At The Good Care Group, we’ve been delivering high-quality home care in Reading and across England and Scotland for more than 10 years. We can provide professional carers in Reading who can support you in your own home with respite care or live-in care.
The quality of care we deliver is rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), something we’re incredibly proud of. Whether you need assistance visiting Forbury Gardens Park, your favourite local coffee shop, or require additional support with a complex care need, our fully-qualified carers in Reading will help you stay in the place you know well.
Arranging home care in Reading
Our friendly and experienced team in Reading are here to help you and your loved ones understand the different options available to you. Give us a call today, and we’ll help you each step of the way.
0203 728 7577
Types of home care we provide in Reading
When you’re looking for the right type of home care for yourself or a loved one, we know how difficult it can be to try and decipher between the different options available. We’re pleased to offer home care and live-in care to our clients in Reading and the surrounding area.
Live-in care in Reading
If you or a relative has complex health needs, such as dementia or stroke, our live in care option might be suitable for your needs. As the name suggests, we can arrange for one of our carers in Reading to live with you. This ensures that essential care is available 24 hours a day. Choosing live in care in Reading means you can stay in a familiar environment, rather than having the stress of moving somewhere new.
By choosing live-in care from our professional carers in Reading, you can continue living at home – surrounded by memories past and present, and where you feel most comfortable – instead of the stress and upheaval of moving into a residential care home. Whether you’re living with a complex medical condition such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or cancer, or both you and your spouse need assistance with personal care and mobility, live-in care provides you with choice and reassurance – and for couples, is a much more cost effective option for care.
If you or a loved one require clinical care, we can deliver specialist, nurse-led care which is overseen by our experienced clinicians. Our professional carers are specially trained to fulfil nursing tasks, such as PEG feeding, insulin administration or stoma care, allowing you to stay safe and well at home even if you have more complex medical requirements.
Why choose home care from The Good Care Group?
We believe that there is nowhere better to be than in your own home, which is why we are dedicated to providing the very best home care in Reading across England and Scotland. As the only live-in care provider to be awarded with an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the CQC, we are incredibly proud to be keeping as many people as possible living in their own home with our exceptional care.
Fully-regulated service
We’re not a care agency, so we employ and train all of our carers to the standards set by the CQC.
Rated ‘Outstanding’
With an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the CQC in all five areas, you can have complete trust and faith in our service.
Local to you
Our Reading carers are employed from the local area, so you’ll have someone caring for you that has knowledge of your community.
Outcomes focused
We diligently monitor the outcomes of all of our clients, which significantly helps us to reduce falls, UTIs and hospital admissions.
Award-winning provider
More prestigious industry awards than any other home care provider for our service, training and culture.
In-house experts
Our in-house experts are led by a Consultant Admiral Nurse and an Occupational Therapist, who specialise in dementia and mobility.
Jessica Monaghan
Hourly Regional Manager,
I’m Jessica, Hourly Care Manager for The Good Care Group. I first joined the company in 2019 as a Live-in Care Manager, which I did for two years before leaving to start up an hourly care service for a franchise provider in North London. I rejoined The Good Care Group in 2022 as the Hourly Care Manager.
As Hourly Care Manager, my role involves working alongside our client services team, assessing new clients, creating robust care plans and risk assessments of their needs and working alongside the scheduling team to find a suitable match of carer for each client to ensure that their care is set up to achieve the best outcomes. I may also need to work alongside our Occupational Therapist or Consultant Admiral Nurse when setting up more complex care placements. My role varies day to day, and a lot of what I do involves supporting my team of carers and my clients with whatever the day brings.
My career in health and social care started in 2010. Since then, I have worked in various roles including as a carer, care scheduler, care supervisor, care manager and registered care manager.
As part of my role, I need to complete regular calls to check in and stay up to date with my care team and clients. Every three months, my care team is called for supervision and clients have visits and monitoring calls to ensure that they are happy with the care being provided to them. Clients also have six-monthly or monthly reviews of their care. If there are incidents or accidents, I provide support to them to ensure the safety of everyone involved, ensuring to review risk assessments and care plans to prevent future occurrences. I also work with the training team and support carers with their career development. My role is to ensure that the care team feels supported and clients are happy with the care and support that they are receiving.
I hold a Level 5 in Health and Social Care and have supported individuals with a wide range of needs including dementia, palliative care, Parkinson’s, cancer, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, learning disabilities, autism, mental health and neurological conditions.
Alongside my Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management, I also hold a Level 3 in Education and Training, BILD Assessors qualification and an Open University qualification in Autism Awareness. I am a first aid instructor, moving and handling instructor and medication trainer. I believe that training is a vital part of the care role and continual development ensures the individuals that we support get the quality care they need.
I have witnessed both obstacles and successes within the sector and seen first-hand what difference can be made whether big or small in someone's life. I believe that the journey I have taken from starting as a carer to becoming a manager has allowed me to understand what support needs to be provided not only to the individuals we support, but the amazing carers that are providing it. I understand the importance of ensuring the highest quality of care is delivered, and enjoy leading and encouraging my team to work towards the best possible outcomes. I am an experienced care manager and have managed both hourly and live-in care in a home care setting. I have been able to see the benefits of people receiving care in their own home and remaining at home.
I am very proud of the journey I have been on to get to where I am currently in my career. I feel proud of my development and that I have been able to witness everything I have along the way from a carer to a manager.
Our Home Care Services In Reading
Better than a care agency in Reading
The Good Care Group is a fully-managed home care provider, which means we adhere to the stringent guidelines set by the Care Quality Commission and are regularly inspected. Unlike care agencies in Reading, we directly employ and train all of our carers ourselves, which means we are able to cover your regular carer on the rare occasion they should be absent, and provide them all with high-quality training. We are also able to take care of their paperwork, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) checks and provide them with company benefits – something which they would have to do themselves if they were self-employed by a care agency.
Private care in Reading
Choosing private care in Reading from The Good Care Group means that you can create your future around your wants and needs, instead of having choices prescribed to you. Your care plan will be crafted carefully around your preferences, including any medical or health requirements, but also your social requirements and wellbeing, too. Taking a holistic approach to clients’ care plans is something that we pride ourselves on.
Our professional and friendly carers are trained to deliver person-centred care in a discreet manner, and essentially deliver support in a way that is meaningful to you. So, whether that’s helping you to get up and dressed in the morning or assisting you to attend a weekly club with friends, we’ll be there in whatever way you need.
Specialist dementia care in Reading
Over 900,000 people are currently living with dementia, but not one of those diagnoses present in exactly the same way for each person. Here at The Good Care Group, we understand the nuances between dementia in each individual. That’s why our care plans are completely tailored to the individual and promote and nurture independence.
Receiving dementia care at home is a viable, often more suitable, alternative to moving into a care home, as it allows you or your loved one to get a personalised care plan that takes into account all of your symptoms, medical requirements and personal preferences whilst reducing the stress that would come with leaving the comforts and familiarity of your own home. Whether you or a loved one have just been diagnosed with vascular dementia and are coming to terms with what this will mean for all of you, or if your loved one has advanced Alzheimer’s and needs daily assistance with personal care, our Reading team can provide you with the reassurance that you and your loved ones need to continue living in your own home.
The Good Care Group are specialists in dementia home care, which is overseen by our resident Consultant Admiral Nurse, Jane Pritchard. As well as having Jane’s guidance and expertise, all of our carers receive specialist dementia training that takes them through the different types of dementia, how symptoms may present and ways in which to care for individuals living with the condition.
Domiciliary care in Reading
Domiciliary care, often the traditional term used to describe care at home, is an ideal way to continue living life on your terms with additional help from a care team. Our professional domiciliary carers can help with a variety of tasks in and around your home – keeping on top of the housework, assisting you to prepare your favourite meals and helping you look after your pet companions, to helping you wash your hair, getting dressed and giving you gentle reminders to take medication.
Our carers in Reading can also assist with running errands, taking you to the local supermarket and accompanying you to appointments, giving you and your loved ones the added reassurance that you’ll always have the right type of support for you.
Short-term respite care in Reading
The need for care can arise at any given time – perhaps after a hospital admission and you need extra support at home during your recovery, or if you care for a loved one and need to take an unexpected leave of absence. With respite care from our experienced team in Reading, we can step in and provide high-quality care on a short-term basis so that you’re not left without vital assistance when you need it most.
Respite care in Reading can be delivered in a way that suits you and your care requirements via either hourly care or live-in care on a pre-planned basis. That way, if you’re a caregiver for a loved one, our professional carers can fill in for you while you take a few hours off each week and recharge your batteries or even for several weeks if you decide to take a longer break from your care duties.
Compassionate and fully-trained carers in Reading
The Good Care Group’s ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating has been awarded, in part, for our excellent training programme that is delivered to all of our carers. Our fully-trained carers meet with their manager regularly and have access to assistance 24 hours a day. We have a rigorous and stringent recruitment process, and only 2% of our applicants pass successfully and join us at The Good Care Group as fully qualified carers. This helps ensure that the care you receive is provided by only the very best carers in Reading.
How to arrange home care in Reading
There is lots to think about when arranging care and we know that you may have lots of questions to ask at what could be quite an emotional time. Our dedicated client services team will happily take your call and discuss the different options available to you.
If you’d like to find out more about how we can support you or a loved one with our trusted home care in Reading, follow our three simple steps:
- Call us today to have an initial discussion with one of our friendly client services agents.
- Our team will arrange a free home care assessment with a local care manager to discuss your needs in more detail.
- Begin care and meet your new carers.