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Personal Care & Daily Routines
Appropriate assistance with agreed aspects of personal care and everyday routines, delivered respectfully with attention to privacy, dignity, preference and independence.
Thoughtful, person-centred care and support shaped around individual needs, strengths, preferences, routines and meaningful personal outcomes — helping people maintain dignity, independence, wellbeing and connection.
We aim to understand what matters to each person and shape appropriate support around their individual circumstances.
Support shaped around the individual's needs, routines and preferences.
Arrangements considered in relation to assessed needs and circumstances.
Dignity, privacy, choice and identity remain important in everyday support.
Support considers what matters and what the person wants to maintain or achieve.
Everyone has their own routines, abilities, preferences, relationships, responsibilities and aspirations. Support should recognise that individuality.
At Earlston & Doune Care Services Ltd, we take a person-centred approach to understanding what appropriate support could look like for each individual.
That may include assistance with aspects of everyday life, maintaining independence at home, accessing the community, developing routines, companionship or support connected with wider wellbeing.
The precise nature of any service is determined through appropriate assessment and planning, taking account of individual needs, preferences, risk, capacity and the scope of the service we can safely provide.
Support arrangements are individual. The examples below illustrate areas that may form part of an agreed package following appropriate assessment.
Appropriate assistance with agreed aspects of personal care and everyday routines, delivered respectfully with attention to privacy, dignity, preference and independence.
Practical support designed to help people participate in everyday activities and maintain as much appropriate independence and control as possible.
Meaningful social contact and appropriate support with activities that can help people maintain relationships, confidence and connection with everyday life.
Appropriate assistance to participate in community life, attend activities or appointments and maintain meaningful social and community connections.
Structured, person-centred support that can help an individual maintain routines, confidence, engagement and wider everyday wellbeing.
Where appropriate to assessed needs and our service scope, support can help people re-establish routines and independence following changes in circumstances.
Good support is not only about completing a task. It is about how that task fits into the person's wider day, preferences and independence.
Depending on assessed needs and agreed arrangements, support may involve areas such as:
Appropriate support should contribute to everyday life rather than unnecessarily taking control of it.
Respectful support with agreed routines while recognising that the person's home remains their personal space.
Supporting participation, routine, confidence and appropriate independence in day-to-day activities.
Supporting meaningful relationships and appropriate opportunities to remain connected with community life.
Before appropriate support can be organised, it is important to understand the person's circumstances, needs, strengths, preferences and desired outcomes.
Personal planning helps translate that understanding into clear information about how agreed support should be delivered.
It can consider routines, communication, relevant risks, preferences, independence, relationships and what the person would like to maintain or achieve.
Plans should remain relevant. Where circumstances change, appropriate review helps determine whether support arrangements should also change.
Personal outcomes help keep support connected to the individual's priorities and everyday life.
We recognise that people seeking support may have different abilities, experiences, communication needs and personal circumstances.
Person-centred support can help people maintain routines, dignity, independence, wellbeing and connection in everyday life.
Support can be shaped around individual abilities, accessibility, routines, choices and desired outcomes.
Individualised support can promote participation, communication, choice, confidence and meaningful everyday outcomes.
Support should recognise individual communication, sensory preferences, routines, strengths and personal ways of experiencing everyday life.
Where appropriate to our service scope, person-centred support can contribute to routines, engagement, independence and wider everyday wellbeing.
Support may also be considered when changes in circumstances create new needs for assistance, structure or everyday support.
Receiving care does not remove a person's strengths, abilities or right to participate in everyday decisions.
We aim to recognise what an individual can do and, where appropriate, provide the level of assistance needed without unnecessarily replacing independence.
For one person this might mean encouragement or prompting. For another it may involve more direct assistance. The appropriate approach depends on individual circumstances.
This balance between assistance and independence is an important part of person-centred support.
Life does not always remain the same. Health, confidence, routines, family circumstances and personal goals can change over time.
Support arrangements should therefore remain responsive. Appropriate reviews can help identify whether the existing plan continues to reflect the person's needs and outcomes.
Where a change is identified, we consider what action may be appropriate within the person's agreed arrangements and our service scope.
This helps keep support relevant rather than allowing an old plan to define a person's changing life.
Our process is designed to understand the enquiry, assess suitability and establish an appropriate person-centred plan.
Contact us to discuss the circumstances and the type of support being considered.
We consider needs, preferences, abilities, relevant risks and desired personal outcomes.
Where we can appropriately meet the person's needs, agreed information helps guide support arrangements.
Support is delivered in accordance with agreed arrangements and reviewed appropriately as circumstances change.
We welcome appropriate enquiries from social work, health and social care professionals and others involved in assessing, arranging or coordinating support.
Referral information helps us understand the person's circumstances, required outcomes and whether the service can appropriately meet identified needs.
Suitability and commencement remain subject to assessment, staffing capacity, location and the scope of our registered service.
Earlston & Doune Care Services Ltd is registered with the Care Inspectorate. Our organisational management systems also address quality, environmental responsibility, information security, anti-bribery management and occupational health and safety.
Individual support arrangements are subject to assessment, location, staffing capacity and the scope of our registered service.
A person's routines, choices, relationships, independence and aspirations matter. Our approach is to understand those things and provide appropriate support with dignity, purpose and respect.
Contact us and we can discuss your enquiry and, where appropriate, help identify the next step.
