Welling · Bexley
Home Care in Welling
Visits, live-in carers and breaks for family carers across DA16: Bellegrove Road and the High Street, East Wickham, Falconwood and the streets by Danson Park.
We do provide home care in Welling, and it is the part of Bexley nearest to our office on Lewisham High Street. The 89 bus runs from Lewisham station through Blackheath and over Shooters Hill to Welling station, and Bexleyheath-line trains stop at Welling and Falconwood. That makes regular visits more workable here than in much of the borough, though every visit still depends on a carer being free at the time you need.
How do I arrange a carer for my mum in Welling?
- Call us on 0203 375 4047 or 07446 010486. We will ask what is happening now and what times of day are hard, and tell you plainly whether we can cover them.
- Free home assessment. We visit, look at the house, the stairs and the bathroom, and talk to your mum about how she likes things done.
- Written care plan and quote. You get both in writing before anything starts. We do not quote prices before we have seen the situation.
- Council help, if you want it. Alongside us, you can ask Bexley Council for a needs assessment through GOV.UK or on 020 8303 7777. If she is eligible, a means test decides what she contributes, and the council's share can come as a direct payment to pay for our care. If her needs are mainly medical, ask the GP about NHS Continuing Healthcare.
You can also pay privately while the council process runs. The Bexley home care page explains the council side in more detail.
Along the old Dover Road
Welling grew up as a stop on the old London to Dover road, now the A207. That one road, under the names Bellegrove Road and Welling High Street, still runs through the whole place between Shooters Hill and Bexleyheath. At Welling Corner there is a Crimean War cannon, on loan from the Royal Artillery Museum. To the north is East Wickham, probably the oldest settled part of the area. Danson Park lies along the eastern side, and Shooters Hill rises to the west.
For a carer, Welling is easy to picture: shops and buses along the A207, and homes on the roads either side of it. Besides the 89, the 51, 96, 486, B15 and B16 all serve the area.
Semis, terraces and council-built streets
Most of Welling's housing is 1930s semis and terraces running off the A207. After the First World War, Bexley's old urban district council built more than 400 houses north of the railway, and there are post-war council-built streets in the north too. In practice, most homes have two floors and a single staircase. A carer coming in the morning may need to help someone downstairs safely before anything else happens, and a well-placed second banister rail or a commode upstairs can make the nights easier. Many of these houses have a third, small bedroom, often enough for a live-in carer.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital is the one to know
Welling is close to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, the main A&E for this side of Bexley, run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Bexley Council has named pressure on its beds as a winter concern, so discharges can be quick. If your relative is on a ward there, tell us early and we will say whether we can cover the first visits home. See hospital discharge support.
Worried about memory? The Alzheimer's Society runs a Bexley dementia service for residents of the borough, including carers and family, with advice in person, by phone or in writing. Our dementia care works alongside it at home, keeping to familiar routines.
When visits are not enough, or you need a break
If visits stop being enough, the small third bedroom of a 1930s Welling semi is usually enough for a live-in carer. For a husband, wife or daughter doing most of the caring, respite can be a weekly sit or a live-in carer covering a holiday. Carers' Support Bexley can carry out your own carer's assessment and runs a free volunteer sitting service; its volunteers cannot give personal care, which is where a paid carer comes in.
What we can do in Welling
- Companionship
- Personal care
- Dementia care
- Medication support
- Home help
- Sit-in service
- After a hospital stay
- Respite care
- Live-in care
- Complex care
- Palliative care
What we can help with in Welling
- 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
Elsewhere in Bexley
Home care pages for other parts of Bexley:
Our services
How we can help in Bexley
From a few visits a week to a carer who lives in, choose the support that fits.
Visiting care in Bexley
Regular visits for personal care, medication, meals and company.
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A carer who lives in, for one person or a couple.
Read more →Respite care in Bexley
Cover so a family carer can rest, recover or go away.
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Welling: common questions
Questions families ask us about Welling. If yours is not here, ask us directly.
Ask a questionIs Falconwood or East Wickham included?
Yes. Everything in DA16 is covered, including Falconwood, East Wickham and the roads off Bellegrove Road. If you are on the Greenwich side of Shooters Hill or Falconwood, call anyway, because we cover Greenwich too.
Will the carer have trouble parking on our road?
Probably not. The Welling Station and Town Centre zones around the High Street are controlled, but most residential side streets in Welling have free parking. Bexley also issues permits so care staff can use resident and pay bays while on duty. Details are on the council's parking zones page.
Can you just help with a bath twice a week?
Yes, we can start with a small package like that. We will look at the bathroom at the assessment and, if the bath itself is the problem, suggest asking the council's occupational therapists about equipment or a shower.
My husband walks to the shops on the High Street and sometimes gets lost. What can help?
A companionship visit can include walking to the shops with him, so he keeps the outing without going alone. It is also worth asking his GP about a memory assessment and contacting the Alzheimer's Society Bexley service.
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Looking for care in Welling?
Tell us what is happening and we will tell you honestly whether we can help, and how.