Services: Here to help you in Hook

Hook Home Help provides support and companionship care and help at home for those who need it.

I provide a range of homecare support services to help make life easier and better.

Here are just a few examples of the services I provide:

Food preparation, changing bed linen, collecting prescriptions, general housework, gardening, weeding, help with planning appointments and events and mental and physical wellbeing support.

If you are feeling lonely or need someone to be there for you, I am also happy to spend time having a chat over a cup of tea or just be present when you have contractors doing work on your home.

Our Services

  • Food Preparation

    Help with preparing food for lunch or dinner, as well as packaging up food for storage

  • Changing Bed Linen

    I can help change the sheets and duvet cover on a regular basis so that you have a fresh clean bed

  • Prescriptions & Appointments

    Let me help you by collecting your prescriptions for you and managing appointments

  • Housework

    Light cleaning and also tidying and decluttering of your home

  • Managing post and domestic administration

    If you need help managing your post and domestic administration, get in touch

    Managing post and admin

  • Support when contractors are present

    Having someone with you for support and help when contractors call

    Having someone there when contractors call

  • Mental wellbeing support

    Managing your mental wellbeing. Dealing with anxiety, loneliness and sadness

    Managing your mental wellbeing. Dealing with anxiety, loneliness and sadness

  • Physical wellbeing support

    Managing your physical wellbeing. Increasing your physical activity, or practising physiotherapy or OT exercises

    Physical Wellbeing

  • Gardening

    If you need work done outside, I am happy to help with weeding and basic gardening

    Weeding and basic gardening

  • A chat and a cup of tea

    Someone to have a chat with and a cup of tea

    Someone to have a chat with a cup of tea

  • Planning and booking events

    Planning and booking clubs and societies

    Planning and booking clubs and societies

Out and about

You might also like some help getting out and about:

  • Support with food shopping

  • Support getting to your Covid and flu vaccinations, dentist or other medical appointments

  • Some company going for a walk. Find new routes and get to know the local area.

  • Going somewhere new and meeting new people

  • Running errands

  • Starting a new hobby

  • Going to clubs and societies

What is Companionship Care?

Companionship care is about having someone you can rely on for company and conversation and a bit of support when you need it.

If you are new to the area, far from family, recently bereaved, or have spent some time in hospital, it can be helpful to have someone to talk to, and to be with you when you need someone there.

Companion care can include almost anything that isn’t medical or personal care.

Who is Hook Home Help for?

Hook Home Help is for anyone in Hook who is looking for some company or some support. You may be new to the area or have had some time being unwell or in hospital.

I am visiting people in Hook, Hampshire. Visits can be regular or ad hoc. Visits are charged by the hour.

If you feel that you would benefit from some company and a pair of helping hands then get in touch and have a chat about what you need and how I can help.

You might need some practical help with organising medical appointments and getting to them, or some help doing your shopping and changing the bed or a bit of a hand with the garden, or you might just want some company and someone to chat to.

You might like a chat about the news or the old days, or places you have been or want to go to.

If you are feeling anxious about anything, I can help with tips and techniques to manage anxiety and to help you sleep.

You might like someone to come with you the first time you go to a new club or society or someone to help you find out about what is on and how you can get to meet other people.

Some tasks can seem overwhelming if you have to do them on your own. You might have an overgrown garden or a part of your house that needs sorting out. It can be helpful to have some moral support when starting big projects, both with the practical sides but also just to help to make them manageable.

Having some help with these things can make it easier to stay at home, can help to relieve anxiety and loneliness and make life a bit easier and a bit happier.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness for Older People

Having seen the effects of anxiety and depression both on clients, staff and my own personal experience, I then went on to start a business that offers Mindfulness training both in the workplace and for individuals. Mindfulness can be useful to help to decrease anxiety, depression and stress and will also improve sleep and general enjoyment of life. This is about making very small changes to make life a bit happier.

Research has shown that Mindfulness can be particularly helpful for older people.

It can help to deal with stress around ageing, worrying about family and friends, bereavement, and in dealing with health issues.

A qualitative study of older adults’ perspectives on initiating exercise and mindfulness practice indicated that mindfulness training and exercise can serve as tools to cultivate important healthy lifestyle qualities among older adults, who are in the midst of mental, social, emotional and physical change.

“Thanks to Penny's empathetic and supportive coaching I have found a new path through my grief and I have learnt practical ways to help with my anxiety. Mindfulness has allowed me to quieten the endless inner chatter in my head and exist in the moment. I would recommend Mindfulness for Beginners to anyone who wants to learn tools to cope with this hectic modern and pressurised world.”

— Laura

Benefits of mindfulness

Studies have shown that Mindfulness can help to:


1. Slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s

A recent study showed that a combination of meditation and breathing exercises can help slow down the development of dementia-related diseases. Other studies suggest that mindfulness meditation helps people cope better with the anxiety, stress and depression that often accompany memory loss.

2. Improving focus

The most scientifically proven aspect of Mindfulness is that it will help to improve your focus

3. Managing moods and emotions

It is easy to be overwhelmed by emotion and stressed by change at any age but as we get older there are many areas of change that we need to adjust to. The passing of people and pets who we love, changes in where and how we live. Mindfulness can help us to accept these changes and to focus on what we have rather than what we have lost. 

4. Improving memory

Some studies have shown that Mindfulness is useful in helping to maintain both long and short-term memory functions

5. Allowing ourselves to rest, to be calm and to be happy

Mindfulness can be useful in helping us to allow ourselves to rest and to stay calm as well as allowing ourselves to be happy. Self-care is a very important part of ageing healthily and living more happily.

Having spoken to older people, they have been grateful for this time out from worrying about themselves and the younger members of their families. They thanked me for having introduced them to these techniques to help to alleviate some of the stress that they were experiencing.

“Penny’s mindfulness course has been a brilliant way for me to improve my focus. Her flexibility, friendly manner and non-judgemental attitude make her a brilliant mentor and teacher”

— Annabel

Want to find out more?

If you would like to know more about Hook Home Help and the services I provide, including mindfulness, then get in touch. Use the button below or go to www.pennymetcalf.com