Arranging home care or live in care with Carers at Home home care agency
The first step towards arranging home care or live in care with Carers at Home home care agency is by giving us a call. One of our highly experienced care team will arrange to visit your home and talk you through the process step by step.
Call now for your free home care or live-in care assessment from Carers at Home
There is absolutely no cost involved in Carers at Home home carer agency giving you a free domiciliary care or live in care assessment and there is no obligation.
We are simply happy to give you the advice you need to get you started.
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We’ve answered some common questions and outlined the care needs assessment process in more detail below.
Who will pay for my home care or live-in care?
This depends completely on your personal circumstances.
Around 50% of our clients are self funded and around 50% are funded by the local authority.
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To get funding from the local authority social services will carry out a needs assessment to check you have eligible needs for care.
Who will pay for my home care or live-in care?
This depends completely on your personal circumstances.
Around 50% of our clients are self funded and around 50% are funded by the local authority.
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To get funding from the local authority social services will carry out a needs assessment to check you have eligible needs for care.
Your assurance of care with
Carers at Home
How do you make sure the care worker is providing the service I need?
Once Carers at Home care agency management team have undertaken the care needs assessment all of the details are uploaded onto our Electronic Care Management (ECM) system - Care Planner. To learn about how your personal data is secured with Care Planner click on the link below.
The ECM lists every task that the care worker has to provide on that individual visit. The list is very thorough and includes everything from how to gain access to the property, how to lock the property up at the end of the visit and everything in between such as meal preparation, bathing and administering medication.
Your care needs assessment
One of Carers at Home's home carer agency's highly experienced domiciliary care team will visit your home at a time to suit you. They will be completely discreet and your neighbours need not know they have visited.
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The visit usually lasts in the region of 90 minutes and will be focused around you and your needs and what we can do to help you.
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Paying for home care
Who will pay for my home care or live in care?
This depends completely on your personal circumstances.
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Around 50% of Carers at Home's home care and live in care clients are self funded and around 50% are funded by the local authority.
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To get funding from the local authority social services will carry out a needs assessment to check you have eligible needs for care.
Finding the right home carer for you
Who will my home carer or live in carer be?
At your initial assessment Carers at Home home care agency will listen carefully to your likes and dislikes and try and partner you with a home care worker or live in care worker that we think will not only provide you with the highest level of care but also offer you companionship.
Carers at Home home care agency and live in care agency has in the region of 100 home care and live in workers ranging from 18 to 70, both male and female and we are confident that we can provide you with the perfect fit.
It is completely your choice whether you have a male or female care worker as your dignity is of the upmost importance to us.
Day to day care with
Carers at Home care agency
How does the care work?
Once you have joined Carers at Home home care agency one of our rostering team will assign you a home carer or live in carer that will try and visit you at the perfect time for you.
Carers at Home home care agency aims to ensure you get the same carer as much as possible but you will usually have a small number in your team to provide cover when your regular is ill or on leave.
We will never send you a home care worker or live in care worker that you have not met without first introducing them to you.