Supporta Care provides temporary respite care to people in their own homes to enable family members and other carers to take a break. This could be for an hour or two to run an errand, go to the hairdressers, meet with friends or it could be for a week or more to enable the carer to go on holiday or during a hospital admission.
This service is provided at short notice to enable speedy hospital discharges or prevent admissions.
Supporta Care have trained staff on stand-by to cover referrals at short notice and the service is managed locally and supported by our out of hours provision.
This service can be linked to providing a care service to people who have had a fall, for example. Before discharge from hospital, Supporta Care staff will help ease the patient into receiving care assistance at home. This service could also allow the patient to gain confidence by returning home for short time periods prior to discharge.
