Domiciliary Care, in the form of Hourly Care allows you to receive help every day, without the need of a full-time, live-in carer. This is perfect if you wish to live as independently as possible.
Our hourly care services include:
- PERSONAL HYGIENE
- DRESSING
- ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINE (EXCLUDING INJECTIONS & CONTROLLED DRUGS)
- HOUSE WORK
- SHOPPING
- PREPARATION AND SERVING OF MEALS
- COMPANIONSHIP (AT HOME OR ON TRIPS)
Your carer can also pick up your pension and prescriptions and keep your administration up to date including paying bills etc. You can request as little or as much care as you want creating a tailored package to suit your lifestyle.
Hourly care is tailored to you. Carers at Global Support and Care Ltd are trained to provide many different kinds of care including the following :
- Personal care
- Specialist care of conditions and disabilities
- Safe mobility support
- Facilitating and supporting hospital discharge back home
- Last-minute care in case of cancellation or sickness
- Socialisation and companionship
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Medication management and administration
- Preparing meals and cooking food
- Domestic and household tasks
Carers will fulfil the tasks agreed to in their service agreement. These tasks can range from personal care to domestic tasks and chores including shopping, laundry, meal preparation and transport. The focus is on making sure you feel safe, independent and cared for through your regular routines.
Responsibilities, duties and tasks of an hourly carer
- Personal care such as washing, dressing and continence care
- Prompting clients to take prescribed medicines
- Administering first aid
- General care help, including laundry, gardening and admin. tasks
- Preventing falls and accidents in the home
- Accompanying clients on any social, domestic or recreational trips outside of their home
- Preparing meals and cooking food
- If you have pets, there are carers that can help to look after them. Many carers also drive their own vehicles and can help you with transport or accompany you as you need.
What are the benefits of hourly care?
Hourly care benefits most people because although you receive help every day, the rest of the time you’re able to carry on with life as usual.
The main benefits of hourly care include:
RECEIVING CARE FROM THE COMFORT OF HOME | MAINTAINING YOUR INDEPENDENCE | KEEPING YOUR DAY-TO-DAY RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOVED ONES AND PETS | |
ONE-TO-ONE CARE | STAYING IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY | AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TO RESIDENTIAL CARE | |
SECURITY | PROTECTION OF YOUR HOME AS AN ASSET | FLEXIBILITY | |
If you’re getting older and starting to feel you need help with household chores. Or have a physical or mental disability and want a small amount of care every day, our hourly care package will ease your fears. | |||
How much does hourly care cost?
Global Support and Care Ltd hourly care rates are priced ‘per hour’ with the price changing depending on the amount of time needed per visit from your carer.
Our hourly domiciliary Standard Care rates are:
Half-hour Visits | One Hour+ Visit |
From £12.50 | From £25.00 per hour |
Our hourly domiciliary Complex Care rates are:
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Half-hour Visits
| One Hour+ Visit
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From £15.00
| From £30.00 per hour
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Additional charges will be levied for travelling expenses based on the location of the service user from our Derby Office location as per schedule outlined below: · £1.50 for calls 0 to 4.5 miles away from the carer’s location per visit per carer. · £3.00 for calls 5 to 9.5 miles away from the carer’s location. · £4.50 for calls 10 to 14.5 miles away from the carer’s location. · £6.00 for calls 15 to 20 miles away from the carer’s location. | |
What can you expect from your carer?
- Professionalism, discretion and, just as importantly, warmth and compassion.
- All our carers are committed to working in the domiciliary care industry, and we only employ people who we’d feel comfortable looking after our own loved ones – that’s a promise.
- All our carers are fully DBS (criminal record) checked before receiving accredited in-house training and once assigned to you, we monitor the care they provide. This means we’ll keep constant contact with you, your loved ones and our carers to ensure they’re delivering the support you require.
- And as they work to your personal, daily routine, you’ll continue living your life the way you want it.
