Palliative Care
How Can We Help?
At this particularly difficult time Homecare Scotland Homecare Services Ltd are committed to ensuring comfort and compassion. We provide Support staff and /or nursing staff to work with you, your loved ones and other interested parties such as doctors to make this very difficult time less traumatic.
The main aim or our support at this stage is to maintain and enhance the people we support’s quality of life. To support them to remain as well and active as they can, for as long as they can.
Forward Planning
Forward planning is vital and contrary to belief Palliative care can be implemented before the last year of life when considering degenerative conditions such as dementia.
We provide Palliative care for many conditions including, but not limited to:
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Dementia
Cancer
Age related frailty
COPD
Our Care Team
Our highly trained, specialist staff are here to ensure support plans are implemented and medication prompting, personal care and eating and drinking are enabled. Our support team also support with psychological, emotional and spiritual needs at this time. The support required for the loved ones of the person we are supporting is also integrated into personal support plans.
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The support provided at this time may be dictated by the condition or illness and as such the support we provide it tailored to the individual’s needs. Our interventions and support can help to keep the people we support at home with loved ones and family as they near the end of their life, instead of having to move to a residential facility or hospital.
Homecare Scotland meticulously screen and select our staff for their experience and qualifications and their caring dispositions. It is vital that the people we support feel comfortable with the staff provided and as such you will have a say in who is chosen to support you.
Living Wage Employer
Homecare Scotland are also a real living wage provider ensuring our care givers are enabled to live well and concentrate on you, the people we support.