HOLIDAY COVER CARE FOR A FAMILY MEMBER
In desperate need of a holiday, but scared to leave Mum or Dad on their own while you’re away?
Caring can be both rewarding and tiring
Taking a holiday can be a real worry if it means leaving an elderly parent on their own without the everyday support they normally receive from their family. Sons and daughters will inevitably ask themselves: Will they be safe on their own? What happens if they forget to take their medication, have a fall, or get attacked by an intruder? It can be a serious concern and families will be faced with a difficult choice between just not going on holiday at all, or going away and spending the whole time feeling anxious and slightly guilty.
But what if were possible for families to take a holiday without leaving their elderly mother or father on their own? And we’re not talking here of just shipping them off to a care home while you’re away, we’re talking about them staying in their own home, supported by a kind and competent live-in carer, who will keep them company and provide them with whatever care and support they might need while you’re away.
Result? In-home Holiday Cover care, the ideal alternative to a care home
You can go off and enjoy your holiday in peace, safe in the knowledge that you have left your mother or father in safe and capable hands and that they won’t feel abandoned while you’re away.
Demand for care to cover family holidays can be high, so we recommend you contact us as as soon as possible to discuss the dates you have in mind.
What is Holiday Cover care?
Holiday Cover care is short-term care designed to enable the main caregiver to take a break. While it can involve daily visiting care, it more often applies when temporary cover is needed for someone who is receiving full-time care.
What is live-in Holiday Cover care?
Live-in Holiday Cover care enables caregivers, whether full- or part-time, to take a complete break from caring. The main caregiver may be the husband, wife, or other relative (such as the brother, sister, son or daughter) of someone who needs regular daily care, or it may be a private carer hired to look after a family member.
The benefits of live-in Holiday Cover care
Live-in Holiday Cover care is an invaluable and indispensable service that provides family caregivers with the chance to rest and recharge their batteries, making it an essential part of any comprehensive care plan. By offering temporary relief from the demanding and emotional responsibility of caregiving, live-in Holiday Cover care can help reduce the risk of caregiver burnout, stress, and depression, all while enabling the care recipient to receive personalised, skilled, and compassionate care in the comfort and familiarity of their own home.
Family members can also enjoy peace of mind, knowing their loved one is in safe hands. All in all, live-in Holiday Cover care is a critical service that benefits everyone involved, making it an indispensable element of any caregiver’s toolkit.
What does a live-in Holiday Cover carer do?
A live in Holiday Cover carer will do anything that a family caregiver would normally do. Before the care starts, a support plan will be created to ensure that all your loved one’s needs will be met.
- Chesterford Homecare are the local specialist live-in care provider in your area, covering Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and Hertfordshire.
- You are guaranteed high quality care because we take exactly the same time and trouble in planning our short-term respite care service as we do with longer term assignments.
- You can rely on the fact that every aspect of the care required will be discussed with you in meticulous detail.
- Care will be based on individual needs, which may include: administration of medication, personal care, food shopping and meal preparation, washing, ironing and house-keeping, leisure and social activities.
- All identified needs and activities will be planned and carried out in such a way that they fit in with your loved one’s preferred daily routine.
- You can rely on support and back-up from our highly experienced management team, who will step into your shoes while you are away to make sure your loved one receives exactly the care and support they need.
- Thanks to our extensive training programme, you can be confident that the carer appointed to look after your loved one while you are away will have the right knowledge and skills to provide them with safe and effective care.
- While a professional carer can never fully replace a family caregiver, our care assessment process means that we will do our utmost to ensure that the service we provide reflects as closely as possible the care and support normally provided by the main caregiver.
- Our vastly experienced management team will work both with, your loved one and our carer every step of the way to make sure your loved one receives the highest possible standard of care.
- Because we’re regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). You can have confidence that your loved one will be kept safe and have their needs met.
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