What is convalescent care?
Convalescent care is short-term support provided by skilled carers in your own home.
Convalescence care offers short-term, round-the-clock support for individuals recovering from hospital stays. Ideal for older adults post-surgery or illness, it provides a nurturing environment to aid in full recovery with comprehensive, 24/7 care.
With convalescent care from Helping Hands, you can have a package of support fully tailored to you. Whether you need visiting care at pre-arranged times to help out, or one of our carers come to live with you in your own home, we’ll make sure you’re completely supported during your recovery process.
Where can convalescent care be provided?
While convalescent care can be provided in your own home or a residential care home, there are many advantages to remaining at home to receive support – which is why we exclusively provide care at home.
You can remain in the comfort of your own home
You have full control over your meal times and preferences
One-to-one, 24-hour care from your own dedicated carer
You can continue with your preferred lifestyle and routines
Your friends and family can visit as much as they like
Who might benefit from convalescent care at home?
Convalescent care is for those who will recover their independence and manage without care.
Convalescent care is designed for individuals recovering from a hospital stay who need short-term, round-the-clock support. It is particularly suited for older adults needing extra help after surgery or illness.
The customers who might benefit from convalescent care at home are individuals who, with support, will recover their full independence in time and will at some point be able to regain their strength and manage without care.
You may consider convalescent care after:
What kind of support is given by convalescent care?
Our compassionate carers can help you with every aspect of your recovery.
Our compassionate carers can help you with every aspect of your recovery, whether it be improving your mobility, ensuring you eat a nutritionally balanced diet or supporting your personal care. They can also escort you to medical appointments and accompany you to activities outside of your home.
Helping Hands can organise care for you on a visiting or live-in basis, meaning that you remain in control of your care journey and can select the type of support that is most appropriate to your situation.
Companionship
Our carers are all selectively recruited for their friendly, empathetic personalities, which means that they often end up becoming great friends with their customers
Meal preparation
Your carer will be able to prepare food and drink to your taste at the times that suit you – whether you’re following a particular diet or like to stick to certain routines
Administering medication
Our carers all receive training in helping to safely administer medication, and can also collect your prescription on your behalf as well as organising your medication for you
Incontinence care
A carer can provide discreet assistance with toileting and continence. This includes stoma and catheter management and helping you use the toilet.
Personal care
Your carer will be able to prepare food and drink to your taste at the times that suit you – whether you’re following a particular diet or like to stick to certain routines
Mobility support
All of our trainers receive expert mobility training, so they’re equipped to help you get into and out of bed safely and move around your home to help your recovery
How long can convalescent care be provided for?
The ultimate aim of convalescent care is to accommodate a full recovery for the customer.
Convalescent care is always supplied with the end goal in mind that the customer will recover from their illness or injury and eventually be able to manage independently again. Therefore, while each person’s experience will be individualised and duration of care will be different, if a person is living with a condition that isn’t going to improve after the period of convalescence then it may not be the right type of care for them. Helping Hands can support our customers with not only convalescent care, but longer-term, permanent and respite care too.
If you think your care needs might be more long term, Helping Hands can support you with not only convalescent care, but respite, and permanent care too.
Why choose Helping Hands?
Person-centred support from the UK’s most widely-trusted home care provider.
We’ve been supporting people to live as independently as possible in their own homes since 1989 and have received over 4000 Trustpilot reviews, so when we say we’re the home care specialists you really can believe us.
We only hire the very best carers to our support teams, and provide them with comprehensive, industry-leading carer training that equips them to provide a wide range of care services to people with varying needs and conditions.
How do I organise convalescent care?
We aim to make it easy to arrange the support you want so that we can focus on what really matters: your care needs. Speak to our team today to begin your journey.
Speak to our team
Call our team of experts to talk through your options and any questions you may have
Free home care assessment
Your local Helping Hands manager will visit you to discuss your care requirements
Find your carer
We’ll help to match you with a carer who meets your preferences and has the right skills