Home care in Croydon & Bromley
Companionship that brightens the week
Companionship care is a regular visit from a friendly, carefully matched carer: conversation over a cup of tea, help with shopping and appointments, support with hobbies, or good company. Loneliness can affect health, and a familiar visitor each week can change how the days feel.
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Who is companionship care for?
- Anyone living alone whose days have grown quiet
- People who have lost confidence going out since an illness or bereavement
- Families far away who want a trusted, friendly face checking in
- Family carers who need a sitting service to step out for a few hours
- Older people managing well day to day who miss regular company
- Anyone who would welcome a hand getting to appointments, the shops or a favourite place
What’s included
- Regular visits from the same friendly face, conversation first
- Trips out: shopping, appointments, garden centres, a favourite café
- Support with hobbies, puzzles, letters and video calls to family
- A light hand with everyday jobs while we chat
- A sitting service so family carers can step out worry-free
- A quick word with family afterwards, so you always know how things are
What companionship care looks like day to day
Companionship care is the simplest of our services to describe and, for many families, the one that changes the most. It is a regular visit from the same friendly, carefully matched carer, built around the person rather than a task list. Some visits are quiet: a cup of tea, the news, a proper conversation with someone who is interested. Others are busier: a trip to the shops or the garden centre, a hand with a hobby that had been set aside, a walk while the weather holds, or help writing cards and video-calling family who live far away. What every visit shares is unhurried attention and continuity, the same face arriving on the same day, so a visitor becomes a friend and the week gains a shape to look forward to. For families watching from a distance, it is the reassurance that someone reliable is calling in, noticing how things are, and keeping you in the loop.
- A regular visitA regular visit from the same familiar carer, on a day you can count on.
- Conversation firstConversation first: a cup of tea, the news, and someone interested in your day.
- Trips outTrips out at your pace: the shops, an appointment, the garden centre, or a favourite café.
- HobbiesA hand to pick hobbies back up, from puzzles and cards to a bit of gardening.
- Keeping in touchHelp keeping in touch: letters, phone calls, and video calls with family far away.
- A light hand at homeA light hand with small everyday jobs while you chat, never a rushed to-do list.
- A sitting serviceA sitting service so a family carer can slip out for a few hours without worry.
- A word with familyA quick word with the family afterwards, so everyone knows how the visit went.
We keep you in the picture
Loneliness is easy to underestimate from the outside, and easy to hide from the people you love, which is why many families come to us worried but not quite sure what is wrong. A companionship visit gives you a steady read on how someone is really doing: whether they are eating, whether their mood has lifted or dipped, whether the confidence to get out is coming back or slipping away. Because the same carer visits each week, they notice the small shifts a once-a-month phone call would miss, and they tell you honestly, without alarm. Often a companionship visitor is the first to spot the practical things that go unmentioned on a phone call: post piling up unopened, food gone past its date, a bill left unpaid, or a heating system left off on a cold day, and a quiet word to the family sorts it out before it grows into a real worry. Nothing is fixed in stone either: visits can be longer, more frequent, or moved to suit how the week goes. And if more help is ever needed, from a hand with meals to personal care, the same trusted visitor can take it on gradually, so there is no upheaval and no new stranger to get used to.
The same familiar faces
With companionship, the relationship is the service, so who visits matters more than anything. We match on personality and interests as much as practical need, employ every carer directly rather than sending agency staff, and tell you who your carer will be before regular visits begin. Each one is DBS-checked and chosen because they are good company, not just available. We then protect that continuity, keeping the same visitor wherever we possibly can, because a familiar face is the whole point. If the match is not right, we change it without fuss. And as life changes, the arrangement flexes with it: a standing weekly slot, an extra visit when a family carer is away, or a gentle step up to more support, always built on the same trusted relationship rather than starting over.
How care begins
Call us
A friendly chat about what would help, no scripts, no pressure.
Free home visit
We meet you at home, listen properly and shape a plan together.
Care begins
We tell you who your carers will be, and care often starts within days.
Inspected and rated by the Care Quality Commission
The CQC is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. They inspected us across five areas, and rated us “Good” in every one, our current published rating.
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive
- Well-led
Fabulous Homecare Ltd
“They’ve been my carers for over a year and I couldn’t be in safer, more reliable hands. Fabulous Homecare has employed very qualified and knowledgeable people.”
Companionship: common questions
What does companionship care cost?
Visits start from £26 an hour with no minimum commitment beyond the visit itself, and the first home visit is free. Many families book a regular weekly slot.
Is companionship just sitting and chatting?
It can be exactly that (and good conversation matters more than people admit) but visits flex to the person: outings, hobbies, appointments, a walk, or quietly being there so the family can go out without worrying.
Who would be visiting my mother?
A DBS-checked carer employed directly by us, chosen to suit her personality and interests. We then keep the same visitor wherever possible, because the relationship is the service.
Can companionship grow into more support later?
Yes, that is one of its quiet strengths. The same trusted visitor can gradually help with more, from meals to personal care, without the upheaval of introducing someone new when needs change.
Last reviewed July 2026 · Reviewed by Roseline Fazal Masih, Registered Manager · Registered Nurse
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