Intensive Domiciliary Care

Looking after someone at home with a range of complex needs can be stressful both physically and emotionally to many carers but also very rewarding and although many carers feel personal satisfaction fom being able to car, it is often a lifeline to know that help is available when needed.

Providing 24 hour home support, 7 days a week 52 week a year can be a challenge for many organisations. The Age concern team of domiciliary staff deliver intensive care packages to older people in the Newcastle, Downpatrick and surroundign areas. The commitment of staff to work over a 24 hour period ensures that dependent frail older people have an opportunity to continue living in their own home with reduced admission to residential care.

An innovate approach to supporting people with dementia at home has proven very successful in North & West Belfast. The service provides a range of support measures to enable an older person with dementia to live as independently as possible in their own home.