Devoncare provides highly trained nurses for a range of services across Devon and Cornwall. Our staff are highly qualified, experienced professionals with many years experience, they are also caring and dedicated.
Our nurses are RGN (Registered General Nurse) and RMN ( Registered Mental Health Nurse) with many years experience working in various sectors of the Health Care Industry, including the NHS, Private Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Residential Homes, District Nurses and Domiciliary Care.
Devoncare's nurses qualifications are up to date with them attending regular refresher courses. This is an NMC requirement. They are also fully Covid 19 compliant as per Government requirement. All Devoncare's nurses are affiliated to a nursing union and a professional body and fully insured.
A high-quality care service, based on the principles of good care practice and core values for each person we support. We complete an initial assessment to ensure we can meet a person’s needs, and risk assessments identify how risks need to be managed. We maintain systematic and ongoing planning of care for each person, in partnership with care managers and other health or social care professionals.
By actively promoting choice, privacy, dignity, fulfilment, and independence of each person we support. When a service user has capacity to consent to their care, they sign a consent form following the initial assessment. If a person lacks capacity to make appropriate decisions, we complete follow local and national guidelines and always act in their Best Interests.
We ensure that our team complete their roles confidently, safely and effectively and that they have the skills to complete all tasks assigned to them. Staff have access to all policies and procedures. We have regular team meetings, supervisions, and annual appraisals. All staff receive statutory and mandatory training which includes the following and more.
To ensure our fitness of purpose and practice. We are committed to achieving our aims and objectives through providing a quality service, with continuous review, leading to improvement of the care and support we provide in line with best practice guidance. We are required to meet national minimum standards for domiciliary care agencies and supported living arrangements.
We assist with tasks as discussed with you, helping to maintain independence at home. This can include: washing and dressing, help to get up and go to bed, toilet assistance, bathing, sitting service/companionship and sleepovers. Our staff team also offer help with household tasks including shopping, domestic housework, laundry and preparing meals. We ensure care and support is safe, caring, responsive, effective, and well led.
Domiciliary care is provided to people who still live in their own homes but require additional support with activities, including household tasks, personal care and any other activity that allows them to maintain both their independence and quality of life.
Having a live in carer allows you to stay in your own home and lead as normal a life as possible. Live in carers duties vary and can include some domestic work, such as light cleaning, helping with or preparing food, assisting the client with bathing and dressing. They may also accompany the client on shopping trips, walks etc.
Dementia is a term used to cover a range of progressive disorders affecting the brain. Arguably the best known is Alzheimer’s disease.
There is no set reason or age for a person requiring personal care. Devoncare can provide the type of Personal care that fits the individual client needs. This could be a short term requirement, or an ongoing. Either way Devoncare will be able to satisfy the clients needs.
Palliative care sometimes called "supportive care" is ongoing care for someone with a terminal illness and their family. The aim is to ensure the person enjoys as fulfilling a quality of life as possible given their circumstance.
End of life care is similar in many ways to Palliative care. The main difference is this is providing support, care and treatment for people nearing the end of life.
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Devoncare are pleased to welcome the first five new members from the Government Sponsorship scheme to our team. Devoncare will initially be sponsoring twelve people.
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Devoncare are pleased to announce we are now Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered.
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Hi! My name is Timeea, I am the Office Manager for Devoncare.
