30 Sep
What Is Complex Care?
The term ‘complex care’ encompasses a range of needs requiring ongoing essential specialist support. In the past, people with complex needs were confined to formal care settings and their care was highly medicalised. People with complex needs have one or more conditions which mean they are dependent on specially trained carers. ‘Complex’ ...
09 Sep
Dedicated Care Manager for each package of care
Do you manage a care package that is taking up a huge amount of your time? Total Community Care can help you with this. Included in our costings is a dedicated Care Manager for each individual care package. This means you have one simple and easy point of contact who can help dea...
09 Sep
How the care package is sustained in the event of carer sickness
Our care teams and rotas are set up to be sustainable and self-sufficient. Contingency planning is in place from the outset, with sufficient staff being recruited to ensure the care provision is robust and sustainable regardless of circumstances such as sickness and annual leave. The aim of this individualised approach with robust sickness polic...
09 Sep
Specialist neurological care and support in times of a pandemic
In less than six months the world has changed in so many ways with the arrival of Covid-19. I wonder whether in future we will talk of life pre and post virus times? One thing that is absolutely certain is care and support have had to change to reflect these times. Many clients went into forms of lockdown before the national lockdown was formall...
02 Sep
Managing Complex Care Needs at Home
Complex care can encompass all or any of a range of support services, including physical, social, and emotional support with normal daily activities. These kinds of medical and social needs can arise due to traumatic injury, degenerative illness, or congenital conditions – some people’s care needs can also fluctuate with time and aren’t alway...
