In one of his many letters to his wife, Clementine, Winston Churchill wrote “As usual I did not leave Chartwell without a pang”. Chartwell, located in Westerham, Kent, was the property that Churchill purchased in 1922 which remained his family home for the rest of his long life. It was the home that he cared for, where he loved to stay and where he longed to return when absent.
In the opinion of many commentators, Winston
Churchill is the greatest prime minister The United Kingdom has had; in the
opinion of many people, Winston Churchill is one of the world’s greatest
statesmen, and in the opinion of many he is one of the world’s greatest writers
– he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as
for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values”. And yet this
this almost super-human, over-achiever was very much just the same as you and
me: his heart was where his home was.
If you are thinking about
live-in care for yourself or someone you love or care for, one of the most
important reasons, perhaps the single most important reason, for choosing to
have a live-in carer is the simple one that it allows you to remain living in
your home. Our homes are part of us. They are our havens of stability in our
often chaotic lives. They are places where we may have lived for years; places
with which our memories are intimately connected; places where, quite simply, we
are most comfortable.
A live-in carer can help you maintain your
independence, which in turn will allow you to remain living in the place you
love. Undoubtedly – to repeat the point - for many people, this is the single
most compelling reason why they choose live-in care. There are, though, a
number of other reasons why live-in care is often chosen over residential care.
These reasons may not have quite the persuasive force that remaining in their
home has, but they are, nonetheless, extremely important for many people who choose live-in care Here are just four of those reasons, there are
many others.
Live-in
Care Can Be Tailored to Your Needs
We are all different. Some of us are early risers;
some of us like to lie in. Some of us like cornflakes; some like croissants. Some
like to go to the theatre; some like to go to the cinema. A live-in care
service allows you to put together a care package that will assist you to live
the life you want to live. Your carer is there to help you with whatever it is
you require help with whenever you require help with it.
Live-in
Care Brings Peace of Mind…
…for you and your family. This peace of mind comes
from knowing that there is always someone with you who can be called upon to
help you. In turn, this can help you feel safer, less vulnerable and more
confident.
One of the great things about live-in care, and one
of the things that helps enormously in promoting peace of mind, is that your
care is consistent throughout the week. It is the same person or persons
providing care to you and only to you each day.
Live-in
Care Provides Companionship
Live-in care provides constant companionship. You
and your family will build up a relationship of trust with your carer. Your
carer, of course, is there to do all those those things that you need a little
bit of help with. However, it not all hard work. Your carer is
also there to do all the enjoyable things with you that you might want to do.
This could be sitting in and watching TV, chatting or doing the crossword
together. It could be going out for the day, shopping for the morning or eating
out in the evening. There is no standard live-in care service: the service you
receive is the service you need.
Live-in
Care Provides Flexibility
If there is one certainty in life it is that nothing
stays the same. One of the great things about live-in care is that what is
provided for you can change as you need it to change. Let’s face it; none of us
can foresee the future. What seems like a good idea today looks very different
tomorrow. Live-in care has to be flexible. Just because you usually have
breakfast at 8.00 doesn’t mean that you can’t have it at 9.00, or 7.00. You
might like to go and visit a friend every Tuesday, but there is no reason why
you shouldn’t change this to a Wednesday, or a Friday.
On the other hand, you might like to keep things as
steady as an ocean liner in a calm sea. If you say 8.00 for breakfast then 8.00
it is, not 7.55 or 8.05. If Tuesday is your day for visiting friends and that
never varies no matter what, then Tuesdays are written in the diary with
indelible ink as the day for visiting friends.
Live-in care is a practicable, attractive and
welcome alternative to residential care. Like Winston Churchill, many of us will have felt
that pang he spoke about when we leave our homes. But if it wasn’t for that
pang, we wouldn’t know the pleasure of living in our homes when we are there.
Caremark Thanet provides live-in care services. If
you would like to chat without obligation about our live-in care services, call
Caremark Thanet on 01843 235910 or email us at thanet@caremark.co.uk.
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