What is domiciliary care?
Also known as home care, domiciliary care refers to care support generally delivered in a client’s home. Sagecare serves all manner of clients – from the elderly with age-related conditions through to those living by illness and injury. We offer compassionate, considerate care on either a live-in basis whereby a carer lives on a client’s property more-or-less full time, or, on a daily visitation basis.
Is domiciliary care right for your needs?
Flexibility is a key component of domiciliary care. Clients can opt for the level of support they require that suits their unique circumstances, whether it’s help around the home, assisting with personal care or, perhaps, specialist help for dementia or Alzheimer’s sufferers. Sagecare provides as much or as little care as is required.
Those who’ve reached a stage in their lives where it may be time for some level care are often reluctant to relinquish one thing – their independence – and a sense that they still maintain the ability to make day-to-day decisions for themselves or remain enjoying their day-to-day life. Sagecare offers its clients the ability to help determine their care plan unlike the rigidity often experienced in care homes.
Sagecare’s carers are also matched to a client’s specific needs according to skill set and experience, resulting in a more personal and bespoke service.
Why not use a care home?
While care homes certainly serve a purpose helping those who have advanced conditions or are perhaps too frail to remain at home, there are a number of primary differences between living in a communal residential facility and domiciliary care.
One such difference is the upheaval that often occurs with having to move from a home a person has likely known most, if not all, of their adult life. A sense of losing independence is another and that stress is often worsened by the loss physical space, moving away from neighbours and friends together with the changes in routines and habits long-held.
Living in a care home means a person might not be able to choose many of their meals or when they eat, some activities they love and, perhaps, how they choose to spend their days.
In a care home itself, residents will have to deal with multiple care staff instead of a single, dedicated carer as is the case with domiciliary care. A care assistant at home has a far better chance of really getting to know the person they’re charged with looking after, often providing companionship over and above just care.
Living in a care home also means a person is subject to the schedules of that home and usually cannot deviate from the facility’s timetables. With domiciliary care, a person still has a choice of when to eat and what they do to a far greater extent.
Cost
The charges at residential care homes are renowned for being high, costing many £1000s per month. Sagecare charges significantly less for domiciliary care. For more information, contact us for our latest rates or to find out more about how we can help.
