Live-in care FAQs

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Quite simply, live-in care is when someone who is  trained to look after you lives in your home with you. The main role of a carer that lives with you is to allow you to be comfortable, safe and  independent in your own home environment. 

This means that there is no need to go into a residential home where you may be restricted to times when you have meals, do activities or go out.

With a live-in carer, you control your life, your way.

A live-n carer can assist with

• Getting you up and dressed
• Showering and personal support
• Meal preparation and medication
• Domestic duties and household chores
• Trips and out shopping and to the garden centre and to see friends and family

The support our customers receive from their Live-In care assistant can be varied, from supporting with companionship, mobility and day trips out, to personal and continence care and support with medication. Your assistant can cook meals, undertake housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and shopping.

Our Live-in carers are trained to look after the needs of the individual. If you require someone with particular skills or knowledge, we do our best to match up a carer that will get on with what’s required and blend in with your way of life.

Call our dedicated Team of professionals to speak to us about your particular care needs and see how we can help with a carer to help you

Live-in Care is for anyone who needs a high level of support but wants to stay in their own home. This means your own bed and familiar surroundings with minimal disruption to your life

Bluebird Care provides one-to-one bespoke support for couples, the elderly and young adults avoiding the need to move into a residential home..

The  support our customers receive from their Live-in carer can be extremely varied; from supporting with companionship, mobility and day trips out, to personal and continence care and support with medication.

The Live-In Care Assistant can also undertake housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and shopping responsibilities, if required.

The most important thing is that the Live-In Care Assistant is a companion and becomes involved in our Customers’ hobbies and interests so that our Customer can maintain their independence, continue living their lives as they wish to and will never feel lonely.

Call our dedicated Team of professionals to speak to us about your particular care needs and see how we can help with a carer to help you.

People who choose a Live-In Care Service with Bluebird Care Hinckley Bosworth and Blaby have the peace of mind in knowing that there is someone on hand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Live-in Care is a bespoke service that can be tailored for each individual’s needs. 
Customers may choose to have a Live-In Care Assistant  to provide companionship and enable them to maintain their independent lifestyle.

Others may require a high level of Care and don’t want to go into a residential home. We are able to assist a range of customers including couples, the elderly and young adults.

Live–in carer can assist you in your home in a wide variety of ways so that you can carry on living the way you always have.  A live-in care assistant can provide the following:

• Preparing meals and washing the dishes
• Laundry and ironing and other household chores
• Administering medication
• Assistance with washing, toileting, and dressing
• Support with going out
• Companionship
• caring for a pet including walking the dog

Live-in carers can do much more besides as we make sure that the service you receive is tailor-made for you. A bespoke care plan can make an incredible difference to your life by enabling you to do the things you really want to do but have not been able to such as visiting friends and family; going for long strolls in the country; to the garden centre or the simple things such as shopping or a pub lunch.

Whatever you require, Bluebird Care can arrange

Call our dedicated Team of professionals to speak to us about your particular care needs and see how we can help with a carer to help you.

Benefits of Live-in care 

• 1-2-1 Support to maintain or regain independence
• Home Cooked Meals
• Couples support enabling couples to stay together
• Prevent Hospital Admissions
• Support with Medication, Health and Well-being
• Familiar surroundings and Pet Care
• Help with Shopping, Laundry and general house-keeping

When living alone is no longer safe or practical

A Live-In Care Assistant is able to mitigate several of the common risks that are associated with dementia including; wandering, forgetting about things like turning off the oven and not taking medication correctly. 

They are also able to reduce general distress and confusion that can be a side effect of Dementia.

Preventing Falls

Falling is a major concern for people with mobility issues and the elderly, especially when they are living on their own.

By having a Live-In service, Customers can be reassured that the Live-In Care Assistant is on hand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to assist them if they have a fall and to raise the alarm for them.

Call our dedicated Team of professionals to speak to us about your particular care needs and see how we can help with a carer to help you.