Home Care in Forest Lake
Our standard home care package, designed to care for dependents over 65, is our home care services, also known as in home care and domiciliary care. The advantage of our services is that you can rest easy knowing that your loved one’s needs are taken care of without having to move to them to a care facility. Our trustworthy and reliable professionals offer a high standard of bespoke care directly in their own home, offering real peace of mind.
None of our care services are one-size-fits-all. Rather, you can choose the priorities through a care plan created in partnership with our care coordinators. This way, you can ensure that their practical needs, from safety to grooming to meal preparation, are taken care of, as well as personal needs such as companionship and conversation.
Read below to learn more about the consultation process and the wide range of care services we can provide for you and your loved ones.
Dementia Care in Forest Lake
Besides our standard home care services, we also have care plans that are specifically tailored to the needs of those with additional barriers to independence. This includes our dementia care services, which are created in partnership with our friends at Dementia Caring. If you have a loved one living with a memory disorder, we can help ensure the right kind of care for them.
Our dementia care services in Forest Lake ensure the same quality of day-to-day care as our in home care, such as grooming, feeding, first aid, mobility assistance and more Yet, they are also include services built for those living with dementia, specifically.
This includes help with ensuring their medical routine, like helping them attend doctor’s visits and maintaining their healthcare and medication routines without fail. Furthermore, Home Caring is able to provide access to specialist therapies, designed to offer a better quality of life and help our clients retain as much of their independence as is possible, for as long as possible.
Disability Care in Forest Lake
Individuals living with a disability face challenges and barriers to their independence that can be entirely unique to their experience. As such, they deserve a higher standard of care with a plan specialised to those additional needs.
Home Caring is also a leading provider of disability care services throughout Forest Lake and all of Brisbane. Our disability services include all of those that you can expect from our home care plans, but with an emphasis on making an independent, safe life easier for those with a disability. As such, we aim to help them retain and regain their independence when possible, and to assist them when needed.
Some the disability care specific services we offer include the following: assisting in applying for and maximising NDIS funds, accessing social and community support, and finding Supported Independent Living services. All of our disability care services can work in concert with the other support providers you rely on, ensuring the best possible continuity and consistency in care.
About Our Disability Accommodation
Further developing our disability care services, Home Caring has also completed the creation of our first Supported Independent Living disability accommodation, developed in cooperation with our clients and their families to help us best understand their needs. Designed to be as accessible as possible, we offer 24-hour support in a safe, secure environment for those who aren’t able to live comfortably at home.
Staffed by the same team of professional, trained carers that have helped us gain our reputation, as well as a support staff that ensures consistency of care standards throughout, our Supported Independent living home offers key disability management and lifestyle services. This includes access to transportation and vehicles, healthcare management, and occupational therapy services.
Our disability accommodation is the first of its kind created by Home Caring, but we intend to build more in future. To learn more about our facilities or to inquire about a place in our Supported Independent Living home, please get in touch.
Palliative Care in Forest Lake
Home Caring understands the additional needs and wants of many of our clients living with a terminal or life-limiting diagnosis. As such, we provide a range of palliative care services with a focus on compassionate assistance that helps our clients spend as much of their time in their home as possible with the highest quality of life.
We are the premier providers of palliative care in Forest Lake, throughout Brisbane, and beyond. Aside from supporting your loved ones in their daily needs, providing household assistance, and the same standard of care we are known for, we also offer a specialised approach to palliative care.
Our care professionals can ensure the highest quality of life at every stage of it, with access to pain relief, comfort support, and spiritual support all available. Or services enable family and friends to focus on providing moral and community support while we take care of the rest.
Respite Care in Forest Lake
Regardless of whether you choose our home care services or any of our specialised disability, dementia, or palliative care plans, they are all flexible to your needs and schedule. We are able to provide around the clock care, but we are also able to offer temporary respite care for primary caregivers. Whether you need us for an hour every day, a whole day, two days a week, or otherwise, we are here.
We know the time and energy that goes into caring for a dependent more than anyone, and we know the toll it can take on your life if you’re not careful. To avoid the threat of caregiver burnout, it’s important to take time to yourself, to ensure your other responsibilities are met, and simply to take a break and enjoy your own life.
That’s what our respite care services in Forest Lake are designed to help with. Our team coordinates with you to ensure consistency in care, from needs and preferences to schedules and routines. We can offer you the peace of mind so you can take care of yourself, too.
Bespoke home care services
All of our services can be tailored to meet the needs of our individual clients. As such, we work with you to create plans that are guaranteed to meet your priorities, while treating our clients with the dignity, respect, and compassion they deserve. These can include the following services:
- Meal preparation and feeding
- Help showering, washing, and otherwise using the bathroom
- Personal grooming and dressing assistance
- Companionship and competition
- Wound care and first aid
- Overnight care
- Fingernail and foot care
- Mobility and walking assistance
- Transport assistance
- Assistance for medical appointments, shopping and social engagements
Do not hesitate to bring up any needs that you require help with, even if it isn’t listed above. This is by no means comprehensive, only an indicator of the different ways that we can help.
Our library of care resources
An important part of the care for any dependent is ensuring that their loved ones stay informed. As such, whether you rely on Home Caring’s services or not, our priority is to help all be informed on how to provide the right kind of care. Our range of information resources can provide just that.
On the website, we offer links to support groups, palliative care information resources, studies, advice posts and more. All of our resources are free for use by caregivers, professional or otherwise, to help us all learn how to provide a better standard of care.
Get access to government-funded services
You may not be entirely aware that you and your loved one could be entitled to government funded services as part of the Home Caring Packages of National Disability Insurance Scheme. These financial help services are specifically available for those who need assistance in reducing the costs of professional care.
Home Caring is an approved provider for both NDIS and Home Caring Packages Services. As such, we can help you gain access to the fund that you’re entitled to, assisting in the application for and maximisation of whatever aid you are applicable for. Get in touch and we start helping you today.
The benefits of using Home Caring
- Time-saving: By taking care of your loved one’s needs, we free up the time you have to focus on what’s most important.
- Trustworthy: All members of the team go through thorough identity and background checks, personal interviews, and extra training to ensure safe, reliable services.
- Always available: You can book and manage your services entirely online and get in touch with us any time of the day to address any questions or concerns.
- Accredited: Home Caring is a fully NDIS & Aged Care Approved Provider.
- Highly rated: We welcome reviews from all clients, taking all feedback to heart. This has helped us become one of the highest rated at-home care providers in Forest Lake.
Create a comprehensive care plan with our help
As mentioned, all of our services, from basic home care to specialist palliative, dementia, or disability are, are entirely bespoke. Our free consultation process is how we create the customised plan best suited to your needs. Get in touch with us and we can arrange a visit from one of our expert care coordinators.
During their visit, the care coordinator with work with you, discussing your needs, preferences, and barriers. We will also help you better understand the different services we offer, and information on financial assistance from the government, if necessary.
When the appointment is complete, we should have completed a comprehensive care plan that’s both economical and effective. We encourage you to ask any questions that you might have about our care services during the meeting.
About our team
Home Caring provides a team of over 250 care and administrative professionals with the founders’ 20 years of management experience. Through this, our Forest Lake clients benefit from dedication to compassionate care and better organised, accessible services than ever. We’ve already satisfied over 900 clients and we’re eager to work with you as well.
Our priority is the dignity, confidence, respect, and peace of mind that we can offer our clients and their loved ones. Since 2015, we have strived to provide that to those over 65, as well as those living with disabilities, dementia, or life limiting diagnoses.
Achieve a higher standard of care with Home Caring
If you’re in need of bespoke care service in Forest Lake, Home Caring is here to provide them. From domiciliary care to palliative, disability, respite, and dementia care, all of our services are individually tailored to your needs.
If you would simply like to learn more about what we can do for you, or you would like to arrange a free consultation, get in touch. We are glad to help you take the first step towards the standard of care that we all deserve.
