Private homecare services
Welcome to week two of our January blog to cover the advantages of private homecare compared to residential care.
This week we will look at management of the service and getting the views of our registered manager, Carl.
Registered Manager for Private Homecare Services, Carl
elderly care
Carl is our local care manager and he started the service with the company director, Rachael, back in 2021 after learning of the elderly care his nan received was far below the standard expected.
Carl worked all over the world as a senior leader until has nan got sick and he decided that care services would be his legacy to his nan, with his main mantra in the office being “would this be good enough for your nan?” - Something we take seriously for all of our care services.
Carl said “Residential care is certainly an option for meeting care needs as conditions may deteriorate over time. However, the advantage of private homecare is that we can support as much or as little as needed. We don’t have corporate shareholders and venture capital to answer to in our services, meaning every decision we make is locally based and always with the client at the centre.”
The key difference in private homecare managers is many of them are owner / operators of the service.
Many residential care homes are subject to large company shareholder profit margins and financial targets set on managers, which does not apply to boutique private homecare services that focus instead on client care.
Beloved Homecare specialises in providing high quality private homecare in your own home.
Rachael is the director of Beloved Homecare and started life as a carer in Wales before meeting Carl and establishing the service in May 2021.
Director of our Private Homecare Service, Rachael
Live in care
Care at home & live in care
Rachael has delivered both live—in care to elderly clients around the world as well as regular care at home visits to clients up to four times per day.
Rachael said “Live-in care is something that many people can choose as an option for themselves or their loved one to allow them to stay at home and in the place they know.”
Rachael recalls her first day working in care “I remember getting an hour induction and an hour on-job training and just being left to it from there. I thought this was far below the standards needed to train professional care staff, so together with Carl, Beloved Homecare was formed!”
Training professional care staff who can provide a range of specialist care roles at home is no small task. Beloved Homecare provides thousands of hours of professional training to our own care team every year, under close supervision and audit of our local management team.