You get to stay in your own home, live in the way you want to with your own familiar routines and own things around you, near family, friends and neighbours. You get to keep your own GP. With live-in care you get to have round-the-clock, dedicated, professional care but without having to move from your own home. You have a one-to-one relationship with your carer and don’t have to wait for assistance as is common in care homes.

For a couple the advantages are greater in that you get to stay together with no fear of being separated into different rooms or even areas in the home. Very few nursing homes have double rooms. Live in care may very likely be cost effective compared to purchasing 2 separate rooms in a nursing home.

If you have pets, no problem. Your carer will help you to look after them too.

If you have very great care needs sometimes live-in care is not the right option.

24-hour care may be better providing your home is suitable for any equipment you may need and is set up to cope with your additional needs.

Lynedoch Care is very experienced in offering this type of care both in the short and long term.

Sometimes a hybrid service, a mixture of the two types, can be arranged and can be more cost effective.

Our free assessment service will determine what level of care would be best for you.

With live-in care your carer stays with you 24 hours a day and is on call for anything you need them to help with during that time. They will expect to have time to themselves during the day when you have no need for them. They will also be able to go out for periods of up to 2 hours to do shopping and run errands, or perhaps take the dog for a walk, leaving you safely in the house either on your own or in the care of a visiting hourly carer. The hours between 10pm and 8am are sleepover hours and so you would expect to be in bed during that time and carers may be called upon’ a maximum of 2 times for short periods, to allow them to work the following day again.

Carers working as part of a 24-hour care package work shorter shifts of around 6-8 hours during the day and 10pm – 8am during the night on sleepover or waking nights according to your needs. They expect to be working during the entire time of their visits and do not need breaks due to their shorter shifts. They stay with you until the next carer arrives to take over. Your package of care will depend on your needs and can be anything from working to your instructions, to running your life for you when necessary and anything in between. The duties they undertake can be making appointments and ensuring you can keep them, caring for your clothing and home, organising your food shopping entirely, menu planning and cooking accordingly, along with all personal care required, medication management and keeping you in touch with friends and family. If they have to go out for errands or shopping or dog walking, we would replace them with an hourly carer to look after you while they are gone.

A live-in carer is available to work at your request 14 hours a day and will be sleeping over in your home overnight. They will expect breaks with time for themselves 3 times a day for at least one hour in total. They will expect to have you safely in bed by 10pm and not be called upon more than 2 short times during the hours until 8am the next day.

The carer will require a room of their own with access to Wi-Fi internet connection and a television for use during their breaks. They will need access to a shower and will expect to eat the same food as you do, provided by you.

The initial free assessment process will determine the level of your care needs. This will inform us whether live-in care is suitable for you. If not, perhaps 24-hour care or a hybrid between the two types.

Your carer will be sleeping over in your home and if you need assistance, they will be there for you without restriction. If you require help more than twice for short periods, there will be an additional charge and your care package may need adjusted to make sure all carers are given adequate rest.

The only additional costs would be if you required additional care when the live in care goes out for the reasons above, you need an additional carer for transfers and mobility problems at various point in the day or you require additional help during the night over and above the 2 short waking times discussed above. Medical supplies will be charges as necessary (see below)

An adequate supply of gloves, aprons, hand sanitiser and shoe covers will be maintained in your home and a charge for these will be added to your invoice. Due to the presence of Covid 19 in the community it may be necessary to also supply face masks.

During the recent pandemic there was absolutely no ongoing infection within Lynedoch Care client and carer group. This is a record we would like to maintain and so we will decide when these precautions are necessary. But we will always inform you beforehand. Let’s all hope this is permanently behind us now.