One-to-one support at home for Multiple Sclerosis

 

Although being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis can be life-changing, you can still keep your independence. Multiple sclerosis (MS) can affect people in different ways, but with flexible home care support you can stay in control over your life.

 

ASK Healthcare provides nurse-led multiple sclerosis care throughout North Manchester. Our expertly trained and enthusiastic support workers are helping citizens affected by the illness to live as independently as possible at home.

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When delivering our multiple sclerosis home care services, we focus entirely on the citizen to provide a person centred care to suit the citizens needs. Because there are many different forms of MS, citizens living with the condition have varying degrees of medical requirements, but they also have different needs, wants and hobbies. Finding a support worker who understands what makes you the person you are is an important step on your care journey.

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ASK Healthcare are committed to consistency in delivering MS care. This means you can feel safe in the knowledge that there won’t be numerous MS support workers coming into your home. With ASK Healthcare, we match the citizen with a support worker who will provide either visiting or live-in multiple sclerosis help and support on an ongoing basis.

Our team of support workers are here to talk through the options for MS care at home and how we can help you or your loved one.

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By choosing ASK Healthcare, we’ll match you with a support worker who can support you with:

• Personal care, such as bathing, changing clothes, toilet trips or more complex support with a catheter, a stomp or bowel management

• Administering medication and collecting prescriptions from the pharmacy, support with pain management.

• Preparing and cooking meals to your tastes,  support with swallowing and liaison with your SALT

• Household chores, such as washing dishes, the laundry and vacuuming

• Understanding your chronic fatigue , running errands for you and helping to manage key tasks.

• Ongoing companionship, whether it’s chats over a cup of tea or sharing days out together.  Achieving and maintaining positive mental health is key.

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Quality care is much more than medical support. Our support workers also provide ongoing company and friendship, often providing invaluable emotional support. Many of them build strong relationships with our citizens, staying with each of them for a number of years.

That’s why we place special importance on matching you or your loved one with a support worker who shares the same interests and likes. Because it’s so important that you receive support from someone you feel comfortable with and who fits into your life.