BackPrivate Diabetes Care at Home
Living with Diabetes may require some necessary and significant lifestyle adjustments for both you and your loved ones. With the right support in place, people can adjust to their new way of life seamlessly, all within the comfort of their own homes. At Cavendish Homecare we are able to support clients who have recently been diagnosed with diabetes or those with chronic Type I or Type II diabetes. Our specialist diabetes nurses provide advice about the management of the condition and how best to deal with both the short and long-term effects of diabetes.
Why Choose Us
Specialist nursing care and trustworthy support can make a huge difference in how you cope with diabetes. We are able to provide a nurse to visit you at home and help you to monitor your diabetes in the most effective manner. Our specialist nurses are available for ad hoc visits or regular calls, according to what you require. They are able to help with wound care, to monitor and control blood sugar levels, monitor weight, recommend eating patterns and foods and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure you receive the best care and treatment, in accordance with your care plan.
Our Services Includes:
- Educating clients and their families about diabetes management
- Food and exercise advice to help stabilise diabetes
- Blood Sugar Testing
- Insulin Injections
- Wound Care
- Recognising hyperglycemia
- Advice about how to avoid the complications of diabetes
Treatment of Diabetes
The treatment options for diabetes will vary depending on the type and severity of the condition. Not all treatment options are suitable for everyone. Thus, do not be demoralised if you are needing to change or stop certain medications. Your GP and healthcare team will help you find the best treatment and medication for you. There are several types of diabetes and the most common are:
Type 1 diabetes: This is a chronic condition where your immune system attacks and destroys the cells that produce insulin.
Type 2 diabetes: This is more common than Type 1 and is where your body either fails to produce enough insulin or the cells do not react to the insulin properly.
Diabetes can come with care needs such as helping with your diet, support with household tasks and routines, supporting an active lifestyle and identifying signs of hypoglycaemia, all of which the Cavendish Homecare nurses and carers can help with.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Diabetes homecare allows you to manage your condition while living at home. As people get older or the condition worsens, you may require extra support with managing certain aspects of it. This can include help with ensuring a healthy diet, monitoring blood sugar, insulin injections and adhering to a medication routine. Having a carer or nurse assist you with your diabetes can alleviate any additional stressors while managing the condition.
A diabetes care plan will be tailored to your specific needs and how the condition affects you. It will usually include a summary of your condition, current treatments and treatment goals. A care plan is important as it can give you a better understanding of how to manage your diabetes and therefore, take care of your overall health.
Diabetes can cause foot problems. This is because the condition can damage the nerves in your feet, causing reduced blood supply and loss of feeling to your feet. Due to this, you could become less aware of when your foot is sore or injured. Foot care for diabetes patients and daily checks on your foot should be done to identify any potential problems early to avoid long term complications.
For people with diabetes, wounds tend to take longer to heal, or not heal well as the body is unable to produce or use insulin. Proper wound care for diabetes patients is essential to reduce the risk of infections and further complications. The most serious concern will be untreated wounds on the foot that can lead to amputation.
A diabetes diagnosis can affect someone’s daily lives as people who have diabetes will have to keep track of things such as what they eat and their blood sugar levels. You can support and take care of them by learning more about diabetes, being healthy and active together and provide emotional support. Do ensure that if you are supporting someone with diabetes daily, you are also getting enough rest and support for yourself.
The enquiry process - What to expect
Initial Enquiry
The prospective client or someone acting on their behalf makes an initial enquiry. This can be via a phone call, a call back request or submitting an enquiry form via email. The enquiry is picked up by the office team who will gather the required information and then pass it through to one of our nurse managers
Call back from Nurse Manager
One of the experienced nurse managers will give you a call back to discuss the needs in more detail and to provide their expert recommendation on the care that may be required. They will then discuss with you, what Cavendish Homecare may be able to provide, what the cost is and what timescale we would be able to commence your care.
Selection of Staff
Once an initial agreement is established, the nursing manager will start working with the bookings team to determine the most suitable nurse and/or carer are best matched with your needs.
Proposed Agreement
Following the tailored care recommendation and the selection of staff. We ensure you (the client) are happy with the proposed course of action and the care is able to commence. In some cases, an assessment visit may be required and this will be undertaken by one of our nurse managers.
Active Client
You will begin receiving outstanding homecare from our team, tailored to your needs. Your care plan will be under constant review to ensure the correct level of care is addressing your needs and being provided at all times.
The prospective client or someone acting on their behalf makes an initial enquiry. This can be via a phone call, a call back request or submitting an enquiry form via email. The enquiry is picked up by the office team who will gather the required information and then pass it through to one of our nurse managers
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Thank you so very much for supporting Lynne through what has been an unprecedented time. Thank you for the outstanding care you all have continued to provide despite hugely difficult times brought about by the Covid virus. The excellent training, attention to detail, organisation, communication devotion and compassion of all of your team during this time and in fact since you agreed to care for Lynne, is an absolute credit to you and our family wish to say a huge thank you to you all. The challenges of late stage MS are huge without the added difficulties of the pandemic. As you are aware without the astute nature and excellent training of your team, the recent situation that occurred for Lynne may have led to a very different outcome. I am so relieved to see Lynne back home and looking more like herself.
She has reduced our anxiety by being professional and easy to be around
“We just wanted to let you know how blessed and happy we feel and more importantly dad feels having Fonyee caring for him. She has created a lovely relationship with dad. She has reduced our anxiety by being professional and easy to be around.”
Nurse M is just fantastic
Nurse M is just fantastic – we are so pleased to have her and she is looking after my mum with such great care.
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