Providing exceptional live in care services since 2009
For over fifteen years, we have served families across England and Scotland with exceptional live-in care services. And in that time, we have won more awards than any other home care provider in the UK, for our compassionate service, expert training, and purpose-driven culture.
Our live-in care services in Leeds
We know that finding the right care can feel overwhelming, especially when trying to understand the difference between live-in care options. At The Good Care Group, we’re here to make things simple, with live-in care services designed to suit your loved one’s needs.
24-hour live-in care
For those living with more complex care needs, 24-hour live in care offers a compassionate, personalised alternative to a residential care home. With live-in care, one of our fully-certified live-in carers will move into the home and provide round-the-clock support, whenever it’s needed.
Respite care
Respite care offers short-term support when extra help is needed, such as during recovery from an operation, after an illness, or when a family carer needs a break. Our Leeds team can step in quickly to provide professional care, giving families peace of mind while they take a well-earned break.
Short-term and immediate care
If your loved one requires support more urgently, we can provide live-in care in as little as 48 hours. That includes a professional care assessment from one of our care managers, and our carer matching process. So you can rest assured that you’re receiving high-quality care, whenever you need it.
Complex care
If your loved one is living with dementia, Parkinson’s, cancer, or requires care alongside a partner, our complex care service offers an expert, person-centred alternative to residential care.
When clinical support is necessary, we can also provide nurse-led services, overseen by experienced clinicians. Our carers are trained in PEG feeding, insulin administration, and stoma care, so your loved one can remain safe and comfortable in their own home.
End of life care
With compassionate end-of-life care, we help your loved one to spend their final days within a familiar setting, rather than having to move to a hospice or hospital. With expert care, respect, and empathy, we’re proud to support the wishes of loved ones to stay in the comfort of their own home, on their own terms.
Emergency live-in care
At The Good Care Group, we offer a fully-managed, fully-regulated emergency live-in care service. Whether your loved one is experiencing a sudden illness, or you’re navigating an urgent situation, we’re here to help. With emergency live-in care, one of our experienced carers will move into the home to provide round-the-clock support as quickly as possible, so you can find peace of mind.
Key benefits of live-in care in Leeds
Personalised one-to-one support
Because everyone is different, our live-in care service is always personalised. A care manager will provide you with an assessment of your loved one’s needs, before creating a fully-personalised care plan that takes into consideration health requirements, preferences, and personal wishes.
Comfort of remaining at home
With specialist live-in care, your loved one can stay in the place they feel safest, surrounded by the things they love. Whether that’s a beloved pet, or well-kept garden, living in the home allows them to maintain their independence, without having to move into a care home.
Continuity and companionship
We take great care in matching your loved one with a carer who complements their personality, creating a positive rapport built on trust. Long-term, this provides comfort and security, while maintaining all-important continuity of care with someone who knows your loved one’s preferences and health requirements.
Greater independence and flexibility
At The Good Care Group, we focus on delivering exceptional, person-centred care. That means supporting your loved one in maintaining their independence and autonomy, and encouraging them to make choices about their own care.
Maintain routines and lifestyle
From meal preparation and medication reminders to supporting hobbies and interests, our carers provide practical support that feels like a natural part of everyday life.
What does a live in carer provide?
Our professional carer will provide a range of live in care services in Cornwall:
Providing discreet and sensitive personal care
This can include the task-orientated aspects of caring for someone, like bathing and getting dressed, but also those that promote self-esteem, like having your nails maintained, or your hair styled.
Companionship as and when you need it
Our carers will provide companionship whilst ensuring your privacy is respected. We ensure that a perfectly matched carer shares similar values and interests to make life interesting, stimulating and enjoyable, whilst being there for you to support your emotional and psychological needs.
Managing and administering medications
Our carers will provide companionship whilst ensuring your privacy is respected. We ensure that a perfectly matched carer shares similar values and interests to make life interesting, stimulating and enjoyable, whilst being there for you to support your emotional and psychological needs.
Managing and administering medications
Our professional carers are trained in medications management and use an electronic medications system to ensure all medications are managed proactively and effectively. They will also collect prescriptions from the pharmacy.
Ensuring safe mobility in and around the home We have an in-house Occupational Therapist, Jackie Cooper, who will provide expert guidance and advice as to what equipment can help improve safe movement and mobility around your home, whilst minimising falls. Jackie is well placed to provide guidance and recommendations on home adaptations that aim to improve the way you live your life in your home.
Specialist nurse-led care
We provide nurse-led care which means our professional carers are trained to monitor and identify any changes in your health, responding appropriately and avoiding any unnecessary hospital admissions. As part of our commitment to delivering a high-quality home care service, we monitor and measure health outcomes to ensure we continually improve the care we provide.
Planning and cooking meals
Meals will be planned and cooked according to your choice, preferences and nutritional needs, all served at a time that suits you.
Facilitating social arrangements in the home
Your carer will ensure you can invite friends over for socialisation and celebrations, providing the support you need to enjoy yourself and not worry about organising anything.
Trips and visits out of the home in your local community
Our carers know how important it is to ensure you can continue to do as much you wish and that you remain connected to your local community – whether that is a stroll round the local park or attending clubs or groups in the local area or visiting friends or those shops you always have.
Domestic tasks
This includes cleaning of all rooms and vacuuming throughout to keep your house to the standards of cleanliness and tidiness you always have.
Caring for your much-loved pet
Carers will happily support looking after your pet, including taking dogs for regular walks.
How we provide live in care in Cornwall
There are several different situations when live in care can be used to support your care and support needs, including:
- 24-hour live in care for when round the clock care is needed to ensure a person can continue to live well in their own home.
- Respite care can provide a family carer with a much-needed break from caring for a loved one, or can be used as an opportunity to see how live in care works and whether it is right for you and your family.
- Short term care or Intermediate care following discharge from a Cornwall hospital or for those needing post-operative rehabilitation.
- Complex care of medical and specialist conditions like dementia, Parkinson’s or Multiple Sclerosis can be supported with 24-hour home care – there is no need to go into a care home to receive this level of care.
- End-of-life/palliative care which ensures a person’s needs and preferences are met until the very end of their life.
- Emergency care at home for those who need an urgent live in care arrangement put in place following unexpected surgery, an accident or sudden illness.
Care management in Cornwall
Our professional carer will provide a range of live in care services in Cornwall:
A fully managed live in care service
We provide fully managed and regulated live in care in Cornwall which offers families reassurance at a time they need it most. Unlike introduction agencies who are not regulated by The Care Quality Commission (CQC), all our professional carers are directly employed and managed by us. We ensure they are supervised by an experienced Regional Manager and Care Manager, with support from our clinical experts and central office team – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Expertly trained care teams in Cornwall
Our professional carers complete our industry leading training programme which has been created with leading charities and experts and goes well beyond industry standards. This enables our professional carers to support a range of conditions affecting older people, including complex conditions that require more monitoring, care and support. From training, through probation, into placement and beyond our carers never stop learning new skills that ensure they can deliver the quality care our clients should expect, whilst finding new ways to further enhance the level of care they provide.
A local dedicated Care Manager
Whilst we operate nationwide, our approach to live in care in Cornwall ensures you have a dedicated Regional Care Manager who has accountable for the service we provide, with a dedicated Care Manager who will be available to you and your family, as well as our care teams on a day to day basis to ensure the live in care we provide is to the very highest standards.
Unrivalled levels of support
Our management team in Cornwall provide unrivalled levels of support. Each care manager only has a small portfolio of clients to support, enabling the care team to provide a highly personalised and quality live in care service in Cornwall, whilst clients receive more levels of monitoring and day to day support.
We take a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to caring for our clients in Cornwall, working and liaising closely with other health professionals included in your care, including GP’s, hospital discharge planners, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and district nurses.
Our team has forged strong relationships with discharge teams at the following hospitals in Cornwall:
- Bodmin Community Hospital
- Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
- Falmouth Hospital
- Launceston Community Hospital
- Newquay Hospital
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
We work collaboratively with these discharge teams to ensure fast and safe discharge from hospital, freeing up hospital beds in Cornwall, whilst ensuring a high-quality live in care service is in place that results in unnecessary hospital readmission. Much needed reassurance for all involved.
Why choose The Good Care Group?
The Good Care Group is dedicated to delivering exceptional live-in care services, consistently achieving the highest standards in quality and service. We are proud to hold a range of industry accreditations and awards, ensuring clients and their families have confidence in our care.
A perfectly matched care team
A live-in care service usually involves two carers working a two-week rotation. They will be carefully matched working with you and your family. We make sure they are skilled and equipped to meet all your care and support needs. Our focus on matching means the care team chosen share common interests and backgrounds. We know this means life is enjoyable for everyone. Your care team really get to know you and your needs, which means you get consistency of care.
Expertly trained carers
All our professional carers are required to complete our leading training programme before they care for our clients. Our programme has been created with leading charities and clinical experts. It goes beyond mandatory requirements in the care sector. Carers are then equipped to provide high-quality care and support for those living with specialist conditions. Our carers never stop learning new skills to further enhance the care they provide.
Continuity of care
Unlike an agency we employ our carers. This means they are committed to us, as we are to them. Carers enjoy the security of being employed, which means they stay with us longer. Those who work for agencies move around more. For families this means that you get continuity and consistency of the same care team caring for your loved one. This means high-quality care can be achieved with improved outcomes and no disruption to your loved one’s life.
In-house clinical experts
We have a dedicated team of in-house clinical experts. This includes a specialist consultant nurse, who also provides Admiral Nurse services to those living with dementia. Our management team consists of nursing professionals. They guide our carers to provide safe and effective nurse-led care at home. We also have our own in-house Occupational Therapist (OT) who works closely with healthcare professionals and our care teams. Our OT provides guidance and advice that enables people to live well in their own home with any equipment they may need. These experts lead, monitor and support our care teams to delivery best practice nurse-led care at home.
Innovative care technology
Unlike any other live-in care provider, we have our own online care community. Families, healthcare professionals and carers can access up to date information about the care being provided. It enables more effective monitoring, which means issues can be responded to efficiently. For our families it provides a reassuring window into the care their loved one is receiving. Our carers also use the online community to share ideas and support each other. It provides a vital connection which is important when remote working. Carers will use the online community so their clients can enjoy time online. This includes video calls with family, so they feel connected. Clients can use it to shop online or browse the web.
Improving health outcomes
Every decision we make is driven by delivering improved health outcomes for our clients. Our digital technology allows us to predict risk and shape the care we provide. We measure health outcomes.
We want to know we are improving the quality of our clients’ lives every year.
Our health and well-being aim to reduce:
- Challenging behaviours
- Antipsychotic drugs in dementia care
- Falls in the home
- Hospital admissions
- Re-admission to hospital
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
- Chest infections
- Carer stress
- They aim to promote:
- Independence
- Well-being
- Excellent nutrition and hydration
- Enjoyment in life
Highest service rating from care regulators in England and Scotland
Unlike introduction agencies we are fully regulated in England and Scotland. This means the care and support we provide is regularly inspected. We are the only dedicated live-in care provider in England to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We have achieved this rating in all five measures – safe, effective, caring responsive and well-led. In Scotland, our service has been inspected by the Care Inspectorate (CI). It has achieved the highest rating of a 6 (Excellent) for quality of care and support and 5 (very good) for staffing, management and leadership. We know this provides families with peace of mind that their loved one is receiving the best possible care.
A fully managed service
Families benefit from our fully managed service delivered by care experts. This means you do not need to worry about supervising and managing the carer looking after your loved one. Our professional carers are supervised by an experienced care manager and supported by clinical experts. We provide this support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Your dedicated care manager will be on hand to support you, your loved one and our carer teams. We invest in our care management team to ensure they have enough time to give the support everyone needs. With our fully managed service, families do not have the burden of managing the care arrangement themselves. We know this means families can have peace of mind, whilst enjoying quality time with their loved one. They do not have to worry about the tasks of caring.
Local teams with national coverage
We operate throughout England and Scotland with a local approach to management of our teams near you. Each dedicated care manager local to you has only a small number of clients to support. This means they can provide higher levels of monitoring and support than other home care providers. It also means a highly personalised approach to care can be delivered.
Local charities supporting older people in Cornwall
There are several local independent charities working in Cornwall supporting older people to help them get the most out of life. Whether it is information on certain conditions that affect older people, provision of a support network, help with accessing funding for care, local charities are there to provide products and services in Cornwall that enable older people to live a fulfilled, enjoyable and dignified life.
Below are some local charities in Cornwall that may be able to provide information, guidance and support for you and your family:
How to arrange live in care in Cornwall
If you get in touch with us, you can speak to a dedicated care advisor who will answer any questions you may have and provide any information you need to make the right decision.
We will then arrange a no-obligation home meeting with you and your loved one, either at your home or in hospital if you are awaiting discharge following treatment. We can all discuss their needs and how we will match the perfect professional carer for you so we can get the right team and right care package in place at the right time.
Talk to us about your live-in care needs
We are experts in providing a fully managed, high-quality live-in care service in Location. Call our friendly and approachable team today to see how we can help you and your family.