Domiciliary care in Derby

Professional, caring assistance. All from the comfort of home.

As we age, everyday tasks can become increasingly strenuous. However, this does not mean you have to leave your home. Home Support Services can help you manage you living at home, providing support as needed.

Our carers can assist with a variety of common household tasks, including:

• Meals and nutrition
• General help around the home
• Light housekeeping

Maintaining a balanced diet can become challenging as we age. Our taste buds diminish, we may lose interest in food, or we simply lack the energy to cook for ourselves.

With our trained carers, we ensure that your diet remains nutritious and delicious. We will tailor meal plans and prepare dishes in your home for you to enjoy. Each of our friendly team members can assist with:

• Menu planning
• Grocery shopping
• Meal preparation
• Monitoring diet and eating
• Monitoring food expiry dates.

Palliative Care in the Comfort of Your Own Home

In our experience, palliative care means staying in the comfort of your own home—and quite rightly so. Home Support Services expertly trained team of carers can provide you with the utmost care, ensuring that living at home is as comfortable as possible.

Our trained Carers can support your care needs, and develop a home hospice or palliative care plan suited to your individual needs and preferences. This often includes:

•  Personal care: Assistance with dressing, toileting, and bathing.
• Emotional support and companionship: From shopping trips to puzzles at home, our carers are eager to spend time with you.
• Housekeeping: Helping to keep your home clean and tidy.
• Linen changes: Changing bed sheets whenever you need.
• Respite for family carers: Providing short breaks for your family members, ensuring your relationship with them remains positive.
• Social interaction: Whether you enjoy discussing current affairs or prefer quiet time with a book, your carers will offer the kind of social interaction you prefer.
• Comprehensive palliative care information and support: We believe that understanding your options helps you make informed choices about your palliative care journey.

Our goal is to ensure you receive compassionate, personalised care that respects your wishes and enhances your quality of life at home.

A smooth transition from hospital to home to help you on your road to recovery.

To aid in your recovery and help you regain physical independence following a hospital stay, Home Support Services offers short-term and ongoing transition care services to support your complete recovery.

Leaving the hospital and returning home is comforting, but it is also a critical juncture in your recovery process. During this period, you may struggle with simple daily activities or encounter unforeseen challenges at home.

Potential setbacks, such as medication errors, missed follow-up appointments, wound care issues, poor nutrition, dehydration, or lack of safety measures at home, can lead to hospital readmission.

Our carers provide several services to ensure a safe transition from hospital to home and support you on your path to full recovery:

• Hospital discharge and coordination: Our carers collaborate with you and your hospital discharge planning staff to create a detailed care plan. This plan will guide your family and/or our carers to ensure a smooth and successful recovery.
• Medication supervision: Our carers help you stay organised with your medication schedule, ensuring proper administration and monitoring for any adverse effects or complications.
• Light housekeeping: Tasks like changing bed sheets or doing laundry can be physically challenging when you are first discharged from the hospital. Our carers ensure your bed is made, and you have clean sheets, towels, and a tidy home while you focus on your recovery.

Our goal is to provide the support you need to fully recover and regain your independence in the comfort of your own home.

Everyday personal care that is respectful.

From assistance with daily tasks such as grooming, personal hygiene, and showering to providing escorts to medical appointments, Home Support Services is here to support you, ensuring you can continue to live confidently and safely at home. We take pride in delivering high-quality, respectful, and consistent personal care services whenever you need them.

Having a non-family member assist with your daily personal tasks allows you to maintain privacy and dignity while receiving the help necessary to live comfortably and independently at home.

We understand that each person’s needs, and daily routines are unique, so we tailor our care and assistance services to meet your specific requirements.

Some of our personal care services include:

• Everyday Personal Care:
• Washing or showering
• Dressing
• Grooming
• Personal hygiene
• Toileting and incontinence care
• Assistance with communication
• Meal and Medication Support:
• Meal preparation
• Medication reminders
• Medication administration
• Home and Lifestyle Support:
• Assistance with eating
•  Assistance with mobility and walking
• Movement around the home and maintaining regular exercise.
• Escorting to appointments, shopping, or social outings
• Specialist Care:
• Vision care
• Dementia care
• Respite care.
• Palliative care

Our goal is to provide personalised, compassionate care that respects your individuality and supports your ability to live independently at home.

We place relationships first.

At Home Support Services, approach rather than a task-based approach to home care and support. This perspective means we view our work as more than just a “task” or a “job.” To us, it’s an honour to work with and share in the lives of our customers and their families. We tailor personalised care to suit the individual needs, lifestyles, and preferences of each person we support, providing a helping hand wherever needed.

We are here for you and your loved ones, seven days a week, to support and assist in any way we can throughout your journey in care. Whether you are seeking in-home help immediately or in the coming months, we commence when you want us to.

At Home Support Services, we have a designated Quality Monitoring Officer (QMO) solely responsible for managing our customers’ medication needs. For an annual one-off fee, our QMO ensures that:

• Medication is ordered every month.
• All queries related to medication are handled promptly.
• Medication is collected as needed.
• Proper paperwork is in place for our care team to safely administer your medication.

We provide reliable, short-term respite care to allow your primary carer to rest, recover, and recharge. The role of a family carer can be demanding, stressful, and tiring. Home Support Services assists by offering short, flexible respite care, ensuring you and your family are well cared for.

Our respite care services are tailored to support your regular carer, offering help when needed. A well-planned respite program provides both regular, scheduled breaks, helping to maintain a manageable, comfortable, and relaxed home environment. You will benefit from having a regular carer. They will visit at times you choose, spending quality time helping around the house, and providing a friendly face to enjoy at home. Our carers are available seven days a week, providing respite services on a regular, scheduled basis, for planned special events (such as travel or being out of town), or on short notice when you need help.

Respite care benefits for you and your family:

• A personally matched carer who will be your regular helper when needed.
• Strong companionship when your usual caregiver is away.
• Complete control over when you receive assistance, ranging from occasional help to 24/7 in-home care.
• Assistance with any tasks that are needed.

We believe that living at home should be as simple as possible for both you and your regular carer. That is why Home Support Services offers tailored respite care to ensure a comfortable and manageable home environment. 

• Conversation: From stories in the newspaper to tales about your life growing up, the sky’s the limit for the conversations you will share.
•  Companionship: This could involve engaging in active conversation or simply sitting together in peace and quiet.
• Social outings: Whether it is a trip to the shops, your local bowls club, or catching up with family, our carers can accompany you to and from these outings and join you.
• Outdoor activities: If you enjoy walking or gardening, you will be matched with carers who would love to join you outside.
• Crafts: Participate in activities such as scrapbooking, knitting, and other creative outlets.
• Games: Engage in activities and games that help promote mental stimulation.
• Discussions: Our carers enjoy discussing current and historical events
• Reminiscing: Share your old stories; we would love to hear them!

This is just a brief list of the companionship our carers can provide. Contact our office to learn more about how you can benefit from companionship and in-home care or give us a call.

Professional, comfortable, and personal dementia care.

Research suggests that if you’re struggling with memory loss, the best place to be is within the familiar surroundings of home. With Home Support Services, your carers can help you handle all your regular day-to-day tasks, making living at home as simple and stress-free as possible.

At Home Support Services, our care philosophy centres on helping those with dementia continue living at home. We prioritise your safety and independence, maintaining the highest quality of life.

Our dementia care at Home Support Services enables us to provide personalised care that:

• Ensures you remain safe at home

• Encourages engagement
• Provides nutritious meals
• Creates social interaction
• Fosters social interaction
• Offers mind-stimulating activities
• Honours your life’s proud work and history
• Supervises activities of daily living
• Supports the family