Respite care is support provided on a short-term, temporary basis that can be delivered for a number of reasons. Usually, respite care at home in Weybridge is required due to a hospital discharge or the aftermath of an illness or accident, where you need some support to get back to full strength and independence. We also provide respite care to people who already have a carer – whether a professional or family member – and they need to take a well-earned break. We’ve been established since 1989 at Helping Hands, and we offer both visiting and live-in care developed with the expertise of our decades of experience. Our care services are fully regulated by the Care Quality Commission and the Care Inspectorate Wales too, so you’ll always receive the very highest levels of care delivery, no matter where you are across England and Wales.
Temporary respite support is a perfect solution if you are living with a condition that sees you need a little extra help at home. For a few days or weeks, our carers can support you with every aspect of your daily routine, both practical and emotional, such as personal care, medication, attending appointments, or keeping up with friends. We’ll safeguard your wellbeing and promote your independence so that you always remain at the centre of your care experience too.
Whether you already have a carer or you’ve usually managed at home, you obviously want to remain living in the place that means the most to you rather than going into residential accommodation. We design your care around you, making sure that you are always the focus and the way you like to live. Our care is never designed as ‘one size fits all’; we design each package around the person it’s for, ensuring it remains flexible so that it can change as your needs do and as your recovery progresses.
Our carers have a variety of experience when they join us. Some have been working in care for decades whereas others are new to the industry. All of them bring transferable skills though and we build on those when they begin with us so that they can be at a consistent standard. We use their existing knowledge as a foundation, so that we can help them to become more experienced and offer qualifications to enhance their skills. We have our own training academy at Helping Hands which gives each employee a bespoke learning experience, helping them to develop in their role and progress if they wish. We’re proud of the effort our carers put into caring for their customers and also in developing themselves as carers, and we love the fact that so many of our managers began as carers with us and have chosen to stay and develop their career.
If you’d like to learn more about respite care in Weybridge you can contact us via the web or the phone, request a call back, or pop into your local branch and have a chat face-to-face.