First and foremost, Live In Care at Wilson’s Care takes a personalised approach. We fully believe that one size doesn’t ‘fit all’ and especially in a care environment. Every client has unique needs and choices and we make sure that they are considered at every step when designing your care.
This means that YOU stay in control of your care at all times. We would organise an initial meeting with you and / or your loved ones to find out how you want to live, your preferences and your choices. From this, a care package would be designed with the option to amend as circumstances, health or choices change.
Recruitment:
We would match a carer / carers with you, focusing on your lifestyle, personality and needs.
The live in carers' working day is normally 8 hours, with a daily 2 hour break - covered by one of our own domiciliary care staff (this is only put in place if you are not able or prefer not to be left alone for 2 hours).
Cleaning & Household Chores:
Clear responsibilities for the carer will be set after agreement with yourself. The same would apply to outings / caring for pets / clubs and activities.
Medication Management & Health Support:
Medication management and health support will also be agreed upon and can be amended to suit your changing needs.
Shared schedules - what does this mean?
It means that your carer would work 1 of 3 different rotas / working patterns - 1 week on and 1 week off / 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off or 3 weeks on and 3 weeks off. On the weeks your carer is off, another matched carer would attend to you.
Prices:
Prices range depending on needs, circumstances and can alter over time in response to changing health or other factors.
Any emergencies - such as the carer falling ill or having an accident - can be immediately covered by Wilson’s Care domiciliary team. This means that there is always local back up support, which is more difficult to navigate with large corporate live-in care providers.
Night Care / Support:
Live In carers are there to support you but are not expected to work 24 hours per day and a lack of sleep would impact their ability to delivery daytime care.
There will always be a degree of need - at some time or another - for support during the night and on an ad-hoc basis your carer would deliver this. However should the support needed become a regular occurence, then the carer might need additional rest time during the day. Should this become the case, the care package would be reassessed and changes put in place.
What accommodation is required for the Live In carer? A bedroom is essential, with enough space for them to relax and they must have access to basic facilities such as a bathroom, kitchen and the internet (as they will need to upload their notes onto the Wilson’s Care website).
