Domiciliary care | Your choices for care at home

Daily top tip: Domiciliary care choices

April 15, 2011

Daily top tip: Domiciliary care choices

Posted on April 15, 2011 in Care system in the UK

Still living at home, but finding things difficult?

Care at home is often known as domiciliary care. If you need extra help in your own home, these are just some of the options you might want to consider:

Ask Social Services to arrange for carers to come in once or several times a day
Arrange for meals to be delivered to your home
Ask for visits from a district nurse
Visit a day care centre
Organise live-in care
Discuss the possibility of a family member moving in with you (or vice versa)

3 Comments

Mo 8 months ago
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Thanks for your response.. that’s reassuring
Mo 8 months ago
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Can continuing healthcare funding fund a live in carer as an alternative to a care home.
Thanks
Mo
- Care to be Different 8 months ago
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  Yes it can Mo – the setting of the care is irrelevant. Kind regards

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