Why Choose Close to Home Support?

A Consistent, Familiar Face for You or Your Loved One.

When looking for elderly care and home support in Diss or the surrounding villages, you want peace of mind knowing who is entering your relative's home. Unlike some larger care agencies where a different members of a team may attend different visits, Close to Home Support offers consistent, one-to-one support personally provided by Sara. Sara takes the time to build genuine relationships with every client, ensuring they feel safe, respected, and fully supported at home

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Support That Fits Your Life.

Friendly, flexible elderly home support for older people across Mid Suffolk & South Norfolk tailored around you.

Whether it’s companionship, help with shopping and errands, light housekeeping, preparing a simple meal, attending appointments or just getting out and about. Sara provides reliable one-to-one support to help make everyday life a little easier.

A Familiar Face You Can Rely on.

Building trust and feeling comfortable with the person providing help, and companionship support to you really matters. With Close to Home Support, you won’t have different people arriving from visit to visit.

Sara provides the support personally, giving you continuity, reassurance and the chance to build a genuine, familiar relationship.

Why Families Choose Close to Home Support in Mid Suffolk & South Norfolk.

One Familiar Face

You’ll always know who is coming over to your home. Sara provides the support personally, helping build trust, familiarity and reassurance.

Helping You Stay Independent

Support is there when you need it, while encouraging you to remain independent, continue doing the things you enjoy and live life your way.

Personal & Flexible

Support tailored around you and your individual needs, with help that fits comfortably into your everyday life.

Support You Can Trust

Sara brings over 20 years of dedicated elderly care and support experience, including working as a Dementia Team Leader, along with an NVQ in Health and Social Care and an enhanced DBS check, giving you confidence that you’re in safe, experienced hands.

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How The Support Planner Works

Every Close to Home Support client has their own personalised planner, kept safely in their home. It helps Sara provide consistent personalised support, while keeping important information routines and visit updates together in one place, so everybody stays informed and connected.

  • Personalised Details: Captures your routines, interests, likes and dislikes and preferred ways of doing things.

  • Visit Notes: Sara logs key updates after every visit, giving family members complete visibility and peace of mind.

  • Essential Info In One Place: Holds emergency contacts, medical notes, appointment dates and daily schedules.

    Complete Peace of Mind for Families

    The personal support planner stays safely at home, serving as a dedicated record for every visit. It ensures family members, no matter where they live, can easily check in, see how visits went and know their loved one is receiving safe, consistent and truly personalised support.

    Local Support Across Mid Suffolk and South Norfolk

    Close to Home Support provides friendly, reliable companionship and home support for older people across Diss, Hopton, Garboldisham, Roydon, Bressingham, Stanton, Ixworth, Walsham le Willows, Thetford, Bury St Edmunds and surrounding villages throughout South Suffolk & South Norfolk.