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DOMICILIARY CARE
People who live in their own homes and require additional assistance with day-to-day activities are eligible to receive domiciliary care, often known as home care. A trained carer will come to your home to assist you with activities of daily living such as light housework, personal care, preparing and cooking meals, or any other duty that enables you to preserve your independence and quality of life. Additionally, domiciliary care gives the family carer who is looking after their loved one the option to take a much-needed vacation from their responsibilities.
Domiciliary care can also be referred to as hourly care, home care, or visiting care. However, these terms all relate to the same service, which is having a carer come to your home at various times during the day to offer care and support.
Depending on the level of care and assistance that you require, we are able to make arrangements for a carer to visit you anywhere from once to three times each day for periods ranging from fifteen minutes to sixty minutes at a time.
Who Needs to Receive Domiciliary Care?
Domiciliary care is available to anybody who desires to continue receiving the care and assistance they need while remaining in the familiar surroundings of their own home. This allows the recipient to maintain their independence and live their life as they see fit.
This might be the result of a surgery, or it could be that you require support with activities of daily living such as getting out of bed and dressing, or that you need someone to help you manage your medicines.
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What comes with Domiciliary Care?
Our carers can offer you the following assistance can be offered to you in the comfort of your own home:
Personal care is an umbrella phrase that refers to a variety of activities that assist you maintain your personal hygiene and appearance. These activities include things like washing, clothing, grooming, and using the restroom.
If you have trouble moving around the home safely because of mobility issues, the visiting carer will make sure you get up and walk around at regular intervals throughout the day.
When they pay you a visit at your home, caregivers provide patients with the benefit of companionship.
Carers are able to provide convalescence care in the comfort of your own home if you require assistance following hospital treatment or an operation, such as after having a hip replacement, for example.
In order to guarantee that you are able to stay on top of your routine, the carer will support you with the administration of your prescriptions.
To ensure that you eat at the appropriate times throughout the day, carers will prepare your meals and, if there is enough time, they will also cook for you. They will make meals for you that you can quickly reheat in the microwave in the event that they are unable to visit at every mealtime.
If you hire a carer, they may assist you with household chores so that you can stay on top of your cleaning routine.
How Does Domiciliary Care Work?
You will receive a customised care plan that is made specifically for you. Domiciliary carers will assist you in accomplishing your particular goals by providing support as you work through your strategy.
Each plan is tailored specifically to your requirements, and it may be modified to accommodate any shifting care needs, such as alterations to your medication.
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Costs related to individual care at home
When compared to the entire cost of domiciliary care provided in the home, the cost of care for people who desire to receive live-in home care is frequently less expensive.
When a person is receiving domiciliary care, which is provided by a domiciliary care provider, it is likely that you will be charged extra for additional services to support the person’s specific care needs, such as dementia or Parkinson’s disease, or for someone with high or complex needs, on top of the cost of a carer visiting.
This is in addition to the cost of a carer visiting. When a person is receiving domiciliary care, it is likely that you will be charged extra These add-ons quickly pile up and have the potential to become pricey over time.
A domiciliary care agency will continue to charge on an hourly basis, which can become quite pricey if a person’s needs increase to the point where they require a greater number of hours of care each day. In this scenario, the agency will continue to provide the required care but will charge for the additional hours.
It is almost guaranteed that the overall hourly cost of providing domiciliary care to an individual who requires care and support around the clock will be more than the cost of an all-inclusive live-in care service.