Our live-in dementia care plans put you first and take account of the fact that there is no one size fits all when it comes to dementia care. Our experienced care managers will complete a detailed care assessment with you, and your loved ones, to establish exactly the type of care you need to help you remain as independent as possible.
Both you and your loved ones will feel reassured that our fully trained carers will deal with your personal care needs with dignity and sensitivity. As symptoms develop they’ll be able to adapt their support, always treating you with kindness and compassion.
We understand that your care needs will be completely individual and will change over time. All of our dementia live-in care plans are tailored around the person and their needs and are regularly reviewed.
Staying at home means you or your loved one can adapt to their symptoms in familiar surroundings where they feel comfortable, allowing them to maintain their daily routines.
Being diagnosed with dementia can be confusing and frustrating for yourself and your loved ones. Our carers are trained to sensitively manage emotions and understand your needs.
Our carers are able to provide support and assistance around the home with household tasks, such as preparing snacks and meals, doing the laundry, cleaning and much more.
The level of support and assistance you require is completely up to you, allowing you to maintain as much of your independence as possible. Should you require help with personal care such as dressing, bathing or going to the toilet, our carers can provide discreet and dignified personal care.
We take time and care to talk to you to find the kind of person you’d like to be around. From there we’ll do our best to find you someone who’s a good fit and can provide the right emotional support and companionship.
Dementia is not a disease itself and is in fact a broad term used to describe a collection of symptoms that occur when brain cells stop functioning properly, affecting memory, thinking and communication skills.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of cases. Other types of dementia include vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia.
Adopting a healthy lifestyle, including regular exercise, a balanced diet and avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, may help reduce the risk of developing dementia. Early diagnosis and treatment can also help slow the progression of the disease.
The most recognised symptom of dementia is memory loss. This is more than just forgetfulness and is when a person may not only forget someone’s name but no longer recognises them as a friend or relative. Further to this, they will often forget what year it is, forget where they live or want to return to a home they lived in many years ago.
Someone living with dementia may also seem to take on a completely different personality, at times becoming rude, anxious, irritable and appearing to be quite different from the person you know.
Another common sign of dementia is an increase in dependency, such as an increase in the number of phone calls. It can appear quite normal at first but often escalates, to the point where some family members stop answering the phone. Unfortunately, the caller’s anxiety continues and they simply call again.
There are different diseases that can cause dementia and many of these are associated with an abnormal build-up of different proteins in the brain. Some types of dementia can be caused by a reduced blood flow to the brain which can happen as a result of a stroke.
Dementia is a generic term for symptoms that cause a decline in someone’s mental ability, such as loss of memory or day-to-day skills. Alzheimer’s however is a specific disease and is the most common cause of dementia.
Dementia is described as progressing in ‘stages’, meaning symptoms may be relatively mild at first but they worsen over time. Dementia progresses in three stages – early, middle and late. These stages are sometimes referred to as mild, moderate and severe as this describes how much the symptoms affect a person.
