Diabetes Care At Home
Lincolnshire & Yorkshire
Diabetes necessitates lifestyle and dietary changes. It can take some time to adapt to and may often come in addition to other conditions. Home care can provide an excellent option to assist people with diabetes or loved ones affected by it so that every aspect can be managed. You can lead a 100% happy and healthy life but may require a little help around the home, which we're glad to provide.
This may take the form of assistance with meal preparation and hydration, regular monitoring of glucose levels, help with medication as well as physical and emotional support.
Our home carers understand all the aspects that are involved with diabetes and will assist in whatever way you require.
Question: What Is Diabetes?
Diabetes affects more than 3 million people in the UK, it can also be present in many people who do not have a diagnosis. It can affect any age, gender or race and this long-term condition will require the management of your lifestyle, diet, sugar intake and exercise.
It is caused because our bodies may not produce enough insulin or the insulin is not working as it should. Normally, our pancreas produces the hormone called insulin which allows glucose to enter cells from the bloodstream. This, in turn, causes glucose to build up in the bloodstream.
Common signs that a person may be diabetic (or hypoglycaemic) may include regular headaches, low appetite, changes in personality, a lack of balance, unusual aggression, dizziness or even loss of consciousness and difficulties with speech and motor function.
It is important that if you or a loved one are experiencing any of the above, you consult the NHS or your GP and get thorough testing and diagnosis.
If left untreated, diabetes can cause further complications such as strokes, heart disease, nerve damage and blindness. The sooner you recognise issues and look for medical support, the more easily the condition can be managed.
How We Can Help Diabetes Home Carers
Our team of carers provide assistance in your home. Allowing you to enjoy the things that matter, with the comfort of knowing that you have the help you need.
Sometimes we all need a little help. This may be the case if you've recently been diagnosed with diabetes. Perhaps you want some help around the home whilst you adjust.
It may just be assistance with meal choices, a healthier diet or cooking and preparation or it could be with more complex things like monitoring your glucose levels and ensuring that medication is applied when you need it.
You should be able to enjoy life without complications and restrictions. Whether you are adjusting to diabetes and need short-term support or may have a loved one with diabetes as and as other complex medical conditions, it is important to know that we can help you.
Our home care assistants are on-hand as and when you need them, providing physical assistance and emotional comfort when you need it the most.
Please know that you are not alone and home care can be a very affordable, reliable option. The Great Care Company will find a way to make your life better and provide staff that goes far beyond basic care; with the support that you need and the companionship that you deserve.
A Service Tailored To Your Needs What Can Diabetes Home Care Include?
Personal Hygiene Care
Our care staff are well trained and understand that self-care can be a little embarrassing, especially if the duty is shared by loved ones. We'll assist with personal hygiene whilst respecting your dignity and personal space.
Encouraging An Active Lifestyle
Physical activity is equally as important for your body as it is for your mind. Encouraging an active lifestyle will increase fitness, aid balance to prevent falls and benefit your mental health.
Glucose Levels & Medication
There may be numerous reasons that a person is unable to monitor their glucose levels or administer treatments. Our carers will help with every aspect to ensure you are safe and well looked after.
Planning Meals & Shopping
Lifestyle changes can be a great way of managing diabetes. We'll assist with everything from meal plans and shopping to cooking. Healthy choices and a balanced diet can go a long way toward improving your overall health.
Managing Symptoms
It's vitally important that diabetes symptoms are recognised and appropriate action is taken. Noticing short-term symptoms like balance or mood changes along with long-term issues like weight loss is something our carers are trained to do.
Cleaning Services & Laundry
If you are finding basic tasks like laundry or cleaning around the home to be challenging then we can assist with that! Whether it be tidying, dusting, washing clothes and dishes or the dreaded ironing, we're here for you.
Pet Care
You may be concerned that your pets could use a little help too. We love your furry friends. Let us help take care of them with feeding, cleaning up their mess and even taking them for walkies.
Our Carers Are Companions
We pride ourselves on providing care staff that are not only exceptionally trained and experienced but also display the empathy we would expect for our own loved ones; matching each carer to those in their care.
The Locations We Cover: Diabetes Home Carers In Lincolnshire & Yorkshire
We work across Lincolnshire & Yorkshire, proving the very best carers to your home. The Great Care Company has central offices are in the following areas:
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire
If you do not see your town or village listed, please do not worry! If you get in touch with our friendly team, we will arrange for carers in your part of the county. We cover all of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
We'll always help find a way to support you and arrange for carer visits to your home when you need them.
More affordable than you might expect: What Are The Costs Of Private Diabetes Home Care?
If you have concerns about the costs of home care, you may be in for a pleasant surprise.
Because we tailor each and every service to suit the client, you only ever pay for the help you need, without hidden extras. You can select the days, the hours and the specific things you would like us to assist you with and we'll work out an affordable way of achieving that.
Please know that finances should not be a reason to go without care. Talking to our team costs nothing and we'll do everything we can to help you.
What Makes Us Different? The Great Care Company
The greatest home care team in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
Our carers receive the very best training but all are hand-picked because they demonstrate something even more important: They truly care about those they look after. This helps form bonds beyond the basic duty of care.
The Great Care Company is an award-winning, five-star-rated care provider.
We match the carer to the patient in a very unique way. Looking for interests and hobbies that overlap as well as personalities that gel together.
If additional training is ever needed for such things as specialised conditions, we provide this to our staff at no additional cost to you.
We place no limits on your personal life, unlike care homes. You can live your life as you wish and our carers help in a way that is comfortable to you.
We understand the value of empathy and emotional support. We provide comfort physically, whilst encouraging positive mental health.
Our home carers are more affordable than you'd expect. With services tailored to your needs and hours, we are far more cost-effective than care homes.
We understand a multitude of complex issues that can accompany diabetes and provide the care needed whilst finding ways to encourage a healthy lifestyle and a better quality of life.
The Great Care Company goes to great lengths to ensure our carers are well trained, confident and competent. We want them to feel valued and rewarded for the hard work they do. Happy carers provide the best care.
We value kinship and provide carers who are consistent and familiar. A friendly face can go a long way to making you feel comfortable and at ease.
No restrictions are placed on your life in terms of seeing your loved ones or your social life. In fact, we'll go the extra mile to support you in doing the thing you love.
Whatever the current guidelines may be on Coronavirus, we ensure that all measures are strictly adhered to by our staff.
A very simple belief has driven The Great Care Company from day one: To help those in our care with the level of dignity, respect and love that we'd wish to see for our own family members.
Everything we do is underwritten with this belief. We provide the very best carers that we'd be proud to have to look after our loved ones.
Chat With Our Team
If you feel like you could use some help for yourself or a loved one with any aspect of managing diabetes, then please get in touch. Provided you live in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, we can provide amazing care staff to help you.
Feel free to call us or fill in the form and our friendly team will get back to you.
Positive improvements may just be a call or a message away.