Personal Home Care
Community & Home Support Service: someone comes into your home and takes over care for a while (for a few hours or sometimes overnight) so you can go out or have some time to yourself. Home care is supportive care in the home, an every day type of care.
You can sometimes get a break when the person you care for is involved in other activities, for instance at school or at a day care centre.
- Help with bathing
- Assist with dressing
- Provide grooming
- Assist with incontinence care
- Assist with eating
- Dementia care
- Provide convalescence care
- Collect prescriptions
- Provide light housekeeping
- Assist with washing and ironing
- Make bed and change bed linen
- Meal preparation and tidy away
- Assist with pet care
- Prepare shopping list
- Help with general shopping
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Taking a Break
There are a number of ways that you can take a break from your caring role. Some are suggested below, but you should not be limited by these as you can talk over your situation with a social worker or care manager and suggest other ways that might suit you better.
