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This guide is to help you when considering home care for a loved one. It may be that you are looking for options to complement the care that you are providing for them, or treatments they are receiving in hospital or from their doctor. Naturally, you’ll be looking to provide the best care for them, but what are the benefits of home care?
What are the benefits of homecare?
For quite some time, many people have viewed a care home as the only secure and practical option for individuals with advanced care needs, unless hospitalization is required. However, the situation has changed, and now there are various flexible alternatives available, such as home care, which can be accompanied by several adaptations to make it feasible within one’s own residence. Homecare is now a viable choice for most individuals in need of care, providing numerous benefits that we will explore in detail below.
Most people want to be cared for at home
For most of us, home is a safe space where we know where everything is, and where our loved ones can visit us. This is why many people would rather be cared for here than in a care home or hospital. It is familiar and can help us to feel more relaxed. This is pertinent for paediatric and mental health care especially, as younger people may become distressed away from home and mental health conditions can often rely on environmental stability to aid improvement or recovery.
In a survey done by the Homecare Association, 38% of people surveyed who were over 65 have said they were more likely to choose homecare. This could be for many reasons including:
- Staying close to family and friends
- Keeping pets
- Maintaining as much autonomy as possible
- Close to social clubs or activities they enjoy
Home care makes it possible for people to get the help they need, while in a space they feel most comfortable and happy.
Maintain relationships with family and friends
Being able to stay at home means you can stay contact with friends around you, neighbours and your local community. With assistance from a home carer, you will be able to live your daily life and see the people you would usually see on a daily basis without them having to travel any further , so that you don’t have to miss out give up your lifestyle.
Home care is proven to be better for health and wellbeing
Because of the reasons we have listed above, it is no surprise that people’s health and wellbeing is better maintained when they receive care at home. Studies show that when people receive care at home, they have a reduced risk of hospital admissions, a reduction in falls in the elderly and higher levels of happiness and satisfaction.
Experiencing mental health issues or illness at any stage of life can be debilitating and bring about a lot of change in people’s lives. Homecare allows for the environment to remain constant. No moving wards or hospitals, you are in your own home for your care and recovery.
Home care maintains independence
Having a home carer can help keep your independence as you can still choose your own schedule. This means you will be able to leave the house when you wish, and can make plans to go shopping or to social visits or events, as you will have the assistance to do so.
Being in your own surroundings, with home comforts
Being in your own home usually feels more comfortable than starting fresh somewhere new and unfamiliar. Especially if you have lived in your home a long time and have many personal memories there. Home care providers enable you to keep your home, your belongings and stay where your feel most comfortable. This can be particularly beneficial to someone with Dementia. Being surrounded by personal items, pictures and books etc can all help with their memory. Living somewhere new can sometimes be confusing and frightening for a Dementia patient.
Support at home is designed to meet your needs
Home care is tailored to your individual needs. A hospital will have numerous patients to care for and cannot always provide personalisation that can help boost happiness and a sense of independence. Wards can be busy and impersonal.
At Cavendish Homecare, we tailor your loved one’s private live-in care to their bespoke needs.
Maintain relationships with family and friends
Being able to stay at home means you can stay contact with friends around you, neighbours and your local community. With assistance from a home carer, you will be able to live your daily life and see the people you would usually see on a daily basis without them having to travel any further , so that you don’t have to miss out give up your lifestyle.
Person centred care
As it will only be you that your carer will be looking after at your visit, you will be their primary focus therefore your needs can be met faster and more efficiently than if you were cared for alongside other people. Your care plan will be created to fit around your individual needs and adapted as required. Your family members can also be involved in creating your care plan. You will have the companionship aspect of care due to them being able to focus on you, so can have a friendly conversation and spend quality time with them.
How can Cavendish Homecare help?
If you need help or guidance on caring for a loved one, Cavendish Homecare can provide care for a wide range of services including Respite, Dementia, Alzheimer’s and Paediatric Care. With over 30 years of experience in the NHS and private healthcare sectors, our family-owned agency has the compassion, the knowledge and the staff to provide superior quality care.
Cavendish Homecare’s care is based on our passion and experience for delivering the best service possible.
Our services include:
- Private care in your own home. We provide homecare for clients in London and the home counties, including Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Harrow, Camden and Surrey.
- 24/7 care if needed
- Holistic approach
- Working closely with family
- Communication with the wider medical team
Please call our Homecare team on 0203 008 5210 or email us info@cavendishhomecare.com to see how we can assist you.