Home & Visiting Care in Blackpool

Blackpool • Lancashire

Flexible visiting care at home in Blackpool

Not everyone needs round-the-clock support. For a great many people in Blackpool, a little regular help at the right moments is all it takes to keep living safely and comfortably at home. That is what visiting care is for. A Care Professional comes to you, on a schedule built around your day, for anything from a quick 30-minute check-in call to several longer visits from morning to bedtime. You keep your independence, your routine and your own front door, with support that quietly fills the gaps.

We should be upfront about how we work. Protocol Healthcare Services is based in the South of England, so we do not run a shopfront on the Fylde coast. What we do run is a national service that coordinates vetted, background-checked Care Professionals wherever they are needed. Everyone we place has completed enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training before their first visit, and a consultant is available around the clock, so a family in Marton or Anchorsholme gets the same care and oversight as anyone closer to our offices.

What a visiting care schedule can include

• ✓ Short 30-minute drop-in and check-in calls
• ✓ Morning and evening personal care, washing and dressing
• ✓ Medication prompts and reminders
• ✓ Meal preparation and help with eating and drinking
• ✓ Light housework, laundry and keeping on top of the home
• ✓ Shopping, errands and help getting to appointments
• ✓ Companionship and a friendly, familiar face
• ✓ Several visits a day where more support is needed

Care that flexes as life changes

One of the strengths of visiting care is that it grows and shrinks with you. Someone in Layton might start with a single morning call to help get washed, dressed and set up for the day, then add a teatime visit later on as things change. A person living alone in Grange Park may value a lunchtime drop-in mainly for the company and a hot meal. After an illness or a fall, we can step visits up for a while and ease them back down as confidence returns. Nothing is fixed, and there is no long tie-in, so the plan always reflects real life rather than a rigid package.

Local knowledge across Blackpool

Blackpool is a town of distinct communities, and the practicalities of care differ from street to street. We arrange visiting care across the northern suburbs of Bispham, Norbreck and Anchorsholme, through Layton, Warbreck and Highfield, down to South Shore, Squires Gate and Hawes Side, and inland to Marton, Grange Park and the streets around Stanley Park. Whether it is a flat near the Promenade in the FY1 town centre or a house out towards Squires Gate, we plan visit times and travel so that calls land when they are genuinely needed, morning, midday, teatime or last thing at night.

Regular visiting care is also one of the most common ways to settle back in after a hospital stay. Blackpool Victoria Hospital on Whinney Heys Road in FY3, run by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, discharges many local people who simply need a bit of reliable help for a few weeks: a hand with medication, a proper meal, a check that all is well. We can put those calls in place quickly and keep in touch with family and community teams while recovery takes hold.

Funding your visiting care in Blackpool

Visiting care is usually charged by the hour or by the visit, and we will agree the schedule and the cost clearly before anything starts. Many people in Blackpool pay for their own care, but you may be entitled to help. Blackpool Council, the unitary authority for the town, can carry out a free care needs assessment followed by a financial assessment, and some people qualify for a personal budget or direct payments to arrange care themselves. Our team is happy to talk through the options with you, and you can read more on our paying for care guide or browse all of our services.

Areas of Blackpool we cover for visiting care

We arrange hourly visiting care across the town and the wider Fylde coast, including:

• Bispham
• Marton
• Layton
• Grange Park
• South Shore
• Squires Gate
• Anchorsholme
• Norbreck
• Stanley Park
• Highfield
• Warbreck
• Hawes Side