Palliative Care at Home in Lowestoft
Compassionate end-of-life care that allows your parent to spend their final weeks and months at home — comfortable, dignified, and surrounded by the people and things they love.
What We Do
What Palliative Care at Home Includes
Working alongside NHS palliative teams, hospices, and your family to provide care that focuses on comfort, not cure.
Comfort and Dignity
Pain management support, personal care, and maintaining your parent’s dignity at every stage.
Staying at Home
Your parent stays where they want to be — in their own home, with familiar surroundings.
Family Support
Practical and emotional support for the whole family during the most difficult time.
Day and Night Care
Flexible visiting and overnight care that adapts as your parent’s condition changes.
Clinical Liaison
Working with GPs, district nurses, hospice teams, and Macmillan nurses.
Quality of Life
Helping your parent live well — focusing on what they can do, not what they cannot.
Why Most People Want to Die at Home — and How We Make It Possible
What Palliative Care at Home Means
Palliative care is specialist care for someone with a life-limiting illness. It focuses on comfort, symptom management, and quality of life — not cure. At home, this means a trained carer who provides personal care, companionship, and practical support while working alongside NHS palliative teams, hospice outreach, and your family. In Lowestoft, our palliative carers support families across Oulton Broad, Carlton Colville, Beccles, Pakefield, Kessingland and Halesworth. We work with people living with cancer, heart failure, COPD, motor neurone disease, and other conditions where the focus has moved from treatment to comfort.
Most People Want to Stay at Home
Surveys consistently show that the majority of people would prefer to die at home. Yet without professional support, many families feel unable to provide the level of care needed — and their loved one ends up in hospital or a hospice by default, not by choice. Palliative home care makes the difference. It gives families the confidence that professional support is in place, that symptoms are being managed, and that they are not doing this alone. Our carers work alongside district nurses, Marie Curie, Macmillan, and local hospice teams to ensure your parent receives coordinated, joined-up care.
How Our Palliative Carers Are Trained
Palliative care requires a specific set of skills — and a specific temperament. Our carers receive specialist training in end-of-life care covering pain and symptom recognition, skin integrity, mouth care, positioning for comfort, managing anxiety and distress, and supporting families through grief. Stef Clark RMN, our Lowestoft Registered Manager with 30+ years in domiciliary care, personally selects and supervises every carer assigned to a palliative care package. Not every carer is suited to this work. We choose people with the right combination of clinical competence, emotional resilience, and genuine compassion.
Flexible Care That Adapts as Needs Change
Palliative care needs can change rapidly. A person who is mobile and relatively independent today may need full-time support within weeks. We build flexibility into every palliative care package. We can increase visits, extend hours, or introduce overnight care at short notice. Many families in Lowestoft start with a few visits a day and transition to round-the-clock support as the condition progresses. We do not ask you to predict what you will need in three months. We respond to what is happening now.
Supporting the Whole Family
End-of-life care does not just affect the person who is dying. It affects partners, children, grandchildren, and close friends. Our carers provide practical support — giving family members a break, sitting with your parent so you can sleep, helping with medication, and keeping the home running — but they also provide emotional support simply by being there. After your parent passes, we can help families navigate what happens next — registering the death, contacting relevant services, and connecting with bereavement support in Suffolk.
Choosing Amari Care Services for Palliative Care
Amari Care Services has provided palliative care at home across Lowestoft and Suffolk for over a decade. We are CQC registered (1-1999650632), rated Good, and trusted by 10 families with a 9.3/10 score on homecare.co.uk. We know this is the most important decision your family may ever make. Call 01502 537 293 to speak directly with our care team — we will answer your questions honestly and help you understand your options.
Palliative care is one of our nine home care services in Lowestoft. It often combines with overnight care and live-in care as needs increase.
Meet the Lowestoft Team Behind Your Care
Every family deserves to know who is behind their loved one’s care. Here is the team — from first phone call to daily visits.
Stef Clark RMN
Registered Manager
Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with over 30 years’ experience in health and social care. Named on our CQC registration — clinical leadership most providers cannot match.
Faisal Khan
Head of Marketing
Leads marketing strategy, digital presence and community engagement — ensuring services are accessible and well represented locally.
Gus Saggu
Nominated Individual & Director
Registered with CQC as the person responsible for supervising management. Ensures robust governance and compliance across the service.
Our Services
Nine Care Services From One Local Lowestoft Team
Every service is managed from our Riverside Road, NR33 office and delivered by carers trained to Care Certificate standards.
- Personal Care — Washing, dressing, bathing, and continence support
- Dementia Care — Consistent routines and patient support for memory loss
- Live-In Care — A dedicated carer in your parent’s home around the clock
- Complex Care — PEG feeding, catheter care, stoma maintenance, and hoisting
- Companionship Care — Regular visits for company, conversation, and light support
- Overnight Care — Waking or sleeping night carers for safety and reassurance
- Respite Care — Temporary cover so family carers can take a proper break
- Hospital Discharge Care — Reablement support when your parent leaves hospital
- End-of-Life Care — Comfort, companionship, and dignity in the final weeks and months
Getting Started
Not Sure What Care Your Parent Needs?
You don’t need to have all the answers. Most families call us unsure about what’s needed, what it costs, or how it all works. That’s exactly what we’re here for.
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Call Us — 10 Minutes Is All It Takes
Speak directly to our Lowestoft care team. Tell us what’s worrying you. We’ll listen, explain your options, and answer every question. No pressure, no jargon.
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We Visit, Listen, and Build a Plan
We carry out a FREE care assessment at home. We’ll work out exactly what’s needed and build a plan that fits your family’s budget and circumstances.
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Your Parent Gets Their Own Small Team
We match a small, consistent team of named carers to your loved one. When you’re happy with everything, care begins — on your timeline.
No obligation. We’re here to help you decide at your pace.