BackMultiple Sclerosis care at home
If you or a loved one is living with multiple sclerosis, you deserve care that understands your specific needs. At Cavendish Homecare, we provide expert, compassionate care for MS right in your own London home. Our goal is to help you maintain your independence and quality of life.
What does multiple sclerosis (MS) care at home include?
At Cavendish Homecare, our specialised MS homecare includes a dedicated team of nurses and carers with extensive expertise in managing the condition. We understand that MS can be unpredictable, so our approach is flexible and responsive, ensuring you receive the highest quality of care. Your care plan is completely tailored to your unique needs, lifestyle, and routines. Our goal is to enhance your quality of life, promote independence, and provide peace of mind by having a skilled nursing or care team by your side.
Treatment of multiple sclerosis
The treatment for MS depends on the specific symptoms you experience at each stage of the disease. Treatments can range from oral medication to injectable and infusion therapies, which can sometimes lead to flare-ups or infections.
Our carers and nurses are specially trained to understand how these treatments can impact your. The Cavendish Homecare team will support you every step of the way, taking a flexible and supportive approach to your care and recognising the unpredictable nature of treatment side effects.
Other aspects of at-home MS care
Symptoms and treatment management
A core component of our care is the effective management of both MS symptoms and the side effects of your treatment. This is crucial for improving your quality of life and ensuring your comfort.
Patient-centred approach
Care plans are highly tailored to your unique needs and preferences, respecting your wishes and daily routines.
Emotional support
Care extends beyond physical symptoms to include emotional support for both you and your loved ones, helping you navigate the challenges of living with MS.
Collaboration with your care team
We work closely with you existing multidisciplinary team to ensure your care is coordinated and comprehensive.
Why choose us?
Clients seeking specialised multiple sclerosis (MS) homecare will receive the very best in holistic care to manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life. We support clients living with MS, helping them navigate a wide range of needs. Families can be more involved in their loved one’s care and provide not only emotional support but also practical assistance. This offers peace of mind for both the client and their loved ones.
Our team of carers and nurses are both highly skilled and deeply compassionate. We treat every client with the utmost respect, dignity, and empathy, providing comprehensive care to ensure they receive the holistic support they need.
Swift and seamless care intervention
We can swiftly respond to your care needs if required urgently. We work alongside existing services such as district nurses, neurologists, and your GP, providing a range of services, including visiting services, day/night support, or 24-hour cover. You have complete control over the level of support you receive.
Experienced nurses and carers
Our medical expertise, combined with years of experience, enables us to provide the highest quality of care to our clients. Our ongoing training and professional development ensure we remain at the forefront of the best care practices for MS.
Adopting best care approaches
We are among the first to adopt the Lantern Model, an international model of palliative and end-of-life care. This pioneering nursing care model is nurse-led and totally holistic, centered on the client’s wishes and family involvement. While primarily for palliative care, its principles of person-centered, holistic support are well-suited to the complex and evolving needs of individuals with MS.
Fully regulated by CQC
As a provider fully regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Cavendish Homecare sets the benchmark for quality and safety. When choosing care, we always advise checking a provider’s CQC registration and inspection reports, which are publicly available. Our commitment to exceptional care is independently verified through their rigorous inspections, evidenced by our ‘Outstanding’ rating specifically for care and an overall ‘Good’ rating. This gives you complete confidence in our professionalism, compassion, and accountability.
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A MS diagnosis will mean that you will be facing the need for long-term care. Most people diagnosed with MS would prefer to stay in the comfort of their home, this is because moving can cause stress, have routines imposed on how you and could result in moving further from your loves ones. Multiple sclerosis homecare will allow you to continue living the way you want to live whilst benefitting from care provided that can enhance your quality of life.
MS care plans are comprehensive and personalised as it aims to manage the condition’s complex and fluctuating nature. The care plan’s components can include some of the following:
- Recognising and assessing symptoms
- Monitoring the disease’s progression
- Managing symptoms
- Promoting bladder and bowel control
Each care plan will involve managing each individual’s changing needs based on their specific symptoms. disease progression and overall health.
Caring for someone with MS will involve a person-centred, proactive and holistic approach to be able to address evolving needs to ensure highest possible quality of life. This will include following a medication routine, encouraging physical activity, assisting with other daily tasks, providing emotional support, learning about the stages of MS and advocating for their needs.
Self-care for MS will focus on managing symptoms, maintaining mental and physical health and enhancing overall well-being.
Eating well is important for anyone with a chronic condition like MS. Ensure that you have a nutritious and balanced diet that works well for you can make a difference for many living with MS.
It can be easy to isolate yourself when you start facing the physical symptoms of MS. However, ensuring that you are staying socially active and maintaining contact with your loved ones can help alleviate depression and benefits cognition.
Your care provider should provide reliable, responsive, flexible care due to the fluctuating nature of the disease. You should also receive a support package that is tailored to meeting your needs. The care provider would also need to be able to work together with other healthcare professionals that are involved in your care and be able to understand MS and how it can progress.
The enquiry process - What to expect
Initial Enquiry
An initial enquiry is taken when you call on behalf of yourself or someone else. An initial enquiry can be via a phone call, submitting a contact form or an email. Your enquiry is then picked up by the office team who will gather the information and 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.
An initial enquiry is taken when you call on behalf of yourself or someone else. An initial enquiry can be via a phone call, submitting a contact form or an email. Your enquiry is then picked up by the office team who will gather the information and pass it through to one of our nurse managers.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
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Outstanding Care
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 been exceptional
Thank you so much for sending the Nurse Anne to look after me during the past two weeks. She has been exceptional… as no doubt you know. I was nervous about having a complete stranger to live with me but I needed help. In addition to her nursing skills, she is discreet, kind, comforting, and at times, fun.
“I am deeply grateful for this professional team, and I rest easy at night knowing that my sister is safe and well-cared for.”
“Cavendish Homecare has been providing excellent support for my sister since 2019, navigating through a global pandemic and the resulting lockdown. The company has consistently delivered exemplary care, going above and beyond to ensure my sister’s physical, emotional, and social needs are met with kindness and compassion. Each staff member is well-trained, demonstrating great skill in handling the complex care required for a late-stage Multiple Sclerosis client, and they collaborate effectively as a team. I am deeply grateful for this professional team, and I rest easy at night knowing that my sister is safe and well-cared for.”
