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!
Contact us using the button below
Agree a no-obligation visit to discuss your or your family member needs
Agree a start date and time
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:
Small teams vs. large churn teams
Dedicated local managers vs. Corporate groups
Staying at home with family memories vs. Staying in a new place
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”
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.