Dementia care

Verity Healthcare have keen interest in supporting people living with dementia. We  recognize each person living with dementia as a unique person of great value and treated then with great respect and dignity. Dementia care from Verity Healthcare allows our clients to live in their familiar environment with minimal interruption to daily routines.   Because routines and familiarizing with people, events and routines is extremely important to the person living with dementia, we aim to assign the same live-in carers with step-in carer with friendly and familiar face who work with you each visit.

Our 1-to-1 approach to providing dementia care means our services are always personalized to fit the your needs, expectations, routines  and the lifestyle or that of your loved ones. We strongly promote personalisation of care for people with dementia which enables them to live at home more comfortably and meaningfully alongside their loved ones than living in a  residential care home and feel isolated.

We have a dedicated and specialist dementia care team comprising well trained and skilled nurses and carers who act dementia champions. Our dementia champions and all other care and nursing staff ensure that those living with dementia are safe and secure at all times. They provide holistic support to the those living with dementia and their families and give them reassurance and clarify misunderstandings and myths surrounding dementia.

In response to the awful research findings by the Alzheimer’s Society  which revealed that only 2% of people living with dementia say home care workers have enough dementia training, Verity Healthcare implemented dementia training programme in 2015 to ensure that nursing and care staff are well trained. Through our membership with Alzheimer’s Society we have drawn on current research findings to ensure that our training programmes takes account of best practice for dementia care. This means that each of our nursing and caring staff are high trained and efficient at supporting persons living with dementia.

Our dementia specialist comprising a team of nurses, care workers and freelance physiotherapist who have:

• Many year’s experience of working with people with dementia
• Supported many people diagnosed with dementia and their loved ones to access a wide range of support to enable them cope with difficulties that dementia care brings
• Made significant contribution to research and discussions on the best practice care for people living with dementia
• The empathy and commitment to help people with dementia to live meaningfully in their own homes
• Liaised with MPs, advocates and local authority to provide extra resources to ensure high quality care for people with dementia

Our highly trained, efficient and professional  dementia carers can:

• Support with daily household tasks such as preparing meals, cleaning and running errands,
• Manage medication – collections and prompting clients to take medications
• Offer social companionship service and engage clients in different activities such as games that suits their interests
• Reminisce with clients through familiar materials – albums, trophies and diaries, chat over a cup of tea, or go for bus rides or a stroll in the park
• Help clients to undertake rehabilitation activities to improve and develop skills that support independent living

Our dementia champions understand that people with dementia have difficulties recalling day-to-day events and so have developed cues to help to make links between recent and past events.  Our nurses and care workers work with each person and treat them independently and according to their needs to ensure that they are not overwhelmed with choices and decision about everyday tasks.

We understand that caring for a loved one with dementia can cause a strain on loved ones and relatives. Our staff can step in to ensured that loved ones and family members can a break from caring, recharge their batteries to continue to care for their loved ones. Our staff understand that one of symptom of dementia could be change in tastes or loss of appetite which could be detrimental. Our staff received outstanding training course in Food and Nutrition for people living with dementia to ensure that loved ones are always refreshed.

We have developed excellent communication and language skills so that our care staff are able to use the  right words to communicate with persons living with dementia.  Our staff are experts at using cues, frequent use of certain words, linking conversation with past events to enable people with dementia to communicate their needs.  They are able to create familiar environments in the home using the items that the client cherishes so that the person living with dementia can get used to his or her environment.

Whether you need long term care or a short respite care, our highly personalised dementia care services will enable those with dementia to live well at home for as long as possible.

Call us on 0203 643 5295 to discuss your needs or send us an email, info@verityhealthcare.co.uk  and a member of our expert dementia team will call you back to discuss how we can help.