Celebrating 'PEAQ Week' with a Royal Theme!

Our annual independent PEAQ survey takes place, this time with a rather royal theme...

Home Instead 'Jubilee Cruise', June 2022

Home Instead Celebrates Our Queen's Jubilee

Mark and Vanessa charter not one, but two celebratory cruise events...

'Out Instead' at Seaton Tramway

If you are looking for a true Devon day out, this local attraction fits the bill...

Jo Crosley (left) of Alzheimer's UK, with Vanessa McGlade

The Care & Occupational Therapy Show comes to Exeter

The Care & Occupational Therapy Show lands on our Training & Development Centre doorstep, in Exeter...

'Out Instead' at The Waffle House, Axminster

Offering food, friendship and so much more, 'Waffle' is a great addition to our 'Out Instead' list...

The Importance of Nutrition As We Age

Healthy Eating Week offers us the chance to highlight the importance of nutrition and share some handy hints...

Warm Weather Safety Advice from Home Instead

Warm weather can present risks for older or vulnerable people. Take five to read our top tips for sun safety...

Loneliness Awareness Week

How companionship and contact can really improve lives...

'Out Instead' at Park Life Heavitree, Exeter

Park Life Heavitree offers open spaces, fun events, fab cakes and a warm welcome to our Clients...

Care Professional Catch Up... with Sylvia

Finding a role that offers variety, fun and fulfilment is not easy, but Sylvia says she has the answer!

Choosing a Power of Attorney (POA)

How putting trusted and reliable guidance in place, can give peace of mind...

'Out Instead' at Combe Garden Centre, Honiton

If you're looking for a place to spend a leisurely hour or two, come to Combe...

A Lifetimes Work Recognised

May is Community History Month, and the chance to shine a light on one particular client...

Welcome to the Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth

'Out Instead' at The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth

Find out a little more about one of our favourite, Client friendly venues...

Introducing... Lee: Home Instead Care Coordinator

With experience in training, leadership and scheduling, Lee joined Home Instead this spring...

Introducing... Lucy: Quality & Compliance Manager

Our outstanding care, starts with our team - of which Lucy is an integral part...

Owner/Director, Vanessa McGlade, with our General Manager, Laura Grant

Top Rated, Once Again!

Home Instead receives respected national award, once again...

Home Instead Sponsors Honiton Nostalgic Cinema

Join ourselves and the community at these monthly Dementia friendly events, that are open to all...

Home Care or Care Home?

It is a common misconception that the cost of home care exceeds that of residential care, but with Home Instead, there are solutions...

Living with Dementia, with Home Instead

Dementia affects more than 850,000 people in the UK - a figure equal to the population of Devon...

Care Professional Catch Up... with Kelly

Fun, kind-hearted, professional and unique... meet our Kelly!

Mental Health Awareness Week 2022

Home Instead supports the #IveBeenThere campaign, with a focus on combatting loneliness...

Our recent Exmouth 'social' was a great success

Our Latest 'Just for Fun' Social Event

Keeping our team members connected as friends as well as colleagues...

Marking Dying Matters Week

Home Instead sincerely supports the campaign to give everyone the right to #DieInAGoodPlace

Introducing... Mike: Care Manager

Client care and wellbeing is in very safe hands at Home Instead, with Mike, our Care Manager...

Respite can offer unpaid carers precious time to themselves

Carers Week highlights the importance of respite

How respite, even temporary, can make all the difference in the world to those that care...

Care Professional Catch Up... with Lotte

For Lotte, Home Instead offers her the perfect flexibility to fit her role around her family life...

Care Professional Catch Up... with Hannah

Our team members are often 'inspired' to find their way to Home Instead, and this is very true for Hannah

Jayne, Registered Manager, Home Instead Exeter & East Devon

Introducing... Jayne - Registered Manager

With a varied professional career, a desire to 'give something back' led Jayne to us at Home Instead

Like, Share, and Tag to Win, with Home Instead

Celebrating Easter, with Combe Garden Centre

Spring is in the air for our Easter Competition, with Combe Garden Centre

Vivienne, Home Instead Care Professional

Care Professional Catch Up... with Vivienne

Find out how for our Vivienne, her professional roles in nursing and care, have become one...

Lesley, Home Instead Home Care Consultant

Introducing... Lesley - Home Care Consultant

If you enquire about our outstanding care services, Lesley may well be your first point of support...

Recognising the Professionalism of those that Care

There has never been a more appropriate time for us to demonstrate our appreciation...

Care Pro Catch Up... with Julie

Fate played a huge part in Julie finding her perfect career in care, with Home Instead...

Nadine, Recruitment & Scheduling Manager

My Role in My Words: Nadine, Recruitment & Scheduling

Person-centred attention to detail is key for Nadine, our Recruitment & Scheduling Manager

Care Pro Catch Up... with Lucy

How a move from the Home Counties to Devon has seen our Care Pro, Lucy, start a new and rewarding career...

A Care Professional and companion, all in one

National Make a Friend Day 2022

Making friendships that make a difference, at Home Instead...

My Role in My Words: Gemma, Care Pro Support Manager

Gemma, our Care Professional Experience Manager opens the doors to Training & Support at Home Instead

Natasha, and her four-legged-friend and walking partner

Introducing... Natasha! QA Support & CAREGiver

Natasha is one of our recent recruits, who has made the move from the community to the office...

Home Instead: Cutting NHS Costs, Through Innovation

The success story that is our Raizer Chair...

Roanna (right) with her daughter, and Richard Jones, of Greendale Farm Shop

A great result for our Christmas Competition winner!

Our Christmas competition brings some real festive treats to our lucky winner, Roanna!

Introducing... Rachael! Training & Support Manager

Rachael talks about how her career has evolved at Home Instead, and of her most recent great achievement!

Could the changes affect you and your loved ones?

Social Care Reform - Change is Happening

Changes are being made to the Social Care funding scheme, and it could affect you...

Ellie Williams of Hospiscare, with Sharon (HI Marketing Coordinator)

Aiming High for Hospiscare, in 2022!

Home Instead joins the Hospiscare 40 Club...

Rachael (HI Training & Support Manager) with Anne from Little Valley

Helping Little Valley Animal Shelter, this Christmas

Christmas gifts for our furry friends in need...

A career in care can offer rewards in every way

The 'Care Crisis': Planning for Success

Care is under the spotlight of late, and we want to make sure it stays there, for all of the right reasons.

Training: The Magic Ingredient!

Meet Gemma, our Training & Experience Manager at Home Instead Exeter & East Devon

Take part in our festive Facebook competition

Christmas Competition Time!

Take part in our Facebook competition to WIN a festive feast!

Happy Anniversary, to us!

Celebrating 10 Years of Quality Care

Christmas Memories brought to life

Christmas memories raising money for Home Instead Charities close to our hearts

Zeta, Sidmouth Care Professional Team Member

Let's Go 'Green Instead'

Our short Guide to saving energy, costs, and the environment...

Making fireworks night, fear free

Our guide to an enjoyable November 5th

CAREGiver Catch Up

CAREGiver and team member Kate talks about Parkinson's and her care career, so far...

Home Instead paves the way for new career pathways

Announcing the launch of our new, Personalised Career Pathways in Care & Management

East Devon Radio Welcomes Home Instead

Our Owner/MD's, Vanessa and Mark McGlade, talk about rising to challenges and of the many recruitment opportunities they are offering...

Let's make our communities a Dementia friendly place to be

Home Instead Dementia Aware Directory

Click for a list of local, Dementia Aware businesses in the Exeter and East Devon area...

Home Instead warms up for National Fitness Day

The link between activity and wellbeing is well known, and at Home Instead we are doing our best to encourage both.

Join us for Singing for Wellbeing at Seachange, Budleigh

Singing for Wellbeing is back!

Our popular musical wellbeing sessions are set to return to Seachange, Budleigh

Home Instead launches popular Menopause Meetups

Home Instead as Menopause Supporter

Home Instead announces an initiative to raise awareness, inform and provide support to team members regarding this important issue.

Introducing... Karina! Home Care Consultant

If you enquire about our tailor-made Client Services, Karina could well be your first point of contact, providing information, guidance and advice...

DCC Launches 'Call to Action' for Care careers

Devon County Council has highlighted the need for care provision in our county, and is showcasing the many career pathways available in this growing sector.

Marking World Photography Day, through Reminiscence

Sharing memories from the past, is a simple yet fulfilling way to connect with a family member, friend, or client, living with Alzheimer’s Disease or a form of Dementia.

When Care and Creativity Come Together

Providing person-centred care is always our focus and as far as CAREGiver, Alison and her client Mr D are concerned, they've found the perfect pairing.

Sidmouth beach, one of Nadine's favourite spots

Introducing... Nadine! Care Coordinator

If you make the great decision to join our team as a CAREGiver, there are some key colleagues that you will have regular contact with, and one of them is our lovely Nadine...

Care Professional Questions? You Can Care!

Prospective Care Professionals often have similar concerns with regard to the role and what is involved. Here we answer some of the most common questions...

Hayleigh, Training & Support team member

Introducing... Hayleigh! Training & Retention Manager

Whether you are looking for home care or for a new career, we know that the process can feel a bit daunting. Therefore we would like to introduce some of our lovely team, to put faces to Home Instead and to help you feel at ease!

CAREGiver Catch Up

How Covid created an opportunity for change, for CAREGiver Grace

We're in the Top 20 South West Home Care Providers

Home Instead Exeter and East Devon has received a prestigious award by a national reviews website, having been named one of the top 20 home care companies in the South West. They have made it onto the impressive list out of 856 home care companies in the region and this is the sixth time they have won this award.

Find a fulfilling work-life balance at Home Instead

Find a true work-life balance at Home Instead

A job that offers a great work-life balance and a sense of fulfilment may appear difficult to find, however, these make up many of the benefits that CAREGivers at Home Instead cite as the reason they love their job.

Celebrating National Friendship Day 2021

At Home Instead, we know that age is no barrier to the most amazing of friendships.

Our CAREGivers are an amazingly varied team

Kindness could be the Key to Your New & Varied Career

If you are looking for a role that offers stability, fulfilment and flexibility, Home Instead have the answers...

Extreme Weather Guidance from Home Instead

Keeping ourselves and loved ones safe in extreme heat.

The prospect of leaving lockdown can be daunting

Keeping Loved Ones Safe As We Leave Lockdown

Once again, we are hoping to head out of lockdown and return to some kind of normality. For many of us, this conjures up a mixture of emotions, positive and negative. Here, we suggest ways to help...

Let's enjoy summer, with Bernaville Nurseries

Enter our competition to WIN a £50 VOUCHER* to spend with beautiful Bernaville Nurseries

Making New Memories from Old

If there is a problem for a client at Home Instead, we always do our utmost to fix it. When Mrs F told her CAREGiver, Jo about her experiences of wartime evacuation, and memories of times well spent at a local but almost forgotten village, Jo decided that it was time to make a plan…

The 'Stay Nourished' Workshop, with Mark McGlade

June Workshop: The Importance of Nutrition as We Age

As part of our ongoing series of free, monthly zoom workshops, our most recent event focussed on the huge issue of nutrition in relation to age.

Learning with RNID

Ongoing training and support are vital to our success, and during this last week our office team benefitted from an amazing zoom workshop at the new Clyst St Mary Training & Development Facility, with the RNID.

Peter, in his role of Guide at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance

Care Professional Catch Up

The path that leads to a career in care is often a very varied one, and none more so than for Peter, one of our valued Care Professional team members.

Care Professional Catch Up

Finding a role that is both fulfilling and that will fit around our own lives and commitments, is the ideal. It was those exact qualities that Mary was looking for, when she sought a new challenge and joined us at Home Instead.

Seachange at Budleigh Hub is open for all!

Budleigh Health and Wellbeing Hub is a household name in the Home Instead office, but, having joined the team in the thick of the pandemic, I hadn’t had opportunity to visit until today.

CAREGiver Catch Up

Our CAREGivers come from all walks of life and with backgrounds in many professions but for Sue, one of our recent recruits, care has always been at the heart of her working life.

Our new wheelchair accessible vehicle kindly donated by a late client

In Memory of John Vince

The Home Instead CAREGiver family is a close one. We are humbled by the kindness of our CAREGivers and our clients on a daily basis and none more so than recently, when to our amazement, the wonderful family of a much-loved client, made an incredible gesture of generosity.

Our star baker Jim and his live-in CAREGiver Maxine, baked this fabulous cake for the event

This month we raised over £360 for Hospiscare!

During the first week of April, we put the kettle on for Hospiscare and joined in their coffee month to raise vital funds so that they can support end-of-life care in our community.

Win! £50 voucher to spend online with the RSPCA

Visit our Facebook page for details on how to enter! Entries close at midnight on the 25th April 2021.

Myth Busting Dementia

Here we will aim to explain and dispel some of the myths surrounding Dementia.

Home Instead in the Press!

Did you spot our lovely CareGiver Mary in the Exmouth Journal? If not then check her out here!

Introducing.... Penny, CAREGiver!

Whether you are looking for home care or for a new career we know the process can feel a bit daunting. Therefore we would like to introduce some of our lovely team to put faces to Home Instead and help you feel at ease!

Home Instead spreads a little cheer with prize draw!

The winner of a recent prize draw held by Home Instead Exeter and East Devon was delighted to receive her prize last week.

Introducing... Lucy! Quality Assurance Manager

Whether you are looking for home care or for a new career we know the process can feel a bit daunting. Therefore we would like to introduce some of our lovely team to put faces to Home Instead and help you feel at ease!

Rufus' Story

Rufus found that care came naturally to him and that his hospitality background and voluntary roles had equipped him with some essential skills!

Kate's Story

Kate switched from teaching PE to providing outstanding care! Read her story.

Carole's Story

After 20 years working in telecommunication Carole was ready for a flexible role. Read her story!

Danielle's Story

Danielle made the move into care to for the flexibility it offered alongside her self employed role. Read her story!

Alison's Story

Read how Alison's varied career background equipped her with skills for care!

Rachel's Story

Read how Rachel's move into a care career with Home Instead was the perfect fit!

Introducing.... Chris, HR Administrator

Whether you are looking for home care or for a new career we know the process can feel a bit daunting. Therefore we would like to introduce some of our lovely team to put faces to Home Instead and help you feel at ease!

Introducing.... Tracy, Recruitment Coordinator!

Whether you are looking for home care or for a new career we know the process can feel a bit daunting. Therefore we would like to introduce some of our lovely team to put faces to Home Instead and help you feel at ease!

Introducing.... Carole, CAREGiver

Whether you are looking for home care or for a new career we know the process can feel a bit daunting. Therefore we would like to introduce some of our lovely team to put faces to Home Instead and help you feel at ease.

Meet our CAREGivers of the Year 2020!

These ladies went the extra mile delivering outstanding care in an extremely difficult year!

What Does Outstanding Home Care Mean to You?

We're asking you to think about what outstanding home care would look like to you if you or a loved one were to ever need it.

Introducing... Rachael Fayter, Home Care Consultant

Whether you are looking for home care or for a new career we know the process can feel a bit daunting. Therefore we would like to introduce some of our lovely team to put faces to Home Instead and help you feel at ease!

A Healthy Start to the New Year with Home Instead!

Our top tips to give a kickstart to your 2021!

Keep Well This Winter

Top tips for keeping well and warm

Community Liaison Co-ordinator Rhea Cousins attending online talk

FREE Community Talks with Mark McGlade

Our range of FREE community talks and workshops are available across Exeter, Mid and East Devon.

CAREGiver Stories: Life as a CAREGiver

Home Instead CAREGivers describing what their role means to them

Smoked salmon, scrambled egg and avocado

Malnutrition Awareness Week 2020

Our Honiton Nub News article highlighting the issues around malnutrition in older people

Person laying on floor following a fall about to be lifted by the Raizer Chair

Local news article shows our Raizer Chair in action!

Local news site Honiton Nub News has featured our innovative approach to reducing the harm caused by falls.

Elderly lady with concerned daughter and son

Clues for Care

Signs that could indicate someone needs some help at home.

Home Instead CAREGiver Megan Sharland standing in front of the clock tower on Exmouth seafront

Megan gives a glimpse into her role with Home Instead

CAREGiver Megan Sharland describes her role as a CAREGiver with Home Instead

Puzzle books well received!

Free quiz and puzzle books produced for Home Instead clients and people living in assisted living facilities.

CAREGiver Miranda stood on Sidmouth Esplanade

CAREGivers tell their stories to local news site!

Local news site Nub News has featured Home Instead CAREGivers to give an insight into their work and what led them into care.

Fast forward to a new career and new opportunities!

How the pandemic has influenced people starting an exciting new career in care.

Top Tips for Keeping Cool in Hot Weather

Tips and ideas for keeping cool during hot weather

September is Vascular Awareness Month!

Information about Vascular Awareness Month and cardiovascular health

Hairslides for CAREGivers

Hairslides made for staff by CAREGiver's daughter, Elsie!

The office frontage in Budleigh Salterton

VE Day Celebrations celebrate clients' memories!

Home Instead Senior Care shared its clients memories of VE Day to mark the 75th anniversary of the day!

COVID-19 Update - 22 March 2020

Update to Covid-19 Response, 22.3.2020

SpecSavers - Talk Will Change Practices

Staff at local Specsavers say Home Instead's recent dementia talk will enhance how they interact with customers.

Non-injury hospitalisations reduced from 55%-10.7%

Home Instead Senior Care Exeter & East Devon were featured in the Budleigh Journal for the work the Company is doing in supporting the South West Ambulance Trust. The care provider has sourced and utilises the latest techology to assist clients up off the floor in minutes when they sustain a non-injury fall, negating the need for waiting extended times for an ambulance to attend.

The Road to Outstanding podcast

Our Managing Director Mark McGlade was interviewed as part of the podcast 'The Road to Outstanding' about the care we deliver.

Nationwide Building Society

In our quest to make communities and workplaces dementia friendly we were thrilled to deliver dementia training to the staff at the Nationwide Building Society, Exmouth. The group thoroughly enjoyed their session and asked some fabulous questions.

Memory Cafe's Dream Becomes Reality!

Local home care provider, Home Instead Senior Care is helping the Exmouth Courtney Memory Café to fulfil a dream and is providing the funds to take 50 of its members and carers on an afternoon visit on the 11th December, to see the Christmas Lights and have afternoon tea at Killerton House, a National Trust property near Broadclyst.

Featured in CQC Annual Report - leading the way!

Featured in the CQC’s annual State of Health Care Report our office was highlighted as leading the way to prevent hospitalisations through non-injury elderly falls. As an office we could not be more proud of the process we have implemented with the South West Ambulance Trust ensuring clients who suffer non-injury falls receive urgent support. The full report is available via the link and we are featured on Page 25. The extract reads: Home Instead Senior Care Exeter & East Devon, had been keen to find ways to support local ambulance services in reducing hospitalisations from falls. The provider used the traffic light system and post-falls assessment guidance from the South West Ambulance Service Trust and adapted this to develop a training programme for its staff. This helped to reduce pressure on the ambulance service and cut hospital admissions. Home Instead also purchased a special chair with a lifting device to help people off the floor, and the ambulance service trained staff how to use it. Between December 2018 and April 2019, the chair was used more than 30 times and most people avoided hospital. https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20191015b_stateofcare1819_fullreport.pdf

Staff Celebrate Success with a Cruise!

Recognising and celebrating Company success is an important part of our ethos and represents an opportunity for staff to get together and enjoy one another’s company. With this in mind the Directors invited all staff to invite a guest and celebrate aboard the Stuart Line Cruise boat for a cruise along the Exe Estuary. Included in the trip was a BBQ meal with glasses of fizz on arrival, needless to say a great time was had by all!

Top 20 Home Care Provider - South West, 2019

Home Instead Senior Care, Exeter & East Devon have been ranked in the Top 20 Homecare Providers in the South West! The Budleigh Salterton based team are thrilled to be placed in the South West’s Top 20 Home Care Providers following outstanding feedback and testimonials provided by current clients, their families and friends. Recent comments included: The whole team are fantastic and have made such a massive difference to mum; life and her quality of life. They are also wonderfully supportive of myself and my brother. Simply the best! Susan T (daughter of client) We have been using Home Instead since the beginning of the year and are very pleased with the service they give. My elderly Mum thinks they are lovely, and I have no qualms at all about them. They are caring and considerate and I would recommend them without reservation. Anita L (daughter of client) A totally reliable and supportive service. I am given total peace of mind. Sandra D (wife of client) The homecare.co.uk awards are based on over 16,000 independent reviews. Reviews which are made by the most important people - our clients, their friends and family, who clearly endorsed and approved of the outstanding care services the team provide. Vanessa McGlade, Owner and Director said: “We are so proud of our team, every one of our staff strives to provide the very best care possible – to be named a Top 20 Care Provider in the south west is fabulous, it’s a true testament to everyone’s collective hard work and dedication. There can be no better accolade than these reviews from our clients and their families.” Home Instead Exeter & East Devon provides care throughout the East Devon area including Exeter, Exmouth, Sidmouth, Woodbury, Ottery St Mary, Axminster and Lyme Regis. The office is proud to have achieved an overall Review score of 9.9/10 – Homecare.co.uk 2019 – Top 20 Awards South West

Charity Donation - RSPCA Little Valley Animal Shelter

We were thrilled to be featured in the RSPCA's Newsletter for the Little Valley Animal Shelter. Each year at Christmas our office comes together collecting gifts for a local charity, in 2018 it was the RSPCA's local shelter that was chosen. Staff were incredibly generous and boxes soon spilled over with donations suitable for four legged friends and even two bottles of Baileys were included for the staff working over the seasonal period. Donations were made by staff pets and in memory of much loved pets, all in all it was a lovely opportunity to support our local charity.

Confidence to Care donation to Budleigh Salterton Library

Donation to Budleigh Library

In support of the local community Home Instead Senior Care has donated a copy of its book Confidence to Care to the Budleigh Salterton Library. Gratefully received by Librarian, Jane Cordy the book is written in an easily accessible, informal style and is brimming with useful hints, tips and tricks on how to support a loved one with dementia.

CQC Showcases Home Instead Exeter & East Devon

The CQC have showcased Home Instead Senior Care – Exeter and East Devon as the leading the way in effective staffing and working flexibly to support the South West Ambulance Service Trust (SWAST) deal with the increasing pressure on their services from falls related calls.

Bespoke Care - What It Really Means

One family's care dilemma for their father with dementia.

Keeping Our Community Safe - Scam Presentation

Scam Presentation - Budleigh Salterton Library

CQC 5 Stars Outstanding|Highest Possible Rating

Home Instead Senior Care Exeter and East Devon has been rated Outstanding for a second time by CQC with the second inspection finding the service Outstanding in all 5 areas of enquiry.

Elderly lady discusses having home care support

Understanding Resistance to Care

When an elderly relative is resistant to care it may be difficult to persuade them that a little well placed, professional support can promote independence. Understanding why a parent or loved one may be resistant to accepting some well chosen 'help' is important if we are to navigate around the resistance.

Parkinson's UK - Trained Trainers on Staff

Home Instead Senior Care Exeter & East Devon have four Parkinson's UK trained trainers on staff to provide extensive, specific training in optimal support for clients living with the disease.

$Older Person\'s Information Day - 2018$

$Alzheimer\'s Society Milestone Achieved!$

Alzheimer's Society Milestone Achieved!

Mark McGlade, Director at Home Instead Senior Care, Exeter & East Devon recently achieved a big milestone for the Alzheimer’s Society who congratulate

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