What is Palliative Care at Home?
When Should Someone Be Offered Palliative Care At-Home?
Palliative care is offered when someone has a chronic illness or a life-limiting condition. Being offered palliative care at home means that you get to remain living in the place you love while receiving the support you need every day. If you need help managing aspects of your life as your condition progresses, palliative care at home is a valuable option that offers flexibility in your treatment plan. Having support in your own home can improve your quality of life as your carer will help you to deal with your condition and accompany you to therapy appointments.
As well as practical support, your carer can offer emotional comfort when your situation becomes hard to manage, for both you and your loved ones. If you’re wondering ‘what is palliative care at home’, our friendly team of customer care specialists will be able to answer all of your questions, seven days a week.
The Importance of Palliative Care At-Home
Because we’ve been caring for people in their own homes since we were established in 1989, you have the knowledge and experience of decades of support with Helping Hands. If you’re embarking on a palliative care journey at home, you and your loved ones need to be confident that the people coming to your home to help you are going to have your best interests at heart at all times. You can trust Helping Hands because:
We care for people in the communities they love across England and Wales
We understand that living well at home means something different for each of us
Our care is adaptable and flexible to change as your needs do
We’re trusted by thousands of people every day to deliver exceptional care
Your friendly local care team take the time to listen and understand
We’re proud of the special people who work for us compassionately every day
What are the Benefits of Palliative Care At-Home?
There are so many benefits of palliative care at home, not least the fact that you get to remain living in the place that means the world to you as you undergo your treatments and therapies. Your carer can ensure that you always live the way you wish to, whether you have visiting care to give your loved ones a break or around-the-clock live-in care. Other benefits include:
Where Else Can Someone Receive Palliative Care?
Palliative Care isn’t only delivered in your own home; it can be offered in a hospice or other healthcare setting such as a nursing home too. Some people accept moving out of their home and into one of these locations because they don’t realise they can stay at home and be fully supported. There are hospice at-home services that many locations offer, but they can’t always guarantee you’ll see the same small team of carers, whereas if you have palliative care at home from Helping Hands, you’ll enjoy familiar support from your local branch team. You get to remain in the place where you feel most comfortable, enjoying your garden and the company of loved ones and precious pets. Our palliative support carers are specially trained in more complex care needs by our own team of clinical nurses, providing symptom relief, nutritious meals and keeping your home clean and tidy.
Do You Have to Pay for Palliative Care At-Home?
When considering options for support with your palliative care journey, one of the most common questions people have is, ‘Do you have to pay for palliative care at home in the UK?’ While the majority of our customers do pay privately for their care, there may be funding sources available if you’re eligible. Your local authority will be able to advise you on what funding exists in your area and if you meet the criteria for financial support, or if not, how much you will have to pay towards your palliative care at home. Helping Hands will work with your funding body to make the transition to palliative care at home as smooth as possible so that you and your loved ones can concentrate on having quality time with each other towards the end of your life.
We work hard to keep our pricing information straightforward and transparent at such an emotional and stressful time.