Personal Care encompasses a large range of essential services aimed at supporting individuals with their daily living activities and maintaining their personal hygiene, comfort, and overall well-being. It involves providing assistance and support for tasks that may be challenging for individuals due to age, disability, illness, or other circumstances. We provide the same support worker and/or two workers for timed visits and ensure continuous support with day and night sitting. We prioritise cultural appropriateness by ensuring that our support workers speak the same languages as our patients and have experience in understanding and respecting cultural and religious aspects throughout the care period
We prioritise cultural appropriateness by ensuring that our support workers speak the same languages as our patients and have experience in understanding and respecting cultural and religious aspects throughout the care period.
Personal care services typically include tasks such as:
- Assisting with eating and drinking: providing support during meal times, including preparing meals, providing feeding assistance if required, and ensuring individuals are adequately hydrated.
- Skin and pressure care: monitoring and helping individuals with maintaining healthy skin, preventing pressure sores, and applying necessary creams or ointments
- Emotional support: offering companionship, active listening, and emotional support to promote mental well-being and alleviate feelings of loneliness or isolation
- Safety supervision: ensuring a safe environment for individuals by monitoring their surroundings, preventing accidents, and addressing potential hazards
- Recording observations: documenting relevant information regarding the individual’s care, including changes in health or behavior, and reporting it to appropriate personnel
- Bathing and showering: Assisting individuals with bathing or showering to ensure cleanliness and personal hygine
- Dressing and grooming: helping individuals choose appropriate clothing, dressing, and grooming, including hair care, shaving, and oral hygiene
- Toileting and continence care: Assisting individuals with using the toilet, managing incontinence, and maintaining cleanliness
- Mobility and transfer assistance: supporting individuals in moving around, transferring from one position to another (e.g., from bed to wheelchair), and using mobility aids if necessary
- Medication management: Assisting with medication reminders and administration, ensuring individuals take their prescribed medications as directed
It is important to note that our specific personal care services provided may vary depending on the individual’s needs, preferences, and the policies of Love In Care. Personal care aims to promote independence, dignity, and overall quality of life for those receiving care.
