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 £895.00 per week (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.
Who will be my carer?
We understand that having someone coming to live in your home can be a big step and we recognise that the relationship between a client and carer determines the success of live-in care.
We endeavour to introduce care workers who are carefully matched to each client. We work with a broad range of carers most of whom have a wealth of experience and some have nursing qualifications. All carers are fluent English speakers. The quality of our carers determines the quality of the service. We never compromise on the carers we employ, in fact we reject most of the applications we receive.
All our carers are carefully assessed as to their skills and aptitude and will provide the domestic help and personal care that you need in a sensible and competent way.
Key attributes that we look for in all our carers are: compassion, trustworthiness, reliability, friendliness, enthusiasm, patience and respect
All our carers undergo a stringent recruitment process. They are carefully checked, interviewed and assessed. For each carer we:
- In line with the National Care Standards Act (2010) we run an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (formerly known as a CRB) records check through a DBS registered body for U.K residents. The DBS is an executive non-departmental public body of the Home Office. For other EU nationals we .conduct a full police check in their country of residence.
- Take up verbal and written references.
- Conduct a formal face to face interview / assessment.
- Where appropriate we check the validity of their academic and vocational qualifications.
However daunting the idea of sharing your home with a carer seems you can rest assured that all our carers have gone through a thorough and rigorous selection process, in fact we reject far more applications than we receive.
Once the decision to have a live-in carer has been made we then spend time selecting the carer who we think will best matched a client's needs.
It's not an arbitrary decision.
As part of the process, before any care is put in place there is always a meeting with a client in their home with a representative of At Home Care. During this meeting note will be taken not just of your care needs, but also your routine, your likes & dislikes, your hobbies & interests and also the type of person & personality you would like a carer to be. Once a carer arrives they will spend time putting together an extensive care plan care plan with input from not just the person receiving care, but also when applicable, input from family members and other healthcare professionals involved in your care.
Our normal way of working is to establish a team of 2 or 3 regular carers, each of whom work 6-8 weeks at a time and who rotate with each other on an ongoing basis. This way clients get to know the carers well and carers get to know clients and their routines, all of which help make the process run smoothly. One the rare occasion that a client and carer don't hit it off we will work to replace the carer with someone else.
What people say about our care
.We are very impressed with the kindness and consideration with which your carers are treating Mum.
Mrs A. G
(Leicester)
We would like to thank you and your marvellous carers, Anna, Valya and Maria for their exceptional levels of care and compassion, as well as their ability to anticipate father’s needs. They all demonstrated kindness in carrying out every task along with empathy and a certain degree of humour when needed.
They all used their initiative and we were very impressed with their commitment, diligence and ability to build trusting relationships with father.
Mrs E. D
( Norwich)
I just wanted to say a huge thanks again to you both & the agency, without such professional support she could never have stayed at home as she wished - but it was all made possible by at-home-care, for that I'm so so grateful.
Your Sincerely
Mr B.H
(Epsom, Surrey)
I would just like to thank you for all your help and the great service you provide I will definitely recommend your agency should anyone ask.
J.H
(Crediton, Devon)
Thank you for all your help in getting my mother discharged from hospital. She's so much more relaxed now she is back at home. As a family it's so reassuring to know that someone is there looking after her too.
Mrs E. S
(Bournemouth)
I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you for all your help and support over the last 18 months. Its not easy to get the right combination of skills and personalities for such an intimate environment. You did.
Thanks again.
Mr & Mrs G.N
(Bristol)
WE'RE HERE TO HELP
We offer 24 hour live-in care from £895.00 per week.
For further details simple give us a ring on 0845 289 8803
We treat all clients as individuals and care accordingly.
