Home care in Highgate, Walsall

Home care in Walsall's Highgate, close to the town centre and Caldmore, from the Walsall team. This is the Walsall neighbourhood, not Birmingham's Highgate.

Arrange a free care assessment Call 0330 056 3111

Highgate in Walsall is the neighbourhood on the edge of the town centre, towards Caldmore, in the WS1 district. It is easy to confuse with Birmingham's Highgate, which is a different place and not this page. Here the streets sit between the shops and civic buildings of the centre and the housing of Caldmore, with the Arboretum a short distance away for families who still talk about walks there. Homes are a mix of terraces, flats and older houses. The people we visit often have children who work in the town or who can pop in at lunch and still cannot cover the morning or the evening. A discharge from Walsall Manor Hospital is the other common starting point.

The Walsall team is based a few minutes away on Hatherton Street, so Highgate is one of the closest areas we cover. That does not mean a different standard of care. Carers are employed by us, the same small group is aimed at each home, and the office is the number you ring if a time needs to change. Being near the centre does mean appointments at the hospital, the GP or the town are a regular reason to shift a visit, and we would rather move the call than have a carer arrive while the house is empty. The assessment is a home visit, free, and it is where we agree what the carer will actually do.

In Highgate we provide personal care, help with meals, medication prompts, companionship and respite, and live-in care if the person should not be on their own overnight. Companionship here is often practical: someone to walk with as far as the centre, or to sit with while a family member is at work. We are not a nursing service. If a district nurse is already involved we fit around those visits rather than duplicating them. Families in Caldmore, Pleck and the town centre use the same team, so support can follow if someone later moves a few streets. Call 0330 056 3111 and say Highgate, Walsall, so it is not confused with Birmingham. The form on this page reaches the same Walsall office.

Care we provide in Highgate

Highgate support is usually personal care and short visits through the day, with companionship for people who do not get out to the town centre as they used to.