A guide for families in Marshside who have started to wonder whether someone they love could benefit from a little extra help at home. Written honestly, without pressure, from experience.
Marshside is a place defined by its edge — the wide skies over the marsh, the RSPB reserve where the tide brings in more birds than people some mornings, a coastal path that residents have walked for decades. These are not things people leave easily — and most older residents have no intention of leaving them at all.
Select Home Care Services provides home help and companionship in Marshside — meals, shopping, housekeeping, appointments and company — at a standard rate of £33 per hour.
Our free guides answer the questions most families ask first.
Marshside has a quality that is distinct from the places around it. It sits right against the Ribble Estuary marshes, with a slower, more open character than the busier streets of central Southport nearby — the kind of quiet that comes from living beside genuine wilderness rather than in the middle of a town.
Marshside lies on the northern edge of Southport, close to Marine Drive and the RSPB reserve. Practical help here often means getting to appointments at the GP or Southport & Formby District General Hospital, help with the weekly shop, meals prepared at home, and regular company. If your helper drives you, mileage is charged as shown on our Pricing page.
We cover the whole of Marshside, including the areas bordering the coastal nature reserve, within PR9. If you are unsure whether your address falls within our coverage, please call us and we will confirm immediately.
Select Home Care Services was founded by senior carer Anita and registered nurses Natalie and Nicola. We provide home help and companionship. We are not CQC registered, and we do not provide personal care, nursing or medical treatment, or give medication — if that kind of help is needed, we will say so and point you to the right service.
£33 per hour. Every service. Holiday rates published.
No registration fees · Published prices · Minimum visit one hour · No long-term contract
If you have a question not answered here, please call us on 01704 333 188. We are always happy to talk without any pressure.
See All QuestionsThe first call is simply a conversation, with no obligation. We will listen carefully, ask the right questions, and give you an honest view of whether home help is likely to make a difference. If you go ahead, we visit to talk through what would help and agree everything in a simple written agreement.
Some families call having thought about it for a single day. Others have been sitting with the question for months. There is no wrong time to have the conversation.
If we are not the right fit, we will say so clearly — and do what we can to point you in the right direction.