You Care, I Care

I’ve known today’s guest, Tara Gunn, for many years and in the past we’ve worked together.

Tara went into the care profession after being made redundant from a job in IT recruitment. It was only supposed to be a short term position however she has been there ever since, which is around 18 years.

She works in live-in care which is something that most people still don’t fully understand what it is. The majority of people think that when they are older, or their parents or grandparents start getting to the point where they need help, they’re ready for a care home. Tara explains why live-in care is such a great alternative – getting support in their home means their lives don’t have to change dramatically.

The main difference between care homes and live-in care is that people have choices about everything. Tara explains why there needs to be structure in care homes compared to the freedom people have within their own homes.

Recently Tara has had the opportunity to work with an established healthcare provider called Eleanor Healthcare. They do everything care related. However, until now they haven’t specialised in live-in care, which is where Tara and her expertise comes in.

She explains how they take on carers and how their way of recruiting is very different to many care providers.

Tara also explains the difference between a managed service and an introductory service. The basic difference being that with a managed service, the care company arranges everything, down to what the carer does and checks are kept that everything is working well. This works well when family members of the client don’t want to be or can’t be heavily involved in the care.

Introductory care is when the care company helps out with the matching process to introduce the carer to the client, but then the client and or their family members work with the carer to decide how the care is going to work.

In both scenarios, the carers are all trained in the same way.

Eleanor Healthcare are based in Kent but are focusing on the southeast and southwest at the moment. However, with the introduced model, they can work nationally.

To contact Eleanor Healthcare: 01732 441877 or email: [email protected]

Website:
https://www.eleanorhealthcaregroup.co.uk/live-in-care/live-well/