Hourly Home Care in West Berkshire

Home Helpers Care provides an hourly Home Care Service for elderly and dependent adults, who require assistance ranging from light domestic daily duties to personal care. 

Our hourly Home Care Service offers flexibility and choice as to how and when care is delivered, allowing the Client to maintain and preserve a greater degree of independence in their own home. The length and frequency of the visits are determined by the Client’s needs and may change with time.  

Our Specialist Team of Care Assistants are also able to support with high needs or Complex Care. They are available for families who require support or Respite Care or for those nearing the end of their life with Palliative Care.

Personal Care includes:

• Assistance with getting up and going to bed

• All aspects of Personal Care - support with bathing, showering, shaving, hair washing, skincare and dressing

• Continence assistance

• Support with medication and medication management - applying surgical stockings, eye drops and creams

Practical and Domestic Care includes:

Companionship Care includes:

Companionship can make a great difference to the quality of life, for those living on their own. Companionship can fit around your lifestyle, for a few hours a day - daytime or evenings. Home Helpers Care Assistants can meet your individual needs, this may include; 

• Light domestic duties

• Menu planning, shopping and cooking 

• Enjoying hobbies and activities such as - arts and culture, poetry reading, boardgames or sharing photo albums

• Accompanying the Client to appointments

• Attending social outings with the Client

• Transporting Clients to their Clubs and Social Functions

Step-by-Step Guide to Arranging Home Care

1.   Contact Home Helpers Care: Call for a friendly chat, email or complete our Enquiry Form for more information regarding our Home Care Services. 

2.   Arrange a Home Care Assessment: Book a Free Care Assessment at your home with one of our Care Managers. This allows us to work with you and your family to create a personal Care Plan, which includes a Home Risk Assessment. This then determines what care is needed and the frequency and length of the Home Care visits.

3.   Bespoke Care Plan: A personalised Home Care Plan is designed and based on the Care Assessment. This forms the basis of the Clients needs, wishes and of the level of personal care and daily duties that our Care Assistants will carry out. 

4.   Care Assistants Selected: We will carefully select and match the needs of our Client with a Team of highly trained Care Assistants who will give continuity of care.

5.   Start Date Confirmed: Together working with the Client, we will agree and decide on the earliest suitable start date. The Care Contract is signed.

6.   Monitoring and Review: We will carefully monitor your Home Care, which will be regularly reviewed, including visits to your home to ensure it continues to meet your needs.