Community nursing

Our service includes assisting with personal hygiene while maintaining strict cleanliness and safety standards. We acknowledge the private nature of our support and always seek your consent before proceeding. Our carers monitor health indicators, such as changes in bowel movements, and administer treatments like laxatives safely, consulting a healthcare professional when necessary. For more complex needs, we manage non-routine medication, ensuring you receive comprehensive support tailored to your requirements.

We maintain hygiene, manage enteral feeding with consent, and monitor for safety. We keep the stoma clean, address equipment issues, and adjust feeding as needed. Collaborating with healthcare professionals, we respond to health changes, ensuring proper nutrition and intervention. High-risk tasks, like Nasogastric (NG) tube replacement, are healthcare practitioner duties, though we can assist with PEG tube issues under medical supervision.

Support for diabetes management involves aiding individuals who require assistance with implementing their diabetes care plan, including but not limited to (particularly) those needing help with regular diabetes monitoring and (insulin) management. This support encompasses understanding diabetes, symptom prevention, control and management. Collaborating with individuals to implement their management plans effectively, ensuring their health and wellbeing.

Our service focuses on supporting individuals with difficulty swallowing (dysphagia). We identify those in need and refer them to specialists for assessment. We’re trained to manage meal plans and ensure meals are safe and enjoyable, with the right food texture and proper oral hygiene. Communication about meal preferences is key, as is promoting independence during mealtimes. We closely monitor and respond to any eating or drinking issues to ensure safety and enjoyment of meals.

Our care includes managing catheter care for individuals with indwelling and suprapubic catheters, encompassing the replacement and disposal of bags and health monitoring. While health practitioners handle catheter insertion, support workers may manage catheters under strict professional oversight, ensuring high-intensity support and safety. This care is crucial for the comfort and health of those we support, providing peace of mind and maintaining hygiene.

Our service includes assisting individuals who need help with any wound care including but not limited to pressure care and managing wounds. Normally, a qualified nurse would handle wound care, but our trained support workers can provide basic care under the guidance of healthcare professionals. They’re trained for these tasks, ensuring safe and effective care according to wound care specialist care plan. (without needing specialist skills.) This support is essential for maintaining health and comfort.

Our care includes support for individuals with stomas, like colostomy and ileostomy, or tracheostomy care that doesn’t involve ventilation. Our team is knowledgeable in the basics of the eliminatory system, caring for the skin and stoma, using equipment properly, and safe positioning and monitoring techniques. We’re trained to recognise common risks and know when to call specialist healthcare professional for issues or malfunctions. This ensures safe, effective care for those we support.

Managing medication involves ensuring timely intake, keeping track of prescriptions, and monitoring for side effects. The carer assists with organising medications, understanding dosage instructions, and liaising with healthcare providers as needed.

This service provides for overnight on-call assistance (either onsite or off-site) with, or supervision of, personal tasks of daily living. It applies to any day of the week and on public holidays. This support item is for an eight-hour period and includes up to one hour of active support provided to the participant for the duration of the period.