Respiratory Care

Our Respiratory Care Services

When you’re living with a condition that affects your breathing it can be debilitating as well as frightening at times, however help is at hand. Because Helping Hands have been supporting our customers to live well with a range of conditions – including respiratory difficulties – since 1989, we really are the UK’s expert respiratory care at home company. If you’re struggling to remain independent at home due to your respiratory condition, then our visiting and live-in care services could be exactly what you need to keep you living as you wish to. We can offer straightforward or complex respiratory care services, such as those led by our own team of clinical nurses. These include:

BiPAP (Bilevel Positive Air Pressure) care

CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)

Benefits of Respiratory Care at Home

Having respiratory home care means you can receive help with every aspect of your daily routine, such as personal care, medication and housework. By remaining in your own home rather than moving into a care home you get to stay in familiar surroundings with the people you love nearby. You also get to have your pets with you as well as memories of years well-lived. Staying at home also means you get to:

Enjoy flexible support

Your carer can be there as much or as little as you need

Maintain hobbies and interests

Meeting friends or enjoying regular activities

Be in familiar surroundings

Your favourite views, your own furniture and furnishings

Friendly companionship

Watching TV, chatting or having a cuppa as you wish

Choose when to see loved ones

No visiting times to worry about or restrictive rules

Avoid change

You maintain control of your own routine and don’t need to move home

Key Areas of Respiratory Care

While we can support you with every aspect of your respiratory care there are some key areas that you may need additional help. Perhaps you’re struggling to keep your house clean and tidy or to regularly change the beds because you physically can’t manage any more. Some of our customers appreciate having someone to chat to over a cup of tea, help them run errands or meet up with friends. However you need us, we can be there to help you. We appreciate it can be a daunting prospect to invite someone you don’t know into your home, however our friendly and professional carers are experienced and compassionate and will make the transition very comfortable for you.

Why Choose Helping Hands?

We’re the UK’s home care experts and trusted more than any other private company to care for you at home. We fully own and operate the business ourselves, and we don’t sell franchises like other care companies do. We have 150 branches across England and Wales which means we’re small enough to care but big enough to cope. Our 3450 Trustpilot reviews will demonstrate that we are highly valued by our customers and their loved ones, and over the decades our values haven’t changed, namely, to keep you as independent as possible in the home you love, for as long as you need us. We believe in promoting your dignity at all times and ensuring you live as well as you can with your respiratory condition.

How Much Does Respiratory Care Cost?

When you’re ready for respiratory care from Helping Hands, we’ll design you a personalised quote that will consider all of your needs and requirements. Many factors affect the amount it can cost to have respiratory care at home, such as where in the UK you live and the level of support you need. However, as an idea of what you could pay, prices begin at the following:

Visiting Care:

Visiting Care is charged on an hourly basis and begins at £31.00 per hour, plus a callout charge per visit of £4.50.

Live-in Care:

Live-in care is charged per week and for an individual begins at £1,650 per week. It is particularly cost-effective for a couple at £1,650 per week.

Respite Care:

If you just need us on a temporary basis then respite respiratory care may be the answer. This begins on a daily live-in rate of £275.

How to Arrange Respiratory Care

Arranging respiratory care is easy. You can call our friendly customer care team seven days a week and they’ll be able to answer all of your questions for you. They can also call you back at a more convenient time if you wish. You can also get a quick response from our online chat service or pop into your nearest branch, details of which you’ll find here.