Home Care in Tolworth

Yes, we can provide home care in Tolworth, in KT5 and KT6. Live-in care is available anywhere in the area. Visiting care depends on carer availability, because our office is in Lewisham, so call and we will tell you whether we can staff the visits you need. Jackie, our registered manager, does a free assessment at home first and writes the care plan with you.

If you are the family carer, start on Ewell Road

Tolworth has the borough's carers' centre. Kingston Carers' Network is at 418 Ewell Road (KT6 7HF, 020 3031 2757) and carries out carer's assessments for Kingston Council. Its online referral form is the quickest way in. The council says to expect the assessment to take roughly 8 to 12 weeks, so it is worth applying before you reach breaking point.

An eligible carer can get council-funded relief care, meaning an agency care worker for up to 72 hours a year, and a one-off discretionary payment that is not means-tested. Kingston Carers' Network also runs support groups and counselling. None of this depends on the person you care for already having council services.

Streets and houses

Tolworth grew up around the Broadway, where Ewell Road meets the A3 at the roundabout under Tolworth Tower. Most of the housing is interwar semis and terraces with gardens, with some 1960s and 1970s flats around the Broadway and newer blocks on redevelopment sites. Tolworth Court Farm and the Hogsmill river are close by.

For care, the semis are straightforward: room for a stairlift or a bed downstairs, a front door at street level, and usually a third bedroom that a live-in carer can use. The flats above the Broadway shops are harder. Ask the building manager about the lift and access before the first visit.

Station, buses and parking

Tolworth station is on South Western Railway's Chessington branch. The K1 bus connects Tolworth Tower and the Broadway with Surbiton, Malden Manor and New Malden, and it stops at Tolworth Hospital. The 281 runs up Ewell Road past Surbiton Health Centre to Kingston, and the 406 goes to Kingston one way and Epsom the other. Parking is largely uncontrolled away from the Broadway, which helps a carer who drives.

How much does home care cost in Tolworth?

We don't publish prices. After the assessment we give you a written quote based on the number of visits, when they happen and what the carer does during them. If Kingston Council assesses the person as eligible, it means-tests their income and savings to work out their contribution, and the council's paying for social care pages explain how. Council funding can be paid as a direct payment and used with an agency you choose. Our Kingston home care page covers how to ask for the needs assessment and what reablement offers.

Respite when you need more than relief care

Seventy-two hours a year doesn't stretch far. If you need a fortnight away or have to go into hospital yourself, we can arrange a live-in carer for the period or step up visits, alongside anything the council funds. See respite care.

Care we can arrange in Tolworth

• Respite care
• Sit-in service
• Personal care
• Medication support
• Home help
• Companionship
• Live-in care
• Dementia care
• Complex care
• Palliative care
• Hospital discharge
• Nail care

What we can help with in Tolworth

• 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