{"id":345826,"date":"2025-11-01T06:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/?page_id=345826"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:52:35","slug":"personal-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/home-care-services\/personal-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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What is personal care?<\/h2>\n \n

Personal care is the support and supervision of personal living tasks and private hygiene.<\/p>\n \n \n

Personal care for elders is the support and supervision of daily living tasks and hygiene that may be considered personal and intimate, along with dressing and maintaining your personal appearance.<\/p>\n

It may involve assisting with hygiene, dressing, mobilising, eating and drinking and skin care, and provides you or your loved one with the opportunity to receive discreet and sensitive one-to-one support from a fully-trained private carer<\/a>, with a focus on dignity and independence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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A carer can assist with:<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Bathing and showering<\/span>\n <\/h5>\n \n
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Our carers can sensitively assist with personal hygiene to help you feel confident every day<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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With a carer, getting dressed and undressed can become
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\n \n Oral hygiene<\/span>\n <\/h5>\n \n
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Your carer can help you with brushing your teeth and other areas of oral hygiene<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A carer can help you apply make-up, as well as helping with shaving and hair care<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Good foot care is especially key if you are diabetic and need to be vigilant with your feet<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A carer can help with toileting, changing continence pads, and cleaning intimate areas<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our carers can help you to move position in bed to stretch and help avoid pressure injuries<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Your personal carer can help change or maintain a stoma or catheter bag<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Supporting your independence with a personal carer<\/h2>\n \n

A fully trained private carer offers discreet personal care to support your independence.<\/p>\n \n \n

At Helping Hands, our carers are all fully trained to provide dedicated, person-centred\u00a0home care<\/a>\u00a0that promotes your independence and lets you continue to live life on your own terms. Working to your regular routines and ensuring that support is tailored to your specific requirements, you\u2019ll always receive personal care in the way that\u2019s most comfortable and convenient for you.<\/p>\n

We believe in the importance of a continuous service and the same familiar faces, especially when it comes to personal care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

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The options for personal care\u200b\u200b<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With personal care from Helping Hands, you have the choice of having either visiting care or live-in care, depending on the level of support you require.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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