Live-in Care in Greenwich

Greenwich • South East London

Live-in carers in Greenwich, 24 hours a day

Live-in care lets your relative stay in their Greenwich home, with a dedicated Care Professional living there to help through the day and at night. Across the Royal Borough it is the main alternative to a care home: one-to-one attention, the familiar view of the park or river, and their own routine. We have worked in care and staffing since 2016 and hold CQC registration for personal care, granted in 2019.

We do not have a branch on Trafalgar Road or Eltham High Street. Greenwich placements are coordinated from our London office at 167 Station Road, Edgware, which also covers the rest of south-east London. Families in Blackheath, Charlton or Kidbrooke can expect the same checks as everyone else: enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training before a Care Professional starts, and a consultant is on hand around the clock.

What live-in care in Greenwich includes

The discharge date is set, there is still a wound to keep an eye on, and nobody in the family can take three weeks off work. That is where most live-in enquiries begin: after surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, or after a night at home that made it plain the current arrangement had run out. Live-in care is often the quickest thing to put in place, because it does not depend on assembling a rota of visits that lands at the hours you actually need them.

One carer in the house covers the day and the night as a single thing. You stop having to be free at seven in the morning, stop coordinating calls around your own work, and stop being the one who has to notice everything, because somebody is already there noticing. Coming over to Eltham, or up near Greenwich Park, becomes a visit again instead of a shift.

• ✓ A dedicated live-in Care Professional in the home
• ✓ Round-the-clock support, including waking and sleeping nights
• ✓ Personal care, washing, dressing and continence support
• ✓ Medication management and prompting
• ✓ Meal planning, cooking and nutrition
• ✓ Mobility support and help avoiding falls
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Companionship, hobbies and days out

Curious how a 24-hour live-in arrangement runs week by week? See live-in care explained.

Staying in Greenwich, alone or together

Moving out of a home in Westcombe Park, Maze Hill or Eltham after many years is a lot to ask. Live-in care keeps your relative's own bed and garden in place, along with familiar neighbours and their GP. The walk towards the Royal Observatory, a Sunday at Greenwich Market or a bench on Blackheath can carry on. Where both partners need help, one live-in arrangement can keep them under one roof. Blackheath and Eltham families can compare the two in our care home comparison.

Royal Borough of Greenwich: assessments and carers

The Royal Borough of Greenwich's Health and Adult Services is the single point of contact for adult social care, and you can ask for support online. Its Contact Assessment Team is based at The Woolwich Centre on Wellington Street. The Royal Borough's assessment follows national rules, which the NHS explains in its page on a needs assessment.

Family carers can request a carer's assessment by phone or email, and some local community hubs can help with the forms. If the person you care for already has an Oxleas social worker, contact them instead. Greenwich residents whose needs are mainly health-related can ask about NHS Continuing Healthcare. Prices for live-in care in SE10, SE3 or SE9 go up with dementia or nurse-led care; see paying for care and live-in care costs.

Coming home from Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich is run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Before your relative leaves, ask the ward who will check any wound once they are home. Ring us with the date and the ward's plan. A live-in carer can then be ready to help with medication, moving safely and the first days back at home.

Terraces, bungalows and Peninsula flats

Homes here range from Georgian terraces near the park to bungalows in Eltham and newer flats on the Greenwich Peninsula. A live-in carer needs a bedroom of their own, which can be harder to find in a smaller flat. We look at the space, the stairs and any lift at the first visit, then plan around them.

Breaks and nights for live-in carers

Each carer we place in Greenwich takes a break during the day and needs to sleep at night. If your relative is up often after dark, tell us when we assess. We can then talk through night support and agree what is needed.

For South East London care homes and NHS teams, our REC-affiliated staffing agency supplies NMC-registered nurses and support workers; see staffing services.

Areas of Greenwich we cover for live-in care

Live-in care can be arranged in these parts of the Royal Borough:

• Greenwich Town
• Blackheath
• Charlton
• Westcombe Park
• Maze Hill
• Kidbrooke
• Eltham
• Woolwich
• Plumstead
• Greenwich Peninsula
• Abbey Wood
• Thamesmead