Relationship-led and supportive Personal Care in Shoreham, Petts Wood and Longfield from compassionate and experienced home care professionals.
Highest regulatory ratings
16,000+ active clients
Recommended by 95% of our clients
10,000+ carers nationwide
Home Care rating 9.6
Highest regulatory ratings
16,000+ active clients
Recommended by 95% of our clients
10,000+ carers nationwide
Home Care rating 9.6
Asking for help with personal care is a sensitive step, but the right support can restore confidence, routine, and dignity. At Home Instead Shoreham, Petts Wood & Longfield, our Care Professionals provide discreet, respectful personal care that empowers people to feel like themselves again. Whether it’s bathing, dressing, or helping get ready for the day, every visit is approached with patience, skill, and a genuine commitment to the individual’s wellbeing. With visits lasting at least an hour, there’s time to offer care at a calm pace, without rushing. We’re here to support, not take over, and help people feel good in their own skin.
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Personal care should always be personal. That’s why we start by learning how each client prefers things, from the order of their morning routine to how they like their hair styled or which products they use. Support might include help with continence, mobility, oral hygiene, medication, shaving, or dressing, always delivered with kindness and discretion. We also keep families involved, using our care app and regular reviews to keep communication open. Our goal is to help clients feel safe, comfortable, and well looked after, without losing their independence or sense of control in daily life.
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 of a unique mix services to meet your needs.
Companionship care
We carefully match Care Professionals with clients to ensure a meaningful bond is created.
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.
Families regularly tell us in their reviews how much this kind of care means. One daughter shared: “All the team that have been involved in my mum’s care… have been outstanding. Everyone has been so professional and genuine with their care. I witnessed an immediate improvement in my mum’s health… making Mum feel loved and valued.” This kind of transformation is why we do what we do. Personal care is more than physical support; it’s emotional reassurance, human connection, and a way to help someone feel like themselves again, every single day.
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see how we can help
Every Care Professional is trained in personal care techniques, hygiene, dignity in care, and condition-specific support, including Parkinson’s, stroke recovery, and dementia. Many also complete enhanced learning in mobility, continence care, and safe manual handling. Ongoing supervision and spot checks ensure the highest standards are upheld, and we regularly review care plans with clients and families. Personal care is never a task to us; it’s a trust. We know how important these moments are, and we take every step to make sure they’re handled with the same kindness we’d want for our own loved ones.
We work closely with local GPs, nurses, and health professionals across Shoreham, Petts Wood & Longfield to ensure care is coordinated and responsive. Whether it’s helping someone recover after a hospital stay or supporting long-term conditions, our team adapts as needs change. We’re also available to support with short-notice personal care, respite, or flexible routines during challenging times. At every step, we prioritise comfort, safety, and dignity. Because when personal care is done right, it doesn’t just meet a need, it lifts someone’s whole day, offering reassurance, relief, and renewed confidence.
FAQs
Our office provides care for people at home in the following areas:
Christchurch, Sidcup, St Mary Cray, Petts Wood, Otford, New Ash Green, West Kingsdown, Borough Green, Foots Cray, South Darenth, Culverstone Green, Hextable, Longfield, Poverest, Meopham, Eynsford, New Barn, Ightham, Crockenhill, Cudham, North Cray, Wrotham, Greatness, Horton Kirby, Halstead, Shoreham, Knockholt Pound, Hartley, St Mary's, Ash, Longfield Hill, Stansted, Oldbury, Priestwood, Knockholt, Hazelwood, Harvel, Heaverham, Fairseat, Hodsoll Street, Fawkham Green, Swanley Village, Romney Street, Clement Street, South Street, Woodlands, Ridley, Twitton, Luddesdown, Swanley, Ramsden, White Oak, St Paul's Cray, Longlands, High Firs, St Mary's Platt, Badger's Mount, Vigo Village, East Hill, Great Cockerhurst, Hockenden, Sutton at Hone, Farningham, Ruxley, Upper Ruxley, Fawkham, Kemsing, West Yoke, Sheepcote, Horns Green, Lett's Green, Meopham Green, David Street, Priestwood Green, Crowdleham, Knockmill, Coombe Hollow, Clarke's Bottom, Cotman's Ash, Upper Hockenden, Kevingtown, Cockmannings
If your town doesn’t appear above please check the postcodes below to see if we cover your area:
DA4 0, TN15 6, BR5 3, TN15 8, DA13 0, DA4 9, TN15 9, DA14 6, TN14 7, BR5 1, BR5 4, DA3 8, BR5 2, DA3 7, TN14 5, TN15 7, DA14 5, BR8 7, BR8 8
Home Instead Shoreham, Petts Wood and Longfield 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.
Physical help given to a person and prompting of an individual to carry out daily living tasks themselves.
Promoting good personal hygiene helps to prevent illness and the spread of infection. It also helps maintain self-confidence and dignity.
A familiar care professional matched with you provides personalised care and support to you in your own home in the way you want it to be provided.
We understand that it can be difficult accepting personal care and that is why you will be introduced to your Care Professionals and they will spend time getting to know you before assisting you with your personal care.
At Home Instead we ensure that each client has a small team of Care Professionals in place to provide you with care so you can be confident that you will have continuity from the same Care Professionals.
At Home Instead, we have a robust approach to ensuring that all Care Professionals have regular observations of practice that we call Support Visits, and assessments of competency for key activities such as handling medication or providing catheter care.
Enable your loved ones to continue to live their life with the support of the Shoreham, Petts Wood and Longfield team. If you would like more information about our high quality Personal Care service, please call us on 01959 546 228, or fill out the form below.