Our professional and caring staff are able to provide a wide range of personal care services allowing our clients to maintain their dignity and respect. Our services include:

Assisting clients with their personal hygiene – Personal care is a regulated activity, which means any aspect of personal care services are required to be registered and are inspected and rated. Personal care consists of any aspect or any level of personal hygiene i.e. washing, bathing, continence care etc.

Assistance with dressing – this includes helping clients to get dressed, choosing appropriate clothing or to give full support in dressing or just helping with socks or surgical stockings.

What does personal care cover?

Personal care covers a wide range of services to help you in your everyday life. Some of these are listed below:

• Helping you start the day; getting up, washed, dressed and having a good breakfast

• Support with medication; remind and assist you in taking medicines, as well as collect or return medication from your pharmacy or dispensing GP surgery

• Mealtime; prepare meals with or for you and assist you at mealtimes

• Outings; collect your pension for you or with you, shop with you or help you to make a shopping list, go to the shops, plus come back and put it all away

• Household; help with your laundry or ironing and keep your home clean and tidy

• Social outings; support you with social activities like going out for a walk, attending a day centre, visiting friends or family or going to your church or club

• Personal care; a little pampering when you need it – the occasional visit to organise bathing, clean clothes, fresh bedding and a thoughtfully prepared meal before bedtime

• At the end of each day, some help with getting ready for bed

With ongoing monitoring by our care givers and staff, we can increase or decrease the help required to ensure you are comfortable and confident with the services you receive.