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Care in your own home
Care in your own home
Independent home care providers
Home care providers concentrate on providing
quality care for individuals in their own home.
Services to support:
• Older people.
• People living with dementia.
• People living with physical
disabilities.
• People with sensory impairment.
• Adults with learning difficulties.
• People living with a mental illness.
Daily care/domestic support
Companies offering domestic care support
services designed around the individual,
which are both affordable and economically
viable will work closely with you and your
loved ones to ensure the personal care and
domestic support they provide are just suitable
for you.
Help can include:
• Help with getting up in the morning.
• Shaving, hair care and nail care.
• Assisting with clothing selection.
• Bathing and washing.
The support they provide is usually flexible
home support which is specifically tailored to
meet the needs of the individuals.
Home care providers are registered with the
Care Quality Commission (CQC) and they
ensure their employees have an enhanced
DBS check if they are coming into contact
and working with vulnerable adults or
children.
The moving and handling of people is a
regular task in home care, which if not done
safely, can cause serious injury to individuals
and staff, always ask if the staff are trained
in the use of hoists if they are required.
• Cleaning and tidying the home.
• Preparing and cooking meals.
• Settling in for the evening.
• Prompting medication.
• Shopping.
• Accompanying and helping organise
days out, meeting friends and family,
hospital and medical appointments.
• Carers should be fully trained or be in
ongoing training.
• You will have a care plan drawn up
by the care providers, which the
carers will work to.
• Respite for main carer.
10 Search for care online at www.careandsupport-bradford.co.uk