Pondering Your Choices
From that first crawl to our first steps as a child and ongoing, we are constantly learning how to be independent. The teenage years and young adulthood brings out the fiercest drive towards self-reliance in most of us. By the time we reach our twilight years, being self-reliant can become so ingrained in us that we basically do not know any other way to live. So, the thought of having to leave your home and check into a facility because you are too old or ill to do a lot of things by yourself just doesn’t go down well with most—if not all—seniors.
You have probably lived in your home for a long time with your family knickknacks spread all over your home, have a special spot in your garden or by the bedroom window which brings fond memories of times past. Or you possess a vast knowledge of your neighbourhood and have a deep connection to your neighbours who have over the years become like family to you; where you can visit your local diner where everyone knows your name and what you like to order or your hairdressers who have been cutting your hair for 20 years. There can be a plethora of sentimental reasons why you prefer to remain at your home and you should get the right support to enable you to enjoy choosing to stay at home.
This is why domiciliary care service is quickly becoming a popular option for those seniors or ill individuals who want to live at home but need a little assistance with their daily living tasks.
You Have To Understand Domiciliary Care to Choose It
Simply put domiciliary care is defined as the range of services put in place to support an individual in their own home by in-home care providers. These services may consist of routine household tasks within or outside the home, personal care of the client and other associated domestic services necessary to maintain an individual in an acceptable level of health, hygiene, dignity, safety and ease in their home.
There is no mistaking it, after acquiring all that independence; you have to under what domiciliary care means to be able to choose it.
Know this: Domiciliary care is the right choice for you if you value individuality, independence, steadiness, affordability, and personalised one-on-one care.
Do You Need Domiciliary Care?
Did you know that anyone at any stage of life could require domiciliary care including those with learning disabilities, mental health problems, sensory impairment or physical disabilities?
Are you getting older and finding it difficult to do your household chores? Are you unable to maintain your usual levels of hygiene or food preparation without support from a trusted hand? Are you ill or recovering from an illness and need help before you are fully back on your feet? Do you have a disability that makes managing on your own a herculean task? Do you want to remain in your own home or space?
If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you need domiciliary care and RadiantLife Care can help you determine the kind of care you need. However, this is not a one size fits all situation, careful planning and understanding of your situation and needs will go a long way in ensuring you get the help you need.
RadiantLife Care understands this; and provides excellent domiciliary services that will meet your need to remain at home. With RadiantLife Care, you get a supported living service that promotes greater choice, control and independence while maintaining a caring atmosphere for you. In addition our specialist supported living services provides individually-tailored packages of care that also enables people with a range of disabilities and complex needs, including mental health, learning disabilities, ADHD, autism to live independent lifestyles of their choice including access to education and employment/ volunteering.
RadiantLife Care Range of Domiciliary Care Services
Personal Care
Our personal care service guarantees that you receive the help you need from our trustworthy highly trained in-home care providers, in the comfort of your own home while maintaining your dignity. Personal services such as:
- Help with bathing and grooming
- Assist with morning/wake up
- Assist with evening/tuck in routine
- Help with eating and drinking
- Provide medication reminders
- Assist with incontinence care
- Dementia care
- Alzheimer’s care
- Provide respite care
Home Help Services
You might require assistance in getting the activities of daily living (ADL) done; let RadiantLife Care’s vetted and trained staff with special skills for these tasks assist you with:
- Light housekeeping such as dusting, vacuuming, washing and ironing
- Making beds, changing bed linen and arrange wardrobes and cupboards
- Meal preparation, checking food expiry dates regularly, tidying up and taking rubbish bags out
- Caring for houseplants, pet care and answering the door at any time
- Collecting your prescriptions and handling general home maintenance
- Preparing shopping lists, helping with shopping, Drop off and collect dry cleaning
Companionship
Radiantlife is committed to ensuring you are not lonely and have one of our dedicated dependable staff on hand to share your journey with. Our reliable staffs are poised to:
- Monitor diet, eating and accompany to lunch or dinner
- Offer companionship and conversation
- Book appointments, accompany to appointments, visits, and outing
- Stimulate mental awareness and Assist with clothing and shoe selection
- Assist with entertaining, reading, renting and watching films with you
- Participate in your hobbies, crafts and help you purchase magazines, papers, and books
- Attend the cinema, club meetings and sporting events
- Assist with travel arrangements
- Discuss current/historical events or reminisce about the past
24/7 Live In Care
RadiantLife Care provides 24 hours live-in care for our clients who truly need a viable alternative to a residential home. A live-in carer from Radiantlife Care will provide the assistance and support necessary to continue with your chosen lifestyle in your own home with your pets and treasured belongings, such as:
- Personalized care as agreed in your care plan
- Security of having someone living with you
- Peace of mind for the client and the family
- Companionship
- Cost-effective one-to-one care
- Flexible and adaptable care
RadiantLife Care is committed to providing you with in-home care providers whom you can trust and are suitable for the job at hand, as such, we ensure each of our staff undergoes rigorous background checks like the Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) enhanced disclosure checks, as well as checks against the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) register and the Protection of Children Act (POCA) list.
If you are interested in any of our range of services, please contact us and we can discuss a care range that can be suitable to your circumstances.
At RadiantLife Care, we provide the highest quality service for your health and social care staffing needs; we would love to care for you.
For more information send us an email: enquiry@radiantlife.co.uk or give us a call at 0203 318 0473.