COPD Care - Cherished Home Care

A new local care service in London from leading home care provider, The Good Care Group

What is COPD care?

COPD care is a specialist type of home care designed to help people living with this chronic lung condition. Caring for someone with COPD requires specialist skills and knowledge to ensure that they can continue to live a full and meaningful life. It can involve providing support with medical interventions to aid breathing, as well as help with everyday tasks like preparing meals, light housekeeping, and personal care.

There is no cure for COPD, and as it is often a progressive condition, the care a person needs is likely to change as the condition worsens. Having the professional support of COPD carers ensures that you are supported by people who are fully trained to notice any signs that you may be experiencing a flare-up, are at risk of a chest infection, or that your condition is getting worse and take appropriate action.

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What are the benefits of COPD care?

Having the specialist support of COPD care ensures numerous benefits to people living with the condition, including:

Helping you stay active

If you live with COPD, trying to maintain an active lifestyle appropriate for your age and stage of condition can help improve your breathing. It can also have other health benefits, like helping you maintain a healthy weight and reducing your likelihood of other health conditions like diabetes and heart disease.

A COPD carer can help you stay active, whether by accompanying you on a daily walk, escorting you to an exercise class, or assisting you in remaining as active as possible around your home.

Helping you eat a balanced diet

Maintaining a healthy weight and eating a well-balanced diet can help people living with COPD manage their condition. Tasks like shopping and cooking can be more difficult if you frequently get out of breath because of your COPD. A carer can provide much-needed support, shopping for fresh ingredients or preparing meals to help ensure that you eat well.

Some people may find that eating becomes more difficult during flare-ups or as the condition worsens over time due to chronic breathlessness. A COPD carer has the training to spot the signs of additional difficulties and can liaise with other healthcare providers to ensure you get appropriate supplements.

Helping you control your breathing

Learning how to control your breathing can be an important aspect of your COPD care plan. That’s because it is easy to panic and exacerbate the problem during periods of breathlessness. But if you can control your breathing, you increase the likelihood of your breathing returning to normal.

COPD carers can encourage you to do your breathing exercises regularly as well as doing them alongside you when you experience an episode of breathlessness, this can help you regain control.

Supporting your wellbeing

Care for COPD also provides companionship and ensures you have a friendly face to turn to when you need emotional support. This can help reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness and ensure you feel less stressed, improving your ability to cope with the fatigue associated with COPD.

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How does COPD care work?

COPD care at home is designed to provide you with the support you need to continue living independently in the home you cherish. So, the first step is to understand more about the type of support you want or need.

A care needs assessment allows us to get comprehensive insights into the tasks you may benefit from support with, as well as information about your likes and dislikes and your general daily routine. All of this information is put into your personalised COPD care plan to ensure that from the off, you get specialist care that is fully tailored to support you to live well.

At Cherished Home Care, we are committed to offering choices in the care you receive, which is why we offer flexible COPD care to suit your requirements. This could be with daily visits scheduled to suit you through hourly care or via live-in care if you’d benefit from someone being on hand 24/7. You can even choose short-term care if you only require support during a worsening of your condition or while your regular carer is taking a break.

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What tasks can our carers help with?

At Cherished Home Care, our highly skilled and dedicated carers can provide care for COPD that helps you to live independently in the comfortable surroundings of your home. This can include help with tasks such as:

Support with breathing exercises – home carers can assist with daily breathing exercises you may be prescribed to help improve your breathing and overall condition.
Safe mobility – COPD can cause increased fatigue, making simple tasks like getting around your house more challenging. Our carers can provide mobility support to ensure you can move around your home safely.
Personal care – this can include helping you get up, washed, and dressed, as well as help with toileting or any other personal care tasks you require.
Companionship – COPD can limit your ability to get out and about as usual, and this can lead to feelings of isolation and loneliness. A carer can provide valuable companionship, which can help boost your well-being.
Running errands – our home carers can assist you with errands like shopping for groceries or collecting prescriptions to ensure you can stay well.
Medication management – our carers can support you with medications, including inhalers to help manage your COPD.
Food prep and cooking – making sure you continue to eat a healthy and nutritious diet can be beneficial to maintaining a healthy weight and not exacerbating your condition. Our carers can be on hand to help prep and cook your favourite meals and ensure you eat a healthy well-balanced diet.
Household chores – a carer can take care of a range of household chores, from light housework to laundry and even walking much-loved pets.
Accompanying you to get out and about – our carers can support you in getting to any appointments or attending any classes or social events you enjoy. This ensures you can continue to live a meaningful life doing the things you enjoy.

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Why choose Cherished Home Care

We are a brand-new home care provider based in London, offering local, bespoke care to you in your home. We may be new, but we have the expertise, knowledge and experience of ‘Outstanding’ care provider, The Good Care Group, who work closely with our Cherished team to provide high-quality care, support and carer training.

Local to you

A dedicated team of care managers and carers who know London and the local areas.

Industry-leading carer training

Our carer training programme is created by our in-house experts - the same training delivered by The Good Care Group

Experts in care

A team of in-house clinicians including a registered nurse, occupational therapist and dementia expert.

Cost-effective care

Pay for the care you need when you require it with our market-leading rates.

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How to care for someone with COPD

Caring for someone with COPD can be challenging. Not only do people with COPD need specialist care to help manage the condition, but they may also need emotional support to help them get used to the limitations the condition may impose on them at times.

It’s important to understand the condition and be aware of the early symptoms of chest infections, which can place greater strain on the lungs of a person with COPD. Catching infections early can help reduce exacerbations of COPD and the likelihood of hospitalisations. This can greatly improve not only a person’s ability to live well with the condition but also their quality of life and general well-being.

In addition, caring for someone with COPD requires compassion and understanding. There may be times when a person needs additional support with tasks they are normally capable of performing themselves, which can lead to feelings of frustration. A good carer will provide dignified assistance that enables a person with COPD to live as independently as possible while getting the support they need. As well as offering emotional support to help ease the stress and strain living with a chronic condition can cause.

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Let us help with your COPD care needs

For reliable, professional and supportive COPD care local to you, contact Cherished Home Care. We offer bespoke care in your home and are committed to enabling you or your loved one to live on your terms at home.

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Your Cherished care journey

1. Speak to us

Get in touch with our friendly care advisors today 0203 728 7572, and they will be able to answer all of your questions to help you make the right choice.

2. Free assessment

Our team can arrange a free home care assessment with your local care manager, where they can meet with you and assess your needs and requirements in detail.

3. Care begins

Meet your carers and begin your journey with Cherished Home Care. With minimal carer changes, you’ll soon be acquainted.