Dementia Care: Creating a Plan That Works
Receiving a dementia diagnosis can be overwhelming for everyone. Our mission is to create a safe environment for individuals living with dementia and their families.
Receiving a dementia diagnosis can be overwhelming for everyone involved. At Home Instead Central Hampshire, we recognise the importance of balancing structure with flexibility to ensure the best possible care. A well-established routine can significantly ease stress and anxiety, providing a sense of stability. Our mission is to create a safe, comforting environment for individuals living with dementia and their families. Every Care Plan we design is tailored to the unique, personalised needs of each person, ensuring their well-being remains our top priority.
What Is a Care Plan?
At Home Instead, every client starts with a personalised Care Plan, tailored to their individual needs and preferences. As circumstances evolve—whether due to a service review every six months, a fall, or a new diagnosis—we update the plan to ensure it remains relevant and effective.
A Care Plan serves as a guide, helping our carers integrate seamlessly into your daily life while providing the support needed to maintain your safety and independence. This support can range from a one-hour weekly visit to assist with light housekeeping, errands, or appointments to around-the-clock live-in care for help with tasks like washing, dressing, meal preparation, and medication management. With a carefully curated Care Plan, we create a structured approach that adapts to your unique situation, ensuring consistent and compassionate care.
How routine helps people living with dementia:
As the dementia journey progresses, maintaining daily routines, personal care, and social activities can become challenging. We help individuals living with dementia keep their routines, as Age UK highlights, “A set routine can provide security, build confidence, and reduce distractions, making daily tasks easier.”
Establishing regular routines can help your loved one maintain a sense of independence. Although short-term memory is typically impacted early on, familiar routines are deeply rooted and can encourage continued engagement in daily life.
A consistent routine provides structure, reducing anxiety and stress by offering predictability. This sense of familiarity helps individuals feel more secure and in control, which is especially important as dementia impacts their ability to plan and manage everyday tasks.
What our Care Plan includes:
Our primary goal is to ensure safety while preserving as much independence as possible. Each care plan is personalised to meet your specific needs. To do this, we take the time to truly get to know you—asking about your life history, career, family, and even your favourite foods or the special cup you like your tea in.
We believe in matching carers with clients based on shared interests. For example, if gardening is something you or your loved one enjoys, we’ll pair you with one of our carers who shares that passion, so you can enjoy it together. As your care journey progresses, so does the bond with your carers. Whether it’s your preferred mealtimes, a weekly walk to the park to feed the ducks or other special routines, we take these details into account to create a care plan tailored just for you.
Dementia and Home Care:
We understand the challenges for all involved with a dementia diagnosis, as we can be with you every step of the way. By choosing our home care services you are:
- Ensuring your loved one stays in their home, a familiar environment filled with memories and personalised items they treasure
- Tailors to meet your needs, we are able to personalise the care provided
- A number of studies have shown that person-centred care at home has a greater positive impact on wellbeing, happiness and reduced hospital admissions than admission to a care home.
- Home care is typically cheaper than going into a residential care home or nursing home.