DAY-TIME CARE

As your loved ones get older they may need assistance with daily activities or need company throughout the day. You may also be their primary carer and need some help looking after them due to family, work, or social commitments.

Day-time home care can be provided for a few hours a day or through several daily visits or longer shifts. This option may be preferable to those who need assistance with certain daily activities, such as washing and grooming, or at meal times, but do not require round-the-clock support. A part-time carer can prove to be an invaluable part of your parent’s care plan and can improve the quality of life of everyone involved.

What does day-time care involve?

Home help and companionship

This provides assistance with daily tasks such as cooking, cleaning, bathing, shopping, and transportation. Most importantly, the carer offers companionship, so stimulating conversation, someone with whom to do activities and a nurturing friendship.

Personal care

This includes home help and companionship and also provides assistance with personal care, including bathing, shaving, oral care, toileting, and dressing. The carer can even assist with mobility, including moving and handling transfers, as well as diet management and assisting with medications.

Specialist care

A specialist carer provides a tailored service depending on the needs of an individual. This allows someone to carry on living an independent life, whilst ensuring personal and medical needs are met. This can be provided on a part-time or full-time basis and includes Alzheimer’s and dementia care, cancer care, mobility care, disability care, and palliative care.

How day-time care can help

As well as providing home help, companionship, and personal care, this service can help to empower a client to live as dignified and independent a life as possible. This is made possible by allowing clients to stay in their homes whilst providing much-needed social interaction and structure to their daily lives. Moreover, day-time care can be provided either on a temporary or a long-term basis depending on a client’s specific needs.

This service can also help relieve the caregiver of their duties during the day while ensuring that their loved one still receives the proper care in a safe and friendly environment. Furthermore, family involvement in the care plan and the accompanying financial savings can help improve the quality of life of everyone involved whilst ensuring continuity of care.