{"id":662,"date":"2026-03-17T11:17:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seniors.theprogressteam.com\/about-us-4\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:12:51","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.seniorshelpingseniors.co.uk\/ashford-swale\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About Seniors Helping Seniors \u2013 Ashford & Swale<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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AN AWARD-WINNING ELDERLY HOME CARE BUSINESS<\/strong><\/div>
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At Seniors Helping Seniors, elderly home care means improving the lives of others and that is at the heart of everything we do. We positively change how \u201cseniors\u201d are treated, changing what is expected along the way in elderly home care.<\/p>

We are the proud winners of multiple awards for the social impact of our elderly home care services. Our unique in-home care has been matching seniors who need help with seniors who want to help for over 23 years. The home care service helps seniors and their families by offering compassionate, loving care from fellow seniors who they can trust and relate to.<\/p>

At Seniors Helping Seniors, our services are flexible, and they are built around our clients and customers. No job is too big, and no job is too small, and every family\u2019s budget is accommodated.<\/p>

Every office of Seniors Helping Seniors is a family owned and operated franchise, owned by individuals who have been carefully chosen because they have the right public-spirited attitude to make a real difference in their community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Who owns the Seniors Helping Seniors franchise in Ashford & Swale and what experience do they have?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Zoe and Paul Martin\u00a0own and manage Seniors Helping Seniors Ashford & Swale. Paul explains, \u201cOur area is bounded on the North by the Isle of Sheppey, the South by Tenterden, the West by Charing and Smarden and the East by Chilham across to Sellindge.\u00a0 We cover all of the inner and surrounding villages too. However, if you are outside this area, we and our colleagues will do our best to help you too, so please call us.\u201d<\/p>

Paul and Zoe have lived in Kent all their lives and hold a lifetime of experience in helping and caring for people. \u00a0Paul & Zoe met at school in Rochester where Paul was a Cathedral chorister, the couple subsequently marrying there, following a proposal at the West Door!<\/p>

Zoe had early experience of caring whist at school, contributing to the \u201cHands\u201d voluntary activity which involved visiting and giving company to lonely elderly residents.<\/p>

Both Paul and Zoe come from a service background, Zoe having enjoyed a rewarding career in medicine and healthcare in both NHS and private sectors and Paul, a successful career in estate agency, together running their own award-winning estate agency practice in the village of Charing.<\/p>

Whilst running their estate agency and helping the older generation move home, often making the difficult decision to downsize, Paul and Zoe\u2019s naturally caring nature regularly came into play during what is recognised as one of the most stressful times in people\u2019s life, going above and beyond just selling the client\u2019s home, by assisting with solicitor\u2019s paperwork and even shopping for groceries and supplying cold remedies from the supermarket in heavy snow when one client was housebound, suffering from the flu!<\/p>

Much closer to home, Zoe explains \u201cwe have over twenty-five years direct personal experience of managing and coordinating care for close family and we understand perfectly just how much time and planning that level of care requires.<\/p>

\u201cWe understand the responsibilities and complexities associated with Powers of Attorney and we both hold Lasting Powers of Attorney for family members.\u00a0 We also assisted the family in caring for an elderly Aunt who lived alone in north London, alternating visits with other family members, but personally visiting her every other weekend to ensure she was able to remain comfortable in her own home for as long as possible.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What inspired you to start a Seniors Helping Seniors?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Paul: \u201cWe\u2019ve always felt drawn to help someone in need. Zoe enjoyed enormous satisfaction assisting patients in their time of need whilst working in the healthcare sector and, during the course of operating our estate agency, a large proportion of our clients were of the older generation, some luckily very fit and active with a large family\/social network and others, either not as fit as they used to be, or alone and needing help. We both thoroughly enjoyed providing the support these clients needed.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Paul: \u201cWe\u2019ve always felt drawn to help someone in need. Zoe enjoyed enormous satisfaction assisting patients in their time of need whilst working in the healthcare sector and, during the course of operating our estate agency, a large proportion of our clients were of the older generation, some luckily very fit and active with a large family\/social network and others, either not as fit as they used to be, or alone and needing help. We both thoroughly enjoyed providing the support these clients needed.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It\u2019s clear that there is now more of the latter type of person, yet there isn\u2019t a healthy supply of individually tailored care services to support these people. We want to address this and make a difference in the Ashford and Swale area.<\/p>

We like the idea of helping:<\/p>