Home care in Pleck

Pleck is west of Walsall town centre, along Pleck Road and around Bescot, in the WS2 district. Walsall Manor Hospital is here, and so is the Bescot Stadium ground. The canal, Alumwell, and the roads out to Darlaston and Delves make up the rest of the area. Housing is terraces, flats and older semis, with a lot of families who have relatives on the same few streets. Being next to the hospital shapes the work. People ring from a ward, or from a son's car in the hospital car park, because a parent is about to be discharged and the house is not ready for them to manage alone. Others have needed care for months and have reached the point where popping in is not the same as being there every morning.

The Walsall team coordinates Pleck. Carers are employed by Caring Care. For hospital discharges we ask for the date the ward is working to and we are honest about whether a first visit can meet it. Where it can, the assessment is done quickly, sometimes while the person is still in hospital and the family is at the house. Continuity still matters after that first week. We settle onto a small group of carers rather than leaving the rota as a string of one-off calls. If a visit will be late, including because of traffic on Pleck Road at school or shift-change times, the office makes the call.

Services are personal care, meals, medication prompts, companionship, respite and live-in care. Live-in care is worth asking about when the discharge plan says nights are the risk and the family cannot sleep there. We do not provide nursing care on the ward or at home. District nurses and the hospital team remain responsible for clinical treatment, and we do the day-to-day support that lets someone sleep in their own bed in Pleck. The number is 0330 056 3111, and the form on this page comes to the same Walsall office. If the discharge date is already in the diary, say so when you call 0330 056 3111. Ask for Pleck, and have the ward's expected home date to hand if you know it.

Other areas nearby

The same Walsall team also covers these neighbouring places.

• Home care in Caldmore
• Home care in Delves
• Home care in Highgate