PERSONAL CARE & MEDICATION
Care Services
A tailored care plan that meets your needs!
We are well-equipped to deal with all of the needs which you might require on a daily basis.
Even though care practitioners are trained to provide all aspects of personal care, there may be some things you’d prefer to do for yourself. A good care practitioner will always give you space when you want it and encourage your independence wherever they can.
Personal Care
Bathing and showering, including bed baths
Support with toileting, including using a commode or bedpan
Support with shaving
Oral hygiene support
Changing continence pads, along with cleaning intimate areas
Changing or maintaining stoma or catheter bags, where this has been assessed, agreed and included in the care plan
Applying lotions and creams as required
Support with moving and handling into and out of bed
Dressing, and getting ready for bed
Personal care is the support and supervision of daily personal living tasks and private hygiene and toileting, along with dressing and maintaining your personal appearance. Personal care for young adults and the elderly can cover but is not limited to:
One of the most compelling benefits of receiving personal care in the comfort of your own home as opposed to a care home setting is that the care and support you receive will be provided by a care practitioner on a one-to-one basis, not a number of different carers in a larger care team.
Medication Administration
Medication support may include prompting, assisting or administering prescribed medicines where this has been assessed, agreed and recorded in the care plan. Employees only provide medication support within their training, competence and authorised role.
Tablet medication
Liquid medication
Capsule medication
Topical medication
Drops
Inhalers
Patches
Peg / Rig medication
Peg / Reg feeding
Collection of medication
Where a healthcare task is outside routine personal care, it will only be undertaken when it is included in the agreed care plan, has been appropriately delegated by the responsible healthcare professional where required, and the employee has been assessed as competent to carry it out.
We provide medication support to people who are assisting or administering their medication; all of our care assistants have undergone training to provide such services.
Our care practitioners are expertly trained to provide personal care in a way that is discreet and respectful of your personal boundaries. They undertake intensive training where they learn the importance of enabling your dignity and independence at all times.