Hedgerow Homecare is a domiciliary home care provider that provides care to:
- People over 65 years
- Adults with a physical disability
- People with Dementia
The services that they provide:
- Assistance with personal care and hygiene
- Assistance with getting up and going to bed
- Prompting, assisting or administering of medication
- Assistance with maintaining hydration and nutrition
- Continence management
- Assistance with social interaction e.g. assisting someone to attend a day centre, go to church or visit friends and family
- Household management including shopping, banking, cleaning and laundry
Services are provided on the following basis:
- 24 hours /live in service
- Wake n watch
- Over night
- Monday to Friday and weekend service
- Various calls during the day
- Calls as and when as agreed with the Service User
In line with their aims and objectives, they will consult with the service user regarding their aspirations with all aspects of their care, which will be recorded in an agreed 'Care Plan'. The care plan will detail the actual tasks which have been agreed with each individual service user. Their carers are not allowed to perform any tasks which do not appear on the Care Plan.
Choosing the right care agency - a message from H&F Council
H&F Council cannot recommend individual home care agencies, and does not vouch for the quality of service which they currently provide. Please refer to our disclaimer page for more information.
It is important that you satisfy yourself that you will receive the service which you need, and that it will be of a high standard. We recommend that you refer to the following websites when deciding which home care agency to use.
Care Quality Commission (CQC)
The CQC inspect home care agencies regularly and publish their inspection reports online, highlighting what an agency does well and where there is a need for improvement.
NHS Choices website
Search for home care agencies in your area, to see what other people have said about them, and to rate them yourself based on your experiences.