Night Care: Overnight Support in your own home
Reassuring night time care across Altrincham, Sale and Wythenshawe, supporting families with dementia, hospital discharge and overnight wellbeing.
What Is Night Care?
For many families, nights are the most worrying time. Whether a loved one is recovering from a hospital stay, living with dementia, feeling anxious when the house is quiet, or experiencing changes in their health, the night can feel long and challenging.
At Home Instead, night care offers gentle reassurance, safety, and practical support — helping clients feel settled and giving families the chance to rest.
What Is Night Care?
Night care is flexible support delivered in your home, tailored to your needs. Families can choose between two options:
Waking Nights
Your Care Professional remains awake throughout the night, supporting with:
- Mobility and safe transfers
- Toileting and continence care
- Reassurance during periods of confusion or wakefulness
- Monitoring wellbeing
- Supporting with wandering or restlessness
- End-of-life comfort and presence
Sleeping Nights
Your Care Professional sleeps in the home but can be woken up to twice if needed. This is ideal when:
- Someone simply needs reassurance that help is available
- There is a low risk of wandering or disorientation
- Families want the comfort of knowing someone is close by
Sleeping nights usually run 10pm–8am, and our team can start earlier if needed — for example, from 9pm.
Why Families Ask for Night Care
Through our many years of supporting local families, we’re often asked how night care can fit into a plan of ongoing support. Night care can be offered on a temporary basis, shared with family members, or delivered as part of a longer-term package.
Here are some of the most common reasons families choose night care:
🌙 Dementia: Wandering, Confusion & Disorientation
Nights can be difficult for those living with dementia. Confusion often increases, and wandering or restlessness can become more common. A night-time Care Professional provides calm reassurance and ensures the home stays safe.
🏥 Coming Home From Hospital
The first few nights at home can feel daunting — especially after surgery, illness, or when someone is frail. Night care offers reassurance, mobility support, and reduces the risk of falls or readmission.
💤 Preventing Family Carer Burnout
Family members often try to do the nights themselves. But when those nights become broken, unpredictable, or emotionally heavy, exhaustion quickly follows — especially if they also work or care for children.
A few nights a week of support can lift an enormous burden.
🌼 End of Life (Palliative) Support
A quiet presence through the night ensures comfort, dignity, and peaceful reassurance.
💛 Anxiety, Loneliness or Bereavement
Some clients simply feel safer knowing someone is nearby, especially after a bereavement or during a period of worry or ill health.
🤝 Short-Term or Long-Term Options
- Occasional nights when families need a break
- Shared rota nights when families do some and we do some
- Full packages of night and day support
Meet Jackie & Mehvish — Our Night Care Specialists
We’re incredibly proud of our night team, and two shining stars are Jackie and Mehvish.
- Jackie has been with Home Instead for 7 years
- Mehvish (Mehvish) has been with us for 4 years
Jackie recently completed our Specialist End of Life course, accredited by City & Guilds — giving her additional expertise in supporting clients and families with compassion and calm.
Both bring warmth, patience, and reassurance to every night shift. Their continuity means families get to know them and trust them deeply — something that makes all the difference in the quiet hours.
The Benefits of Night Care
Night care brings more than just practical help:
- Peace of mind for families
- Reduced exhaustion and burnout
- Safety and supervision during unsettled nights
- Support with mobility and toileting
- Reassurance for those living with dementia
- Comfort and presence during illness or end of life
- A smoother recovery after hospital discharge
- Help to create calmer sleep routines
- Reduced risk of falls or confusion
Above all, it means no one faces difficult nights alone.
Flexible Support Built Around Your Family
We understand that every situation is different. Whether you need occasional nights, temporary support after illness, or a fully planned package, our team will work with you to design the right plan.
📞 Call us on 0161 870 1136
💜 Free, friendly consultation
💜 Local support across Altrincham, Sale & Wythenshawe
You don’t have to do this on your own — we’re here whenever you need us.Flexible Support Built Around Your Family
