Home Care in Bounds Green, N11 and N22

Yes, we can arrange home care in Bounds Green. Live-in care is what we can offer most reliably here, because it does not depend on a daily journey from our Lewisham office; visiting care is possible where we have a carer available at the times you need, so please ask. Every package starts with a free assessment at home and a written care plan.

First, which council?

Bounds Green sits at the north-west corner of Haringey, and the borough boundaries run through it. Streets on the N22 side, towards Wood Green and Alexandra Palace, are mostly Haringey. Parts of N11 fall in Enfield or Barnet, and the Enfield boundary runs close to Bowes Park. It matters because the council where your relative lives does the needs assessment, the carer's assessment and any direct payment. Check a recent council tax bill before you call anyone.

If the address is in Haringey, contact Haringey Adult Social Care on 020 8489 1400 (option 1, then the option for your area) or use the online form on the council's adult social care assessments page. We cover all three boroughs, so the care itself doesn't change.

Houses with a spare room

Compared with central and eastern Haringey, Bounds Green has more family houses: Edwardian and inter-war terraces and semis, with some purpose-built flats. More of them have a second or third bedroom, and that is the one practical requirement for live-in care. It makes Bounds Green one of the parts of the borough where live-in care is usually straightforward to set up, including for couples, where one carer can support both partners.

The houses still bring their own problems: a single bathroom upstairs, front steps, and a long narrow hallway that makes turning a wheelchair awkward. One answer is to move daily life downstairs for a while, with a commode or a bed in the front room, until equipment or adaptations arrive. We talk this through at the assessment.

Who do I contact for respite or a break from caring in Bounds Green?

Start with a carer's assessment from the council where the person you look after lives; in Haringey you can request one online through the carers' assessment page, and you don't have to live in the borough yourself. Carers First (0300 303 1555) supports unpaid carers of Haringey residents. For the break itself, we can provide respite care with a live-in carer for a week or two, or extra visits while you are away. We quote after assessment and don't publish prices; if the council funds part of it, a means test sets your contribution.

Getting to Bounds Green

Bounds Green station, one of Charles Holden's 1930s Piccadilly line stations, sits on the corner of Bounds Green Road and Brownlow Road. Bowes Park station on the Great Northern line is within walking distance. From Lewisham it usually takes over an hour by train and Tube, which is why we are careful about promising regular visits. The Piccadilly line runs straight through to Uxbridge, where one of our supported living homes is, for families looking at that option for a younger adult.

Hospital and health links

Depending on where the ambulance goes, Bounds Green residents are admitted to North Middlesex University Hospital in Edmonton or the Whittington in Archway. Whichever it is, tell the ward that care at home is being arranged and give us a likely discharge date. Our hospital discharge page explains the steps, and our Haringey home care page covers the borough's wider support.

• Live-in care
• Respite care
• Personal care
• Dementia care
• Sit-in service
• Companionship
• Palliative care

What we can help with in Bounds Green

• Personal care, washing and dressing
• Medication prompting and support
• Meals, laundry and home help
• Companionship and getting out
• Dementia care at home
• Support after a hospital stay
• Short breaks for family carers
• Live-in care when needs grow