Palliative Care
Expert care in the comfort of your own home
Enhancing The Quality Of Life For Individuals With Life-limiting Illnesses
Everyone has the right to choose where they wish to fight terminal illnesses or spend the last days of their lives. Urban Alpha Care Palliative Care Services offers holistic support to those who are in their last months or years of their life, to live comfortably with dignity by providing the utmost respect.
Understanding End Of Life and Palliative Care Services
The world around you may feel uncertain when facing a serious illness, but you don’t have to walk this path alone. Our compassionate team at Urban Alpha Care understands the immense challenges and unique needs that come with palliative care. We believe in a holistic approach, focusing not only on managing pain and symptoms, but also on preserving your dignity, fostering peace of mind, and honouring your wishes.
End-of-life care and palliative care are often used interchangeably, but they have distinct nuances. Both aim to improve the quality of life for individuals with serious illnesses and their families but at different stages of the illness trajectory.
- Palliative care focuses on managing symptoms and providing comfort for individuals with life-limiting illnesses, regardless of the stage of the disease. It offers a holistic approach that addresses not just the physical symptoms but also the emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the individual and their family.
- End-of-life care, on the other hand, is a subset of palliative care specifically provided to individuals in the last few months or weeks of life. It focuses on maximising comfort, dignity, and quality of life during this critical time.
Who Can Benefit From Live-in Palliative Care Services?
People in lots of different situations can benefit from palliative care. Some of them may be expected to die within the next few hours or days. Others may receive end-of-life care over many months. People are considered to be approaching the end of life when they are likely to pass away within the next 12 months although this is not always possible to predict.
This includes people whose death is imminent, as well as people who:
- Have an advanced incurable illness such as dementia or motor neurone disease.
- Have cancer or are generally frail and have co-existing conditions that mean they are expected to die within 12 months.
- Have existing conditions if they are at risk of dying form a crisis in their condition.
- Have a life-threatening acute condition caused by a sudden catastrophic event, such as an accident for stroke.
Urban Alpha Care’s carers are fully trained in end-of-life care and can support you and your family through difficult days. We offer initial assessments where we will ask for your wishes and preferences and work with you to plan your care to make you as comfortable as possible.
How Our Home Care Services works
1. Call us today
Call our team today on 01268506796 to talk through your options and for more information on what it all means.
2. Design your care plan
Based on the assessment, we’ll create comprehensive care plan designed around the type and frequency of care, preferred caregivers, and your special considerations.
3. Caregiver Matching
Our team carefully matches you with a compassionate caregiver whose personality and skills align with your preferences.
4. Service Delivery
Your dedicated caregiver will come to your home and provide the agreed-upon home care services, following the care plan meticulously.