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How live-in care works for the family Having access to high-quality, professional live-in care is an option every family needs to know about. Two of the biggest concerns for clients’ families are: Is Mum getting the best possible love and care? Is Dad happy and enjoying life? The possibility of having a professional care assistant live at home with a loved one is proving to be one answer to the issue of long-term care. Care company Inspiring On, a growing home care company in the southwest, understands how families need and appreciate this special kind of at-home care service. Their trained care staff see for themselves the benefits of round-the-clock care and support. For them, happy clients also mean happy families. Having this option, concerned adult children no longer need to worry about their parent’s welfare. They know their...

Image by Rollz International on Unsplash In my last piece, I looked at the benefits of live-in care from the client’s perspective. Most carers can expect to work either in residential care or supply care to clients in their own homes. Both scenarios have their plus points, but what about those who choose the live-in route? What are some of the positives of this role? Benefits to long term assignments Live-in care contracts give the assurance of a long-term assignment and with that comes an element of job security. Most assignments are around 8 – 12 weeks long with two assigned carers taking it in turns to care for their client in rotation. Living with the client helps carer and client to get to know each other, build trust and communicate more easily and openly with family members. Being...

Here I look at the benefits of live-in care from three different viewpoints: the client’s perspective, the carer’s and finally the family’s viewpoint. Let’s first consider how a client might see the benefits of live-in care. Home. It’s our safe space. A place full of memories, a place where we can be ourselves, do what we wish and feel ok about spending all day in our slippers. We may not realise how precious our home is until we must consider leaving it for somewhere else because of failing health or increasing frailty. But this does not have to be the end of the story. There is another option – live-in care. The client’s perspective Live-in care is an excellent option because it offers just the kind of care and support that some older or disabled people need without them...

We may all have felt lonely at some point in our lives, but chronic loneliness is something else entirely. It is a state of feeling completely alone and unloved, with no friends or social contact. Social isolation kills the spirit We know from COVID what separation and isolation do to the human spirit–it destroys it little by little. This is particularly true for older or vulnerable individuals who, for various reasons, become socially isolated and feel the pain of loneliness. The fact is that as we age, things change. We may find getting around more difficult, experience memory problems, loss of hearing etc. And for some, becoming dependent on others is burdensome, so we are tempted to soldier on in silence. Losing a spouse, too, can trigger a deep sense of loneliness, particularly if the marriage or partnership is...