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Home care in Barnet

CQC Rated Good home care across the London Borough of Barnet — from a few hours a week to full live-in support.

Good CQC Rating, all five domains
2–4 hrs Rapid response across Barnet, day or night
48 hrs Free assessment, usually within
11 Barnet neighbourhoods with carers working in them today

Barnet is one of the areas we know best. It is also one of the largest boroughs in London, and covering it properly means having carers who actually live in it — not carers dispatched across the North Circular twice a day and arriving late.

That is the whole basis of how we build rounds here. Carers work in the neighbourhoods they live in, which is why our visits start on time and why the same faces keep turning up.

It also means we are a short drive from the hospitals that discharge into the borough — Barnet Hospital, Edgware Community Hospital and Finchley Memorial Hospital, all part of Royal Free London — as well as the other trusts Barnet residents are treated by. When a discharge moves quickly, that proximity is the difference between someone coming home on Friday and waiting until Monday.

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Where we work

Neighbourhoods we cover in Barnet

If somewhere is missing it is still worth calling — coverage shifts month to month.

Finchley North Finchley Edgware Mill Hill Hendon Golders Green Whetstone Chipping Barnet New Barnet Colindale Cricklewood + more on request

We have carers actively working in these areas. If you cannot see your address above and are unsure whether we cover you, please do get in touch — we can often still mobilise in your area.

What we provide here

Care available across Barnet

Personal care at home

Washing, dressing, medication, meals and mobility support, from short visits through to several calls a day. Charged by the hour, at the same rate day or night.

Live-in care

A carer living in the home, for round-the-clock support without anyone leaving the house they know. Charged at a weekly rate.

Dementia & complex care

Carers trained for the specific condition — dementia, Parkinson’s, stroke, learning disabilities and long-term conditions — with continuity treated as clinical, not cosmetic.

Hospital discharge & reablement

Short-term, goal-focused support that steps down as confidence returns. We work directly with discharge coordinators and can have a carer in place the same day.

Overnight support

Waking nights and sleeping nights, charged hourly like everything else — there is no separate night rate.

Respite for family carers

Regular breaks for the person doing the caring. With around 40,000 unpaid carers in Barnet, this is the service families ask about last and need earliest.

In practice

A Barnet story

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In the meantime, read how our care works in practice on the Stories page.

Language & culture

Carers who speak your language

Barnet is one of the most diverse boroughs in London, and matching on language and culture is one of the most practical things we can offer. Tell us what matters at the assessment and we will match for it where we can, or arrange interpreting support.

Carers working in Barnet today speak English, Gujarati, Hindi and Romanian between them, and our wider team is more diverse than that short list suggests. It is always worth asking.

Local support

Useful Barnet organisations

Whether or not you use us, these are the teams worth knowing about.

Barnet Council adult social care

The route to a free care needs assessment and to council funding.

barnet.gov.uk

Barnet Carers

Over thirty years supporting unpaid carers in the borough, including carers’ needs assessments and respite.

barnetcarers.org

Age UK Barnet

Later-life planning and advice, befriending, a handyperson service for jobs like key safes and grab rails, and dementia day support at East Finchley and Hendon.

ageuk.org.uk/barnet

See our full support & resources directory →

Next step

Arrange a free assessment in Barnet

A supportive conversation at home, where we learn what is needed and answer your questions. Not a sales appointment, and no commitment required.

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