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Home Care in Darlington, Northallerton, Bedale and the villages between themGet the Help You Need to Keep Living at Home.

Support with washing, dressing, meals and everyday tasks can make life at home easier, while you keep doing the things you can.

Explore home care in Darlington for yourself or someone you love.

Find the Help That Would Make a Difference.

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Personal Care

Make washing, dressing and getting ready easier, while keeping control of what you do for yourself.

You agree which parts of your routine you need help with and explain what makes you comfortable. Needing support with some tasks doesn't mean handing everything over.

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What You Can Get Help With

Your support is discussed at your home assessment and written into your care plan. Depending on your needs, this can include:

Washing and Bathing: Help with getting washed in a way you can manage.
Getting Dressed: Support with clothing and fastenings, while you choose what to wear.
Everyday Grooming: Help with hair, shaving, brushing teeth, glasses and hearing aids.
Toileting and Continence Care: Support with personal hygiene and using the toilet.
Getting Up and Moving Around: Discuss the assistance you need with getting in and out of bed, sitting down and moving around your home.
Medication: Discuss reminders and support, with any agreed help recorded in your care plan.
Breakfast: Help preparing something to eat as part of your morning routine.

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Companionship

Spend more time enjoying someone's company. Have a conversation, share an interest or get out with someone alongside you.

If you're spending more time alone than you'd like, companionship gives you someone to share part of your day with, at home or on an outing.

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How You Could Spend a Visit

Talk through what you enjoy and what you'd like company for. Your visits can include:

Conversation: Have a chat over tea and share what's been happening in your day.
Games and Interests: Play cards, tackle a crossword or discuss the news.
Getting Out: Visit the shops, library, park or garden centre with someone alongside you.
Appointments: Have someone accompany you to an appointment.
Music and Memories: Listen to favourite songs, watch a film or look through photographs together.
Cooking Together: Enjoy preparing something to eat with company in the kitchen.
Keeping in Touch: Get help using your phone or tablet to call family and friends.

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Home Help

Keep on top of shopping, meals and laundry without using all your energy on household jobs.

Help with preparing food, putting shopping away and keeping clothes clean leaves you with less to manage and more energy for the things you enjoy.

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What You Can Get Help With

Talk through the jobs you'd like support with at your free home assessment. Your agreed help is written into your care plan and can include:

Shopping: Get help shopping in person or online, or have shopping done for you, with you choosing what to buy.
Preparing Meals: Enjoy the food you like with help cooking, preparing snacks or making meals for later.
Laundry and Bedding: Have clean clothes and fresh bedding with help washing, ironing and changing the bed.
Everyday Cleaning: Keep the rooms you use clean and comfortable.
Washing Up: Get help with dishes and keeping the kitchen tidy.
Post and Paperwork: Get help reading letters, organising paperwork and noting appointments.
Other Household Jobs: Discuss help with tasks such as putting bins out, watering plants or feeding a pet.

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Respite Care

Give the person who cares for you time to rest, keep an appointment or make plans of their own.

Respite care provides support at home while they take a break. You have help with your daily routine, and they have time to look after themselves too.

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What a Break Could Give You

Tell us when you need time away and what support would be needed while you're gone. Respite care could help you:

Keep Your Own Appointments: Make time to look after your health and deal with personal commitments.
Spend Time with Other People: See friends, visit family or enjoy time with your partner.
Return to Something You Enjoy: Make room for a hobby, exercise or an activity you've been missing.
Get Everyday Jobs Done: Have time for shopping, errands or other responsibilities.
Rest: Take a break without having to fill it with another task.

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Living with Dementia

If you're looking for help for someone living with dementia, you may want support with meals, dressing or daily routines so they can continue living at home.

Talk through what has become difficult and what they can still do for themselves. You can find out whether Better at Home can provide the support they need.

Discuss care needs when living with dementia

Talk Through the Help You Need

The assessment can cover:

Washing and Dressing: Which tasks need support and what the person can manage themselves.
Meals and Drinks: Help needed with preparing food, eating and drinking.
Company and Interests: Activities they enjoy and opportunities to spend time with someone.
Household Tasks: Support needed with shopping, laundry and keeping their home comfortable.
Medication: The help required and any instructions from health professionals.
A Break from Caring: Whether respite support could give family carers time for themselves.

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Care Alongside a Health Condition

Find out whether the everyday help you need can be provided at home, including when a health condition makes care more involved.

Explain the support you need and any instructions from your health professionals. Before care is agreed, you'll need a clear answer about whether Better at Home can meet those needs.

Discuss your care needs

Understand What Support Could Work for You

Explain What You Need Help With: Talk through the tasks that have become difficult and what you want to keep managing yourself. Include any equipment you use, instructions from health professionals and care already provided by others.
Discuss Your Needs at Home: Your free home assessment gives you a chance to explain your routine in more detail and ask questions about the support available. Whether Better at Home can meet your needs must be established before care is agreed.
Know What Your Care Will Include: Your support is agreed with you and written into a care plan. You have a clear record of the help you'll receive, so you and your family can understand what visits will involve. Visits last at least 30 minutes. The time needed is discussed alongside your support.

Not Sure Which Service You Need?

Tell us what you'd like help with. You don't need to know what type of care to ask for.

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Know What Your Care Will Include.

Your free home assessment is a chance to work out what help would make everyday life easier. Talk through your routine, ask questions and explain what you want to keep doing for yourself.

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Visits of at Least 30 Minutes

Discuss what you need help with and how much time to allow. Every visit lasts at least 30 minutes.

Support Agreed with You

Have a say in the help you receive, including which tasks you want support with and which you want to manage yourself.

A Clear Written Care Plan

Your agreed support is written down, so you know what help you'll receive and have something to refer to.

Common Questions.

Have another question? Ring us to talk it through.

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Find Out How Care Could Help You.

Tell us what you need help with, or what has changed. We can answer your questions and arrange a free home assessment to discuss the support you need.

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