Home Care in Lymington

Lymington • Hampshire and the New Forest

Care at home for families across Lymington

Protocol Healthcare Services provides trusted home care in Lymington for older people, adults with disabilities and anyone who needs a little more support to stay safe and independent at home. Our serving team works out of our Bournemouth office, a short drive west along the coast, so our Care Professionals know this corner of the New Forest well and can reach families quickly, from the cobbled Quay and the Georgian High Street through to Pennington, Buckland and Woodside.

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 Lymington

• ✓ 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 Lymington

Lymington is a historic Georgian market town on the edge of the New Forest, wrapped around a busy yacht-filled harbour where the Isle of Wight ferry leaves from Lymington Pier. It has a settled and growing older population, with quiet residential streets in Pennington, Lower Buckland and Woodside, riverside homes near the Town Quay, and outlying villages such as Boldre, Walhampton and Milford on Sea. Many of the people we support want to stay close to familiar places, whether that is the Saturday charter market along the High Street, a stroll down the cobbles of Quay Hill, or a swim at the Sea Water Baths. Our care is designed to keep those routines going, not replace them.

We regularly support people coming home from Lymington New Forest Hospital, the modern community hospital run by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which has inpatient and stroke rehabilitation wards on Wellworthy Road. 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. For anyone needing acute treatment, the team also supports people discharged from Southampton and Bournemouth hospitals back to their own homes in the SO41 area.

Adult social care in the town is the responsibility of Hampshire County Council. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the 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.

Lymington sits within our Dorset and the South Coast catchment, coordinated from our Bournemouth office, so families across the western New Forest get the same local, responsive service we provide along the coast.

Areas of Lymington we cover

We arrange home care across the town and the surrounding SO41 villages, including:

• Lymington Town
• Pennington
• Lower Pennington
• Buckland
• Lower Buckland
• Woodside
• Walhampton
• Boldre
• Pilley
• Milford on Sea
• Everton
• Hordle