Caring for Seniors

Why it might be time to consider a Carer for seniors

If you have found yourself wishing you had an extra pair of hands to help around your home and in your daily life, it might be time to consider a carer for seniors. Carers for seniors provide the essential asstance to ensure you are able to stay in your home for as long as possible. Private care for seniors is completely customisable to you, your needs and your schedule. Private care for seniors is available as a live in or live out option and on a full time or part time basis, depending on what sort of assistance it is you are looking for. Care for seniors is there to ensure your life continues to run as smoothly as possible by providing a helping hand where you need it most. Care for seniors is here to help you live as independently as possible, for as long as possible. Whether you are looking for a regular friendly face to run errands with or have someone come care on a full time live in basis, there is the home care for seniors you’re looking for.

Our private care for seniors are friendly, flexible and highly trained to help our clients continue to live independently in the comfort and security of their own home for as long as possible. Simply put, our carers for seniors are the best there are. Managing an illness or adjusting to a change in lifestyle can be very challenging, and we truly believe there's no place like home when recovering or going through changes that come with ageing.

While our carers are able to help with a range of duties, the focus tends to be on your health and wellbeing. So while they will help with household chores their main duties will include things like medication management, assisting with physiotherapy exercises, taking you to appointments and liaising with doctors, mobility support, grooming and personal care, depending on your requirements. Our senior carers are also a source of emotional support through the tougher times so no matter what you’re going through, from dealing with an illness or grieving a loved one lost, you’ll have someone standing by your side.

If you have more complex care needs, such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson's, familiar surroundings will be of great benefit, so staying in your home for as long as possible is a necessity. Private care for seniors are able to provide you or your loved one with specialised and one on one care as many private carers for seniors have been specially trained and will have a deeper understanding of the issues involved and will support you or your loved one through the condition.

What does private care for seniors include?

Home care for seniors is perfect for those who are looking for a helping hand at home and within their day to day life and who are not quite ready to move out of their home and into a retirement residence. Private care for seniors is completely flexible to accommodate your needs and your schedule, so if you are looking for someone to pop in once a week to take you to an appointment or someone to live in with you full time, our home care for seniors could be the option for you. The added support around your day to day life will mean you are able to live as independently as possible, without feeling like a burden on your loved ones to get essential tasks done and remain in your home and community for as long as possible.

Your carer can assist you with almost everything such as:

• Laundry and ironing
• Preparing your favourite meals
• Liaising with doctors
• Gardening
• Ensuring your home is kept clean and tidy to your standards
• Taking pets on walks
• Personal care
• Mobility support
• Helping with the hoovering
• Changing bed linen
• Organising activities
• Taking you to social events
• Organising appointments
• Mediation management
• Helping with a hobby
• Changing bed linen

Flexible one on one care in your home

With Guardian Carers, your carer for seniors will provide completely personalised, one on one care in the environment you feel most comfortable, your home. Moulding to your needs, a carer for seniors ensures your needs are being met and you remain independent within your home and community. Available to you on both live in or live out arrangements as well as either full time or part time means that no matter what you’re looking for, what you need assistance with, there is a carer for you. Your focus can be directed to the aspects of your life that are important to you, whether that's your loved ones or a hobby you are passionate about.

Expert and specialised care

Private care for seniors is essential if you are managing a more serious health issue such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. Senior carers are industry professionals when it comes to caring for old people. They are specifically trained and have years of hands on experience managing these illnesses on a day to day basis, they will provide you with a deeper understanding than your loved ones might be able to provide.

They will also be more experienced that your loved ones may be in dealing with more challenging situations that might arise. They are also able to guide you through the changes that happen within yourself, provide you with reassurance and an understanding shoulder to lean on.

How do I start my carer for seniors search?

Taking the first step and knowing where to start can be a little intimidating, which is why consulting an agency that specialises in private care for the elderly is essential to ensuring your search is stressfree and seamless. With an agency, you have access to expert, experienced advice. Agencies also take the hassle of finding someone out of your hands and make the process a straight forward and enjoyable experience. With Guardian Carers, we interview and screen all our candidates and we are able to provide sample contracts and a payroll service once you have found your perfect carer for seniors.

Help from the first point of contact

Senior care agencies such as Guardian Carers take the hassle of resourcing potential carers from you and will only present you with the best of the best that we meet. We bring them into the office for a face to face interview where their experience and qualifications are discussed at length and we are able to obtain verbal references which we then personally check ourselves.

All of our carers will have the following:

• First Aid and Safeguarding qualification
• Enhanced DBS check
• At least 3 years of experience
• Any language requirements can be accommodated

From the very first call, your expert consultant will guide you through what your options are, what would suit your requirements most closely and put your mind to rest with any concerns you might have regarding your home care for seniors search. Our consultants are also on hand to help and answer any questions you might have along the way, using an agency that specialises in private care for seniors like Guardian Carers means you have a direct line to the experts.

Working with experts from the very start

Our years of experience within the care industry means we know what it takes to be a outstanding carer, which is why all the carers for seniors we work with are the best of the best that are available. We pride ourselves on providing a premium level of service and care for our clients. We maintain the highest standards and expect the best from our carers because we know you expect the best for yourself.

So much so that 90% of the families we work with result in a happy, long term placement. Using an agency that specialises in home care for seniors like Guardian Carers means you can be sure you will receive support from every side, we will take the stress of finding a carer from you and present you with home care for seniors option that perfectly aligns with your care needs and your schedule.

We work with your family to find solutions, whatever your needs. To make perfect and seamless placements is Guardian Carers ethos. With Guardian Carers its your care, your home, your way.