A complete guide to companionship care

Companionship care is important because it enables people to remain living in the home they love while avoiding becoming isolated. Loneliness and social isolation are, according to the Campaign to End Loneliness, “considered by many to be one of the largest public health challenges we face.”

Loneliness and social isolation have an enormous impact on people’s physical and emotional wellbeing especially amongst older people, so having someone going to their homes regularly or even living in, is a real lifeline. Loneliness and social isolation are often thought to be the same thing but they’re not. “Loneliness is linked to social isolation but it is not the same thing. While loneliness is an emotional experience, isolation is a lack of social contact.”

For a start, we only pick the very best people to become our carers, which means our customers are always in expert hands. We also have industry-leading training and assessment that is all conducted in-house, meaning we retain consistency and employ our own knowledgeable trainers. We carefully screen our carers and ensure that only the most compassionate and competent people are selected to work for us. The main reason that we’re the UK’s most trusted home care provider though is simply because we care from the heart about others’ wellbeing, a value that is shared by every single person who works for Helping Hands.