Help after a hospital stay in Somerset
Find a self-employed carer for help after a hospital stay anywhere in Somerset. It's free for families, and you choose who to speak to.
Cities and towns in Somerset
Villages in Somerset
- Abbas Combe
- Adsborough
- Alford
- Alhampton
- Aller
- Allerford
- Alstone
- Ash
- Ash Priors
- Ashbrittle
- Ashcott
- Ashill
- Babcary
- Badgworth
- Baltonsborough
- Barrington
- Barton St David
- Barwick
- Batcombe
- Bathpool
- Battleton
- Bawdrip
- Beckington
- Beercrocombe
- Berrow
- Bicknoller
- Biddisham
- Bilbrook
- Binegar
- Bishops Lydeard
- Bishopswood
- Blackford (BA22)
- Blackford (BS28)
- Blagdon Hill
- Blue Anchor
- Bradford-on-Tone
- Bratton Seymour
- Brean
- Brent Knoll
- Broadshard
- Broadway
- Brompton Regis
- Brushford
- Buckland Dinham
- Buckland St Mary
- Burrowbridge
- Burtle
- Burton
- Butleigh
- Cannard's Grave
- Cannington
- Carhampton
- Catcott
- Chaffcombe
- Chantry
- Chapel Allerton
- Chapel Cleeve
- Charlton Adam
- Charlton Horethorne
- Charlton Mackrell
- Charlton Musgrove
- Cheddar
- Cheddon Fitzpaine
- Chedzoy
- Chelston
- Chewton Mendip
- Chilcompton
- Chilthorne Domer
- Chilton Polden
- Chilton Trinity
- Chiselborough
- Church Row
- Churchinford
- Clapton (BA3)
- Clapton (TA18)
- Coat
- Cocklake
- Coleford
- Combe Florey
- Combe St Nicholas
- Combwich
- Compton Bishop
- Compton Dundon
- Compton Pauncefoot
- Corfe
- Corton Denham
- Cossington
- Cotford St Luke
- Coxley
- Coxley Wick
- Cranmore
- Creech Heathfield
- Creech St Michael
- Crickham
- Croscombe
- Cross
- Crowcombe
- Cucklington
- Curload
- Curry Mallet
- Curry Rivel
- Cutcombe
- Dinder
- Ditcheat
- Doniford
- Donyatt
- Doulting
- Dowlish Ford
- Dowlish Wake
- Down End
- Downside
- Draycott
- Drayton
- Dulcote
- Dundon
- Dunster
- Durston
- East Brent
- East Chinnock
- East Coker
- East Horrington
- East Huntspill
- East Lambrook
- East Lydford
- East Lyng
- East Quantoxhead
- Eastertown
- Easton
- Edington
- Edithmead
- Enmore
- Evercreech
- Exebridge
- Exford
- Faulkland
- Fiddington
- Fitzhead
- Fivehead
- Forton
- Four Forks
- Galhampton
- Goathurst
- Great Elm
- Greinton
- Gurney Slade
- Halse
- Ham Street
- Hambridge
- Hardington Mandeville
- Hardington Moor
- Hardway
- Haselbury Plucknett
- Hatch Beauchamp
- Haybridge
- Heath House
- Henley
- Henstridge
- Henton
- Hewish
- High Ham
- Hillcommon
- Hillfarrance
- Hinton St George
- Holcombe
- Holford
- Holton
- Holywell
- Holywell Lake
- Horsey
- Horsington
- Horton
- Huish Champflower
- Huntspill
- Huntworth
- Ilchester
- Ilton
- Isle Abbotts
- Isle Brewers
- Keinton Mandeville
- Kilmersdon
- Kilve
- Kingsbury Episcopi
- Kingsdon
- Kingston St Mary
- Kingstone
- Knapp
- Knole
- Lamyatt
- Langford
- Langford Budville
- Langley Marsh
- Laverton
- Leigh upon Mendip
- Limington
- Litton
- Long Load
- Long Sutton
- Lopen
- Lovington
- Low Ham
- Lower Godney
- Lower Weare
- Luccombe
- Luxborough
- Lydeard St Lawrence
- Lydford-on-Fosse
- Lympsham
- Mark
- Mark Causeway
- Marston Magna
- Martock
- Meare
- Meare Green
- Mells
- Merriott
- Middlezoy
- Milborne Port
- Milverton
- Misterton
- Monksilver
- Monkton Heathfield
- Montacute
- Moorland
- Moorlinch
- Muchelney
- Mudford
- Mudgley
- Nailsbourne
- Nether Stowey
- North Barrow
- North Brewham
- North Cadbury
- North Cheriton
- North Coker
- North Curry
- North Newton
- North Perrott
- North Wootton
- Norton Fitzwarren
- Norton St Philip
- Norton sub Hamdon
- Nunney
- Nynehead
- Oake
- Oakhill
- Odcombe
- Old Cleeve
- Oldford
- Othery
- Over Stratton
- Oxenpill
- Pawlett
- Pedwell
- Penselwood
- Pict's Hill
- Pilton
- Pitminster
- Pitney
- Plot Gate
- Podimore
- Porlock
- Porlock Weir
- Prestleigh
- Priddy
- Puckington
- Puddle Town
- Puriton
- Queen Camel
- Redlynch
- Rimpton
- Roadwater
- Rockwell Green
- Rode
- Rodney Stoke
- Rooks Bridge
- Rudge
- Ruishton
- Sampford Arundel
- Sampford Brett
- Seavington St Mary
- Seavington St Michael
- Shapwick
- Shepton Beauchamp
- Shepton Montague
- Shipham
- Shoreditch
- Shurton
- Simonsbath
- South Barrow
- South Brewham
- South Cadbury
- South Cheriton
- South Horrington
- Sparkford
- Spaxton
- Staple Fitzpaine
- Staplegrove
- Stapleton
- Star
- Stathe
- Stawell
- Stawley
- Stembridge
- Stockland Bristol
- Stocklinch
- Stoford
- Stogumber
- Stogursey
- Stoke St Gregory
- Stoke St Mary
- Stoke St Michael
- Stoke sub Hamdon
- Stoke Trister
- Ston Easton
- Stone Allerton
- Stoney Stratton
- Stratton-on-the-Fosse
- Street on the Fosse
- Sutton Mallet
- Sutton Montis
- Tatworth
- Templecombe
- Theale
- Thorney
- Thurloxton
- Timberscombe
- Tintinhull
- Trudoxhill
- Trull
- Upper Coxley
- Upton (TA10)
- Upton (TA4)
- Upton Noble
- Wadeford
- Walton
- Wambrook
- Wanstrow
- Washford
- Watchfield
- Wayford
- Weare
- Wearne
- Wedmore
- Wembdon
- West Bagborough
- West Buckland
- West Camel
- West Chinnock
- West Coker
- West Horrington
- West Lydford
- West Monkton
- West Pennard
- West Quantoxhead
- Westbury-sub-Mendip
- Westford
- Westhay
- Westonzoyland
- Westport
- Wheddon Cross
- White Ball
- Whitelackington
- Williton
- Windmill Hill
- Winsford
- Winsham
- Witham Friary
- Withycombe
- Withypool
- Wookey
- Wookey Hole
- Woolavington
- Woolverton
- Wootton Courtenay
- Wrantage
- Wraxall
- Yarlington
- Yenston
- Yeovil Marsh
- Yeovilton
About help after a hospital stay
Help in the first days and weeks at home: settling back in, meals, washing and dressing, shopping, collecting prescriptions, and someone checking in while confidence returns.
Questions families ask
Is any help free after a hospital stay?
Often, yes. Ask the ward about reablement: short-term support at home to help someone get back on their feet. In England it's free for up to six weeks; elsewhere, ask the hospital or the council.
When should we start looking?
Before discharge, if you can. Hospitals can discharge at short notice, and having someone lined up makes the first days much easier.
Can a carer collect Dad from hospital?
Many can. If they're driving, ask whether their car insurance covers business use.
Helpful guides
Other help in Somerset
- Companionship
- Personal care
- Dementia care
- Respite care
- Overnight care
- Live-in care
- End of life support
- Meal preparation
- Shopping and errands
- Appointments and outings
- Medication reminders
- Light housework
- Regular cleaning
- Deep clean
- End of tenancy
- After builders
- Oven cleaning
- Carpet cleaning
- Window cleaning
- Ironing and laundry
- Decluttering
Are you a carer in Somerset?
Join Carers & Cleaners for £1 a year and be found by families looking for help after a hospital stay near you. There's no commission: you set your own rates and families pay you directly.
Carers & Cleaners is an introduction service. We don't vet or employ anyone, and what carers and cleaners tell us about themselves is self-declared. Families choose who to speak to and agree everything with them directly.