What is Complex Live-in Care?
Complex live-in care varies from other forms of care due to its specialised focus on individuals with complicated or clinical care needs. It is usually provided to individuals living with long-term health conditions or other health concerns that significantly impact their quality of life. Complex care provides the one-to-one support people with complex care needs require to live life independently and manage symptoms effectively.
A complex live-in carer will use their specialist expertise to effectively manage your loved one’s long-term health condition. With complex live-in care, finding the right carer for an individual living with a specific chronic condition or injury is essential. Therefore by choosing a fully managed care agency offering complex live-in care as a service, you and your loved one will be expertly guided to finding the perfect match.
For more information on arranging complex live-in care at home, take a look at our guide.
How Does Complex Live-in Care Work?
Complex live-in care providers such as Trinity Homecare often work with clients who have been referred to by an NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) or from an independent case management company. However, care agencies also receive requests for complex live-in care directly from families requiring specialist expertise in caring for their loved ones. Even with chronic health conditions, an individual can continue to reside comfortably in their own home, with the help of a complex live-in carer.
After getting in touch with a care agency, a care assessment will be carried out. A care assessment will help to inform how much physical, cognitive, and clinical support an individual requires and helps to shape their personalised care plan.
A care plan is then created, which the carer can follow to ensure that your loved one’s care needs and personal preferences are met. A care plan details all the specific health needs of an individual in regard to their diagnosis and any treatment required. The individual’s preferences are included in the care plan, ensuring that their daily routines can go on undisturbed and that they retain a sense of control over their lives. Also included in the care plan is important information concerning next of kin and the details of medical professionals involved in your loved one’s care.
Complex live-in carers are perfectly matched to an individual requiring care, based on their specialist expertise. An experienced carer specialising in spinal injury care, for example, can help an individual manage their symptoms, medication, and treatment regarding that specific injury.
Who is Complex Live-in Care for?
Complex live-in care is for any individual living with a long-term or chronic condition. Degenerative illnesses and injuries that have affected a person’s ability to care for themselves fall under this category. Other examples of health conditions that complex live-in care could help with include:
- Spinal injuries
- Congenital disease
- Brain injuries
- Degenerative conditions
- Cerebral palsy care
- Stroke recovery care
- Motor Neurone Disease
- Multiple sclerosis care
- Parkinson’s
- Huntington’s
- Tracheostomy care
- Catheter, bowel, and stoma care
- Peg feeding care
- Ventilator care
Trinity Homecare’s complex live-in care service will ensure that your loved one will have the right level of care in place to help manage their individual health conditions. Live-in care enables your loved one to live well with their condition in the comfort of their own home.
What Does a Complex Live-in Carer Do?
Once an individual has been matched with a suitable complex live-in carer, they can begin work to support that individual in-line with their personalised care plan. The support provided will vary depending on your loved one’s individual needs. The tasks a complex live-in carer can support your loved one with include:
- Personal care
- Meal preparation
- Peg feeding or gastrostomy care
- Toileting, catheter and bowel care
- Ventilator and respiratory support
- Medication management
- Mobility support
- Light household chores
- Friendship and companionship
How Trinity Homecare Can Help
Should your loved one require the specialist expertise of a complex live-in care service, Trinity Homecare can help. Our complex live-in care service provides physical, cognitive, clinical, and social support for individuals with complex ongoing health conditions.
With an ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating, placing Trinity amongst the top 4% of all care companies in England, you can rest assured that your loved one will receive the highest standards of complex live-in care at home.
If you have any questions regarding complex live-in care planning, get in touch with our helpful and knowledgeable care team
Arranging complex live-in care with Trinity is straightforward.
Simply follow these five 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 perfect one to one carer is found and placed
- Care can be adapted at any time