Cancer care

When you’re caring for someone living with cancer, it’s important to ensure they’re getting all the practical, physical and emotional support that they require to be able to live with their condition on a day-to-day basis.

If you or a loved one are living with cancer and require additional day-to-day assistance, we’re here to help. We can support you in your own home with specialist support, tailored to your condition and your circumstances.

You can arrange cancer care today by calling our friendly customer support team on 0330 818 3860. The team are available seven days a week, and will always be happy to assist with any queries you may have.

At Helping Hands, we understand that support for family members is also incredibly important when you’re living with cancer. When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer it can rock the foundations of not just the person, but their family members too. While we’ll be there to support the person with every aspect of their treatment journey, we’ll also be there to provide emotional support for the people around them. This is because we know that you’ll be worrying about how your illness is affecting them, and by having a professional carer to support you all, you and your family can concentrate on spending quality time together without having to be the primary carer.

Pain management during cancer care may be one of the areas that a person living with cancer worries about the most. It’s very important that the person has adequate pain relief so that they can live as well as possible and a pain management plan would need to be devised with healthcare professionals. This plan will consider the person’s diagnosis, the type of cancer they’re living with and the stage the cancer is at, medications already being taken, and the person’s preferences for ongoing pain relief. Helping Hands carers are trained to deliver their customers’ medications, and can be fully responsible for your medication management where necessary.

Paying for cancer care at home shouldn’t cause you worry while you’re already going through a life-changing illness. You may be eligible for funding through the local authority, or you may be planning to pay for care yourself, but whatever your circumstances, you should firstly arrange a Financial Assessment with your local authority. This will clarify your situation and help you understand if you’re entitled to support.

We’ll will always keep our costs transparent and easy to understand so you don’t get nasty surprises when your bill arrives. We’ll design your care around your circumstances, and your payment schedule will reflect that, but as a rule our care costs begin at:

£1,675 per week for a single person’s live-in care.

£2,125 per week for a couple’s live-in care.

£345 per day for respite live-in care.

£32.40 per hour for visiting care, plus a one-off call out cost of £4.50 per visit.