How Live-in care assists those with long-term disabilities
How live-in care can help
Live-in care helps support people with disabilities to live safely and independently in their own homes. Those with physical, developmental or learning disabilities can often experience major issues with everyday life activities including their mobility, their ability to self-help, and general independence. Live-in care enables individuals to take part in regular social or therapeutic activities and events that they might otherwise be unable to access.
Studies have shown that people with physical or learning disabilities can live successfully and be cared for in their own communities with the correct level of professional support and care. This is where professional live in care services are often critical. Live in carers provide twenty four hour support to people with physical or learning disabilities in their own homes. We offer a range of short or long term support for clients with a variety of needs including Motor Neurone disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson’s disease and Huntingdon’s Chorea, Down’s Syndrome and Autism.
We understand that often health care for people with physical or learning disabilities has been characterised by a lack of communication and poor understanding of both their ordinary and specialised needs. In addition there have been many barriers to access to health services that most members of the population take for granted. Our live in carers’ knowledge and skill base means that more effective interventions are now available at home to help people with physical or learning disabilities and their families cope.
By having a dedicated live-in carer, day to day access to health promotion, primary health care services, community health services and specialist health services are significantly improved. Our carers can also help clients with learning disabilities by supporting their learning and communication.
Because an individual with a learning disability may not understand the significance of a healthy lifestyle, they may begin to show signs of ill health. This is where a live in carer can help and recognise early symptoms of illness, maintain the importance of health screening and communicate the individuals needs to a health professional.
Our carers will ensure that people with learning disabilities have opportunities to learn about their health and that such information is provided in ways that take communication difficulties into account. Secondly, people with severe learning and communication difficulties may not be able to express discomfort or pain in usual ways. Our live in carers are aware of this and will be sensitive to changes in behaviour or well-being that indicate pain, illness or unhappiness