Motor Neurone Disease Home Care
Our Care Professionals are here to support you and your family with practical help and specialist MND care tailored to you, so that you can live your best life at home.
Why choose home care?
Living with MND and adapting to progressive symptoms can be stressful and daunting for you and your family but it doesn’t mean that you can’t continue to engage in those activities that you’ve always enjoyed.
Not only can our specialist Care Professionals help with daily practical tasks, and medical support when required, they can support you with getting out and about and enjoying the things that you love that may be a little more challenging for you now. Ultimately, we help you to stay happy at home.
Home Instead works with you to match your Care Professional to your interests and hobbies so that you can build a trusting relationship with them. We also liaise with you and your clinical team to guarantee the best care is delivered to the highest standard, ensuring a fully bespoke and tailored care plan is provided. Care is carried out when you need it, not when it suits others.
Truly holistic care
Home Instead’s Care Professionals are trained to the highest clinical standards and will work with your own doctors and health teams to ensure you receive the best possible client-focused care. Our tailored approach involves matching you with a Care Professional who not only shares your hobbies and interests but is passionate about helping you and your loved ones. We can provide support in a range of ways to meet your individual needs, such as hourly care, longer visits, or even live-in care to support you in managing your symptoms at home.
Our trained team will:
- Enhance your independence and support you within your community.
- Potentially reduce health complications and hospital admissions.
- Assist with your health needs and management plan.
- Work with you and your healthcare team when reviewing your care needs.
We've helped thousands of families to stay safe, comfortable and happy at home. Whatever situation you're facing, or whatever the question is, Home Instead is here to help.
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What is Motor Neurone Disease (MND)?
MND is a neurological condition that affects the brain and nervous system. It causes muscles to weaken, stiffen and waste away, getting worse over time. It is a rare condition that affects roughly 1 in 50,000 people in the UK a year, most commonly those in their 60s and 70s.
Symptoms often begin gradually, and can include a weakened grip and weak ankles, slurred speech, weight loss, and difficulty lifting arms and legs. Although there is no pain, over time it may become hard to move, communicate and breathe. There is currently no cure, but there are treatments to help those with MND manage their symptoms.
What is MND care?
MND care is there to support you in any way you need. From assistance with daily tasks such as household cleaning, laundry, personal care, medication administration, meal preparation or assistance with mobility and getting out into the community, to more specific support around complex health needs such as catheters, gastrostomy tubes or non-invasive ventilation methods. We are even there to support you with any rehabilitation programmes or palliative stages you may be following.
The benefits of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) care
Our Care Professionals are fully trained in your specialist care needs to support you in the best way, often relieving pressure on family caregivers. Evidence suggests effective support helps reduce the number of possible complications and the need for hospital admissions.
Why choose MND care at home?
Receiving health care from Home Instead allows you to maintain your independence, routine, and lifestyle to help you live your best life at home. Home Instead works with you to match your Care Professional to your interests and hobbies so that you can build a trusting relationship with them. We also liaise with you and your clinical team to guarantee the best care is delivered to the highest standard, ensuring a fully bespoke and tailored care plan is provided. Care is carried out when you need it, not when it suits others.
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MND affects how muscles work, which means that the symptoms can affect any area of the body that uses muscles. This may result in issues in how you move, talk, eat, drink, or breathe. Symptoms can affect people differently, and not everyone will have the same ones. Our Care Professionals will always work with you and your clinical team to provide you with effective care at home, depending on your symptoms.
Symptoms of Motor Neurone Disease increase as the disease progresses, meaning you may need more care and assistance as time goes on. Getting support with your daily tasks can help you and your loved ones focus on enjoying life in the comfort of your own home.
Motor Neurone Disease is a life changing illness with multiple symptoms that require emotional and physical support. Home is often better suited for the sufferers of MND as they have a more comfortable place to receive care, in familiar surroundings with their loved ones close by.