Consistency of the visiting carers is something we pride ourselves with. Unlike other care companies that allocate 3-4 carers to visit a client, we allocate one main carer that visits every day except their day off when a cover carer replaces them. This aspect is crucial, especially for someone living with dementia. Having to adapt to new routines and someone visiting every day is hard enough for your loved ones. Receiving personal care from a different carer every day that does not know your parents’ routines and their environment can become a challenge.

It’s important to make plans at the earliest possible stage so that you and your loved one have a plan of action and understand what choices you have. Most older people are keen to stay in the familiar surroundings of their own homes, and thanks to an increase in elderly care options and assistive technologies, home care is now a viable alternative to a nursing home.

You will need to appoint someone to have Power of Attorney over your loved one’s financial affairs, for when he or she becomes unable to deal with them. Confusion over money can be an early symptom, so appointing someone to take charge of the bank account and savings is a vital step in ensuring that your relative is not defrauded by anyone.

There are two specific types of Power of Attorney, one of them being Lasting Power of Attorney which is the one appropriate for a dementia diagnosis.

Ordinary Power of Attorney: Ordinary Power of Attorney covers decisions about financial affairs and is valid whilst a person has mental capacity. This is suitable for those who need cover on a temporary basis such as during a hospital stay.

Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA): A LPA comes into effect if a person loses mental capacity and covers decisions about financial affairs or health and care. An LPA is set up if an individual wants to make sure they are covered in the future.

Make their home as safe as possible, by installing grab rails in bathrooms, updating or installing smoke detectors and minimising slip and trip hazards. Some families use wearable GPS tracking devices to keep an eye on relatives who might be prone to wandering, and if this is the case, it might be worth improving home security too.

Whether your loved one needs a lot of support or just a little looking after, we offer flexible, cost-effective, hourly care tailored especially to them, even at short notice. We’ll introduce your relative to our trained carers when they need it. Even at 24 hours notice if urgent.

Peace of mind needn’t cost the earth. With us, in fact our hourly rates start from £26 pounds per hour and we provide 30 minutes minimum visits.

We will be there to offer advice about how to make payment a little easier for you. So that’s one less thing to worry about.