Palliative care is usually referred to as the time when a person who is living with a life-limiting illness is embarking on a course of treatments and therapies that will enable them to live their best quality of life for as long as possible. While unfortunately not usually a cure, therapies received will enable the person to live a better quality of life and they’ll receive treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy which may enable them to live for much longer than originally anticipated. Indeed, people receiving palliative care can often do so for years before any significant degrading of the condition takes place. More and more people in the Malvern area are looking to receive palliative care at home nowadays, mainly because it enables you to remain in the home you love, surrounded by family and pets and precious memories. It is certainly a positive alternative to having to leave your home and reside in a hospital, hospice or care home environment and receiving palliative care at home will still see you receiving the highest quality of care, delivered by a multidisciplinary team of community care specialists. These can include your GP, community nurses and your Helping Hands carers, who can come to you on either a visiting or live-in basis.
End of life care is still a part of the palliative pathway, however it is usually considered to be the last few weeks or days of it, when the person is approaching the end of their life. By the time a person reaches the end of life stage the focus is very much on pain management, emotional support for both them and their loved ones, and ensuring that whatever time the person has left is spent in comforting, peaceful surroundings. It is important that they are able to die with the dignity they deserve and the peace and calm environment that will ensure their passing is just as they and their loved ones would wish. Our Malvern care team are experienced in supporting our customers to the end of their life, meaning that you will have a compassionate carer present who will support not only the person, but their family and friends too.
Receiving palliative and end of life care in your own home means you’ll always be in the place that makes you feel most comfortable, most peaceful and most happy. Being able to have your family and friends around you without fear of visiting hours or number restrictions can only make you feel calmer and more reassured as your time progresses, and feeling precious pets sitting on your bed or by your feet means you’ll always be surrounded by love in a place that has been filled with happiness over the years. Our carers our recruited and selected locally; handpicked to work for us so that we can be sure they have the right natural qualities for Helping Hands, such as compassion, empathy and patience. We train them expertly and ensure they are always encouraged to refresh their skills and learn new ways to expertly care for their customers. Added to this, we’re fully regulated by the Care Quality Commission and Care Inspectorate Wales, so you know we’ll only ever deliver the very highest standards of homecare for you or your loved ones.
To find out more about care at home in the Malvern area, talk to our friendly customer care team today, or seven days a week. Alternatively, contact us via our website and we’ll be happy to call you back.