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?

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.