At Unite Healthcare we have experience of supporting older adults with a range of illnesses, conditions. This includes dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. We have a deep understanding of the aging process and the many issues that can impact on quality of life in older age. Therefore, all our Homecare Assistants are subjected to rigorous training on the common issues associated to aging, how these impact on the person and how a service can alleviate these issues. This includes memory, nutrition and dietary intake.

At Unite Healthcare our services for older adult are based upon the principle to enable you to continue living independently or semi-independently in the comfortable and familiar environment of their own home. Regardless of your needs our aim is to ensure you can live for as long as possible in your own home. We understand that older adults want to remain at home with kind, attentive and personalised service.

Living with dementia can be a bewildering experience, requiring significant lifestyle changes for the whole family. We are specialists in dementia care services, and we can provide the essential. Dementia care you can rely upon. Dementia care you can trust.

We understand the emotional, social and practical challenges of living well with dementia. Gradually the world of the person with dementia and their family carers shrinks as the disease progresses. Maintaining a life outside of the home or indeed sharing the closeness you once had together can often become difficult. This together with the demands of practical care and support can leave you feeling isolated and exhausted.

Our dementia care services sensitively respond to the individual needs of you and your family. Our flexible services are tailored to fit with your chosen lifestyle, so you continue to enjoy the important things in your life.

Our services can be tailored for young adults with short term or permanent disabilities. This might include physical disabilities such as spinal injuries, acquired brain injuries or other degenerative conditions. They may also include differing types of learning disabilities and mental health illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

We understand living with a disability can be very challenging and sometimes socially isolating. Therefore, our support can vary, so if you need a little or a lot of support to live in your own home we can help. We can provide a support to meet your individual needs, preferences and lifestyle. So, if you need support to have a night out, attend a music concert or football game, this is the service for you.

We believe that everyone has the right to live a life that is as full and active as possible. We work hard to empower young adults with physical disabilities, so that they can gain more independence and enjoy a better quality of life. Our service is tailor-made to suit each service users own needs; therefore, you can have as much or as little help as you wish.

We understand how distressing it can be to see how a terminal illness is affecting a loved one. That’s where we can help; by providing specialist palliative care support so your family can make the most of your time together. We can assist with advanced care planning. This involves thinking and talking about your wishes for how you're cared for in the final weeks, days or hours of your life. This can include treatments you do not want to have. Planning like this can help you let people know your wishes and feelings while you're still able to. Letting your family know about your wishes could help them if they ever must make decisions about your care.

Palliative care at home allows you to stay in the place you feel most comfortable, surrounded by memories and the people you love. With one-to-one support from a compassionate carer who is experienced in palliative care, you can have specialist support and symptom relief from serious illness, whenever it is needed.

Whether you are looking for a full-time live-in carer or intermittent visits, we provide a full range of services for people living with illnesses, such as coping with cancer or nausea and vomiting. Our palliative care specialists follow the national palliative care guidelines. Our palliative care specialists cover all aspects of care including personal care, pain management for neurological and physical symptoms, administering medication, cooking meals, and companionship care.

When your child needs care and support, you want someone you can trust, someone who understands your child’s special needs, and someone your family can rely on.

Unite Healthcare has a specialist CQC registration which allows us to support children and young people. Our Homecare Assistants are specially trained and experienced to provide the skilled care needed to protect and support children with learning and physical disabilities, sensory impairments, mental health issues and challenging behaviour problems.

Our support can be either short or long term. We see yours and every child as unique so before our service begins, we will spend time getting to know about them. Our objectives when getting know your child is to ensure we know them.

• How they communicate
• Their needs and how you prefer these to be met
• Their likes and dislikes
• The things that are important to them

When supporting your child, we want to enable them to achieve a good level of independence. We encourage them to communicate, and to make their own decisions as much as possible. This is to help them to develop and grow as the best person they have the potential to be.

Our support for children and young people is wide ranging. This includes:  

• Getting ready for school or college in the mornings
• One-to-one practical support at school
• Shopping trips, social or cultural events, leisure and sport
• Help with personal care, meals and feeding
• Attending medical appointments
• Doing activities at home
• Getting ready for bed and perhaps a bedtime story
• Supporting the family to establish daily routines