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Night Care

Why could a night carer be suitable for me?

If you have found yourself wishing you had an extra pair of hands to help around your home and assist you throughout the night, it might be time to consider a night carer. Night carers are completely customisable to you, your needs and your schedule. Night care for aged people is available on a full time or part time basis, depending on what sort of assistance it is you are looking for. The added assistance that comes with having a night carer at home, means you will be able to live independently at home for as long as possible.

Night carers at home are there to ensure your life continues to run as smoothly as possible by providing a helping hand where and when you need it most and ensuring that you have the assistance you need to get through the night.

Whether you are looking for a regular friendly face to help with your evening routine or you’re looking for someone to come care on a full time live in basis, there is the night care at home you’re looking for.

Night carers for your family member can assist with a broad range of duties like medication management, assisting with physiotherapy exercises, mobility support, grooming and personal care, preparing meals, and home administration. Our night carers are also a source of emotional support through the tougher times so no matter what you’re going through, from dealing with an illness or grieving a loved one lost, you’ll have someone standing by your side. A night carer can prove to be an invaluable part of your loved one’s support network and can improve the quality of life of everyone involved. Having someone you can rely on to assist you throughout the night is essential to ensuring your loved one is able to live independently for as long as possible.

If you have more complex care needs, such as Alzheimer’s, the night can be a particularly difficult time. A night carer at home can be there to assist with toileting and reassuring your loved one if they become confused or disorientated. Night carers for elderly parents are able to provide your loved one with specialised and one on one care as many night carers have been specially trained and will have a deeper understanding of the issues involved and will support your loved one through the condition with expert advise, hands-on experience and emotional sensitivity that these issues require. Night carers for family members also give you the peace of mind that your loved ones are in capable and qualified hands, receiving the support and assistance you need but they are unable to provide.

What does a night carer at home include?

A night carer for aged people is the perfect option for you if do require nightly care and assistance but you’re not quite ready to make the move to a care residence. Night carers also take the pressure off your loved ones, who while they are happy to help when and where they can, are most likely not equipped with the skills and experience that a professional day carer will offer. Your loved ones have their own routine they need to focus on, a night carer takes care of your needs when and where you need them.

Night care for your family member is completely flexible to accommodate the needs of your loved one and schedule our night care for elderly parents could be the option for you. The added support around nightly routine and throughout the night will mean you are able to live as independently as possible, without feeling like a burden on your loved ones to get essential tasks done and remain in your home and community for as long as possible.

Night carers at home can assist with:

  • Preparing your favourite meals
  • Assisting with grooming
  • Bathing
  • Toileting
  • Changing bed linen
  • Clearing up after meals
  • Helping with your nightly routine
  • Assitance throughout the night
  • Ensuring safety throughout the night

One on one care so your focus can be elsewhere

Night carers at home provide you with personalised, one on one care that is flexible to your nightly requirements. Night carers ensure you are able to remain within your home, your community and maintain your schedule for as long as you wish. Living an independent life throughout your golden years and focusing on what is important to you. With one on one care, you know you are receiving exactly the kind of care and assistance you need right there in the moment. Completely flexible to your needs so you can live your golden years as fully and independently as possible.

Ensuring your security for your peace of mind

Having a night carer at home gives your loved ones the added peace of mind that you are in safe, capable and experienced hands. Having an extra able-bodied adult within the home adds another level of security. A night carer assures that there is someone on hand if you should have a fall at any point of the night and it also deters any uninvited visitors. Ensuring you feel safe and secure within your own home is a core aspect of elderly home care.

How do I start my night carer search?

Knowing where to start your night carer search can be a daunting process, which is why consulting an agency that specialises in night carers for aged people is essential to ensuring your search is stressfree and seamless. With an agency, you have access to expert, experienced advice. Agencies also take the hassle of finding someone out of your hands and make the process a straight forward and enjoyable experience. With Guardian Carers, we interview and screen all our candidates and we are able to provide sample contracts and a payroll service once you have found your perfect carer for seniors.

Our years of experience within the industry has meant that our vetting procedure has been honed down to a fine art. When you use an agency like Guardian Carers you can rest assured that the carer you are being presented with has had a thorough background check, verbal references have been verified by our consultants and their experience compliments your requirements perfectly.

Our consultants believe that your care should start the very moment you contact us, and will not stop once you have found your carer. Our consultants are always on hand to assist at any point during your search and even after you have found the carer for you.

Helping hand from the very beginning

Night care agencies for aged people such as Guardian Carers take the hassle of resourcing potential carers from you and will only present you with the best of the best that we meet. We bring them into the office for a face to face interview where their experience and qualifications are discussed at length and we are able to obtain verbal references which we then personally check ourselves.

All of our carers will have the following:

  • First Aid and Safeguarding qualification
  • Enhanced DBS check
  • At least 3 years of experience
  • Any language requirements can be accommodated

From the very first call, your expert consultant will guide you through what your options are, what would suit your requirements most closely and put your mind to rest with any concerns you might have regarding your home care for seniors search. Our consultants are also on hand to help and answer any questions you might have along the way, using an agency that specialises in private care for seniors like Guardian Carers means you have a direct line to the experts.

Working with experts from the very start

Our years of experience within the care industry means we know what it takes to be an outstanding carer, which is why all the night carers for aged people we work with are the best of the best that are available. We pride ourselves on providing a premium level of service and care for our clients because we expect the same from our carers. We maintain the highest standards and expect the best from our carers because we know you expect the best for yourself.

Here at Guardian Carers, we pride ourselves on being able to delicately align a premium, luxury service for an aspect of your life that is so personal.

So much so that 90% of the families we work with result in a happy, long term placement. Using an agency that specialises in night care for elderly parents like Guardian Carers means you can be sure you will receive support from every side, we will take the stress of finding a carer from you and present you with night carers for your family members that perfectly aligns with your care needs and your schedule.

We work with your family to find solutions, whatever your needs. To make perfect and seamless placements is Guardian Carers ethos. With Guardian Carers it is your care, your home, your way.

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