These services provide personal care for people living in their own homes. The needs of people using the services may vary greatly, but packages of care are designed to meet individual circumstances.

The person is visited at various times of the day or, in some cases, care is provided over a full 24-hour period. Where care is provided intermittently throughout the day, the person may live independently of any continuous support or care between the visits.

The care we provide to our service users are:

Personal care:

• Bathing

• Shaving

• Oral care

• Incontinence care

• Dressing

• Moving and Handling

• Medication management

• Skin and pressure care

Household Tasks:

• Domestic housework

• Shopping

• Cooking and provision of meals

• Laundry

• Taking service users out

• Companionship

• Assisting with reading and writing

   

Social Care Tasks:

• Encouraging self care

• Encouraging independence

• Collecting Prescription and pension and making payments such as bills

• Sitting call – listening/talking and companionship