Live-in care in Bromley

Our Home Care service is very successful in promoting independent living at home, however there is a limit to what can be safely achieved with intermittent daily visits.

For those who need more reassurance, or perhaps more support throughout the day, and for whom life at home will always be preferred to Residential Care, our locally managed Live-in Care service may be the answer.

Features & benefits of Live-in Care at home

• Your own Personal Assistant (PA) – who lives with you in your home in a second bedroom; customers can prolong all the freedoms and comfort of life at home, including invaluable local social support networks. In a Residential setting you will typically have to fall in line with their schedule re meal times, activities, visiting hours, "lights-off", etc. In your home, you call the shots.

• Person-centred Care & Support tailored to you – with your close input, we write a Care Plan tailored exclusively to you, making every effort to take into account your preferences, interests, abilities and social networks in order to enrich your life as much as possible (see our Live Life Your Way page). All our Care Plans are fully risk-assessed and written in line with CQC, Health & Safety and NICE best practice guidelines.

• Retain an appreciating asset – your house! Average houses prices in the UK increased a whopping 76% in the decade up to 2022, according to a LandTech report! If you are a homeowner, there are financial products (such as Lifetime Mortgages and Care Annuities) through which you can release some of the equity locked up in your home. This can help meet your Care costs – either directly, or in reducing the “funding gap” (the difference between the annual cost of the Care you need and what you can afford to fund through savings). Not only are you better leveraging the assets at your disposal, but you continue to benefit from growth in value of your house, which further off-sets the real-term costs of your Care in the long run.

• We are a regulated Provider – many “self-employed” carers and the agencies supplying them are unregulated and therefore operating under the CQC’s radar. We are rated “Good”, our Location ID is 1-2246993108 and you can read our latest inspection report here.

• Regular local supervision and support – our Live-in Care team, working out of the Bromley office only a few miles away, oversee all placements and pay regular visits to our customers' homes to ensure Care Plans are being adhered to and remain relevant to their needs as they change (see our Homecare in Bromley page). This ensures that any potential issues are identified early so that preventative action can be taken before problems escalate. There is also the additional benefit that the local Day Care team is on hand as back up if needed (to cover sickness, family emergencies, etc)

• Personal Assistants (PA’s) are our Employees – we employ all our staff ourselves, so unlike self-employed/"supply-only" services, our customers are not deemed “Employers” for legal or tax purposes and are thus not responsible for enrolling their carer in a pension scheme, or deducting PAYE/NI from wages and passing over to HMRC. Should your carer injure themselves, yourself or a third party whilst at work in your home or while about and about with you, we have Employer’s and Public Liability insurance in place. We seek references, undertake criminal record checks, train our staff thoroughly prior to starting work and ensure their learning is refreshed annually: all recruitment and training compliance and administration is done by our local office, so you can be confident your carer is fully "above board".

• Comprehensive Care service – in addition to Live-in Care, we offer shorter support visits (where a second carer is required), overnight support as well as Complex Care for people with specific conditions. Whatever your care needs, we can support you fully throughout your journey so you are always dealing with familiar people who know you well. This eliminates the stress and upheaval that comes with switching Care Provider and having to get to know a whole new support team.
• Electronic Care Plan Management – the ability to affect instant updates and amendments to Care Plans, real-time reporting of Care Notes to the office and the ability for our customers to view everything electronically (via PC/laptop/tablet/mobile), and to share securely with approved family members and advocates.

You can view and download our Live-in Care brochure here.

How can we help?

For an increasing number of our customers, Live in Care is a natural progression from their Care visits at home service. To find out more about arranging an assessment of your needs, please see our Setting up your Care service section.

Alternatively, call us on 020-3815-0236 Mon-Fri 08.30am - 5.00pm.

We offer a high quality, private Homecare and Live in Care service throughout the London Borough of Bromley, including: Beckenham, Bickley, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Chelsfield, Chislehurst, Farnborough, Keston, Orpington, Penge, Petts Wood & West Wickham..