Home Care in Verwood

Verwood • East Dorset

Care at home for families across Verwood

Protocol Healthcare Services provides trusted home care in Verwood for older people, adults with disabilities and anyone who needs a little more support to stay safe and independent at home. Our serving team is based at our Bournemouth office, a short drive south of the town, so our local Care Professionals know this corner of East Dorset well and can reach families quickly, from Newtown and Church Hill through to Dewlands Common, Claylake and the lanes towards Three Legged Cross.

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 Verwood

• ✓ 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 Verwood

Verwood grew from a scattering of heathland smallholdings and a well known pottery industry into a settled Dorset town, and today it has a large and growing older population spread across the quiet residential streets near the town centre, Potterne Park and the edge of the heath. Many of the people we support want to stay close to familiar places, whether that is a coffee and an exhibition at the Verwood Heritage Centre, a show at the Hub and its Merryfield Theatre, or a gentle walk on the sandy paths of Stephen's Castle Nature Reserve. Our care is designed to keep those routines going, not replace them, and to help people stay part of the community they know.

We regularly support people coming home to Verwood after a stay at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, as well as those discharged from Poole Hospital and community settings run by Dorset HealthCare. Getting the first few weeks at home right really matters, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support, and we keep in close contact with families, GPs at the Verwood surgeries and district nurses so any problems are spotted early.

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. Verwood sits within our wider Dorset and the South Coast catchment, so the same local team can support relatives living in nearby towns too.

Areas of Verwood we cover

We arrange home care across the whole town and the surrounding BH31 postcode, including:

• Newtown
• Church Hill
• Dewlands Common
• Dewlands North
• Claylake
• Stephen's Castle
• Romford
• Pinnocks
• Three Legged Cross
• Town Centre