Home Care in Lewisham

Lewisham • South East London

Care at home for families across Lewisham

Protocol Healthcare Services provides trusted home care in Lewisham for older people, adults with disabilities and anyone who needs a little more support to stay safe and independent at home. We serve Lewisham and the wider Greater London area from our Edgware office, matching each household with Care Professionals who understand the borough, from the shops and clock tower on Lewisham High Street through to Catford, Blackheath and Deptford.

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 Lewisham

• ✓ 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 Lewisham

Lewisham is a busy, diverse South East London borough where many older residents have lived for decades, in the Victorian terraces of Brockley and Hither Green, the leafier streets around Blackheath and Lee Green, and the family neighbourhoods of Catford, Downham and Forest Hill. The people we support often want to stay close to familiar places, whether that is a morning at Lewisham Market, a walk in Ladywell Fields or Manor House Gardens, or a visit to the Horniman Museum up in Forest Hill. Our care is designed to keep those routines going, not replace them.

We regularly support people coming home from University Hospital Lewisham, run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, which sits just off Lewisham High Street and is the main hospital for the borough. Getting the first few weeks at home right matters, 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. This hospital-to-home support can be the difference between a confident recovery and an avoidable readmission.

Adult social care in the borough is overseen by the London Borough of Lewisham, based at Laurence House on Catford Road. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask Lewisham 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.

Areas of Lewisham we cover

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

• Blackheath
• Catford
• Deptford
• Brockley
• Ladywell
• Hither Green
• Lee Green
• Forest Hill
• Sydenham
• New Cross
• Crofton Park
• Downham