Personal Care

What is Personal Care

Personal care is the support and supervision of daily personal living tasks and private hygiene.

Personal care for elders involves the support and supervision of daily personal living tasks and private hygiene, along with dressing and maintaining personal appearance. Personal care can include assistance with bathing and showering, going to the toilet, shaving and nail care, skin care, as well as helping with meal preparation, laundry, and bed changing. It 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 carer can assist with:

Bathing and showering

Our carers can sensitively assist with personal hygeine to help you feel confident every day

Getting dressed

With a carer, getting dressed and undressed can become
much quicker and simpler

Oral hygiene

Your carer can help you with brushing your teeth and other areas of oral hygiene

Foot care

Good foot care is especially important if you are diabetic and need to be extra vigilant with your feet

Toileting and continence

A carer can help with all personal Hygiene and bathroom needs.

Moving position in bed

Our carers can help you to move position in bed to stretch and help avoid pressure injuries

Give us a call to arrange home care

Supporting your independence with a personal carer

A fully trained private carer offers discreet personal care to support your independence. At The Care Fairies, our carers are fully trained to provide dedicated, person-centered home care that promotes your independence and lets you continue to live life on your own terms. By working to your regular routines and ensuring that support is tailored to your specific requirements, you’ll always receive personal care in the way that’s most comfortable and convenient for you. We believe in the importance of a continuous service and the same familiar faces, especially when it comes to personal care.

Carers who go above and beyond

Support for a condition

All our carers are fully trained to provide dedicated, condition-led support, whether your needs are straightforward or complex.

Constant reassurance

Having an overnight carer means you can go to bed each night knowing you have someone on hand to help in an emergency.

Friendly companionship

If you struggle to sleep, you may benefit from having someone to chat with during the night or to bring you a warm drink.

Mobility support

Your carer can provide physical support throughout the night, such as helping you get in and out of bed and turning you over safely.

Personal care at all times

Our carers are trained to provide discreet personal care, such as helping with toileting and dressing, and can also assist with your medication.

Peace of mind for the family

An overnight carer also gives your loved ones peace of mind that you’re in safe hands, especially if you’re receiving palliative care.

Personal Care FAQs

When you’re looking for support, it’s important to find a care plan that works for you. Unlike residential care,
care at home from The Care Fairies is fully tailored to your personal needs and preferences.

What is personal care?

Personal care is an umbrella term commonly used to define the range of services put in place to support an individual with personal hygiene and toileting, along with dressing and maintaining your personal appearance.

What is included with personal care?

Personal care can include but is not limited to; bathing and showering, including bed-baths, applying lotions and creams as required, dressing and getting ready for bed, oral hygiene, continence care and much more.

What is the most important part of personal hygiene?

Washing your hands is one of, if not the most important personal hygiene practice. While there are many other important aspects of personal hygiene, by far the most important step you can take to prevent the spreading of germs is washing your hands.