Private Homecare Vs. Residential Care Home

Is Private Homecare a Better Choice than Residential Care?

Advantages of Private Homecare

• You can stay at in your own home with fond memories

• A small team of dedicated professional carers to look after you in your own home

• A dedicated manager who does not answer to corporate shareholders who can make decisions based on your care needs quickly, rather than go through committee sign-off

• Staying close to friends, neighbours and family in the community you know and love

• Significantly more cost effective than a high-quality care home by up to 70%

Private homecare - things to consider

When deciding on care services, wether private homecare or residential care, consider the following questions carefully before making a decision:

• Do I want to leave my own property?

• Can my care needs be met with some minor adjustments in my home such as hand rails?

• Do I want to leave my family memories behind?

• Can i safely remain at home with professional help and support?

• Do I want a dedicated care team or different carers every few weeks?

• Do I want to spend up to £3,000 per week in residential care, or spend less in private care in my own home?

• Do I want the assurance of a dedicated manager 7 days per week, or someone who only works Monday to Friday until 4:00pm?

Private Homecare Vs. Residential Care: Staying With Memories

Private Homecare and Precious Memories

Imagine raising children and perhaps grandchildren in a home that has taken years of saving and sacrifice to maintain.

Now, because of one fall, or one diagnosis…. you are thinking about moving into a new place with no connection to your family, your friends or your community.

This can often be what happens when there seems to be no other options available. But there are options.

You can stay at home with private homecare!

What is Private Homecare?

Private Homecare is a service offered to help people like you or your loved ones to stay safe at home for as long as possible. It can be anything from regular calls each day for breakfast, lunch, dinner and bed. It can mean full time live-in care or even overnight care.

There is so much flexibility in private homecare which is not determined by “minimum standards” from the local authority. You can choose your exact package to meet your or your loved ones needs.

You can even top-up your local authority care package with additiional private homecare.

Case Study about Private Homecare

Mr. T was eligible to get local authority call for 3 calls per day for breakfast, lunch and bed. His family were concerned that with his diagnosis of early stage dementia that he could be at risk of hurting himself by getting out of bed.

Our solution was to offer a 2 -hour private package each night so a carer would wait until 10:00pm each night to make sure he was safe. The additional 2 hours were all fully documented and the family (with permission from Mr. T) could read the care notes to make sure he was safe and happy.

This led to Mr. T having a happy and safe experience with private homecare that was flexible enough to support his needs while providing assurance to his family that he was safe throughout.

How to Get Private Homecare

You could have private homecare arranged wihin just 24 hours from your call!

1. Contact us using the button below

2. Agree a no-obligation visit to discuss your or your family member needs

3. Agree a start date and time

4. That’s it!

Advantages of Private Homecare Vs. Residential Care

4 Advantages of Private Homecare Vs. Residential Care

Private homecare advantages

For the next four weeks we will discuss the advantages of private homecare for you or your loved one. There are four key areas to explore and they are:

1. Small teams vs. large churn teams

2. Dedicated local managers vs. Corporate groups

3. Staying at home with family memories vs. Staying in a new place

4. Costs of high quality private homecare vs costs of high quality residential care

Carer looking at Photo Album with Client

Small teams of private carers

Private Homecare with us means that you have a dedicated team of 3-4 carers depending on the package of care you would like.

You get to know the same carers and they get to support you based on regular contact with the same people every week.

Compared to a residential home where there are churn rates of up to 60% depending on the location and dozens of staff who you may not know, trying to support you based solely on a document rather than getting to know you over a long period of time.

The private homecare service allows you to build a professional bond with the care professionals and know that you are in safe hands with such a small, dedicated team.

In summary, private homecare with a small, dedicated team allows you to build a genuine rapport and professional relationship with a group of highly engaged carers.

Private Homecare Choices

Private Homecare

When deciding that you or a loved one may need care the local government in your location can complete a free assessment of need which will recommend a package of care they think id the minimum requirement you need.

Private Homecare

“Homecare is much more than just the quick calls the local authority provide. It can be a lifeline and companionship”

— Carl Mannion

Live in care

Live in care

Private homecare can include live in care for people who may need support day and night.

A dedicated care team will support you 24 hours per day, 7 days per week with a dedicated team of care professionals looking after all of your needs.

Our team of experienced professional carers will provide you or your loved one with piece of mind that someone is going to be available no matter what time, day or night.