Companionship Care in Medway

We provide companionship visits to older adults throughout Medway, Rochester, Gillingham, Rainham, Walderslade, Higham, and Shorne. From our Chatham High Street office, we arrange visits that last at least an hour, giving time for meaningful activities and conversation. Our Care Professionals don’t wear uniforms - instead, they visit as themselves, helping to build relationships that feel more like a friend or family member. As your local CQC-regulated provider, rated 9.9/10 on homecare.co.uk, we understand that good care starts with taking time to get to know each client’s needs personally.

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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?

Companionship that's tailored to you

Strong bonds build successful companionships, so we match our Care Professionals based on more than just skills, considering their personality and interests to help create a genuine connection from day one.

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.

Compatible company at home

No pressure. No forced friendships. We'll guide you through every step of the setup process at your pace, with transparent pricing from day one,

Flexible, adaptive and personalised support

Whether it's a few hours of company a week, or live-in companionship to manage loneliness, we can fit comfortably into your life in whatever way works best for you.

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Home care in Medway

Home care in Medway 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.

  • Medway

    We provide award winning care in Gillingham , Chatham , Denton , Hale , Frindsbury and the surrounding areas

  • Sittingbourne & Sheppey

    We provide award winning care in Sittingbourne, Sheerness, Twydall, Rainham, Parkwood and the surrounding areas

  • Gillingham
  • Chatham
  • Denton
  • Hale
  • Frindsbury
  • Upper Stoke
  • Kings Farm
  • Walderslade
  • Hoo St Werburgh
  • Wayfield
  • Wainscott
  • Riverview Park
  • Singlewell
  • Borstal
  • Walnut Tree
  • Chalk
  • Halling
  • Troy Town
  • Cliffe Woods
  • The Knowle
  • Cuxton
  • Chattenden
  • Lee Green
  • High Halstow
  • Grain
  • Christian Fields
  • Shorne Ridgeway
  • Wouldham
  • Burham
  • Cliffe
  • Lower Higham
  • Lower Stoke
  • Higham
  • Cobham
  • Lower Upnor
  • Upper Halling
  • Buckland
  • Upper Upnor
  • Cooling Street
  • Whitehill
  • Cooling
  • Rochester
  • St Mary Hoo
  • Thong
  • Fenn Street
  • Windmill Hill
  • Middle Stoke
  • Strood
  • Milton
  • North Street
  • Silver Street
  • Sharnal Street
  • Luton
  • Henhurst
  • Upper Ifield
  • The Mount
  • Westcourt
  • Church Street
  • West Street
  • Brompton
  • Kingsnorth
  • Broad Street
  • Scarborough
  • Lodge Hill
  • Tunbridge Hill
  • Lower Bush
  • Upper Bush
  • Parrock Farm
  • St. Marys Island
  • Snodhurst
  • Shorne
  • Bluebell Hill
  • Allhallows
  • Ryestreet
  • Cuxton Brickfield
  • Sunrise View
  • Spendiff
  • West Court
  • Berrycourt
  • Cooling Court
  • Swigshole
  • Dux Court
  • Haven Street
  • Perryhill
  • Shakespeare
  • White Hall
  • Beluncle
  • Knight's Place
  • Little Hermitage
  • Gore Green
  • Little Oakleigh
  • Oakleigh
  • Whorns Place
  • North Halling
  • Upper Luton
  • Barn Street
  • Salters Cross
  • Battle Street
  • Lower Shorne
  • Eastborough
  • Kent
  • Sittingbourne
  • Sheerness
  • Twydall
  • Rainham
  • Parkwood
  • Milton Regis
  • Chalkwell
  • Kemsley
  • Kingshill
  • Snipeshill
  • Iwade
  • Darland
  • Queenborough
  • Murston
  • Minster
  • Lower Rainham
  • Teynham
  • Newington
  • Ringlestone
  • Meresborough
  • West Minster
  • Barrow Green
  • Warden
  • Eden Village
  • Norton
  • Upchurch
  • Eastchurch
  • Key Street
  • Lower Halstow
  • Bapchild
  • Borden
  • Leysdown-on-Sea
  • Wigmore
  • Bay View
  • Hartlip
  • Bredgar
  • Norwood
  • Keycol
  • Tunstall
  • Hempstead
  • Bayford
  • Bobbing
  • Newnham
  • Conyer
  • Bredhurst
  • Doddington
  • Lynsted
  • Blue Town
  • Stockbury
  • East End
  • Hazel Street
  • Danaway
  • Yelsted
  • Erriottwood
  • Wormshill
  • Moor Street
  • Chestnut Street
  • Brambledown
  • Oad Street
  • Deerton Street
  • Milstead
  • Otterham Quay
  • Frinsted
  • Ham Green
  • Swanton Street
  • Bicknor
  • Halfway
  • South Street
  • Breach
  • Mud Row
  • Howt Green
  • Bexon
  • Dunn Street
  • Grove End
  • Upper Rodmersham
  • Seed
  • Rodmersham
  • Tonge Corner
  • Kemsley Street
  • South Green
  • Gore
  • Lidsing
  • Deans Hill
  • Broadoak
  • Bax
  • Stiff Street
  • Mile Town
  • Merryman's Hill
  • Rainham Mark
  • Regent Quay
  • Harty
  • Rodmersham Green
  • Rushenden
  • Lower Hartlip
  • Farthing Corner
  • Rayham
  • Newhouse
  • Shurland
  • Old Rides
  • New Rides
  • Rowetts
  • Berryfield
  • Trouts
  • Garretts
  • Great Bells
  • Barnland
  • Kingsborough
  • Poors
  • Rose Cottages
  • Neats Court
  • Chetney
  • Chetney Cottages
  • Capstone
  • East Rainham
  • Hill Green
  • Wetham Green
  • Hartlip Hill
  • Chesley
  • Rawlings Street
  • Deans Bottom
  • Eyhorne Hatch
  • Great Norwood
  • Hearts Delight
  • Blacketts
  • Radfield
  • Lower Newlands
  • Motney Hill
  • Dully
  • Shellness
  • Sutton Baron
  • Bumpit
  • Hook's Hole
  • Orchard View
  • Frog Farm

Trusted, Personalised Home Care in Medway

Companionship visits might include sharing interests like gardening, helping with crosswords, reading together, or supporting you to stay active in your community. Our team can help with practical tasks too - whether that’s assistance with opening the post, taking the bins out, or preparing a nutritious lunch together. As one client’s daughter told us: “Dad needed help with taking his medication on time and help in the house after becoming a widow. The Home Instead team have been very helpful and kind and gentle with Dad while he adjusts to being looked after.”

Woman in a green shirt brushing an older person's grey hair in a bright, sunlit kitchen. - Home Instead

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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!

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Our Care Starts With Connection

We know welcoming someone new into your home isn’t always easy. That’s why we arrange for you to meet your Care Professional before visits begin - something our clients find particularly reassuring. As one family member shared on homecare.co.uk: “It was arranged for my dad to meet the carer who would be coming before the start of care which reassured him. Care began less than 24 hours after my initial contact.” Our team of 25 Care Professionals means we can carefully match you with someone who shares your interests.

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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 Medway Team is With You Through Every Step

Every Care Professional completes comprehensive City & Guilds training, guided by leadership experience from both the NHS and hands-on care management. When you call our office, you'll speak to someone who knows your Care Professional by name and understands your situation. As one client's daughter noted: "The Home Instead manager cannot be faulted, she is available 24/7 and has been so helpful." This personal approach means we can respond quickly if you need to adjust your support. That same personal approach shapes how we support the wider community too. Beyond individual visits, we're actively working to support Medway's older community. Our digital awareness workshops help people develop confidence with technology while learning to spot and avoid online scams. Through monthly 'Key to Care' events, we share information about living well with conditions like dementia, MS and Parkinson's, bringing in specialists from organisations like the MS Society. Working alongside the Walderslade Active Retirement Association, we help ensure older adults have access to the information and support they need to stay safe and independent at home.

Woman in a green shirt brushing an older person's grey hair in a bright, sunlit kitchen. - Home Instead

Award-winning service you can trust

  • Leaders in Care Award
  • A round badge reads “Top 20 Home Care Group Award 2026, homecare.co.uk” in blue and white. - Home Instead
  • PRTA 2025 Logo - Home Instead
  • Green graphic stating "95% of clients recommend" with a note about a 2025 PEAQ satisfaction survey. - Home Instead
  • HCA Home Care Awards Winner 2025 logo with green, blue, and gray text and wavy lines. - Home Instead
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We deliver tailored home care to the Medway 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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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 Medway could be an excellent alternative to a care home.

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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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