At Home Care
'because there's no place like home'
The U.K's leading, independent provider of professional, caring and affordable live in care.
We are the U.K's leading, independent provider of professional, caring and affordable 24 hour live in care. Live-in care is a bespoke care solution which enables you, or your loved one, to remain in the familiar surroundings of your own home. It is increasingly recognised as being a better, more affordable option than moving into a residential care home.
What is Live in Care ?
As the name suggests 'live-in care' involves a carer living in your home, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are there to support and assist in your daily routine. For many people, the personal, bespoke and dedicated support offered by live-in care enables them to continue living safely at home. It also means that family and friends have the peace of mind that you are being well cared for in your own home.
Live-in carers help with personal care such as getting dressed, bathing, medication, helping with any continence needs -all carried out with dignity and discretion
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Live in care promotes independence and allows individuals to remain in control of their lifestyle. We adopt a person-centred, collaborative approach which allows you to receive as much, or as little support as you want require. You and your carer will together develop a personal care plan suited to your needs.
As well as helping with all personal care, they also help with domestic tasks such as cooking, shopping and cleaning read more
Designed to work around all of your medical requirements, we can cater for a wide variety of conditions including Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, MS, strokes, mobility as well as, simply providing support so that you can remain living safely in the comfort of your own home.
Additionally, many older people suffer from loneliness and social isolation, having a carer around offers companionship and social stimulation which has proven physical and mental health benefits
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Each person care needs are different and the price of care is tailored to your specific care needs, this way you only pay for the care you receive. Costs start from £969.00 per week (24hrs / 7 days).
Why chose live-in care ?
Residential care and nursing homes remain the most well known form of care and while they can offer a good quality of care they are not for everyone and Covid 19 has cruelly exposed some of their limitations.
Throughout the pandemic, care homes —more than any other type of social care provision — became synonymous with higher than average infection and death rates. The combination of older, frail and often already unwell people sharing communal living space has shone a spotlight on their limitations.
Additionally, care homes face other structural issues. Between 2017 and 2040 the number of people in the U.K aged over 65 is projected to increase by 49 per cent. The numbers of people aged over 85 —the group most likely to need health and care services —is projected to rise even more rapidly, nearly doubling from 1.4 to 2.7 million over the same period.
This will place enormous pressures on care homes. The situation is expected to get progressively worse as there is an ongoing, staffing crisis and there are fears that care homes will be forced to close. Every winter hospitals are unable to discharge medically fit "bed-blocking" patients to care homes as there are not enough staff to look after them.
A recent survey found that if given the option, 97% of people would prefer to remain at home rather than move into a care home. It's not just the general public, health professionals too are increasingly suggesting live -in care as a real alternative to moving into a care home. Given the real benefits its unsurprising.
The Benefits of Live-in Care
- Live-in care allows you or your loved one to stay in the comfort of your own home surrounded by all your personal possessions with no stressful upheaval. This is of paramount importance for anyone suffering from Alzheimer's or any form of dementia.
- With live in care you receive a one-to one bespoke, personal service that is tailored to your needs and requirements. Quite simply carers have the time. In residential homes a carer is responsible and looks after many people and a recent government funded report found that visits by home help 'are often so short and infrequent that 'there is not enough time to carry out even the most basic tasks'. (The Equality and Human Rights Commission 2011)
- Live-in care promotes Independence and allows you to maintain a sense of being in control. There are no rules and regulations in you own home you can get up or go to bed when you want, have friends and family visit whenever you want, keep your pet. The Carer is there to support you in a way you feel comfortable with. They don't want to impose and they don't take over. Their aim is to work with you, not to take control. You decide what you want help with not them.
- Live-in care provides a continuity of care and a good live-in carer will quickly gain an understanding of the person they are looking after and will be sensitive to their feelings and moods.
- Live-in care promotes better health. With the support of a live in carer, many people feel less lonely and vulnerable. In turn this often promotes an improvement in both the mental and physical wellbeing. They are less likely to suffer accidents or falls. Older people living in care homes are 3 times more likely to fall than those people living in their own home. Falls are the largest cause of emergency hospital admissions for older people (NHS, 2017). Falling can cause injury, distress, pain, loss of confidence or independence and mortality (PHE, 2018). Hospital admissions for UTI infections are also significantly less. Older people are disproportionately represented in malnourished groups; 43% of UK malnutrition cases are people aged 65+, equating to around 1.3 million people.
- Live-in care offers peace of mind for everyone. The family has peace of mind knowing that their loved one is being cared for 24 hours a day and that they have the freedom to visit and call whenever they want. People receiving care at home feel safer, more relaxed, more confident and often happier.
- Full time live-in care is affordable and nearly always, cheaper than residential care. This is always the case when a couple require live in care
- Live in care provides companionship-often overlooked but very important to both mental and physical well being. A recent study suggests that people living alone are less well on average than those living with others. It found that one in four older people living alone have a mental health condition, compared to one in five of older people living with others; while 50 per cent of older people living alone had three or more long-term conditions, compared with 42 per cent of older people living with others (Health Foundation 2018a).
- Protection of your home as an asset - when assessing your eligibility to receive funding to help pay for your care if you remain living at home then your house isn't counted as an asset so so can pass it onto the family if you chose.
- With live-in care you can keep your pet - the carer will look after it, and if you have a dog, they will be happy to walk it for you. Pets are generally not permitted in care homes.
- Flexibility- How long do I have to have a carer for ? You Chose. You can have a carer for as long as you want one. People often worry that by agreeing to have a live in carer they are then committed to have one for the rest of their lives. This is not true. We do not ask you to sign a long term contract or other long term binding agreements.
I can honestly say that finding your company and dealing with you has been a godsend. If you wish to use the following as a testimonial please do.
“ I highly recommend At Home Care and only wish that our family had found them sooner. My mother-in-law’s fears of having a stranger living in her home were totally dispelled when she met Giles during her assessment and from then on looked forward to having a live in carer.
The admin staff were extremely helpful in helping to select the carer and the carer herself fitted exactly to our requirements. She was excellent; really helpful and patient when dealing with my mother-in-law and keeping her home clean and organised. I would say she went above and beyond her duty. ”
Once again many thanks for all your help.
Warmest regards
Mrs L. C (Clapham)
We treat all clients as individuals and care accordingly.
