As the name suggests, live-in care is essentially where a professional carer lives in your home to provide tailored support, geared to meeting your particular needs. It encompasses a wide range of services to quite literally make you feel right at home if you or are loved one are struggling with daily routines, and includes:
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- Personal care: From bathing and dressing to help with going to the toilet and medical assistance.
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- Health and wellbeing support: Including, for example, nutrition and medication management plus help with mobility and physio. That might include moving you in bed or ensuring you can move around your home safely. A live-in carer also ensures clients get to their medical appointments.
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- Companionship: Befriending so that you never feel alone or unsupported.
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- Housekeeping: Assistance with laundry, cleaning, meal preparation and similar chores.
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- Pet care: Live-in carers can even help look after any household animals, so your furry friends stay part of your family.
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- Getting out and about: With 24/7 support, you’re not confined to home – your carers can help you get out in your community so that you continue enjoying the activities you love and stay in touch with all your old friends. This will significantly enhance your mental health and sense of inclusion and wellbeing.
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- Running errands: Whether you need a prescription or shopping collecting, or someone to make a phone call or sort out a bill, your live-in carer is here to help.
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- Respite care: Family carers can take a break safe in the knowledge that their loved one is being well cared for.
So if you’re looking for an alternative to residential settings, and are keen to enjoy continued independence, live-in care at home could be absolutely right for you.
Feel the benefits
There are numerous benefits to having live-in care 24/7 in your own home, and remaining in familiar surroundings while living life to the full on your own terms with a personalised care plan.
This kind of care is highly adaptable, and fits around your needs as they change. It can also be tailored to suit myriad medical conditions, from dementia and Parkinson’s Disease to stroke, MS or palliative care.
Read more about the benefits of live-in care in our blog .
Choose Seven Star for live-in care Hampshire
Seven Star Care is a specialist nursing and care agency working across Hampshire.
We’re fully regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and have numerous positive reviews from our customers, so you’ll know you’re in safe hands from the moment of first contact. Our clients really value our personal approach. Meanwhile, our regular teams of professionals all have excellent relevant training so they’re properly skilled to look after someone at home, whatever their needs.
What’s more, all have thorough DBS checks and everyone keeps their compulsory training up to date.
Care can be a highly sensitive topic. But we work with people in their own homes to forge a real connection with our clients and their families, so that our staff members become familiar and trusted friendly faces. Got a question? Contact our dedicated team today.