Homecare in South Norwood

Homecare in South Norwood

Families just like yours, trust and rely on Right at Home Mitcham Streatham & Dulwich to provide companionship and personal care to their loved ones. Whether it’s accompaniment to the local shops or to meet a friend for lunch, we provide bespoke personal care and support for every Client.

Our South Norwood based team of CareGivers provide elderly and young people with much needed friendship and support.  We can help with routine household tasks that may have become difficult. Or we can simply be there as a friend to enjoy hobbies and share interests with.  We also provide specialist care such as dementia care, live-in care and respite care.

Our companionship and personal care services are available in South Norwood and they include:

• Personal care
• Company whilst doing hobbies
• Social interaction in the community
• Respite for family CareGivers
• Food preparation
• Light housekeeping
• Emotional support
• Being there as a friend to listen and talk to
• Support on a day trip or even further afield
• Help with everyday tasks, like shopping for food or clothes
• Support with using public transport and escorting on journeys

Ease the feeling of loneliness and share your time with a trusted, familiar and friendly face. At Right at Home Mitcham, Streatham & Dulwich, we offer person-centred and engaging companionship and support.

Live in care in South Norwood

Live-in care involves having a trusted and reliable CareGiver live with you in your own home. Our private live-in CareGivers are available in South Norwood to offer support with day-to-day activities, personal hygiene, companionship, and even specialist medical care. 

Our live-in care services in South Norwood are a viable alternative to a care home, offering one-to-one highly personalised, flexible care and support in the comfortable and familiar surroundings of your own home.

You or your loved one may not necessarily need a lot of help. But we are here to support you with daily activities to enable independence, well-being and preventing isolation and loneliness.

Many of our Clients say their CareGivers are good friends and their relationships enrich and improve their day to day lives, which we are immensely happy to hear.

South Norwood Local History and Places to Visit

The area was originally covered by the Great North Wood, which was a natural oak forest that covered four miles of south London. Apart from South Norwood, the wood covered Upper Norwood, West Norwood (known as Lower Norwood until 1885) and the Woodside and Gipsy Hill areas.

In 1848 South Norwood remained a small hamlet, however the following 10–20 years rapid development occurred with the construction of roads and the Selhurst Park estate.  Much of the growth of the area was the result of William Ford Stanley, who constructed a factory in the area in 1867 and established a technical school here in 1902 (now the Stanley Arts).

Stanley Arts is one of South London’s premiere arts and performance venues, providing the local community with a vital home for cultural expression and discovery. 

South Norwood Country Park is a park in South Norwood, close to Elmers End station.  It fills 125 acres green space with a mix of countryside and parkland.

During the war, the park site became an army training and A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) centre for the civil defence unit.  There was even a ruined house that was specially constructed for the rescue services to practise in.

During the blitz, when hundreds of buildings were destroyed in Croydon and surrounding areas, much of the spoils were dumped on the land now occupied by the park. This rubble eventually mounted up to form what is now the large hill and the principal viewpoint in the park.  From the top you can see the London Docklands, Crystal Palace, and Croydon.

The Dragonfly Pond was built to encourage dragonflies and damselflies, and many other plants and animals such as frogs, toads and newts can be found there too. In the summer months the blue and green Emperor Dragonfly, the largest dragonfly in Britain, can be found there.

South Norwood Community Festival

The South Norwood Community Festival is an annual event at South Norwood Recreational Ground which first began in 2011.  In 2022 over 8,000 people gathered to enjoy live bands, refreshments, arts and crafts and children's entertainment.   The Festival raises funds for St Christopher’s hospice which provides palliative care for those in need.  

Eagle-eyed visitors to South Norwood will see a blue plaque at 12 Tennison Road commemorating Arthur Conan Doyle who lived here in 1891.  The local area gets a mention in this short story "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" (1903).