Home & Visiting Care in Taunton

Taunton • Somerset

Flexible hourly visiting care at home in Taunton

Not everyone needs round-the-clock support. For many people in Taunton, the right help is a visit or two at the times of day that matter most, a hand to get up and dressed, a prompt to take medication, a hot meal at lunchtime, or a friendly check-in before bed. Home and visiting care is built around exactly that: flexible calls that slot into daily life, from short 30-minute visits through to several longer visits a day. It is the kind of support that lets someone stay independent in their own home for as long as possible.

We will be honest about how we work. Protocol Healthcare Services is based in the South of England rather than in Taunton itself, so we do not run a shopfront in the town. What we do run is a carefully coordinated national service, matching vetted Care Professionals to each visiting-care schedule. Everyone we place completes enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training before they start, and a consultant is available around the clock, so families in Galmington, Staplegrove or Monkton Heathfield get the same reliable service wherever they are.

What visiting care in Taunton can include

• ✓ Short calls from 30 minutes, up to several visits a day
• ✓ Help getting up, washed and dressed in the morning
• ✓ Medication prompts and reminders
• ✓ Meal preparation and help staying hydrated
• ✓ Light housework, laundry and shopping
• ✓ Companionship, drop-in and welfare check-in visits
• ✓ Help getting out and about around Taunton
• ✓ Evening and bedtime calls to settle for the night

Care that fits around your day

The strength of visiting care is that it bends to the person, not the other way around. Some clients want a single morning call to get the day started safely. Others prefer a rhythm of visits, breakfast, lunch, tea and a bedtime check, so support is always close at hand. A drop-in visit might be nothing more than a cup of tea and a chat for someone who lives alone near Vivary Park, while a check-in call for a relative in Wilton might focus on making sure medication has been taken and the fridge is stocked. As needs change, the schedule changes with them, and if a day ever comes when more than visits are needed we can step up to live-in support without changing provider.

Local knowledge across Taunton

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, spread along the River Tone beneath the Quantock and Blackdown Hills, and the practicalities of visiting care differ from one neighbourhood to the next. We arrange calls across the established suburbs of Rowbarton, Priorswood and Bishop's Hull, out to Trull, Comeytrowe, Galmington and Killams, and to the newer estates at Monkton Heathfield, Staplegrove and Norton Fitzwarren. A terraced street near the town centre and a bungalow out towards Halcon call for slightly different routines, and we plan each visit schedule around the person and their home rather than a fixed template.

Visiting care also plays an important role after a hospital stay. Many people leaving Musgrove Park Hospital, the main acute hospital in Taunton run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, do not need full-time care but do need a helping hand in the first weeks home, with medication, washing, dressing and meals. A short package of daily visits can make the difference between a confident recovery and an avoidable readmission, and we work closely with families and community teams to get the timings right.

Funding your visiting care in Taunton

Visiting care is priced according to how many visits you need and how long each one lasts, so a package of short daily calls costs very differently from several longer visits a day. We will always talk you through the numbers clearly before anything begins. Many Taunton families self-fund, but you may qualify for help: Somerset Council, the unitary authority based at County Hall in the town, can carry out a free care needs assessment followed by a financial assessment. Care at home in England is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and we work to those standards on every visit. You can read more about the options on our paying for care guide, and see the full range on our services pages.

More than home care: staffing for Taunton providers

As well as arranging care for families, we are an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency with national reach. Care homes, supported living services and NHS teams around Taunton rely on us for dependable cover, from NMC-registered nurses and support workers to mental health and learning disability specialists. If you run a service in the area, our staffing services overview explains how we can help.

Areas of Taunton we cover for visiting care

We arrange home and visiting care across the town and its surrounding communities, including:

• Rowbarton
• Priorswood
• Bishop's Hull
• Trull
• Comeytrowe
• Galmington
• Wilton
• Staplegrove
• Monkton Heathfield
• Norton Fitzwarren
• Halcon
• Killams