home-care

  1. Home care, (also referred to as domiciliary care, social care, or in-home care), is supportive careprovided in the home.
Home care services became popular in grown countries as countries located in Europe, America. United Kingdom is one of the most populated of Home care services.

Home Care Services

We can help care for people in the following areas...

  • Older People
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Disabilities
  • Learning Disabilities
  • People with Dementia & Alzheimer's
Personal care includes assistance with: Practical tasks include:
  • washing
  • shaving (not wet shaving)
  • oral care
  • dressing
  • toileting
  • continence care
  • feeding
  • assistance with medication  with the use of a medi-pack or blister pack
  • assistance with getting up or going to bed
  • making or changing your bed
  • emptying commodes
  • shopping for Service Users
  • paying Service User’s bills
  • collecting Service User’s pensions (giro only )
  • assistance with Service User’s laundry and can include ironing
  • preparing Service User’s meals
  • vacuum cleaning
  • light domestic tasks - washing dishes, dusting, cleaning of toilets and bathrooms etc.

We also offer re-ablement and early supported hospital discharge services.

All of the above services are provided by Care Workers making personal visits at agreed times to meet the needs of the Service User and their chosen life style. The visit can vary in length from 15 minutes to one or more hours. One or more visits can be made throughout the day on one day or seven days per week, following an assessment of need that will identify the services required.

With most aging United Kingdom wanting to stay in their own homes, the need for in-home caregivers is skyrocketing. But unlike most other jobs, there's no federal guarantee that these workers get minimum wage or overtime. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports on the challenge of getting home care that’s reasonably priced while still paying caretakers a living wage.



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