Assisted Living Vs. Nursing Home Care

When the need for round-the-clock care arises, there are two main options for families to consider: assisted living and nursing home care. Where one ensures that a service user can remain in the comforting, familiar surroundings of their home with a devoted support worker, the other involves moving into a dedicated facility with a team of carers and other residents.

Having the opportunity to live at home and retaining some of their independence is a big plus for many service users of KASE Care’s assisted living service. Of course, welcoming a support worker into their home can bring feelings of anxiety. After all, they are opening their home up to someone new – but our team go out of their way to match the service user with a compatible carer in terms of their health and medical needs, as well as their personality.

Why KASE Care Recommends Assisted Living

Having a dedicated healthcare professional living with a service user full-time means that help is always there as and when it is needed, even in the middle of the night if necessary. Also, a live-in carer means that the service user has a much better opportunity to form a close relationship with their support worker.

The presence of a dedicated support worker who works solely with one service user also means that they can better familiarise themselves with their needs. This is in contrast to a service user having several different contacts, who themselves will be responsible for the care of multiple other people.

All live-in carers are highly-trained professionals and strictly adhere to the personal preferences of the service user whose homes they are sharing. The KASE Care team ensure that all service users matched up with a support worker that is right for them. Above all else, having a dedicated support worker allows for the service user to retain much of the independence that they feared losing.

A Tailored Care Plan

As part of the assisted living service offered by KASE Care, a tailored care plan is created, with input from both the service user and the family, to suit the needs of the service user. This adaptable approach allows for KASE Care to offer a high-quality level of care to all service users, as well as to the family who is always kept in the loop.

The specialist care team always have the best interest of the service user at heart, which is why any recommended changes to the care plan will always be run past all parties before being implemented. As well as having a dedicated support worker living with the service user 24/7, KASE Care can also provide access to other healthcare professionals and therapies as and when necessary.