Home Help & Housekeeping in East Sussex

As we grow older, it's natural for some household jobs to become harder than they used to be. Tasks like mopping floors, making beds, reaching high shelves or carrying washing baskets can become physically demanding over time, and may even increase the risk of accidents or falls. At Home Instead, we offer flexible home help across East Sussex, giving you support that's completely personalised to your individual needs and lifestyle. Your dedicated Care Professional can assist with things like housekeeping, laundry, ironing, changing bed linen and many other everyday chores, helping to keep your home clean, tidy and safe without disrupting your usual routines. By removing the burden of difficult household tasks, we can help make everyday life easier while supporting your independence at home.

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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 home help that starts with listening

Your situation is unique - your home help should be too. We match our Care Professionals based on skills, interests and personality, so everything is tailored to you.

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.

Flexible, unhurried support at home

Whether it's an occasional hour of tidying, or a regular deep clean to make the home safer, we manage chores so you can remain independent in the place you love.

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Home care in East Sussex

Home care in East Sussex 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.

  • Hove
  • Portslade
  • Shoreham-by-Sea
  • Hangleton
  • Patcham
  • Westdene
  • Southwick
  • Mile Oak
  • Brighton
  • Kemptown
  • Seaford
  • Peacehaven
  • Lewes
  • Uckfield
  • Rottingdean
  • Ringmer
  • Newick
  • Buxted
  • East Hoathly
  • Barcombe
  • Alfriston
  • East Dean
  • Eastbourne
  • Hailsham
  • Meads
  • Old Town
  • Pevensey
  • Polegate
  • Stone Cross
  • Willingdon
  • Haywards Heath
  • Burgess Hill
  • Hurstpierpoint
  • Roffey
  • Southwater
  • Kingsfold
  • Broadbridge Heath
  • Hassocks
  • Henfield
  • Cox Green
  • Cuckfield
  • Lindfield
  • Keymer
  • Rudgwick
  • Partridge Green
  • Ardingly
  • Littlehaven
  • Balcombe
  • Warnham
  • Tower Hill
  • Faygate
  • Cowfold
  • Barns Green
  • Ditchling
  • Slinfold
  • Horsted Keynes
  • Handcross
  • Bolney
  • Mannings Heath
  • Small Dole
  • Wivelsfield Green
  • Warninglid
  • Oakhill
  • Sayers Common
  • Chelwood Gate
  • Wivelsfield
  • Danehill
  • Rusper
  • Albourne
  • Littleworth
  • Lower Beeding
  • Chelwood Common
  • Staplefield
  • Sedgwick
  • Shermanbury
  • Crabtree
  • Rowhook
  • Dial Post
  • Maplehurst
  • World's End
  • Itchingfield
  • Wineham
  • Brooks Green
  • West Grinstead
  • Fulking
  • Coolham
  • Ditchling Common
  • Walstead
  • Blackstone
  • Westmeston
  • Plummers Plain
  • Ansty
  • Lambs Green
  • Brook Street
  • Twineham
  • Copsale
  • Clayton
  • Twineham Green
  • Slaugham
  • Strood Green
  • Newtimber
  • Birchgrove
  • Abbotsford
  • Goose Green
  • Shipley
  • Woodmancote
  • Slough Green
  • Nuthurst
  • Highbrook
  • North Heath
  • Two Mile Ash
  • Highwood
  • Whitehall
  • Winterfold
  • Horsham
  • New Town
  • Mowbray
  • Whitemans Green
  • Old Wivelsfield
  • Goddards' Green
  • Wickhurst Green
  • Bucks Green
  • Ellens Green
  • Hickstead
  • Scaynes Hill
  • Baynards
  • Coolhurst
  • The Bar
  • Marlpost
  • Platt's Green
  • Rapkyns Care Village
  • The Capite
  • Roman Gate
  • Broadford Bridge
  • Jolesfield Common
  • Christ's Hospital
  • Broomers Corner
  • Monks Gate
  • Clemsfold
  • Bashurst Hill
  • Denne Park
  • Tismans Common
  • Ditton Place
  • Durrant's Village
  • Old Holbrook
  • Butcher's Row
  • Dragons Green
  • Newfoundout
  • Doomsday Green
  • West Sussex
  • East Grinstead
  • Horley
  • Bewbush
  • Maidenbower
  • Ifield
  • Pound Hill
  • Tilgate
  • Sunnyside
  • Meath Green
  • Furnace Green
  • Crawley Down
  • Gossops Green
  • Forest Row
  • Copthorne
  • Lingfield
  • Smallfield
  • Ifield West
  • Dormansland
  • Southgate
  • Ashurst Wood
  • Felbridge
  • Blindley Heath
  • Charlwood
  • Sharpthorne
  • Pease Pottage
  • Manor Royal
  • Turners Hill
  • Northgate
  • Broadfield
  • Dormans Park
  • Worth
  • West Hoathly
  • Tinsley Green
  • Felcourt
  • Hookwood
  • Greenfields
  • Worth Abbey
  • Crawley
  • Crowhurst Lane End
  • Hammerwood
  • Burstow
  • Colgate
  • Selsfield Common
  • Saint Hill Green
  • Blackwell
  • Tilgate Forest Row
  • Norwood Hill
  • West Green
  • Outwood
  • The Mount
  • South Hill
  • North End
  • Langley Green
  • Three Bridges
  • Ashplats
  • Stonequarry
  • Lowfield Heath
  • Kilnwood Vale
  • Forge Wood
  • Barnsnap
  • Johnson's Common
  • Wych Cross
  • New Chapel
  • Standinghal Farm
  • Langhurst Hill
  • Ifield Wood
  • Charters Village
  • Bucks Head
  • Crowborough
  • St John's
  • Heathfield
  • Tenterden
  • Horden
  • Silverhill
  • Rye
  • Wadhurst
  • Hawkhurst
  • Cranbrook
  • Mayfield
  • Alderbrook
  • Jarvis Brook
  • Robertsbridge
  • Northiam
  • Ticehurst
  • Horsmonden
  • Goudhurst
  • Burwash
  • Benenden
  • Biddenden
  • Camber
  • Poundfield
  • High Halden
  • Hurst Green
  • Broad Oak
  • Sissinghurst
  • Rotherfield
  • Bethersden
  • Flimwell
  • Steel Cross
  • Burwash Common
  • Town Row
  • Smarden
  • Sandhurst
  • Wittersham
  • Etchingham
  • Rolvenden
  • Punnett's Town
  • Hartley
  • Ockley
  • Cackle Street
  • Five Ashes
  • Hartfield
  • Upper Hartfield
  • Staplecross
  • Curtisden Green
  • Rye Harbour
  • Frittenden
  • Beckley
  • Rolvenden Layne
  • Shirkoak
  • Bodiam
  • Iden
  • Northbridge Street
  • Kilndown
  • Sandy Cross
  • Linkhill
  • Clayhill
  • Stone in Oxney
  • Vines Cross
  • Mountfield
  • Argos Hill
  • Cade Street
  • St Michaels
  • Rushlake Green
  • Balls Green
  • Boarshead
  • Newenden
  • Brissenden Green
  • Udimore
  • East End
  • Witherenden Hill
  • Poundford
  • Sandhurst Cross
  • Swiftsden
  • Mill Corner
  • Whitehill
  • Wallcrouch
  • Three Cups Corner
  • Cottenden
  • Salehurst
  • Snagshall
  • Dallington
  • Goddard's Green
  • Broadland Row
  • John's Cross
  • Horns Cross
  • Strood
  • Old Heathfield
  • Riseden
  • Cock Marling
  • High Cross
  • Flishinghurst
  • Small Hythe
  • Birchett's Green
  • The Common
  • Goatham Green
  • Standen
  • Marsh Green
  • Brightling
  • Sinkhurst Green
  • Houghton Green
  • Lye Green
  • Blackness
  • Iden Green
  • Chuck Hatch
  • Four Oaks
  • Poundgate
  • Withyham
  • Stonecrouch
  • Peasmarsh
  • Coldharbour
  • Burwash Weald
  • Stonegate
  • Woodchurch
  • Warbleton
  • Marle Green
  • Rye Foreign
  • Friar's Gate
  • East Guldeford
  • Black Hill
  • Ewhurst Green
  • Mark Cross
  • Reading Street
  • Twelve Oaks
  • Coggins Mill
  • Crowborough Warren
  • Woods Green
  • Playden
  • Cripps Corner
  • Wellbrook
  • Gallypot Street
  • Durgates
  • Brede
  • Sponden
  • Priors Heath
  • Ebony
  • Moseham
  • Woods Corner
  • Little Parrock
  • Swailes Green
  • Buss's Green
  • Dale Hill
  • Union Street
  • Earlsdown
  • Chapel Cross
  • Skippers Hill
  • Butchers Cross
  • Sharnden
  • Barehurst
  • Bardown
  • Bellhurst
  • Great Engeham
  • Little Engeham
  • Luckhurst
  • Gills Green
  • Great Baynden
  • Colemans Hatch
  • Threeleg Cross
  • Barretts Park
  • Quickbourne
  • Best Beech Hill
  • Turners Green
  • Great Old Hay
  • Sparrows Green
  • Chitcombe
  • Cousley Wood
  • Maytham
  • Brandfold
  • Royal Tunbridge Wells
  • Tonbridge
  • Sevenoaks
  • High Brooms
  • Edenbridge
  • Southborough
  • Paddock Wood
  • Ferndale
  • Higham Wood
  • Sherwood
  • Pembury
  • Trench Wood
  • Rusthall
  • Hildenborough
  • Dunton Green
  • Hadlow
  • Riverhead
  • Troy Town
  • Langton Green
  • Ramslye
  • Seal
  • Brenchley
  • Five Oak Green
  • Groombridge
  • Speldhurst
  • Chipstead
  • Lamberhurst
  • Sundridge
  • Bessels Green
  • Sevenoaks Weald
  • Bidborough
  • Frant
  • Penshurst
  • Plaxtol
  • Fordcombe
  • Romford
  • Cowden
  • Four Elms
  • Shipbourne
  • Ide Hill
  • Crockham Hill
  • Chiddingstone Causeway
  • Bells Yew Green
  • Eridge Green
  • Holtye
  • Leigh
  • Underriver
  • Charcott
  • Godden Green
  • Hawkenbury
  • Hever
  • West Heath
  • Styants Bottom
  • Markbeech
  • Horseshoe Green
  • Colt's Hill
  • Blackham
  • Little Bayham
  • Haxted
  • Chiddingstone
  • Ashurst
  • Tudeley
  • Hook Green
  • Poundsbridge
  • Pearson's Green
  • Bitchet Green
  • Castle Hill
  • Chiddingstone Hoath
  • Stone Street
  • Walter's Green
  • Capel
  • Hill Hoath
  • Whetsted
  • Chevening
  • Beltring
  • Kipping's Cross
  • Birchden
  • St James
  • Dryhill
  • Nevill Park
  • Montreal Park
  • Broadwater Down
  • Wildernesse
  • Kippington
  • Golden Green
  • Matfield
  • Longbrooks
  • Lower Bitchet
  • Ivy Hatch
  • Little Old Hay
  • Danegate
  • Mott's Hill
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Kent
  • Bexhill-on-Sea
  • Ore
  • Blacklands
  • Battle
  • Sidley
  • Silverhill Park
  • Pebsham
  • Belmont
  • Cooden
  • Clive Vale
  • Harley Shute
  • Glenleigh Park
  • Fairlight
  • Bulverhythe
  • Sedlescombe
  • Ninfield
  • Icklesham
  • Winchelsea Beach
  • Baldslow
  • Pett
  • Glyne Gap
  • Netherfield
  • Winchelsea
  • Westfield
  • Cliff End
  • Three Oaks
  • Guestling Green
  • Whatlington
  • Hooe Common
  • Kent Street
  • Hollington
  • St Leonards
  • Guestling Thorn
  • Crowhurst
  • Catsfield
  • Whydown
  • Hooe
  • Collington
  • Bohemia
  • Penhurst
  • Lunsford's Cross
  • Little Common
  • Hastings
  • West Hill
  • Central
  • St Helen's
  • West Marina
  • Tilekiln
  • Castleham
  • Broomgrove
  • St Leonards Green
  • High Wickham
  • Filsham
  • The Highlands
  • Telham
  • Guestling
  • Pett Level
  • Ashburnham
  • Blackfriars
  • Starr's Green
  • Glengorse
  • Henleys Down
  • Marlpits

Trusted, Personalised Home Care in East Sussex

No two people live the same way, so no two Home Instead care plans are identical. Before providing home help in East Sussex, we take the time to understand your needs, routines, household preferences, daily habits and the practical support that would make life easier for you as you age. This allows us to create a service that's designed around your specific circumstances from the very beginning. Your dedicated Care Professional will provide consistent, personalised support while treating your home with the respect it deserves. Throughout your journey, everything we do follows Care Quality Commission regulations alongside our own comprehensive internal quality standards, giving you confidence that every visit will have your health, safety, and happiness in mind.

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Our Care Starts With Connection

Practical home help can create opportunities for much more than a tidy house. At Home Instead, our service in East Sussex is designed to help you build meaningful relationships while making everyday life easier. Everything starts with a detailed conversation about your lifestyle, personality, and interests, so we can understand the kind of support – and the kind of person – that will suit you best. We carefully introduce a dedicated Care Professional whose approach and personality are a natural fit, which helps to grow a genuine connection over time through regular visits. With household chores taken care of, you'll have greater freedom to enjoy the local area and time with loved ones. In East Sussex, that might mean going on a day out with loved ones to someplace like the coast at Eastbourne or Seven Sisters Country Park, or it could mean going shopping somewhere like The Beacon. Whatever helps to create more connection in your week, we can provide support behind the scenes to ensure you feel comfortable and confident going out to explore. Our aim is to support your independence by giving you more opportunities to enjoy life beyond household responsibilities.

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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 East Sussex Team is With You Through Every Step

The right home help is about much more than practical assistance – it's knowing there's a whole team working together to support you. For older adults living with a disability or long-term health condition, everyday household tasks can become increasingly difficult, but Home Instead's service in East Sussex is designed to ease that burden. Your dedicated Care Professional will provide regular, personalised support at home while our experienced local team coordinates visits, manages scheduling, carries out quality monitoring, and reviews your support whenever your needs change to ensure it's always relevant to you. This coordinated approach helps you continue enjoying life at home with greater confidence and independence, and offers peace of mind from knowing that we're always on the other end of the phone if you need additional support.

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Award-winning service you can trust

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We deliver tailored home care to the East Sussex 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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Our home help services in East Sussex provide compassionate assistance with daily tasks, ensuring comfort and independence for your loved ones.

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Our dementia care in East Sussex is designed by experts and is City & Guilds Assured, so you know your loved one is receiving only the very best care. Our Care Professionals focus on creating an environment that's calm and consistent, while maintaining dignity and familiar routines to reduce confusion and keep clients comfortable.

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Having someone stay in your home to provide care can feel daunting, but our live-in care solutions help to bring older adults more independence and enjoy a greater sense of wellbeing. If you value the peace of mind that comes with knowing there is always someone nearby, live-in care in East Sussex could be an excellent alternative to a care home.

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The right support is crucial when managing pain and end-of-life care. Our palliative care focuses on dignity and enables your loved one to remain in the place they feel happiest. We provide considerate palliative care in East Sussex, so you can spend more meaningful moments together while we carefully manage their pain and comfort.

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Taking a break from caring can feel impossible if your loved one is lonely or has challenging health conditions, but our respite care in East Sussex is designed to step in with dependable care at any time. Whether you're recharging your batteries or managing other commitments, our Care Professionals can provide reliable support, so you can take time to yourself without disrupting routines.

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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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