How will it work?
If you are one of the millions of people in the UK who are effectively working as ‘unpaid’ Carers (you may be visiting a family member as part of your busy daily schedule or perhaps you have a relative living with you either temporarily or permanently), it’s vital to remember to have a break. You need time to look after yourself without feeling guilty about the prospect of leaving your loved one for a period of time.
We realise how demanding care can be and the toll it can take on your other family relationships. To support you, we can provide you with a friendly, trained, professional and well-matched Carer who you can rely on to take care of your family member or friend in your absence on a short-term basis. This short break allows you to recharge the batteries, spend time with partners and family to strengthen those important family bonds, whilst at the same time being reassured knowing that your loved one is being well looked after by our Carers.
You may want to consider Respite care from as little as one morning or afternoon a week, to a 24-hour Carer for an extended period. We would initiate a meeting with both yourself and your family member and go through your normal daily regime allowing us to make sure the important details are documented in the care plan.
Many families we work with have found that Respite care is a far more preferable solution than having to make arrangements for placing their loved one in a care home. Whilst it may only be for a relatively short-term basis, the planning, upheaval, disorientation and unfamiliar surroundings this brings with such a move are often outweighed by the benefits of maintaining the ‘status quo’. Our solution allows the Service User to stay in their own home and helps them keep their same familiar routines.
All our experienced and well-matched Carers undertake a training course which includes food hygiene and nutrition. This enables us to provide support and knowing what nutrition is required.
We can assist our Service Users to go out to the shops, carrying bags and putting the groceries away at home or do the shopping without him/her being present to either get their weekly shop or just the essentials. We can again incorporate these tasks within the agreed care plan.
Follow our four-step guide to getting the right care solution
Find your Local Office
Enter your postcode or location to find the most convenient care office for you.
Arrange an At-Home Meeting
Speak to a friendly member of our Care Team at your Local Office to arrange a complimentary Care Assessment.
Agree your Bespoke Care Plan
We work with you to create a bespoke Care Plan that is tailored to yours or your loved ones needs.
Your Home Care Begins!
We identify and match a carer to you and your needs so that the required care and support can begin to take place.
Family values are at the heart of everything we do
We understand how important it is to make sure that a loved one is looked after, but we understand that from time to time, you need a break to recharge the batteries so that you’re ready to go again. We are here to help lift any unnecessary ‘guilt’ whilst you’re on your break, by providing one of our caring and professional Carers who your loved one can rely upon to help them carry on with their routines in their own familiar surroundings.
All our experienced and well-matched Carers undertake a training course which includes food hygiene and nutrition. This enables us to provide support and knowing what nutrition is required.
Testimonials from our Branch Network
Read what our care recipients and their families have to say about their experience with React Homecare.
Anna
Care Recipient's Daughter
The Carers at React Homecare are very caring and nothing is too much trouble. The team always takes the time to listen. Paulina – thank you for going the extra mile with my Dad yesterday, you were brilliant. Even the ambulance crew commented on how good you were, so a big ‘Thank you’!
Michael C.
Care Recipient's Husband
Our relationship with the Carer who comes on time every morning to bathe and dress my wife is very good. Her manager and herself are always very helpful and can’t do enough for us. They are wonderful people and a credit to React Homecare.
John D.
Care Recipient's Wife
Our family are so grateful for the considerate and patient care that our Mother receives from React Homecare. Everyone that we have dealt with has been so efficient, any time we have had a question or concern it has been answered promptly and to our satisfactio
AJ
Care Recipient
I was very apprehensive about having Carers for the first time. It was a delight to welcome them into my home. Their attitude and friendliness put me at ease. The care they gave me was very professional and I was treated with dignity. Nothing was too much trouble. I would highly recommend them!
Frequently Asked Questions
Often decisions about our loved-one’s care are made in haste as a result of having to react to circumstances the family are suddenly faced with. As we know almost 3 in 4 people would rather spend their time in their own home when growing old, we believe it’s important to initiate a conversation sooner rather than later to help a more seamless introduction of care in the recipient’s life. Being prepared means having a choice and planning ahead. Identifying and addressing the care needs, providing a supportive solution before it’s needed is the best way to avoid this. We’re here to help you do that.
Primarily, you want to maintain the strength of a relationship that’s always been enjoyed. Time spent with your loved ones in their old age should be memorable and enjoyable, not resentful. Choosing a high quality, trusted home care provider removes a great deal of the stress surrounding long term decision-making for your loved ones and home care is the least expensive arrangement compared to care delivered in a residential setting.
There are a number of consideration about care for your family member that have perhaps led you to research it further, you may be: struggling to provide support yourself due to time, work, a lack of proximity to your loved one, or other pressures, you may prefer their time spent with you to be sociable, needing a break from the time you spend looking after their needs, concerned about the long term costs associated with residential care? If one or a number of these strike a chord, then home care may well be the right option for your family.
We offer a wide range of care services that will be of valuable help to you and your wider family in looking after your loved-one. A full listing of how we can help can be found by visiting our ‘Services’.
The benefit you have in maintaining control on the costs for home care is to ensure the care plan is covering the bespoke requirements you have for your loved-one’s care. You can therefore decide the level of care and support you need rather than paying a care home provider to fund care which is shared across many individuals. When considering it in those terms, home care makes for a preferential investment than residential care
Contact the friendly and helpful teams at one of our React Homecare offices [use hyperlink to locations page] and we can arrange a complimentary consultation and review to visit you and discuss how React Homecare can work for you. We are happy to visit you at the care recipient’s home and once we have decided on the best course of action and you’ve reviewed the care plan, we can take everything on from there.
Having done this for over 26 years, we’re aware that people’s care needs very often change. We therefore understand that the care requirements may need reviewing from time to time. To support this, we carry out reviews on a regular basis and why we are pleased to hear from members of the immediate family about effective methods for delivering the care service for their relative.
Due to their medical nature, our Carers are not able to give injections or change sterile dressings. Please also bear in mind that we cannot carry out tasks which are likely to cause risk to either the care recipient or to our Carer. Tasks will be agreed with you in advance as part of the care plan. Any changes to the plan can be discussed with your local team
This will largely be determined by the dependency the care recipient has and on how many care visits are planned each week to provide this support. Please be aware that we very rarely have just one care assistant assigned to a particular customer however we will aim to have well-matched Carers allocated to your loved-one. As you can appreciate, we must manage the time where the Carer may be away on holiday or unwell, however we do try to keep the number of your care assistants to an absolute minimum.
Every member of our care teams has been through a rigorous vetting procedure before they start working with us including a DBS check. In addition, all staff will always be in uniform and carry a personalised identification card which shows their name, photograph and signature.
This can vary depending on how where the source of the enquiry was received. Using the example of it being directly with yourself, then we will send you an invoice once a fortnight/month. If you wish to pay by standing order just let us know.
Please get in touch with your local office as the payment methods may vary.
We will put together a detailed care plan for each customer which, as well as setting out the care to be delivered, also shows the weekly costs. Some people will be entitled to assistance with the cost of their care either from their local Social Services office or via other Government grants.
React Homecare is registered with the local registration body in each country in which we operate. These bodies set the minimum standards by which we operate, however in every case we seek to exceed these minimum standards by a significant margin. These bodies have standards which set out how we should operate. We also carry Public Liability insurance (£10million).
