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In 1968 people aged over 60 years made up 18% of the population. By 2030, 25% of us will be over 60. The number of people aged over 75 has risen dramatically and is projected to increase by a further 60% by 2028. The over 85's age group is predicted to rise by 144% in the same period.

Care at Home and Housing support services is a real option for people who need assistance with their social personal and healthcare to lead independent lives. Many people who use homecare do so as a real alternative to moving into a care home.

Starting to think about meeting your care needs can be daunting. Scottish Care aims to answer some of your questions about homecare and help you find out where you can get more information.

Why choose Care at Home or Housing Support?

Increasing personalisation of services is now the direction of travel for social work services. The population and policy expect it. Personalisation puts the person at the centre as a participant in shaping the services they get, and allows them to work with professionals and their carers to manage risk and resources.

Homecare, Care at Home & Housing support are just a few of the many forms of domiciliary care provided in the home by one or more Care or Support workers and if required Nurses to assist someone with their daily life.

Enabling people who need care to remain in their home helps maintain personal independence, comfort and contact with their local community. Homecare is flexible, with just the right amount of assistance at any one time.

Currently care may be funded from four streams 

 

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Housing Support Provider

  • General counselling and support including befriending, advising on food preparation, reminding and non-specialist counselling where this does not overlap with similar services provided as personal care or personal support.
  • Assisting with the security of the dwelling required because of the needs of the service user
  • Assisting with the maintenance of the safety of the dwelling
  • Advising and supervising service users on the use of domestic equipment and appliances
  • Assisting with arranging minor repairs to and servicing of a service user's own domestic equipment and appliances
  • Providing life skills training in maintaining the dwelling and curtilage in appropriate condition
  • Assisting the service user to engage with individuals, professionals and other bodies with an interest in the welfare of the service user
  • Arranging adaptations to enable the service user to cope with disability
  • Advising or assisting the service user with personal budgeting and debt counselling
  • Advising or assisting the service user in dealing with relationships and disputes with neighbours
  • Advising or assisting the service user in dealing with benefit claims and other official correspondence relevant to sustaining occupancy of the dwelling
  • Advising or assisting with resettlement of the service user
  • Advising or assisting the service user to enable him or her to move on to accommodation where less intense support is required
  • Assisting with shopping and errands where this does not overlap with similar services provided as personal care or personal support
  • Providing and maintaining emergency alarm and call systems in accommodation designed or adapted for and occupied by elderly, sick or disabled people
  • Responding to emergency alarm calls where such calls relate to any of the housing support services prescribed in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (Housing Support Services) Regulations 2002, in accommodation designed or adapted for and occupied by elderly, sick or disabled people
  • Controlling access to individual service users' rooms
  • Cleaning of service users' own rooms and windows
  • Providing for the costs of resettlement services
  • Encouraging social intercourse, and welfare checks for residents of accommodation supported by either a resident warden or a non-resident warden with a system for calling that warden where this does not overlap with similar services provided as personal care or personal support
  • Arranging social events for residents of accommodation supported by either a resident warden or a non-resident warden with a system for calling that warden

Care at Home

providing a non-personal Care and Support service

  • Cleaning
  • Basic Housework
  • Shopping
  • Washing Clothes/Laundry
  • Lighting Fires
  • Paying Bills
  • Collecting Pensions
  • Ironing
  • Escort Work
  • Meal Preparation*
  • Other

    • * Meal Preparation can be either domestic or personal dependent on level of disability. The position of the council, as supported by COSLA, is that meal preparation is only considered to be a personal task where the client requires the combination of meal preparation and assistance with feeding. Otherwise it is considered to be a domestic task.

Care at Home

providing a personal Care and Support service

  • Washing
  • Using the toilet
  • Dressing
  • Feeding
  • Sitting service
  • Administration of Medication
  • Bathing
  • Getting in & out of Bed
  • Ted Stockings
  • Continence Care
  • Personal Help
  • Meal Preparation*

    • * Meal Preparation can be either domestic or personal dependent on level of disability. The position of the council, as supported by COSLA, is that meal preparation is only considered to be a personal task where the client requires the combination of meal preparation and assistance with feeding. Otherwise it is considered to be a domestic task.

Care at Home

providing an Enhanced/Intensive Complex Care service

  • Oral Hygiene
  • Specialised Diet
  • Continence Care
  • Catheter Care
  • Peg Feeding
  • Stoma Care
  • Double Handling
  • Use of Hoists
  • Nebuliser
  • Rehabilitation
  • Renal Assistance