home and meal support
Home and Meal Support That Makes Everyday Life Easier
Practical help with meals, shopping and light household tasks so you can keep your home and routines working the way you prefer.
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Quick reassurance
What this means for you, at a glance
Meals your way
Food prepared around your preferences and agreed dietary needs.
Light household help
Support with everyday tasks linked to your home and care.
Shopping support
Help planning, ordering or doing the weekly shop.
Independence first
We help where needed without unnecessarily taking over.
Overview
What is home and meal support?
Home and meal support is practical help with everyday tasks that may have become harder due to health, mobility, fatigue, or a change in circumstances.
It can be provided on its own where appropriate, or alongside other home care, such as personal care, medication support, or companionship.
On its own
Just meals, shopping and light household tasks, where that's all the support that's needed
Alongside other care
Meal preparation, shopping and light household tasks
Meal preparation
A carer can help plan and prepare meals and drinks based on what you actually like to eat. Where a dietitian, speech and language therapist or other professional has advised a specific diet or texture, that guidance is followed as part of the care plan.
Washing up
Laundry & ironing
Changing bedding
Light cleaning
Shopping
Support may include making a shopping list with you, accompanying you to the shops, ordering groceries online or doing agreed shopping on your behalf.
Shopping lists
Accompanied shopping
Online orders
Light household tasks
Agreed support can include washing up, laundry, ironing, tidying, changing bedding, vacuuming, light cleaning and watering plants. Support that helps keep the areas you use comfortable and manageable
Washing up
Laundry & ironing
Changing bedding
Light cleaning
Home and meal support after illness or hospital
Practical support can be particularly useful after illness or a hospital stay, when energy and mobility may be reduced. The care can be reviewed as you recover or if needs change.
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our approach
Doing things with you, not automatically for you
If you can still prepare part of a meal, fold laundry or choose what needs doing, we support that involvement. Maintaining skills and choice can be just as important as completing the task.
how it works
How support is arranged
1
Tell us what's difficult
Tell us which everyday tasks have become difficult.
2
We clarify what's needed
We clarify what support is appropriate and whether any regulated care is also needed.
3
We agree the plan
We agree the tasks and routines in the care plan.
4
Visits begin
The carer provides the agreed support.
5
We review when necessary
If the person's needs change, the arrangement can be reviewed.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can a carer cook meals for me?
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Can you help with special diets?
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Do carers do cleaning?
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Can a carer do my shopping?
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Can this be combined with personal care?
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get in touch
You can care for someone and still need time for yourself
Whether you need a few hours for an appointment, regular time each week, or support while you deal with something unexpected, start by talking to us. Tell us about the person you care for, what you normally do for them, and the time you need away.
There is no charge for the assessment and no obligation to proceed.
