Covid-19 is heightening demand for home care services. Whether you or your loved one is due to be discharged from hospital, require help with day-to-day tasks or need full-time live-in care support, consider care at home. Here Bluebird Care talks to Frome Times about the services they offer…..
Care at home is a safe and widely used alternative to a care home environment. It will not only help reduce the risk of contracting or spreading Covid-19, now or in the future, but it means people can continue to live life in their own homes – a place that is familiar, full of memories and love.
Customers always come first at Bluebird Care
Bluebird Care prides itself on keeping people happy and safe in their own homes. Services range from 30-minute visits, through to full live-in care services, end-of-life care and everything in between. We help people live their best lives no matter their age, ability, health or state of mind.
“When it comes to Covid-19, I do not feel affected at all. The carers that visit me each day are superb, as always. Nothing is too much trouble. I feel extremely supported and happy and really look forward to seeing them daily,” said a Bluebird Care customer (initials AH)
With our tailored care packages, you will always be safe and well looked after
Masen Naidoo, Director at Bluebird Care, said: “All our care staff are highly skilled, knowledgeable, kind, caring and compassionate and they absolutely love caring for customers in their own homes. The joy the job brings to them cannot be found anywhere else.
“The current pandemic hasn’t prevented us from providing the best care possible to the people we support, and it won’t in the future either. All our Care Assistants visit each home with the correct amount of PPE – ensuring that customers and our team members are fully protected. Every single time our care staff step into the homes of customers, their faces light up. We know that our visits have helped reduce anxiety and have promoted positive mental health – especially during these uncertain and challenging times.”
“Live-in care is also increasingly popular, and we know that families are reassured by the fact that their loved ones have somebody looking after them at all times of the day and night.”
Regular health and wellbeing checks
Bluebird Care also helps bridge the gap between health and social care with its health and wellbeing checks service: Bluebird Care Assist.
This service has helped free up NHS resources, such as district nurses and GPs, and supports customers to avoid hospital admissions. The health and wellbeing checks comprise of a 30-minute appointment from specially trained ‘Care Champions’, who visit once a week to check the customer’s vital signs, such as blood pressure, alertness and breathing, and find out more about their overall wellbeing.
Scores are generated and put into a ‘NEWS2 matrix’ where, if results show a decline, they are automatically shared with a healthcare professional, such as a GP, who can then take the appropriate course of action to support the customer.
“Choosing care at home for my Mother was the best decision we could have made. The staff are simply amazing, and it gives us peace of mind knowing how well she is treated. We wouldn’t want Mum to be anywhere else but in her own home. Bluebird Care has made this possible.” Son of a customer of Bluebird Care Mendip (initials DC)
- To contact Bluebird care, email: mendip@bluebirdcare.co.uk or call 01373 463838.
