Private Homecare: Cost of Care
Paying for care is perhaps one of the most difficult decisions you can face in older life. Many people are torn between wanting high quality care and wanting to leave a nest egg behind for loved ones when they die.
Like all services it depends on what you would like and what you are willing to pay for. If you want a Michellin Star meal you have to pay a lot more than if you want a fast food burger from town.
Residential care can start from just £750 per week in some areas and go up to anywhere depending on the type of facility you are interested in.
One care home near to us in Cheshire charges £3,000 per week per person, for example. It must be said the care is outstanding there, in our view.
Costs of Care
Costs of Residential Care are Significantly Higher than Private Homecare.
Private Homecare on the other hand can be significantly cheaper than residential care. Prices start at just £25 per visit and each call is personalised to you, on your own home.
As a private homecare service, we are able to offer flexibility of our service which means you can increase or decrease your call requirements as needed.
Case Study: Increasing private homecare Calls
A client we had was diagnosed with early stage dementia and needed just 2 calls per day in the morning and night for 30 minutes each call.
After 6 months the calls needed to increase to 4 calls per day so that the client and family members could be assured of their care throughout the day too.
Our client stayed at home for 18 months before needing to be sent to a specialist care home.
That was 18 months of staying in familiar surroundings, having neighbours pop in and say “hello” and dedicated calls by care staff who knew the client at every single visit.
Liaising with other health professionals such as the memory clinic staff, GP and consultant was just a small part of the work we did in the background to ensure our client was as safe as possible at home all the way until they needed more specialised support.
Summary
Private Homecare is a flexible and cheaper alternative that searching for residential care homes in many cases and could be considered a sound financial decision in contrast to high staff turnover care homes.