What is
Live-in Care?
Simply put live-in care enables you to continue living the life you choose in the safety and comfort of your home.
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Live-In Care Offers Safe Round The Clock Friendly Support
A professional and compassionate carer comes to live-in your loved one’s home to provide 24/7 support and companionship. This extra assistance in their home means they can continue to live safely at home and enjoy their everyday activities. Having a Mumby’s live-in carer offers continued independence for your loved one and complete peace of mind for you and your family. There will always be someone there able to help out, prevent accidents or be on-hand should your loved one fall ill.
Preferred Care
Option
The option of live-in care is an increasingly popular alternative to moving into a care home. When asked, most people say they want to stay in their homes when they get older and live-in care makes this possible. Live-in care offers safe, dignified and happy care that is value for money.
Main Features
Of Live-in Care
• Consistent one-to-one care and companionship
• Continue to live in the familiarity and comfort of your home
• Flexible and personalised care plan with specialised care options
• Round-the-clock (24/7) for peace of mind
• A vetted carer you can trust
• Carer matched to your needs, personality and interests
• More affordable than you think
• A truly personal service
• Protects independence, dignity and choice
• Preserves family life
• Keeps your pets at home with you
• Supports relationships and pastimes in your local community
Who Needs Live-In Care?
Live-in Care is a popular care option for anyone who wishes to receive the care and support they need to remain independent in their own home.
Situations for live-in care include:
• When round the clock care or assistance with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, toileting and feeding is needed to continue to live well at home
• Short-term recovery from accidents, illnesses and surgery respite or additional care for struggling family carer.
• Ongoing care for chronic conditions such as dementia.
• End-of-life care.
Viable Alternative
To a Care Home
Our live-in care support is an affordable alternative to a nursing or care home.
If living independently has become unsafe, is challenging or isolating then it may be time to consider a live-in carer. It is the perfect solution for those who wish to remain in the comfort of their own home where they are relaxed and can live independently. We encourage choice and respect the dignity of our clients, whilst being on hand to offer high-level professional support. Having care provided in your own home enables safety, feeling in control and above all remaining in a homely environment. Live-in carers work to the schedule of your home and understand the nature of the role. Support is provided for you and your carer with our phone line in operation 24/7.
The Live-in Care Hub’s latest research concludes that the UK’s institutionalised approach to elderly care is broken. The Covid pandemic has exposed the weaknesses in the care-home model by way of risks to residents’ health and safety, unavailable basic freedoms and a lack of truly personalised care.
Benefits
Of Live-in Care
Live-in care brings many additional benefits than just the practicalities. A live-in carer will become a friend who offers emotional support and who really thinks about what your loved one enjoys and helps make this happen. It could be preparing a favourite dish that your loved one hasn’t had for a long time, taking them out to choose things themselves, visiting new places, escorting to social events, helping with a puzzle or playing games, reading aloud together, playing and listening to music or watching TV together. Our warm carers build a wonderful relationship with your loved one and often are thought of as part of your family.
As well as remaining in the comfort of your own home, the family home is kept as an appreciating asset.
Live-In Care Offers Safe Round The Clock Friendly Support
The obvious and more complex benefits to live-in care include:
• Remaining in your home, meaning you can spend your day as you please.
• Continuing your daily routine and social activities, while having a chaperone for appointments.
• Home cooked meals (of your choice).
• Keeping your pets with you.
• 24/7 one-to-one care and companionship.
• Specialist care if needed.
• Couples can stay together.
• Live-In Care is proven to improve health outcomes.
• Boosts well-being and happiness levels.
• Less caring responsibility and more quality family time.
• Peace of mind for the family.
Mumby’s Live-In Care Options
1. Fully Managed Service
We manage all aspects of the service and support our client and carer. A person-centred detailed care plan is prepared. We employ, take care of salary and tax, and train our professional carers to a very high standard. Clients choose from our pool of carers and the holiday, sickness and time off cover is automatically provided. We provide 24/7 on-call advice and support. Invoices are sent directly to the client. Carers are covered by Mumby’s insurance. Our managed service is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which means is subject to reviews and assessments. We have an outstanding rating from CQC. This service is favoured by most of our clients for total peace of mind.
2. Introductory Service
We find, match and introduce a self-employed carer that the client and their family then manage and pay for directly. Our care consultants are available to speak to if required. A weekly service fee is paid to Mumby’s. Relief cover is arranged through Mumby’s. The carers provide their own insurance.
What Are The Differences Between Managed And Introductory Care?
Fully Managed Service
Detailed person-centred care plan
24/7 on call advice and support
All staff employed and managed by Mumby’s
Weekly invoice to client directly
Cover provided for holidays or sickness
Full employers liability insurance
Travel to and from placement arranged
Regulated by the CQC includes client reviews and carer assessments
Introductory Care Service
Summary care plan
Carers self-employed
Client pays the carer directly
Weekly service fee paid to Mumby’s
Relief cover arranged through Mumby’s
Carer provides own insurance
Carer arranges travel to and from placement
Unregulated by the CQC
Your Concerns Understood
Deciding to allow a new person into your life and your home can be an extremely difficult and challenging process. We recognise and understand the fears you will naturally have and aim to provide peace of mind to our clients and their family. Mumby’s employ and train only the best carers. We then meticulously match the needs and preferences of our clients and their families with our carers team.
You can rest assured that our experienced team know that some clients have preferences and sensitivities that can be awkward to discuss. They are dedicated to supporting you and your family through this process. We provide you with options and choices to suit your needs, no matter how delicate you might feel they are.
Training &
Professionalism
Our stringent employment and comprehensive staffing process emphasises professionalism, expertise and qualifications. We select and screen our live-in support staff very carefully through pre-employment interviews and reference checks. Mandatory DBS police checks are carried out and regularly reviewed for all Mumby’s employees. Mumby’s are very proud to have an exceptionally high retention rate of care staff because they are valued and supported in their roles. It is important to us that we look after our staff so they can concentrate on looking after you.
24/7
Support
Mumby’s is one of the only live-in care providers that provides an out of hours service. Someone will always answer your call on that emergency number if you have a concern.
