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Has anyone have experience of this?
It would be for my father. His muscles are wasting away. Following a fall six weeks ago he cannot even stand up without help. He has carers in four times a day (self funded btw) to help get him out of bed, washing etc.
They have been pretty unreliable lately. Today they turned up at 10:30am to get him out of bed. Not good enough and we have made it clear to them things need to change.
We would be interested to know of people’s experience with live in care.
Thanks
It would be for my father. His muscles are wasting away. Following a fall six weeks ago he cannot even stand up without help. He has carers in four times a day (self funded btw) to help get him out of bed, washing etc.
They have been pretty unreliable lately. Today they turned up at 10:30am to get him out of bed. Not good enough and we have made it clear to them things need to change.
We would be interested to know of people’s experience with live in care.
Thanks
My brother has it due to his disabilities, it is the best thing we've done for him.
He is funded by the NHS, he gets X amount a week to spend on his care. We have a team of 15 carers who provide 24/7 care.
He is so much happier living by himself with them.
Trouble is finding decent carers. We have been very lucky with who we have.
Personally I'd avoid an agency, but it is a lot of hard work.
We pay between £10 and £11 a hour depending on experience. The 'lead carers' get more (not sure how much). We also pay £60 for between 2300 and 0600. My brother sleeps during the night which is why we pay less. (That being said when he was up all night being sick every 20 minutes we paid the normal hourly rate for).
He is funded by the NHS, he gets X amount a week to spend on his care. We have a team of 15 carers who provide 24/7 care.
He is so much happier living by himself with them.
Trouble is finding decent carers. We have been very lucky with who we have.
Personally I'd avoid an agency, but it is a lot of hard work.
We pay between £10 and £11 a hour depending on experience. The 'lead carers' get more (not sure how much). We also pay £60 for between 2300 and 0600. My brother sleeps during the night which is why we pay less. (That being said when he was up all night being sick every 20 minutes we paid the normal hourly rate for).
Edited by LosingGrip on Saturday 31st August 12:48
gottans said:
This is a difficult decision and I suggest going to a few homes to get a feel for things, talk to the staff and other residents.
Bear in mind this might be a one way decision though.
Sorry, but I think you have misunderstood. Live in care is where the carers come and live with you in your own home.Bear in mind this might be a one way decision though.
Grandad Gaz said:
gottans said:
This is a difficult decision and I suggest going to a few homes to get a feel for things, talk to the staff and other residents.
Bear in mind this might be a one way decision though.
Sorry, but I think you have misunderstood. Live in care is where the carers come and live with you in your own home.Bear in mind this might be a one way decision though.
We had this for my mother's last 7-8 months, after father had died in a care home and we learned that mother was suffering from MND. Initially there was one live-in carer, though this had to be increased to two in order to get her out of bed etc. At the time (over 10 years ago) the carers came from an agency (through a small ad in The Lady I recall) that recruited South African young/middle-aged women who would work in the UK for a couple of years, live frugally and remit money back home to their families as employment prospects there were so poor. They seemed pleasant enough and provided good company for mum. Eventually her needs became greater and we found that one qualified nurse, with a hoist to get her in and out of bed etc, was better than the two carers.
It was we felt kinder for mum to stay in her familiar surroundings rather than put her into a home (particularly as we'd seen how quickly dad declined in his 3 months in a home). It was more costly (and this pre-dated the minimum wage and I suspect other legislation that may limit the number of hours a carer can work), but MND in the elderly progresses at an alarming pace.
I guess there are more hurdles to arranging live-in care nowadays, but yes our overall perception was positive.
It was we felt kinder for mum to stay in her familiar surroundings rather than put her into a home (particularly as we'd seen how quickly dad declined in his 3 months in a home). It was more costly (and this pre-dated the minimum wage and I suspect other legislation that may limit the number of hours a carer can work), but MND in the elderly progresses at an alarming pace.
I guess there are more hurdles to arranging live-in care nowadays, but yes our overall perception was positive.
millen said:
We had this for my mother's last 7-8 months, after father had died in a care home and we learned that mother was suffering from MND. Initially there was one live-in carer, though this had to be increased to two in order to get her out of bed etc. At the time (over 10 years ago) the carers came from an agency (through a small ad in The Lady I recall) that recruited South African young/middle-aged women who would work in the UK for a couple of years, live frugally and remit money back home to their families as employment prospects there were so poor. They seemed pleasant enough and provided good company for mum. Eventually her needs became greater and we found that one qualified nurse, with a hoist to get her in and out of bed etc, was better than the two carers.
It was we felt kinder for mum to stay in her familiar surroundings rather than put her into a home (particularly as we'd seen how quickly dad declined in his 3 months in a home). It was more costly (and this pre-dated the minimum wage and I suspect other legislation that may limit the number of hours a carer can work), but MND in the elderly progresses at an alarming pace.
I guess there are more hurdles to arranging live-in care nowadays, but yes our overall perception was positive.
Thanks for the helpIt was we felt kinder for mum to stay in her familiar surroundings rather than put her into a home (particularly as we'd seen how quickly dad declined in his 3 months in a home). It was more costly (and this pre-dated the minimum wage and I suspect other legislation that may limit the number of hours a carer can work), but MND in the elderly progresses at an alarming pace.
I guess there are more hurdles to arranging live-in care nowadays, but yes our overall perception was positive.
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