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Personal care
Discreet help with washing, dressing, continence and getting ready for the day, at the pace you set.
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Care services
Night care
Sleeping nights for reassurance, or waking nights for hands-on support right through until morning.
Nights are where family carers break. The days are manageable; it is the third time out of bed at 4am, week after week, that ends in a hospital admission for the carer rather than the person being cared for.
Night care is either a carer sleeping in your home and available if needed, or a carer awake all night doing whatever needs doing. Which one you need is a question the assessment answers honestly.
Who this suits
- A family carer who has not slept properly in months
- Someone at risk of falling on the way to the bathroom
- Someone with dementia whose difficult hours are the small ones
- Palliative situations where the family want to be family at night rather than nurses
When it is not the right answer. If someone needs clinical intervention overnight — a syringe driver reviewed, oxygen managed — that is a nursing need, and we will work alongside the district nursing team rather than pretend to cover it.
What is included
What night care covers
The care plan is written with you, so this is a starting point rather than a fixed list.
Sleeping nights
A carer sleeps in the house and is available if you need them — usually up to two or three times a night.
Waking nights
A carer stays awake and on duty: turning, toileting, repositioning, reassurance, or simply company for someone who cannot settle.
Continence through the night
Regular changes, skin checks and pad management so mornings do not start with a crisis.
Repositioning
Turning on a schedule to protect skin, recorded so the district nurse can see it.
Medication
Night-time and early-morning doses given on time, and recorded.
Handover
A written note each morning so the day carer, or you, know exactly how the night went.
What is the difference in cost between sleeping and waking nights?
They are priced differently because a waking night is a full shift. We quote both after the assessment so you can compare.
Can we have night care just for a week?
Yes. A week of proper sleep is often exactly what a family carer needs to keep going.
Where does the carer sleep on a sleeping night?
They need a bed and somewhere to wash. A sofa in the front room is not enough for a night shift.
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Talk to us about night care
The assessment visit is free and there is nothing to sign. If we are not the right fit we will say so and point you somewhere better.