Private care
Care that works around you
Choosing to arrange and fund your own care gives you greater choice over the support you receive, when you receive it and how it fits around your everyday life.
Who it is for
Arranging care on your own terms
At Azan Home Care, our private care service is designed around the individual. We take time to understand your circumstances, routines, preferences and the things that are important to you before agreeing how we can best support you.
- Arranging and paying for your own care
- Arranging care for a parent
- Supporting a relative
- Planning future care
- Circumstances that have recently changed
Tailored support
Private home care tailored to you
There is no single approach to home care. Depending on assessed needs, support may include:
- Personal care and daily routines
- Medication prompting or support, where appropriate
- Meal preparation
- Support with eating and drinking
- Shopping
- Everyday household tasks
- Companionship
- Social support
- Support to attend appointments
- Support accessing the community
- Respite for family carers
- Support following a hospital stay
- Support after a change in circumstances
- Maintaining independence
- Keeping established routines
Choice and control
Your choices remain important
Receiving care should not mean losing control over everyday life. We aim to support you to:
- Stay involved in decisions
- Maintain independence wherever possible
- Continue the routines that matter to you
- Keep up activities important to you
- Involve family or representatives, where you wish
Your support team
Have a say in who supports you
Inviting someone into your home is a very personal decision. Where you wish, we can talk about the qualities you value in a care worker, relevant experience, communication style, approach and personal preferences.
Where practical, and subject to staff suitability, availability and safe staffing arrangements, you may be involved in the matching process — and it may be possible to meet potential members of your support team before regular care begins.
We aim to provide continuity and consistency wherever reasonably possible. If a staff match or care arrangement is not working, please tell us so we can listen and, where reasonably possible, find an appropriate solution.
“Your care should feel like your care – planned with you, not simply provided to you.”
Fees
Paying privately for care
Private care is paid for directly by the client or their family, rather than commissioned by a local authority or NHS service.
The cost will depend on assessed support needs, care arrangements and visit requirements.
Financial support
Could you be entitled to Attendance Allowance?
People who have reached State Pension age and need help with personal care or supervision because of a health condition or disability may be entitled to Attendance Allowance, subject to Government eligibility criteria.
- Attendance Allowance is not means-tested
- Income and savings do not usually affect eligibility
- You do not necessarily need to already employ a paid carer
- Eligibility is decided by Government criteria, not Azan Home Care
Attendance Allowance may help with additional costs associated with care needs. People below State Pension age may be eligible for other disability-related support, such as Personal Independence Payment, subject to Government criteria.
Getting started
Arranging private care
You do not need to know exactly what care you need before contacting us. The first step is simply a conversation — we listen to what is happening, discuss what support may help and answer your initial questions.
If you would like to go ahead, we will:
- 1Arrange an assessment
- 2Understand needs, preferences and routines
- 3Consider relevant risks
- 4Agree a personalised care plan
- 5Discuss when care may be able to begin
All care is subject to an individual assessment and Azan Home Care being satisfied that we can safely and appropriately meet the person’s needs.
Questions
Private care questions
Talk to us about private care
There is no expectation that you need to make an immediate decision simply because you have contacted us.