What is Personal Care?
Personal care consists of our carers assisting the client in any physical/ general way possible. This can consist of housework, grocery shopping, cooking, scheduling and taking them to appointments.
How Personal Care Works
With personal care we will send one of our dedicated carers round on a regular routined basis to help out the client with whatever tasks they need. We will learn about the client and work out exactly how to assist them. This could consist of cooking, eating, bathing, shopping, cleaning, dressing and undressing or transferring. Personal Care is all about aiding the client in areas they struggle in. A lot of clients are elderly or have a disability, therefore personal care is perfect for their lifestyle and allows them to live a greater quality of life, fulfilling them. This will give them a chance to vent their struggles and allow us to work with them on that. Personal care also allows the client to stay on top of any tasks that may be overdue such as turning uto appointments or simply scheduling them when needed. If they become ill, this is important as with care, we will notice straight away and log this.
Benefits of Personal Care
Assistance getting up out of bed, going to bed, assistance with undressing, assistance with personal hygiene such as washing, assistance at mealtimes, assistance with bathing/showering and hair washing, assistance with shaving and hair care, assistance in managing continence, assistance with management of colostomy bags, assistance with monitoring skin integrity, assistance with moving about inside the home (moving and handling, transferring using equipment where appropriate in line with health and safety requirements), assistance with the use of toilet commode, assistance with emptying and changing catheter bags, assistance with teeth and denture care, assistance with washing and general care of feet, assistance in the management of prescribed medication, assistance with the managements of prostheses, general mobility as appropriate, encouraging and assisting in the continuation of any prescribed exercise and to encourage the use of all equipment provided, following the correct training.
Do You Require Personal Care?
If you know someone who could benefit from any form of assistance in daily tasks like the ones listed above, then get in contact with the Aplus team and we will aid you in making this work promptly.
