Palliative Care in Cumbria

Home Instead provides palliative care across Cumbria, supporting people in Carlisle, Penrith, Kendal, Keswick and nearby communities. We help individuals remain at home during this stage of life, where familiar surroundings and daily routines bring reassurance. Our Care Professionals offer calm, attentive support that respects personal wishes and preserves dignity, enabling people to live as comfortably and fully as possible in the place they know best.

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Highest 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

Why Home Instead?

Personalised, compassionate palliative care

We support those with terminal illnesses or who require intensive pain management, helping them to remain in their own homes where they feel most comfortable, surrounded by loved ones.

20 years of trusted experience

We exceed UK regulatory standards, rank highly on Homecare.co.uk, and our qualified Care Professionals are trained to the highest standard so you can have complete peace of mind.

A simple, seamless set-up

No jargon, no pressure, no long waits. We'll guide you through every step at your pace, with transparent pricing from day one.

Fully flexible, unhurried support

Whether it's a few hours of companionship or round-the-clock palliative care, we work to your schedule – not the other way around.

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Home care in Cumbria

Home care in Cumbria supports people to live independently and comfortably in the place they know best - home. Enter postcode of the person to find your nearest office and local care team.

  • North Lakes

    We provide award winning care in Carlisle, Penrith, Keswick, Wigton, Silloth and the surrounding areas

  • South Lakes

    We provide award winning care in Kendal, Carnforth, Windermere, Kirkby Lonsdale, Grange-over-Sands and Ulverston. and the surrounding areas

  • Carlisle
  • Penrith
  • Keswick
  • Wigton
  • Silloth
  • Aspatria
  • Brampton
  • Alston
  • Dearham
  • Seaton
  • Great Clifton
  • Flimby
  • Great Broughton
  • Braithwaite
  • Portinscale
  • Thornthwaite
  • Eaglesfield
  • Dovenby
  • Greysouthen
  • Embleton
  • Ireby
  • Uldale
  • Mealsgate
  • Fletchertown
  • Crosby
  • Crosby Villa
  • Dean
  • Branthwaite
  • Gilcrux
  • Hayton
  • Blindcrake
  • Tallentire
  • Camerton
  • Bridekirk
  • Baggrow
  • Blennerhasset
  • Langrigg
  • Little Clifton
  • Low Row
  • Mawbray
  • Mealrigg
  • North Side
  • Oughterside
  • Parsonby
  • Prospect
  • Redmain
  • Risehow
  • Salta
  • Siddick
  • Stainburn
  • Tarns
  • Thackthwaite
  • Threapland
  • Torpenhow
  • Ullock
  • Watchhill
  • Wath
  • Westnewton
  • Winscales
  • Wythop Mill
  • Beck Wythop
  • Dubwath
  • Powter How
  • Abbeytown
  • Aldoth
  • Allerby
  • Allonby
  • Boltongate
  • Brownrigg
  • Bullgill
  • Buttermere
  • Edderside
  • High Ireby
  • High Lorton
  • Highlaws
  • Isel
  • Kelsick
  • Low Lorton
  • Mockerkin
  • Pardshaw
  • Beckfoot
  • Hall Senna
  • How
  • Carleton
  • Harker Marsh
  • Nenthead
  • Garrigill.
  • Kendal
  • Hale
  • Ulverston
  • Barnoldswick
  • Old Town
  • Carnforth
  • Windermere
  • Grange-over-Sands
  • Chapel House
  • Sandylands
  • Heron Hill
  • Bowness on Windermere
  • Hallgarth
  • Arnside
  • Milnthorpe
  • Sedbergh
  • Ingleton
  • Kirkbarrow
  • Waterhead
  • Holme
  • Kirkby Lonsdale
  • Whittington
  • Flookburgh
  • Staveley
  • Silverdale
  • Burton-in-Kendal
  • Warton
  • Mintsfeet
  • Burneside
  • Storth
  • Levens
  • Oxenholme
  • Endmoor
  • Lindale
  • Woodhouse
  • Burton in Lonsdale
  • Kentrigg
  • Nether Kellet
  • Heversham
  • Natland
  • Cartmel
  • Over Kellet
  • Netherfield
  • Lowick
  • Backbarrow
  • Overtown
  • Penny Bridge
  • Summerlands
  • Tunstall
  • Sedgwick
  • Bardsea
  • Arkholme
  • Dent
  • Hawkshead
  • Crosthwaite
  • Yealand Redmayne
  • Underbarrow
  • Barbon
  • Casterton
  • Baycliff
  • Old Hutton
  • Low Wood
  • Slack Head
  • Grayrigg
  • Crook
  • Hutton Roof
  • Brigsteer
  • Meal Bank
  • Hincaster
  • Melling
  • New Hutton
  • Storrs
  • Beetham
  • Borwick
  • Yealand Conyers
  • Town End
  • Garth Row
  • Ings
  • Winster
  • Thornton in Lonsdale
  • Broughton Beck
  • Spark Bridge
  • Mansergh
  • Tewitfield
  • Troutbeck
  • Newby Bridge
  • Stainton
  • Priest Hutton
  • Lupton
  • Garsdale Head
  • Swarthdale
  • Meathop
  • Killington
  • Lowgill
  • Capernwray
  • Millthrop
  • Nook
  • Middleton
  • Selside
  • Troutbeck Bridge
  • Bowland Bridge
  • Lowick Green
  • Leck
  • Kearstwick
  • Witherslack
  • Far Sawrey
  • Bowston
  • Wrayton
  • Field Broughton
  • Mill Side
  • Garsdale
  • Langthwaite
  • Finsthwaite
  • Staveley-in-Cartmel
  • Farleton
  • High Casterton
  • Lakeside
  • Masongill
  • Newbiggin
  • Bouth
  • Ayside
  • Goose Green
  • The Common
  • Gawthrop
  • Milton
  • High Green
  • Near Sawrey
  • Low Biggins
  • Garnett Bridge
  • Row
  • Howe
  • Nether Burrow
  • Kentmere
  • Gatebeck
  • Sandside
  • Barrows Green
  • Cartmel Fell
  • Satterthwaite
  • Whasset
  • Hale Green
  • Woodgate
  • Holker
  • Barber Green
  • Firbank
  • Crooklands
  • Arrad Foot
  • Stone House
  • Plumgarths
  • High Wray
  • Aldingham
  • Watchgate
  • Haverthwaite
  • Canal Foot
  • Newland
  • Skelsmergh
  • Water Yeat
  • Outgate
  • Beck Head
  • Lowick Bridge
  • Dalton
  • Hawkshead Hill
  • Force Forge
  • Cantsfield
  • Oxen Park
  • Cotes
  • Cowgill
  • Low Nibthwaite
  • Lea Yeat
  • Colthouse
  • Blawith
  • High Biggins
  • High Nibthwaite
  • Colton
  • Thwaite Moss
  • Bandrake Head
  • Grizedale
  • Newton
  • Pool Bank
  • Over Burrow
  • Crosslands
  • Millhead
  • Helsington
  • Cowan Bridge
  • Sadgill
  • Preston Patrick
  • Allithwaite
  • Crosthwaite Green
  • Rusland
  • Greenodd
  • High Newton
  • Cark
  • Uldale House
  • Green Quarter
  • Shepherd Yeat
  • Cleabarrow
  • Heaves
  • Scar End
  • Narthwaite
  • Chapel-le-Dale
  • Leasgill
  • Deepthwaite
  • Kents Bank
  • Beckside
  • Lower Westhouse
  • Yealand Storrs
  • Silverdale Green
  • Haverbrack
  • Ackenthwaite
  • Wood Broughton
  • Gearstones
  • Ferry House
  • Far Westhouse
  • Gale Green
  • Graythwaite
  • Low Newton
  • Lindeth
  • Mislet
  • Grassgarth
  • Heaning
  • Elfhowe
  • Borrowdale head
  • Briggflatts
  • High Brow Edge
  • Low Green
  • Eskrigg End
  • Tottlebank
  • Houkler Hall
  • Nibthwaite Grange
  • Brathay
  • Low Bowkerstead
  • High Bethecar
  • Low Bethecar
  • High Cunsey
  • Lake Bank
  • Low Ickenthwaite
  • High Ickenthwaite
  • Low Longmire
  • High Longmire
  • Birk Row Farm
  • Canny Hill
  • Mitchelland
  • Barngates
  • Crook Hall
  • High Cragg
  • Low Blakebank
  • Low Fold
  • Middle Blakebank
  • Bellgate
  • Fell Garth
  • Hole House
  • Low Bank House
  • Middleshaw House
  • Ingmire Hall
  • Marthwaite
  • Crooked Birch
  • Simpson Ground
  • Barrow Wife
  • High Dale Park
  • Middle Dale Park
  • Troutbeck Park
  • High Borrans
  • Low Loanthwaite
  • Broom Farm
  • Hartbarrow
  • Middleton Hall

Trusted, Personalised Home Care in Cumbria

Personalised palliative care is shaped by the small details that bring comfort to someone’s day. A preferred breakfast, a familiar pattern to getting ready or meaningful cultural or spiritual practices can influence what feels supportive at home. We take time to learn these routines and preferences so the care we offer blends naturally into daily life. Our Care Professionals provide sensitive assistance with washing, dressing, preparing simple meals and helping someone settle comfortably for rest. They also pay attention to how a person is managing, adjusting the pace or style of support so visits feel gentle and unhurried. Many people appreciate having a reassuring presence who listens, notices what matters and offers reassurance without disrupting the flow of the household. These thoughtful touches help maintain a sense of normality, even as needs shift. Our aim is to create an environment where comfort, dignity and familiarity work together to support each person through this period with calm, respectful care that feels genuinely personal.

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Our Care Starts With Connection

Consistency and attentive observation are central to our approach. Palliative needs can change quickly, and our Care Professionals are trained to notice subtle signs such as increasing tiredness, a change in appetite or a preference for quieter surroundings. They adapt their support accordingly, adjusting routines, offering additional comfort or creating a more peaceful space when needed. Many clients find reassurance in small connections to their environment, whether enjoying a favourite view of the fells or spending time in a familiar room. We work to preserve these moments because they help maintain a sense of stability and calm. For some, this might mean settling into a well-loved chair; for others, it may involve keeping familiar items close by throughout the day. Our focus is on thoughtful, responsive care that supports comfort at home and respects the pace at which each person wishes to move through their day. These thoughtful adjustments allow care to remain genuinely supportive as circumstances evolve.

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Our Home Care Services

We're ready to help you make an informed, confident choice for your loved one, with bespoke and easily-adapted packages designed around their needs.

  • Hourly Home Care

    Hourly Home Care

    When your loved one begins to need more frequent support, our flexible home care solutions help them stay safe and independent at home. We don't take a one-size-fits-all approach. Instead, we personalise your experience with responsive, attentive, and genuinely compassionate care, so you can feel reassured they are in capable hands.

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  • Respite Home Care

    Respite Home Care

    We understand how overwhelming it can be to leave your loved one if they live with a condition like dementia, arthritis, or diabetes. Our highly experienced Care Professionals are matched based on their specialist knowledge and expertise, so you can feel content knowing your loved one's health conditions are carefully monitored and managed.

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  • Overnight Home Care

    Overnight Home Care

    We are proud to be the benchmark for exceptional care, so all of our qualified Care Professionals receive training that goes above and beyond the industry standard. When it comes to complex health conditions, you can rest assured that your loved one's safety and wellbeing is always a top priority.

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  • Live-in Home Care

    Live-in Home Care

    Our live-in care provides round-the-clock support and offers a welcome alternative to residential care, empowering your loved one to remain independent in the environment they know. With person-centred care from someone they recognise, older individuals can benefit from familiarity, friendship, and a consistent care plan.

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Thanks again for the great care you all are giving Mum, from someone so reluctant to accept care now looks forward daily to her Care Professionals. BIG achievement!

Janet, Client's Family

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Home Instead provide first class care. My care professionals are patient, kind and very reliable. I am very happy with the service they provide

Paul, Client

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As I got older, I realised that this service had made me happy in my own home.

Elisie, Client

Our Cumbria Team is With You Through Every Step

Families often tell us that reliable support at home eases a difficult period. Our Cumbria team keeps relatives informed about visit arrangements and shares observations that help everyone feel confident in the care being provided. When questions arise, we respond promptly and clearly, ensuring families understand what is happening and why. Care Professionals assist with everyday tasks such as preparing meals, organising key areas of the home and supporting personal needs, reducing pressure on loved ones so time together feels unhurried and meaningful. We also respect longstanding preferences, shaping support around what matters most to the individual and the family around them. By offering steady practical help and warm, attentive communication, we aim to reduce worry and create space for families to focus on moments of connection. Our role is to support the household in a way that feels respectful, reassuring and guided by personal wishes at every stage.

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Award-winning service you can trust

  • Leaders in Care Award
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We deliver tailored home care to the Cumbria community to nurture wellbeing and independence.

We adapt our services to fit your life, delivering compassionate, consistent, and attentive care, enabling you to thrive in your home and community.

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