Staying home, staying you
Compassionate, specialist dementia care that keeps people living safely in the homes they know and love.
Can someone living with dementia stay at home?
All About Home Care provides specialist dementia care at home across Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks and Maidstone. Our carers are trained in-house by Jo Allchin, a qualified Dementia Trainer, with training designed in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society.
Often, staying at home can be the best option with the right support, in familiar surroundings and close to the people you love. Around 944,000 people in the UK are living with dementia, and with cases projected to reach 1.7 million by 2040, the need for compassionate, specialist care has never been greater.
Dementia covers a range of conditions. The four most common are Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia, and each needs a different approach to care.
At All About Home Care, dementia care is one of our deepest specialisms.
Trained by a qualified Dementia Trainer
Our Sevenoaks Field Care Supervisor, Jo Allchin, is a qualified Dementia Trainer. She trains our whole team in communication, adapting care as conditions progress, and supporting families. Jo was named Community Homecare Worker of the Year at the Kent Care Awards 2025.
Nationwide, only 38% of care staff who provide direct care have completed dementia care training, according to the CQC’s State of Care 2025/26 report (using Skills for Care data). At All About Home Care, 100% of our care team receive dementia training, delivered in-house.
- Dementia training designed in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society
- Free dementia awareness training for family carers (see below)
For family carers
For many people living with dementia, their main carer is a partner or close family member, and that can lead to exhaustion. Our home care offers immediate respite, whether for a few hours or a few days.
Jo Allchin
Field Care Supervisor & Trainer · Sevenoaks
Kent Care Awards 2025 winner
Care that steps inside your loved one’s world
By stepping inside our client’s world, we provide truly person-centred dementia care. In practice, this means:
Consistent carers
The same familiar faces at every visit. In dementia care, familiarity isn’t a luxury; it’s essential.
Routine
Visits at the same time each day, following the same pattern. Predictability reduces anxiety and confusion.
Communication
Clear, simple language, eye contact, and time to respond.
Cognitive engagement and outings
Conversation, activities and hobbies that keep the mind active, with Dementia Friendly Community events, Forget Me Not Cafés and outings they enjoy.
Personal care, with dignity
Bathing, dressing, personal hygiene and meals, always with patience, without rushing and without judgement.
Safety and wellbeing
Quiet attention to safety, meals and hydration at home, and noticing changes early so families and health professionals are kept informed.
Support that changes as needs change
Personal care
Help with daily activities including bathing, dressing and personal hygiene, with the patience and sensitivity that dementia care needs.
Companionship care
Emotional support, conversation, hobbies and activities, and company at community events.
Specialist dementia care
Tailored care plans including cognitive engagement, medication management and specialist approaches to maintain wellbeing.
Connected, not isolated
Our carers go with clients to local dementia groups, sharing in the moments of connection, and often volunteer to help make them welcoming for everyone.
For advanced dementia with complex needs, this explains how NHS funding is assessed. Read our article on NHS Continuing Healthcare
Living independently with dementia
Despite the challenges of dementia, he was determined to live independently and this was possible with carer visits fitting so well around family days.
The organisation is very responsive. They will always give us a call if anything changes. Communication is excellent.
All About Homecare stepped in when we needed them most.
Talk to us about dementia care
Free, no-obligation care assessments across Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks and Maidstone.
Or email enquiries@allabouthomecare.co.uk, or