Personal Care from Carers at Home Odiham care agency

Personal care is supporting an individual that requires a level of assistance with both their personal and private hygiene. This includes toileting, along with dressing and maintaining their personal appearance.

We believe the most important aspect of personal care is ensuring that the client maintains their dignity at all times. We will always ensure that the gender of the care worker providing this care is the clients choice.

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Personal care covers many different areas including:-

• Bathing and showering, including bed-baths
• Applying lotions and creams as required
• Dressing and getting ready for bed
• Oral hygiene
• Shaving
• Helping a client with toileting, including using a commode
• Changing continence pads
• Cleaning intimate areas
• Support with moving position in bed, to assist in preventing bed sores