For people of all ages, we offer
- Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Visits: We can aid or carry out preparation, cooking, washing up and feeding.
- Domestic Support: We are on hand to support you with general housekeeping, washing and drying clothes, changing beds, ironing, dusting, cleaning, vacuuming, washing up and feeding or caring for your pet.
- Accompaniment to Appointments: Whether it be in the waiting room only, or inside the treatment room, we are there for you. We can provide an extra ear, helping pick up any information you might be worried about missing.
- Collection of Medication and Application of Prescribed Lotions and Creams: The stress of running out of your medication can be alleviated when you can depend on our friendly Care Givers to pick it up for you before they visit. Our Care Givers can assist you with administering medication, as well as provide support with mobility or physiotherapy exercises you may have been given. They can also provide medication prompts.
- Befriending, Sit Sessions, Day Trips and Excursions: We will try to pair you with a Care Giver who shares the same interests as you so that they can accompany you to lunch or dinner with your relative, the meeting of friends, attending a craft club or even an exercise class. Providing emotional support as well as encouragement and reassurance can alleviate mental health struggles.
- Shopping: A weekly shop need not feel laborious. Our Care Givers will happily accompany you to the supermarket, or even enjoy browsing some local shops with you.
- Continence, Catheter and Stoma Care: Having continence troubles or a catheter or stoma doesn’t mean that you can’t live independently and comfortably at home. All our Care Givers are trained to support continence care of all types, whether that be changing continence pads, cleaning intimate areas, managing a catheter or supporting you with a stoma. If accidents happen, count on us to be there, provide support and respect your dignity.
- Assistance with Using Public Transport: Navigating public transport and reading timetables, which may otherwise seem daunting.
- Admin and Organisation: Helping you organise a pile of letters, documents or statements, and assisting you in actioning these if you so wish. Our Care Givers can make dinner reservations for you, or research local attractions which you may find interesting.
- Rapid Response Care: We are on hand to begin supporting you within 24 hours of a quick call and in a crisis, we can usually turn this around quicker with Service Users requiring even the most complex of needs.
- Personal Care: Activities including skincare regimes, oral hygiene and dental care, hair care, foot care, make-up application, shaving support, dressing, showering, bathing and bed-bathing and toileting can all be made less stressful with the help of a Care Giver. We will assist you when moving positions in bed to help prevent sores. We believe in the importance of a continuous service and the same familiar faces when it comes to personal care.
- Palliative or End of Life Care: It can be distressing to see how a terminal illness is affecting a loved one. We can provide specialist palliative care so your family can make the most of your time together. We frequently work alongside a variety of organisations including hospices, support groups, continuing health care teams and district nurses.
- Respite Care Visits: As a family carer, there are times when you need to take a break, perhaps to enjoy an evening or day out, or longer, to go on a short break or a holiday. Everybody needs some time for themselves, even more so when they care for someone else. For a just a few hours each day or each week, we can assist you to alleviate any possible pressure.
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