The first solution for many
seeking care services for an elderly loved one is to try and establish
additional home support care. Something many of us may remember as
“Home Help”. These days home care can take different forms, from
a few visits from a carer to assist with everyday tasks, to regular visits
from a community nurse to help manage deteriorating medical condition.
There are specialist agencies that can also provide live-in care.
A full-time home care solution
that allows you or your loved one to stay at home in familiar, relaxed
surroundings can often seem like a win-win solution to care problems. A
fully trained Live-in Carer works to an individually designed care plan
supporting the elderly person in their home, many people find this one-to-one
personal home care service ideal.
For anyone having difficulty
coping at home, the local authority social services or family GP should
be a first port of call. The local authority social services department
is the main state provider of services in the home. Services provided
by the local authority as often referred to as domiciliary, non-residential
or community care services. Although private agencies and local voluntary
organizations offer many of the same services.
Home Care services may include
such things as general day care, personal care, help with domestic tasks,
meals-on-wheels, and the adaptation of the home environment to improve
quality of living for the elderly person concerned. This can be fitting
appropriate alarms, stair and grab rails, widening doorways for wheelchairs
and fitting ramps. Adaptations provided by your local authority that
cost less than £1000 are currently free of charge, but some more
costly adaptations require a contribution. Equipment to assist in
the home is ordinarily provided free of charge or on loan.
