Meaning of Live-In Care
What comes to your mind when we say the term ‘Live-In Carer’?
Well, a live-in care worker is the person who stays with people in their home, helps them with a variety of tailored tasks ranging from household chores to personal care as per their Care Plans such as:
Personal care tasks: Including bathing, dressing, toileting and continence management, nail filing and cutting and skin monitoring for signs of pressure ulcers and reporting accordingly.
Cooking: Including nutrition, meal preparation, assisting with feeding, cleaning and changing non-complex PEGS and stoma bags etc.
Medication management: Collecting prescriptions, medications reminders and routine administration of medications to the service users.
Getting out and about: Shopping, support with leisure activities, educational activities and social events.
Essential appointments or errands: Dealing with home correspondence, budgeting etc
Household maintenance: Helping to keep the house clean, safe and comfortable.
Mobility and safety: helping to keep a service user mobile, safe and comfortable at home.
Social interaction and community inclusion: Liaising with service user’s network of informal carers, family and professionals to keep a service user mobile, safe and comfortable at home.
In essence, a live-in carer provides a companionship and genuine interest in the people to assist them to live with dignity, choice of care and independence – three core values of Premier care support Services.
More information on home-care can be found on Buckinghamshire council Buckinghamshire council website
