, so having a reliable local care team matters. Our Bournemouth office serves the whole Purbeck coast, and our Care Professionals reach families right across Swanage, from the town centre and the seafront through to Herston, Durlston, New Swanage and Ulwell.

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 Swanage

• ✓ 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 Swanage

Swanage is a much loved seaside town with a settled, older population, and many of the people we support have lived here for decades. They want to stay close to the places that make it home, whether that is a slow walk along the seafront to Swanage Pier, a bench in the sunshine at Durlston Country Park above Durlston Head, or a quiet morning watching the steam trains on the Swanage Railway. Our care is designed to keep those routines going, not replace them, so a visit might include a stroll to the High Street shops or a coffee looking out over the bay.

Living at the far end of the Isle of Purbeck also brings practical challenges. The road to Wareham and Poole can be busy in summer, and family carers often find it hard to get here for every visit. That is exactly where reliable local support helps. We keep in close contact with families, district nurses and GPs so that nothing is missed, and we can step in quickly when a relative who usually helps needs a break or lives further afield.

We regularly support people coming home from Swanage Community Hospital on Queens Road, run by Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, as well as those discharged from Poole Hospital, run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which provides acute and specialist care for the wider county. Getting the first few weeks at home right matters, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support, and we watch closely for any early signs that something is not right.

Adult social care in the town is overseen by Dorset Council. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask Dorset 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, and see the wider region on our Dorset and the South Coast page.

Areas of Swanage we cover

We arrange home care across the town and the surrounding BH19 postcode and Purbeck villages, including:

• Swanage Town Centre
• Herston
• Durlston
• New Swanage
• Ulwell
• The Seafront
• Langton Matravers
• Studland
• Corfe Castle
• Worth Matravers
• Kingston
• Harmans Cross