Extra Care
At Lifecome Care, Extra Care is flexible, add-on support that can top up an existing package or stand alone when you need it most. Whether it’s longer visits, overnight reassurance, help with housekeeping and meal prep, medication prompts, escorts to appointments or simply good company, we fit around your routine, planned or at short notice, so life stays comfortable and independent at home.
About Extra Reablement Care
Our Extra Care Services
1. Personalised Daily Support
Flexible, high-quality assistance designed to complement your current care, from extra help in the mornings to support during evenings or weekends.
3. Household and Domestic Assistance
Practical help with light housekeeping, laundry, shopping, and meal preparation, ensuring your home remains comfortable, clean, and welcoming.
5. Flexible and Responsive Care
Available for short-term, one-off, or ongoing arrangements, tailored entirely around your changing needs and schedule.
2. Emotional Wellbeing
Friendly, familiar carers offering meaningful conversation, companionship, and reassurance, because emotional support is just as important as physical care.
4. Medication and Health Reminders
Reliable, respectful support with medication prompts and wellbeing checks to help maintain your health and daily routines safely.
6. Peace of Mind for Families
Our extra care services give families confidence and reassurance, knowing their loved ones are receiving compassionate, professional care at home.
What We Offer
Flexible Top-Up
Visits
Add support to your current package with visits at the times you choose, mornings, evenings, weekends or ad-hoc.
Bespoke Daily
Routines
Help with washing, dressing, meals, mobility and reminders, planned around personal preferences and pace.
Safe Escort & Appointments
Accompaniment to GP or hospital appointments, social outings and errands, with updates fed back to family.
Home Comfort & Housekeeping
Light cleaning, laundry, shopping and meal preparation, plus fridge checks to keep home life running smoothly.
Night-Time & Sitting Services
Sleeping or waking nights for reassurance, welfare checks and post-discharge settling support.
Family Relief & Peace of Mind
Short-notice cover and respite, delivered by trusted, DBS-checked carers with clear communication throughout.
Recovery, Skills & Independence
Daily living skills, medication support, budgeting, community access, education/employment pathways, digital inclusion and peer support delivered through trauma-informed practice.
Clinical & MDT Partnership
Close liaison with NHS clinicians and local authority teams; access to neuro/psychology, OT and SLT where needed for ABI and complex LD&A.
Housing with Support
Quality homes near transport and services, tailored to individual needs (e.g., low-arousal environments for autism).
Why Choose Extra Care with Lifecome Care
How to Refer
We welcome referrals from
- NHS Trusts and Integrated Care Boards (ICBs)
- Local Authority reablement / commissioning teams
- Hospital discharge and patient flow coordinators
- Community therapy teams, GPs and Primary Care Networks
Our process is simple
- Referral received → rapid triage and confirmation of eligibility
- Initial contact → short telephone screen and outline goals agreed
- Home assessment by a reablement practitioner / OT → personalised plan set
- Support begins → focused sessions to rebuild confidence and independence
Take a look at our partners
These partnerships help us to continuously improve our Extra Care services, integrating healthcare expertise, innovative technology, and compassionate practice to promote independence, wellbeing, and dignity for all those we support.
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
15+ years of service in the health care industry
Leading from the front in the health care industry
Extra Care offers flexible, personalised support to help people live independently at home while receiving additional help with daily tasks, companionship, or short-term assistance after illness or hospital discharge.
Our service is suitable for older adults, individuals with disabilities, or anyone needing extra help to maintain their wellbeing and independence in their own home.
Visits can be scheduled daily, weekly, or as needed, from short drop-ins to full-day support, including evenings and weekends.
Yes, we provide both sleeping and waking night support, as well as short-term respite care for families needing temporary relief.
