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Dementia Care in Old Basing
Relationship-led and supportive Dementia Care in Old Basing from compassionate and experienced home care professionals.
Enquire about careHighest regulatory ratingsCare for 18,000+ older peopleRecommended by 95% of our clients 10,000 trained Care ProfessionalsHomecare.co.uk rating 9.6/10
Highest regulatory ratingsCare for 18,000+ older peopleRecommended by 95% of our clients 10,000 trained Care ProfessionalsHomecare.co.uk rating 9.6/10
The Home Instead Dementia Care home care team, here to help the Old Basing community
According to Hampshire County Council, around 23,700 people in Hampshire are living with dementia, over half of whom remain undiagnosed. At Home Instead Basingstoke, we’re committed to helping people in Old Basing live well with dementia, in the comfort of their own homes.
Our care professionals receive in-depth training in dementia care, which is a central part of our ongoing career development programme. Many of our caregivers also complete advanced dementia-specific qualifications.
Beyond home care, we actively engage with the local community through dementia support programs to provide dementia awareness and help and advice to family carers.
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Get in touch Why Home Instead Dementia Care may be right for you
Living with dementia is difficult, and it can be emotionally tough and physically draining for family members. At Home Instead Basingstoke, we combine our specialist training with years of experience to support those living with dementia in Old Basing. Our aim is to improve the quality of life for clients and bring peace of mind to their loved ones.
We help people remain in their own homes, living independently and surrounded by the comforts they are used. Our dementia care is tailored to each person and may include companionship, cognitive engagement, outings, light exercise, personal care, and more – whatever is needed to promote wellbeing and happiness.
What we do to care for your loved ones
We offer two types of home care: hourly care, where we visit at set times, or live-in care, where a carer resides in the home. Both are overseen by our care management team and delivered by compassionate Care Professionals. Each care package is made up of a unique mix of services to meet your needs.
Home help & meal prep
Keeping the home environment clean, safe, and nourishing with home-cooked meals.Personal care
Assistance with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene, always respecting the dignity of your loved one.Mobility support
Helping your loved one move around their home safely, including transfers and positioning.Health appointment management
We support you to attend those important health appointments.Community engagement
We enable you to continue to do the things you enjoy, be it a visit to the garden centre or your local art group.Transportation
Assistance getting you from A to B, whether it be to go visit a friend or help with your shopping.Medication management
Ensuring medicines are taken correctly and on time, supporting overall health.
We are overwhelmed with the sheer professionalism and humanity that your agency provide. You have proved to be very flexible and treat my mother with such respect and dignity. It gives us, finally, peace of mind for the times when we cannot be with mum. For that, we cannot thank you enough.
Jane, client's daughter
Each of the three regular caregivers treats my mother with the utmost kindness and respect, and she looks forward to their visits. Each of the ladies provides a different kind of experience from short outdoor walks to board games to exercise and massage. The visits have enabled her to continue to live independently in her home. I have nothing but appreciation for the work that the caregivers and other staff do, and I would recommend Home Instead (Basingstoke) to anyone in similar circumstances.
Shirley, client's daughter
I have found Home Instead (Basingstoke) to be excellent in all respects. The carers are empathetic to my wife’s needs, very caring, knowledgeable, conscientious and very affable. The management act very professionally and beyond what I would have expected, referring my wife to the local surgery when necessary.
Edward, client's husband
Amazed how these carers continue to be consistently ‘on time’ with visits. They always arrive with a smile and more often than not a ‘chirpy’ remark to brighten my day. I have been using this care provider for two years and three months and would not have stayed for so long if I was not very satisfied with the quality of care they provide, not just to my wife, who lights up when they come, but also to myself.
David, client's husband
Home Instead Basingstoke are very friendly, professional and conscientious. They have provided wonderful home visits and care for my mother, who is in her nineties. She greatly enjoys their visits and they are very caring and friendly. The care staff are very good and the management team run the organisation very well in my experience, and they have all been flexible, understanding and very dependable. They have maintained their high standards consistently despite the huge challenges that Covid has added to their workload. We are very grateful for the service they provide.
Guy, client's son
Both my parents have been supported by Home Instead for many years and the service is, in all the family’s view, excellent. All the carers have been very professional, friendly, attentive, always going the extra mile, treat their clients with the utmost dignity and all in all provide a top class care service. The management team is also top class, very professional, always quick to respond, always providing solutions to problems, have always provided top class carers, and often come themselves to keep in touch with clients.
David, client's son
This highly professional team have looked after my mother for a couple of years. The team all demonstrate a passion for care and going the extra mile. Some of the carers became close friends to Mum. They not only provided first class care but demonstrated considerable empathy and patience. They would encourage Mum to talk of her time in the Women’s Royal Navy Service, of the family growing up and of all her memorable experiences. The visits became a social highlight for her as well as for providing essential care.
Richard, client's son
Home Instead was recommended to me when it was obvious that my mum needed extra help at home. My mum was very against having someone from outside helping her but when Home Instead came along for the initial meeting my mum warmed to them straight away. They started caring for Mum and were excellent, they turned up on time, did extras like making Mum a sandwich at lunchtime and really took the strain off my husband and me.
Sandra, client's daughter
The carers are highly professional, conscientious, empathetic and very caring. They provide first-class care to my 91-year-old mother which allows her to live independently in her own home. There has always been a continuity of the same carers over the past year, which has been good for Mum. I highly recommend this professional caring company.
Ann, client's daughter
Home Instead carers are doing a very good job of looking after two elderly people, both suffering with dementia. Without the carers’ daily visits, these two elderly people simply could not continue to live at home, as they cannot prepare food, hot drinks, or be trusted to take their medication. Also these two elderly people need help keeping themselves washed and dressed in clean clothes, and their home clean and tidy. The home care that Home Instead provides really does make the difference between living in the family home and going into a nursing home.
Paul, nephew of clients
Home Instead provide daily visits to care for my mother in law, who has Alzheimer’s and other mental health issues.
Setting up care was easy, with a thorough and understanding review of what we needed. We felt very listened to.
Carers are reliable, friendly and flexible, with the client at the centre of everything. They are knowledgeable and skilled.
I feel that my mother in law is being cared for by kind, professional people and she, and I, are very happy.
Setting up care was easy, with a thorough and understanding review of what we needed. We felt very listened to.
Carers are reliable, friendly and flexible, with the client at the centre of everything. They are knowledgeable and skilled.
I feel that my mother in law is being cared for by kind, professional people and she, and I, are very happy.
Jo, client's daughter in law
We really appreciate the service offered by Home Instead in supporting my mother in her
own home; my mother likes all the care personnel that visit and she looks forward to
their visits. We were delighted that Home Instead took the trouble to find out what my
mother likes to do and her interests, and care personnel are a good ‘match.
Client's daughter
I am enjoying the friendly professional and helpful company of my two live in carers
who interchange fortnightly.
Barbara - live-in client
I have been involved with Home Instead Basingstoke, initially through Let’s Move, for four years and have met many of the staff and found them very pleasant and helpful.
Bob on behalf of his partner, Beryl
Very pleased with the care . Every effort is made to provide good continuity of care with
any new carers introduced to our father with an existing carer that dad is familiar with.
The carers arrive on time, are kind, friendly, respectful and provide dad every support
to allow him to stay in his own home. Thank you
Client's son, Neil
We started using Home Instead care team in June last year and I couldn’t have asked
for anything more from them. Right from the initial interview when they came to
meet us we were impressed with them. They seem to have found those ‘Goldilocks’
qualities of having excellent skills, knowledge and efficiency appropriate to the job,
while being kindness itself, not only to my husband who needs the care but also in
offering much needed support to me. I could not ask for more.
Anne, wife of a client
My family did a lot of research before selecting Home Instead. I am very pleased with
their choice of care company.
Kevin, Home Instead Basingstoke client
Tailored Dementia Care in Old Basing
Many older adults find themselves drifting away from the communities they were once very much part of, unwilling or unable to continue activities they used to enjoy. Home Instead Basingstoke helps them to re-engage. Our dementia care includes companionship, conversation and stimulating activities like shopping, walks, or trips to local venues.
Take Gerald, 84, from Old Basing who lives with his wife Betty and manages his dementia by keeping very active. Our carer Susie takes him bowling at Hollywood Bowl in Basingstoke every week, giving Betty a much needed break to rest, recharge and see her friends.
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Get in touch Trusted Dementia Care support from experienced home care professionals in Old Basing
At Home Instead Basingstoke, we believe great home care begins with great carers – people who genuinely care about and connect with our clients. That’s why we carefully recruit those who share our values and show deep empathy for older adults.
Following thorough training, we carefully match carers to clients so that each client has a small consistent team of carers whom they will get to know and trust.
Diana, the daughter of a client in Old Basing, told us: “The lovely Care Professionals became like members of our family, consistently doing whatever was necessary to look after Mum and her evolving needs”.
Additional Dementia Care support and activities in Old Basing
Old Basing has some interesting historic locations. Basing House was the largest private house in Tudor England, but was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1645. Opposite the ruins is the Great Barn, dating from 1535, which hosts annual re-enactments of the siege of Basing House. Our blog Historic walks in north Hampshire gives more information about these and other historic locations around Basingstoke.
We’re passionate about raising dementia awareness. In 2024, we brought The Dementia Challenge to the BDDF Disability Awareness Day.
Join our “Let’s Sing for Memories” sessions at Milestones Museum for a joyful, therapeutic experience for anyone living with dementia and their carer.
For dementia support, we are here to help.
FAQs
- Which towns and postcodes do the Basingstoke team service?
Our office provides care for people at home in the following areas:
Basingstoke, Tadley, Popley, Brighton Hill, South Ham, Chineham, Hatch Warren, Winklebury, Burghfield Common, Hartley Wintney, Spencers Wood, Kempshott, Bramley, Odiham, Kempshott Park, Oakridge, Mortimer, Buckskin, Kings Furlong, Old Basing, Kingsclere, Lychpit, Woolton Hill, Black Dam, Sherfield Park, Baughurst, Pamber Heath, Steventon, Worting, Sherfield on Loddon, Aldermaston Wharf, North Warnborough, Nutley, Sherborne St John, Overton, Silchester, Swallowfield, Aldermaston, Burghclere, Riseley, Long Sutton, North Waltham, Hackwood, Headley, South Warnborough, Quidhampton, Eversley Centre, Upton Grey, Rotherwick, Eversley Cross, Ecchinswell, Crookham, Cliddesden, Ramsdell, Farley Hill, Farley Hill, Preston Candover, Eversley, Newnham, Houndmills, Mapledurwell, Dummer, Winchfield, Brimpton, Dunley, Ashford Hill, Hartfordbridge, Church End, Hound Green, Dogmersfield, Greywell, Beech Hill, Ufton Nervet, Axford, Hazeley, Newtown, Heckfield, Pamber End, Pamber Green, Laverstoke, Old Warren, Winchfield Hurst, Monk Sherborne, Wildmoor, Hook, Up Nately, Freefolk, Hurstbourne Priors, West Heath, Mortimer West End, Nately Scures, Wootton St Lawrence, Brimpton Common, Pound Green, Grazeley, Sulhamstead, Stratfield Saye, Padworth, Turgis Green, Ashmansworth, Mattingley, Hillside, Sydmonton, West End Green, Ryeish Green, Grazeley Green, Hollington Cross, Bramshill, Oakley, Southrope, Wolverton Common, Dipley, Hannington, Cole Henley, Fair Cross, Deane, Winslade, North Sydmonton, Ellisfield, Lyde Green, Blounce, Newtown Common, Whitway, Tunworth, Well, Crux Easton, Hazeley Bottom, Litchfield, Three Ashes, Browninghill Green, Heath End, Ashe, Tufton, Sheffield Bottom, Cufaude, Ufton Green, Axmansford, Ibworth, Greenham, Latchmere Green, Woodcott, Bagmore, Wheat Hold, Herriard, Broadmere, North Oakley, Whitehall, Weston Patrick, Little London, Hyde End, Sulhamstead Abbots, Ashe Warren, Whitchurch, Upper Wootton, Farleigh Wallop, Weston Corbett, Foxhall, Andwell, Polhampton, Mill Springs, Riverdene, Three Mile Cross, Old Burghclere, Bishops Green, Stratfield Mortimer, Pilcot, Phoenix Green, Wolverton Townsend, Charter Alley, Highclere, East Oakley, Stoney Heath, Bramley Green, Smiths Green, Plantation Hill, Crookham Park, Ellisfield Green, Monksford, Wells-In-The-Field, Fair Oak Green, Mereoak Park, Hartley Wespall, Spanish Green, Gobley Hole, Bidden, Rye Common, Little Hoddington, Buttnidge, St Stephen's Green, Swaineshill, Brock's Green, Stanford End
If your town doesn’t appear above please check the postcodes below to see if we cover your area:
RG22 6, RG21 5, RG28 7, RG23 7, RG21 6, RG21 8, RG22 5, RG19 6, RG20 5, RG26 3, RG20 9, RG7 8, RG26 4, RG24 9, RG21 7, RG22 4, RG21 4, RG7 4, RG24 7, RG19 8, RG7 1, RG29 1, RG27 9, RG7 2, RG24 8, RG25 3, RG25 2, RG20 4, RG21 3, RG23 8, RG7 3, RG27 8, RG26 5, RG27 0
Search here if you cannot see your town or postcode - Is Home Instead Basingstoke a locally owned home care organisation?
Home Instead Basingstoke is one of 250 locally owned offices that collectively form Home Instead UK. Together, we care for 16,000 clients, delivering one million hours of home care each month. This unique combination of community-focused local offices and the resources of a national network enables us to provide personalised, relationship-led care while leading research and innovation that is transforming the experience of aging. Our services include companionship care, personal care, specialist care (including dementia, palliative, and Parkinson’s), and live-in care.
Search here if you cannot see your town or postcode - What are the benefits of dementia care at home?
With the right care and support, a person living with dementia can be as independent as possible. Dementia home care can enable them to live happily and securely in their own home, in familiar surroundings, surrounded by people they know.
- I have dementia / my loved one has dementia. Can you help me?
Yes. We understand how difficult it can be caring for someone living with dementia but we have years of experience in helping families cope with the situation at home. Our City & Guilds Assured dementia training programme ensures that our Care Professionals are fully equipped to provide exceptional care for individuals living with all types of dementia.
- What is the most common type of of dementia in the UK?
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, followed by Vascular dementia and then dementia with Lewy Bodies.
Discover More - What are some of the possible symptoms of dementia?
- Difficulties with problem solving
- Memory impairment
- Memory lapses
- Struggle to find words
- Difficulty processing information
- Difficulty making sense of what is seen
- Recognising people and places
- Changes in mood and behaviour
- Will my loved one have to give up their pet now they have been diagnosed with dementia?
When someone is diagnosed with dementia, it is often assumed that keeping their beloved pet is impossible. This is not necessarily the case. Studies have shown that pets have actually been known to increase the health of those with dementia while providing them with a friend to spend their time with. Owning a cute and cuddly companion can even be an essential part of their daily routine. Before jumping to any conclusions, it may be beneficial to review all of your options when it comes to this important decision.
An unexpected diagnosis can be frightening or difficult, and some might discover that they want their pet to remain by their side. After considering the following factors, you may find that there are other alternatives to immediately giving up a best friend.
Discover More - How can I help my loved one when they have dementia?
For people living with dementia and Alzheimer’s, lack of stimulation and boredom can be one of the most frustrating things. It’s important to provide activities that engage and bring pleasure to people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Stimulating activities can help keep them in high spirits and prevent them from developing depression, whilst lessening anxiety and irritability.
Activities should aim to:
- Stir memories and allow them to reminisce about their life
- Foster emotional connections with others – contact with others is vital
- Encourage self-expression
- Make them feel more engaged with life
- Help them feel productive
- My loved one with Dementia has begun to develop aggressive behaviour, can you give me any advice?
If you have a relative with dementia – perhaps you are their carer – you may be aware that at some point you might find yourself dealing with aggressive behaviour from them. This is a prospect that many people fear, but there are ways to cope with such challenging behaviours.
Discover More - Are there warning signs that I or my loved one are getting dementia?
The early stages of dementia are not always obvious, and symptoms and problems might develop slowly. To add to these difficulties, early signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia are frequently easy to dismiss as a normal sign of ageing. However, if you know what to look out for, you can keep an eye on yourself and your loved ones and identify symptoms early. This will allow you to get the medical advice early on and work out care ahead of time.
Discover More - This is my loved ones first Christmas after being diagnosed with dementia, is there any advice you can give?
For a person with dementia, Christmas poses challenges that include disruption to a routine, confusing changes to décor and the layout of a home, and the pressure to be social over extended periods of time. When somebody’s memory or cognitive skills are deteriorating, they will find these tasks especially difficult; it is important that they are catered for in the most sensitive ways possible.
By looking at each potential challenge in turn, we have suggested some ways to manage these difficulties and have a successful Christmas without causing your loved one with dementia distress or exacerbating their confusion.
Discover More - What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?
There are many types of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is simply one form of dementia.
Learn More - Where did the name ‘Alzheimer’s’ come from?
Dr. Alois Alzheimer is credited with discovering Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Alzheimer was a well-known and popular German physician and researcher working in the early 1900s. Physicians and scientists at the time had a fascination with the human brain and were studying it to better understand how it worked.
Dr. Alzheimer met Auguste Deter, the first person who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Auguste told Dr. Alzheimer, “I have forgotten myself”. He brought her to the doctor when she started to have memory loss and delusions. Dr. Alzheimer studied her for several years, noting her decline.
Because of Dr. Alzheimer’s discovery, the disease was named after him.
- I have Alzheimer’s disease/my loved one has Alzheimer’s disease. Can you help me?
Certainly. We know how challenging it can be caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s disease, however we have years of experience in helping families cope with the situation at home. Our City & Guilds Assured dementia training programme means our Care Professionals are trained to care for people living with all the different types of dementia.
Reach out and talk to the Basingstoke team today
Enable your loved ones to continue to live their life with the support of the Basingstoke team. If you would like to hear what clients say about us please take a peek at our Home Care verified reviews. If you would like more information about our high quality Dementia Care service, please call us on 01256 840660, or fill out the form below.
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