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We believe your child deserves the comfort of home while receiving medical care. Our services are expertly tailored to each child’s unique needs, ensuring they can remain in a familiar and reassuring environment. Talk to a paediatric care specialist today.
What Does Paediatric Care at Home Include?
Receiving paediatric care at home provides numerous benefits for a child’s health and well-being. It offers a familiar and comfortable environment, which can significantly reduce stress and anxiety for both the child and their family. This approach allows for personalised care and care plans tailored to each child’s specific needs, ensuring they receive the best possible attention. It also minimises the stress associated with frequent hospital visits and appointments.
Paediatric homecare aims to provide a safe and nurturing environment for a child to heal and grow. It is dedicated to offering expert support in a setting where families can be more involved in the care process, promoting a better quality of life for all.
Enhanced Comfort and Healing
A core benefit of paediatric care at home is the enhanced comfort and healing it provides. The care team, which includes specialist nurses and carers, works to create a secure and supportive atmosphere. Being at home eliminates the need for travel and waiting times, and also limits exposure to hospital-borne infections, promoting a safer healing environment for the child.
Other Aspects of At-Home Paediatric Care
Personalised Care
Care plans are tailored to each child’s unique needs and preferences, ensuring they receive the best possible attention in a way that respects their comfort and routine.
Family Involvement
Paediatric homecare allows the family to be more involved in the care process, providing emotional and practical support. The care team provides guidance and assistance to help families navigate the complexities of their child’s condition.
Closer Monitoring
At-home care allows for closer monitoring of a child’s progress. This enables the care team to adjust plans or treatments as needed for an optimal outcome.
Holistic Well-being
Care extends beyond medical needs to include emotional and psychological support for both the child and their family, focusing on their overall well-being.
Why Choose Us?
At Cavendish Homecare, we understand that your child’s needs are constantly changing. Our team works closely with families and healthcare professionals to adapt to these changes while maintaining a continuity of care to ensure the best possible outcomes. Our nurses and carers are deeply invested in making sure your child has the highest quality childhood, even when faced with significant health challenges.
We are dedicated to providing compassionate and professional care, which can positively affect your child’s speed of recovery. We believe in the importance of recuperating at home, where your child will be safe, comfortable, and surrounded by familiar faces.
Specialist Expertise and Seamless Care
As a leading provider of private paediatric care, we offer bespoke services tailored to meet the unique needs of children with medical conditions or those undergoing treatment. Our highly skilled team is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care and we are equipped to manage and care for children with both acute and chronic illnesses. We also provide post-operative care, focusing on wound care, pain management, and rehabilitation, as well as urgent care to address immediate medical needs.
Our Key Paediatric Care Services Include:
Complex Clinical Care
We address complex clinical needs, offering expert medical care for children with multifaceted health conditions.
Wound and Skin Care
We provide expert wound and skin care, ensuring wounds are cleaned, dressed, and monitored to promote optimal healing.
Daily Routine Support
Our carers assist with daily routines, ensuring your child can continue their usual activities with minimal disruption.
Medical Management
We provide support with medication administration and monitoring for side effects, as well as regular monitoring of vital signs and symptoms.
Proven Excellence in Care
Cavendish Homecare is accredited by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), demonstrating our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of care. Our team’s professionalism and responsiveness to each child’s needs are a testament to the quality of our services.
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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Frequently Asked Questions
Paediatric care specially focuses on the physical, developmental and emotional needs of infants, children and adolescents, typically up to the age of 18. It involves a wide range of services, from routine checkups, vaccinations and support for developmental milestones to treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. It is provided by paediatricians or other healthcare professionals who are trained to understand the health concerns and needs of children, ensuring that they grow and develop in a safe environment.
Paediatric nurses are registered nurses who specialise in caring for children from birth through adolescence. They have expertise in child growth and development, as conditions in children often differ from those in adults. Paediatric nurses form strong, supportive relationships with young children, using play, fun, or comforting gestures during tough procedures. Their duties include assessing and recording conditions, administering treatments and teaching families how to manage illnesses or injuries.
Yes, we do offer paediatric care for children living with cancer. We specialise in providing expert paediatric homecare for families who wish to receive support in the comfort of their own homes. We understand that a cancer diagnosis can be an overwhelming and emotional time, and our goal is to ensure your child receives the highest quality care tailored to their individual needs. Our paediatric nurses and carers are dedicated to making children feel comfortable and supported while addressing the challenges of treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.
Paediatric palliative care focuses on enhancing the quality of life for children with serious illnesses by addressing their physical, psychological and emotional needs. It involves an interdisciplinary and holistic approach, tailored to the child and their family, helping to manage symptoms, alleviate pain, and offer emotional guidance throughout their journey. The care team works collaboratively with families to ensure that the child feels comfortable and supported in every aspect of their well-being.
Yes, we do offer assisted living for children. Our services are tailored to the unique needs of each individual, helping children and adolescents with conditions such as cerebral palsy, mental health issues, brain injuries and other challenges live more comfortably and confidently. We believe children thrive best at home with their families, and our flexible, bespoke care plans are designed to support them physically and emotionally in the comfort of their own environment.
Yes, we do offer support for complex paediatric care. We specialise in providing expert paediatric care tailored to the individual needs of children and young adults, including those with complex health conditions. At Cavendish Homecare, we understand that a diagnosis requiring complex care can be overwhelming, and our highly trained team work closely with families to support children physically and emotionally, ensuring they have the best chance to achieve their full potential while living in the comfort of their own home.
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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
This is why we do,
what we do.
Wonderful team
You are a wonderful team and are managing to achieve the right balance working with the family.
You supported us brilliantly every step of the way
Huge thanks to all at Cavendish. You have made an unbearable time bearable and supported us brilliantly every step of the way. Thank you so much. Very best wishes to your team.
Compassion
Our family are so pleased that we found your company and particularly our Nurse. Her knowledge, experience, professionalism and, most importantly, compassion made these last few weeks so much easier.
