Caremark Ashford & Shepway

Time to recharge your batteries...

We specialise in providing respite home care and support to those caring for someone else.

When you’re looking after a loved one or family member it can be rewarding, but it can also be extremely demanding and exhausting. Taking time out is important for your health and wellbeing, and even just a few days rest can be enough to recharge your energy levels and enthusiasm.

We’re here to help

Helping someone you love to cope with the challenges that come with dementia and memory loss can be exhausting, upsetting and isolating. But Caremark is here to offer practical support, advice and reassurance. We can provide professional and fully trained care assistants for day care at home as little or as often as you need it, as well as respite care and live-in care.

We also have plenty of experience to share with you, enabling you to feel better equipped to deal with any situation that might arise. And we can let you know about useful outside resources too.

Helping to overcome loneliness

Did you know that, according to Age UK, nearly a million older people in the UK go for more than a month without speaking to anyone? Not only is loneliness and isolation a huge problem, it has also been associated with health issues such as depression, sleep problems, hypertension, stress and mental health problems.

At Caremark we strongly believe that no one should feel loneliness or isolation, which is why we’ve created our companionship care service.

Live the life you want

Live-in care is our specialised care service for people who need care and support with day-to-day life, but also want to live as independently as possible.


A popular alternative to living in a residential care home, our live-in care service enables you or your loved one to receive tailored, professional support 24-hours-a-day, at home.

Our live-in care plans are tailored precisely to match the personal needs of our clients - from companionship to assistance with personal care and everyday life - live-in care is a much more bespoke service.

Caremark are dedicated to providing a high quality and consistent service to all types of organisations. We can supply staff for an immediate start or pre-arranged terms to support you during shortages. Or where you are looking to get a contract with a provider on a long term basis.

Caremark also work very closely with local authorities. Aiming to support them with their demand for care and support services. This can be done contractually or on a case by case basis.

Not only do shared activities and positive relationships contribute to our wellbeing but they also improve our brain health too. According to the Global Council on Brain Health’s 2017 report, “older people who are more socially engaged and have larger social networks tend to have a higher level of cognitive function”.

Life events, such as bereavement, ill health, lack of mobility and confidence, and retirement can all contribute to reduced social networks, making it more difficult to stay active socially. Our social activity support service is tailored to our clients’ individual needs.

Domestic care and housekeeping services

You or your loved one might think of help in the home as support with personal care, including getting dressed or undressed and support with medication or mobility around the home, but many of our clients also ask Caremark for help with domestic care or housekeeping.

Support with some of life's more tedious tasks such as emptying the bins or changing the bed sheets and dusting, can be very physically demanding and often we find clients simply cannot manage to do them due to being older and less able bodied or having physical disabilities.

Help with shopping and meal preparation

Having a healthy, nutritious and delicious meal is so important for both mental and physical wellbeing, as is being in control over your food choices and being able to feed yourself if possible. Being able to shop for food is also an important part of staying well and independent, especially as we age, but it is also something that can become too tricky or logistically impossible without extra help.

Our shopping and meal preparation service ensures that the people we care for enjoy the process of planning, buying and cooking regular, healthy meals.

If you or your loved one is taking medication - particularly a few different sorts - it can be challenging to manage. Caremark is here to take the stress out of medication management and organising prescriptions.

Our carers are only too happy to manage your or your family member’s medication and liaise with doctors and pharmacists to order more, or we can assist in prompting you to take your medication and simply be there for vital extra support.