Understanding Home-Based Elderly Care
Remaining in your own home when you need additional care and support is many people’s preference, but there are others who don’t even know this is an option. You have choices when it comes to receiving care – you should never presume that you’ll have to leave the home you love and move into a residential or nursing home.
There are huge differences between home-based and residential elderly care packages, not least that your care package at home will be bespoke and designed especially to your needs. By their very nature, care homes are not able to offer one-to-one, personalised care due to the ratio of carers to residents, yet by having support in your own home you will be the carer’s sole focus while they’re with you.
Care at home from Helping Hands gives you or your loved ones not just first-rate, expert care, it also provides reassurance that you’re exactly where you want to remain and will be able to stay there for as long as you wish. Our home-based care package options give you the flexibility to design your care around your needs, with support available as little or as often as you need it.
Comparing Home Care to Residential Care – Pros & Cons
Our care is fully flexible depending on how complex your needs are. We support people throughout their care journey right through to end of life, and our compassionate carers ensure that you’re comfortable and that your dignity is promoted at all times. We offer both visiting and live-in care so you can select what works best for you, or even a combination of both. Our home care packages for the elderly are summarised below:
Visiting care
Live-in care
Comparing Home Care to Residential Care – Pros & Cons
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
Stay in the home you love
Your home means the world to you so why leave it? Carry on living in the place you love the most, surrounded by memories, loved ones, and furry companions.
Receive one-to-one support
One-to-one support from your dedicated and compassionate carer. Your bespoke package of care is designed perfectly to your needs, while being flexible enough to change if necessary.
Keep up your normal routines
Having care at home means your daily routine proceeds as normal, so you decide when you get up, eat your meals, and go to bed. You’ll also be able to keep appointments you’ve always had.
Enjoy your favourite hobbies
Regardless of what you enjoy doing with your time, there’ll be no worries about your favourite hobbies not being accommodated. Plus your carer will always be happy to support it
Have ongoing companionship
Your friendly, compassionate carer will be on-hand to provide companionship whenever you want it, therefore reducing the risk of loneliness or isolation
See family and friends
There are no restrictions on visiting times when you’re in your own home – so family and friends can come by whenever you want them to, regardless of the time of day
Both our visiting and live-in care packages for elderly at home give you a huge number of reasons for choosing care at home over residential care, but here are some of the best:
One-to-one care – Your own carer will ensure that you receive all the care you need, every single day at your convenience. No waiting around until they’re free.
Remaining in a familiar environment – Your home represents so much, so why leave it and move into residential care? Stay living in the place that means the world to you.
A holistic approach – We believe in a ‘whole-person’, holistic approach to care, which includes your physical, spiritual, and emotional needs. We also support your loved ones’ emotional wellbeing too, in what can be a stressful time.
Enjoy your local community – You may have built up connections over the years that you’re reluctant to let go of. With care at home, you remain in the heart of the community you love, with familiar friends and neighbours nearby.
Bespoke support plan – Your personalised package of care is accompanied by a bespoke support plan that details every aspect of how you like to live your life. This is how we can help your daily routine continue as it always has done.
More time with loved ones – Spending time with loved ones is key to our emotional wellbeing, and by remaining at home for your care you won’t have to worry about visiting times or numbers allowed in. You call the shots with our elderly home care packages.
With Helping Hands devising your personalised home care package for the elderly, you’ll feel the difference at once. You’ll be in control of your care all the time – there won’t be any need to compromise your daily routine to fit in with anyone else. Your package of elderly care will be designed with you in mind and flexible enough to change if your needs do, so you can be reassured that you’ll always remain in control. Elderly care from Helping Hands is always about keeping you as independent as possible in the home you love and promoting your dignity at all times, values that we’ve held dear since we were established in 1989. By making sure your care plan contains even the smallest detail of how you like to live your life, we keep you at the centre of your care experience and never make you feel as if your life isn’t your own any longer.
It’s the excellent care and support Helping Hands gives me that enables me to carry on working, and live a near as possible normal life.
Linda York
Home care is additional support that enables you to live life your way, in the home you love. Instead of thinking your only option is residential care, having care at home will keep you in the place that means the most to you, with the people and memories you cherish.
Home care is designed to make your everyday routine run as smoothly as possible, for both you and those around you. It is also a reassurance for loved ones who may live some distance away. Keeping you comfortable and safe will mean you all benefit.
Home care can include every aspect of your daily routine, such as meal preparation, housekeeping, and personal care. Your carer can undertake all the tasks you used to do but may now find difficult, like changing the beds, and getting in and out of the bath.
One call to Helping Hands is all it takes to begin your care journey. Our dedicated customer specialists are available seven days a week to answer your questions and allay your concerns. They’ll arrange for you to meet your local manager who’ll perform a home care assessment so that all of your needs are taken into account.
There are several factors to consider, such as whether you’d like occasional or round-the-clock support, but visiting care can cost from just £32.40 per hour, depending on the intensity of your needs. Live-in care prices start at £1,675 for an individual. We’ll produce a bespoke quote for you as part of your assessment.
We work hard to match you with a carer who will share your hobbies and interests, but we feel the most important traits are their personal qualities of compassion and kindness. We hope that you’ll quickly become friends with your carer and value them being in your home.
Home care is comparable to residential care in cost, yet the benefits of remaining in the home you love go beyond what money can measure. Being in a familiar place that’s full of memories and love is priceless, but especially for a couple who both need support, a care package for elderly at home can be extremely cost-effective.