DOMICILIARY CARE INSIGHT

What is Domiciliary or home care

Finding the right domiciliary care service for yourself and your loved ones is one of the major difficult decisions you must consider before making a choice. This could be very confusing with the range of things you see, read, and understand about domiciliary care. For this reason, you will find most of the important questions you need to ask before making a move of choosing one.

DOMICILIARY CARE DEFINED.
What it is: Domiciliary care is also known as home care, which is becoming so popular and an alternative to residential and nursing care. It enables those with varying care needs to remain in their own home indefinitely or for a long period of time as possible and receive all the necessary care needs, they want. This is offered based on the number of capacities. This could be frequent depending on individual circumstances and care needs. These services could be offered to both old and young people and not to older people alone. The main advantage of home care is that it is carried out in a person’s own home, eliminating the need for them to spend large amounts of time in the hospital and enabling them to stay in their own home indefinitely, if not for a longer period than would normally have been possible before domiciliary care was an option

Who provides domiciliary care?
It’s provided by a trained individual or a nurse who comes to a client’s home periodically to administer care needs based on planned needs. Most of the basic need levels are:
Companionship, everyday task needs such as cleaning, and shopping. Visit times are based on the needs of the clients. This could be hourly, daily, or weekly. Other areas of help could be medications, and personal care such as washing, dressing, and feeding.
Benefits of Domiciliary Care?
· It provides you with stability.
· It offers you improved standards of care.
· It is a lot cheaper than moving into a care home.
· You get to keep your pets.
· It gives you more time with your family members.

What is personal Care?

This type of care is offered to assists if you are having physical difficulties with tasks such as showering, bathing, grooming, toileting, dressing and undressing, mobility, communication and eating.