Living with a health issue can be an impossible thought for many, especially as things progress. Our range of Specialist Home Care services are designed to help people live happy, fulfilled lives at home.

We provide a range of Specialist home care services for a variety of circumstances from general personal care to more complex clinical care. Specialist home care is all about tailoring the service to the individual; we listen to what you need and want from us. As well as services like companionship or dementia care, our trained Care Professionals can help with a range of clinical support such as catheter care, stoma care, feeding tube assistance and medication assistance to name just some of our extensive range of support, all available as either visiting home care services or live-in care options.

At Home Instead we’re also here to help deal with minor issues before they become serious ones. We can help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions by liaising with your healthcare team to address problems such as blood pressure and oxygen monitoring early. If you’re looking for a support package on your return home from hospital, we can also help with your hospital discharge by providing postoperative and recovery care to ensure you get the right attention at the right time.

• Dementia and Alzheimer Care

Honorable care understands how important it is for an individual to be able to stay at home. Our specialist Dementia Service exists to create a preferable alternative to those who would prefer not to move away from their home. Our goal is to enable those with dementia to continue living their lives to the full amidst familiar surroundings by enabling that individual to do the things they want to do, go where they want to go and see the people they want to see.

Our Dementia Service has enabled hundreds of people to happily lead their lives at home, no matter the diagnosis. Our management team is made up of highly qualified experts in the dementia field and we pride ourselves on providing a premium, consultancy style Dementia Service to families across London and the surrounding areas.

Caring for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients

Most Alzheimer’s and dementia patients have unpredictable and sometimes risky behaviour patterns. That’s why they require regular supervision and care to stay safe and as healthy as possible. We, here at Honorable Care, offer a solution for families and people who need the support of professional dementia carers. Whether it’s caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other health conditions, we’re here to help.

Health professionals believe that a consistent routine and familiar surroundings are crucial for ensuring the stability of dementia sufferers. Similar principle applies to those who suffer from Alzheimer’s.

If you have a family member who is struggling and you don’t want to put them in residential care, Honorable Care can help. Our expert dementia carers understand the importance of consistency and are ready to provide care in the patient’s home.

The Alzheimer’s and dementia home care approach usually puts the least amount of stress and strain on the person being cared for. They will stay in familiar surroundings, and their daily routine will likely be much the same as it was in previous years.

We select carers with good experience dealing with dementia and Alzheimer’s sufferers and ensure that there is an absolute minimum of disruption for our clients. These specialists undergo a training program and can handle any difficulties posed by your loved one’s illness. They can offer one-to-one care for dementia patients and handle issues with behaviour, mobility, or any unexpected situations that may arise.

Having a firm understanding of your loved one’s medical condition and mental state, our carers will adapt their care and communication towards the circumstances and make the experience as convenient as possible.

Our dementia and alzheimer care services include:

• Socialising with family and friends
• Enjoying music and art
• Visiting favourite places
• Joining social and community groups
• Participating in gentle exercise
• Reading books and newspapers together
• Playing card and board games
• Going out for lunch or coffee
• Participating in crafts and hobbies
• Going outside to simply enjoy nature

• Cancer

What is cancer?

Cancer is where abnormal cells multiply in an uncontrolled way, invading the surrounding healthy tissue. There are over 200 types of cancer, each with varying symptoms, treatments and side effects. One out of two people will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime, and half of all diagnosed cancers are in people over the age of 70.

Sometimes cancer will spread from one area of the body to another, in a process called metastasis. When this happens, the metastatic cancer is still treatable, but many types are incurable.

What is cancer care?

Cancer care is there to support you in any way you need. From assistance with daily tasks such as household cleaning, laundry, personal care, medication administration, meal preparation or assistance with mobility and getting out into the community, to more specific support around a complex health needs, such as catheters, gastrostomy tubes or tracheostomy tubes. We can even support you with any rehabilitation programmes or palliative stages you may be following.

Why is home care for clients living with a cancer so important?

We know that, following a cancer diagnosis, life can be extremely challenging for both you and your loved ones, and it’s important that you receive the best care possible to keep you happy at home. Our experienced Care Professionals can support you with a range of adaptable care services.

Our highly trained Care Professionals can provide support in a range of ways to meet your individual needs such as hourly care, longer hours, or even live-in care. We will work with your clinical teams and tailor your home care to suit you. By caring for you in the comfort of your own space, we can ensure you get better rest, nutritious home-cooked meals, less exposure to germs and reduced stress, giving you and your loved ones peace of mind. We understand you may just want to talk or have company during your treatment – whatever your needs are during this difficult time, we are here to help.

The benefits of cancer care

Our Care Professionals are fully trained and competent in your specialist care needs, so can support you in the best way, often relieving pressure on family caregivers. Evidence suggests that effective support helps reduce the number of possible complications and the need for hospital admissions.

Why choose cancer care at home?

We believe that everyone should be able to receive the care that they need in the comfort of their own home.

Receiving cancer care with Home Instead allows you to maintain your independence, routine, and lifestyle. It allows you to be in familiar surroundings during a difficult time, while giving you the balance of freedom and support that you need to continue living your life. With us, care is carried out when you need it, not when it suits others.

• Neurological Care – everything In bullet point bold in this section is a sub heading to this

We care for those who are living with various neurological conditions such as Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Muscular Dystrophy (MD), Huntington’s disease, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy, Parkinson’s, to name a few. We have Care Professionals who are highly trained in delivering care to people living with these conditions, either as ad hoc home visits or ongoing home care services. You are matched to a Care Professional who is trained to the highest clinical standards. Working alongside your own health teams and our bespoke clinical training partners, care can be adapted according to your own specific needs and will evolve as your neurological condition changes.

• Multiple Sclerosis Care at Home

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

MS stands for Multiple Sclerosis, and it is a medical condition that affects the brain and spinal cord.

When someone is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, this means that the coating around their nerves, called myelin, is damaged. It is a lifelong condition and can lead to severe disabilities, though it can also be mild. While symptoms can be managed, people with MS often have a slightly reduced life expectancy.

More than 100,000 people in the UK have Multiple Sclerosis, with diagnoses occurring commonly when people are in their 20s or 30s.

What Does Our MS Care Include?

Here at Honorable Care, we have been providing local long-term residential care support for people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), helping our clients to live whole and meaningful lives within the comforting surroundings of their own homes.

Of course, it is a heavy blow when a loved one is diagnosed with MS, but you are not alone – our MS homecare service is here to help.

At Honorable Care Care, we help our clients to live a fulfilling life with their condition, growing their self-sufficiency and independence with appropriate and compassionate residential care and support.

We understand the shock of an MS diagnosis and are fully aware that most Multiple Sclerosis cases are found in younger people. Moving into a specialist residency or elderly care homes can be significantly difficult for these people.

We wish to help younger MS sufferers gain greater freedom in their own homes, ensuring that they receive the proper support and MS care to allow them greater liberty and independence in their own lives.

It can be profoundly beneficial for MS sufferers to receive support in the familiar surroundings of their own homes; their improved well-being living life the way they choose is a far better alternative to specialist care.

Our professional and highly trained respite carer team deliver our tailored approach to residential care and support for MS sufferers one-to-one.

This ensures that our clients do not feel overwhelmed and have the room to express their independence. This freedom is a far healthier approach to Multiple Sclerosis respite care and leads to a better quality of life for our clients.

Our services are comprehensively regulated so that families can trust and rely on our professionalism when conducting long-term residential care at home. Our wide range of support services are entirely flexible and can be planned and arranged so that the quality care provided meets our clients’ requirements and care needs.

Help With Everyday Tasks

While MS can be an all-encompassing change to anyone’s life, sufferers can still lead full and active lives with the proper support and care.

As previously mentioned, remaining in your own home while receiving respite care offers a brilliant degree of freedom and independence while receiving live-in care for Multiple Sclerosis. It can help sufferers feel more “normal” by managing their Multiple Sclerosis symptoms in the familiar surroundings of their own home.

Our highly-trained team of carers can create personalised residential care plans to provide our clients with the necessary 24 hour home care and support to help live their lives with MS.

They will carry out a thorough assessment to fully comprehend the individual needs of each of our clients, including discussions with family members and friends so that all personal care and social requirements can be met.

You can see how our MS residential care services are truly bespoke methods of helping our clients to function with their condition. Ultimately we aim to ensure that anyone with Multiple Sclerosis can live the life they want, regardless of their limitations.

• Parkinsons

There is no cure for the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. However, with appropriate treatment, home care, support and advice, the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease can be managed well.

Appropriate treatments for this disease may include medication to improve the brain’s dopamine levels, speech therapy, and physiotherapy. Changes to a person’s lifestyle will also help to limit the effects of Parkinson’s disease on their life. These changes include regular exercise, a balanced diet and hydration.

Here at Honorable Care, our goal is to help you or your loved one live a fulfilling and meaningful life no matter the severity of their condition.

Our team of professional carers will conduct a comprehensive assessment of you or your loved one’s needs and goals, and together we will create a personal care plan.

This plan will help us to provide you with a specialist service that will benefit you or your loved one specifically, tailoring the care and support we provide to your specific requirements. Residential care allows you to remain in the familiar surroundings of your property while benefiting from our services.

What is Parkinson’s?

Parkinson’s is a complex progressive condition that affects neurological function and gradually worsens over time. Around 150,000 people in the UK are currently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, with their families struggling to manage their loved one’s condition and not knowing how to manage their symptoms appropriately. Brain cells produce a chemical known as dopamine.

When Parkinson’s disease first takes hold, the brain cells are prevented from working correctly and are steadily lost over time. People will first notice that they are experiencing symptoms of Parkinson’s disease when their brain does not produce enough dopamine, restricting their control over their bodily movements

Services We Offer

• Support in social activities and hobbies that you or your loved one enjoy. 
• Provision of cognitive support and stimulation, such as reading or talking
• Aiding in everyday duties, such as dressing, dining, ablutions and nighttime routines.
• Medication management, ensuring that they are kept up to date
• Help with eating a healthy diet and staying hydrated
• Assisting with general duties such as tidying, shopping and laundry
• Helping with daily exercise to help promote strong muscles and improved mobility. 
• We are also pleased to offer 24-hour respite care, so that family members or other carers may take a break

Why Opt for Parkinson’s Care at Home?

A regular routine is one of the best ways to manage your or your loved one’s symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. One of the most critical routines to maintain is that of medication. If Parkinson’s medication is irregularly taken, it can lead to dangerous consequences, creating an imbalance in the brain and unpredictable symptoms. These hazardous symptoms may include loss of speech or swallow, body spasms and psychosis.

Here at Honorable  Care, our local highly-trained carers will take a one-to-one approach to your or your loved one’s Parkinson’s care. Comprehensive, individual care helps mitigate any stress that may arise from having a live-in carer that can sometimes promote problems associated with Parkinson’s disease.

To ensure that your care service from Honorable Care is as hassle-free as possible, we are happy to provide the following services:

• Overseeing medication schedules
• Housekeeping, cooking and general duties
• Aiding you with any tasks that your find difficult
• Working alongside other medical professionals
• Providing compassionate companionship and a reliable helping hand

• Motor Neurone Disease (MND)

Motor neurone disease, often shortened to MND and sometimes known as myotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a progressive disease. This generally means that the condition will worsen as the individual ages.

Thanks to the now-famous Ice Bucket Challenge, more people than ever before are aware of the effects of motor neurone disease. However, this does not mean that they are always ready to embrace the unique challenges of caring for a person who suffers from this condition. MND affects people in many ways, but the most debilitating effects include a loss of grip, trouble walking, failing speech, difficulty swallowing and, eventually, breathing problems.

Many young adults can live independent lives, but as the disease progresses, some will require more intensive nursing. Live in care for motor neurone disease provides these individuals with the tailored support they need to live a fulfilling life without relying purely on their friends and family for help.

Effects of Motor Neurone Disease

Motor neurons control muscular activity throughout the body, such as:

• Speaking.
• Swallowing.
• Breathing.
• Walking.
• Gripping.

When motor neurons are damaged, as is the case in MND, the person develops muscle weakness. The symptoms progress gradually with time and may affect one side of the body at the start. The initial symptoms include slurred speech, weakened grip, a weakened shoulder that makes arm lifting difficult, foot drop due to weak ankle muscles, muscle twitching, and cramps. With the disease’s progression, the symptoms spread to other body parts, making the condition more debilitating. The sufferer will eventually find it difficult to move, communicate, walk, and breathe. At this point, these individuals need someone professional to support them to lead their life in a better way.

Home Care for Motor Neurone Disease

At Honorable Care specialist Care Professionals can help with daily practical tasks, and medical support when required, they can support you with getting out and about and enjoying the things that you love that may be a little more challenging for you now. Ultimately, we help you to stay happy at home.

Young adults with MND can live independently, but as the disease progresses and symptoms worsen with age, they require intensive support and care. Home care for MND focuses on providing support to those who are suffering and to their family members. This type of care gives more confidence to the patients as they rely less on others for their needs. For every patient, the carers devise a support plan according to the severity of their symptoms. This type of care allows the sufferers to stay in their own homes and enjoy the activities they want to with as much independence as possible.

Live in Care Services for MND

Our Carers are trained to tailor the support plan and services according to the sufferer’s condition. They develop companionship and discuss every option essential to maintain the quality of life with the sufferer. The services provided in home care for MND are as follows:

• Providing support with personal care that is different for each sufferer.
• Helping with social interactions and activities.
• Helping in monitoring medications and other support regimens as the disease progresses.
• Helping in household chores like meal preparation and cleaning.
• Helping with bathing, toileting, and continence care if needed.
• Help the sufferer and their family members in understanding the complexities of the disease.
• Provides guidance about options like feeding and breathing tubes as the disease progresses.
• To lead a life with MND is a great challenge, which is not possible without constant moral support. Home carers are professionally trained to support and provide the necessary care to these individuals at the right time when they need it. In this way, they can live a happy and more independent life.