As Huntington’s Disease progresses, the need for extra care and support often becomes necessary. This degenerative condition can inhibit an individual’s independence and ability to carry out everyday activities. It is important to have a care plan in place before the disease progresses, ensuring that the individual receives the necessary support and assistance to maintain their quality of life and well-being.
Huntington’s Disease care does not have to be administered in a care home setting, appropriate care can be carried out in the comfortable and familiar surroundings of home. Complex live-in care is an alternative option to relocating to a care facility, ensuring individuals with Huntington’s Disease receive quality care tailored to their specific health needs.
Discover more about Huntington’s Disease care and how specialist care from Trinity Homecare can support you or your loved one to continue living independently at home.
The symptoms usually appear between the ages of 30 and 50, but signs can show much earlier or later.
The most common symptoms of Huntington’s disease are:
- Poor concentration
- Memory lapses
- Depression
- Coordination difficulties
- Involuntary jerking movements of the limbs and body
- Behavioural changes
- Problems swallowing, speaking, and breathing
- Mobility issues
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What does Huntington’s Disease care involve?
Huntington’s Disease care addresses the challenges to everyday living that are associated with this condition. As symptoms include mobility issues, eating difficulties, and more, Huntington’s Disease care is tailored toward helping overcome these obstacles.
A Huntington’s Disease carer can help individuals with moving around their own home, getting up from their bed or chair, and making sure floor space is free from slip and trip hazards. In addition, carers can arrange for mobility aids to be installed around the home and provide transport and accompaniment to healthcare appointments.
Huntington’s Disease can cause emotional distress for the individual and their family due to the behavioural changes symptomatic of this condition. A Huntington’s Disease carer can help manage the behavioural symptoms and implement effective strategies to mitigate feelings of distress or frustration.
Benefits of Huntington’s Disease care
For those living with Huntington’s Disease, the need for professional care becomes increasingly vital as the condition progresses. While family caregivers offer immense support, they often face their own challenges, especially given the hereditary nature of the disease. Huntington’s Disease care at home can provide the compassionate and specialised assistance needed to ease the burden on both the individual and their loved ones.
The benefits of Huntington’s Disease care at home include:
- Compassionate round-the-clock care
- Peace of mind for family and friends
- Flexible care that evolves as health requirements change
- Personalised care tailored to individual needs
- Experienced Huntington’s Disease carers knowledgeable in symptom management
- Remaining in the comfortable and familiar surroundings of home
- No need to move from the home you love
How complex care can help
Complex live-in care services can help support an individual living with substantial and ongoing healthcare needs due to chronic illness, injury, or hospital treatment.
A complex live-in carer can help with:
- Mobility assistance
- Getting in and out of bed
- Transportation to and from healthcare appointments
- Medication management
- Personal care, e.g. bathing, dressing, and toileting
- Help managing behavioural changes
- Meal preparation
- Light housekeeping
How Trinity Homecare can help
A Trinity Homecare carer can support an individual living with Huntington’s Disease, helping them manage their symptoms effectively. By opting for complex live-in services you can ensure that your loved one’s care will be personalised in line with their specific healthcare requirements. From mobility assistance to supporting personal care, live-in carers can allow individuals to remain at home whilst receiving compassionate complex care.
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Complex live-in care can provide much-needed support for individuals living with Huntington’s disease, ensuring that their symptoms are managed and they can live as comfortably and independently as possible in their own homes. Trinity Homecare is able to match your loved one with a complex live-in carer experienced in Huntington’s Disease care who can assist them with activities of everyday life.
If you would like to learn more about arranging complex live-in care, get in touch with our friendly and professional care team.
Arranging complex live-in care with Trinity is easy.
Just follow these five simple steps:
- Call our care team
- Undergo a free, no-obligation consultation to discuss your care needs and arrange a care assessment
- After the assessment, a plan of care is created
- A well-suited carer is found and placed
- Care can be adapted at any time
