Live-in Care in Hammersmith

Hammersmith • West London

Round-the-clock live-in care at home in Hammersmith

Live-in care lets your loved one stay in the Hammersmith home they know and love, with a dedicated Care Professional living alongside them to provide support day and night. For many families across this part of West London it is the natural alternative to a care home move: one-to-one attention instead of shared staff, a familiar bedroom instead of an unfamiliar room, and a routine built entirely around one person. Whether home is a mansion flat near Brook Green, a terraced house off King Street, or a garden flat close to Ravenscourt Park, live-in care keeps the person at the centre of everything.

We will be straight with you about how we work. Protocol Healthcare Services is based in the South of England, so we do not run a high-street branch on the Broadway. What we do run is a genuinely national service, coordinating vetted, background-checked Care Professionals wherever they are needed. Every person we place has completed enhanced DBS and right-to-work checks, references and training before they ever start, and a consultant is on hand around the clock, so families in West Kensington, Shepherd's Bush or White City get the same reassurance as those on our doorstep.

What live-in care in Hammersmith includes

• ✓ A dedicated live-in Care Professional in the home
• ✓ Round-the-clock support and overnight reassurance
• ✓ Personal care, washing, dressing and continence support
• ✓ Medication management and prompting
• ✓ Meal planning, cooking and nutrition
• ✓ Mobility support and help avoiding falls
• ✓ Support for couples under one arrangement
• ✓ Companionship, hobbies and days out

Why choose live-in care over a care home in Hammersmith

Leaving a long-time home in Avonmore, Addison or Wendell Park is one of the hardest decisions a family can face, and it is often not the only option. With live-in care your relative keeps their own bedroom, their neighbours, their GP surgery and the community they have built over decades. Pets stay put. The morning walk along the Thames towpath by Hammersmith Bridge carries on, and so does the trip to Ravenscourt Park or a show at the Lyric or the Eventim Apollo. Because the support is one-to-one, it flexes around the person rather than around a rota.

For couples the case is even stronger. Where a residential placement would usually mean two sets of fees, and sometimes two different homes, a single live-in Care Professional can support both partners under one arrangement so they stay together in the home they share. That matters enormously when one partner is more independent than the other, or when a lifetime together is exactly what keeps both people well.

Local knowledge across Hammersmith

Hammersmith is a lively riverside district, mixing the busy hubs around Hammersmith Broadway and King Street with quieter, leafier streets in Brook Green and around Ravenscourt Park. We arrange live-in care right across the area, from Coningham and Wormholt in the north near White City, through Shepherd's Bush and Old Oak, down to West Kensington and Avonmore in the W14 postcode. Wherever the home is, we tailor the support to the person and the property rather than offering one fixed package.

We also support people coming home after a hospital stay. Charing Cross Hospital on Fulham Palace Road and nearby Hammersmith Hospital, both run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, handle much of the area's acute care, and the first few weeks back at home after a discharge are critical. A live-in Care Professional can be in place quickly to manage medication, support mobility and rehabilitation, and keep families and district nurses in the loop, reducing the risk of an avoidable readmission.

Funding and the cost of live-in care in Hammersmith

Live-in care is always priced on an individual assessment, because the right package depends on the level of support, whether it is for one person or a couple, and any specialist needs such as dementia or nurse-led care. We give you a clear, all-inclusive weekly figure before anything begins, with no hidden extras. Many Hammersmith families self-fund, but you may also be entitled to help: the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham can carry out a free care needs assessment followed by a financial assessment, and where needs are primarily health-related, NHS Continuing Healthcare funding may apply. Care at home in England is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our team is always happy to explain how the routes fit together, and you can read more on our paying for care guide.

More than home care: staffing for Hammersmith providers

Alongside care for families, we are also an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency with national reach. Care homes, supported living services and NHS teams across West London 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 Hammersmith or the wider borough, see our staffing services overview.

Areas of Hammersmith we cover for live-in care

We arrange live-in care at home across Hammersmith and the surrounding W postcodes, including:

• Hammersmith Broadway
• Brook Green
• Ravenscourt Park
• West Kensington
• Shepherd's Bush
• White City
• Wormholt
• Addison
• Avonmore
• Coningham
• Wendell Park
• Old Oak