When you need home care quickly, you don't have to settle for the first option offered. With the right funding support, you can take control and choose the care provider that best meets your needs. needs.

When you are faced with needing homecare help fast, many people don’t realise they have the power to take control of their own carer choices with funding help.

It is easy to take whatever help you are given when you are in the situation of needed homecare fast.

Not many people stop to consider the quality of the carers they are offered and whether the time of their visits suit their needs best.

However, 2014 ‘choice and control’ legislation gives the power for those under the self-funding threshold to ask for a social services allowance to be paid to them direct, so they can choose their own care arrangements and provider for themselves.

Experienced care provider Claire Evans explains: “They may suggest three home visits a day but you may wish to only have two, at times to suit you, then use that extra budget for your own choice of carer.”

Looking for transparency in pricing, and the extent of care given, is important to help you make the right choice to meet your personal needs.

Hidden costs and reductions in care time are pitfalls you don’t want to fall into, if your care provider decides to cut corners.

Claire describes caring as a vocation, rather than a job, which should be delivered with compassion and kindness. That is why she believes in providing a premium service at Bluebird Care which is now being offered in Lytham, Fylde and Blackpool.

With 12 years of experience and a well-earned reputation in Lancaster, Claire is building a new local service with her family-run business which is regulated by the Care Quality Commission.

They can offer homecare services for people aged over 18, with needs ranging from frailty to more complex heath conditions.

From shopping and playing Monopoly to medication administration and help with personal care, , taking you out on a jaunt, preparing fresh meals or domestic support, our local carers are here to help.

Claire

Their services include visiting home care and live-in home care:

· Companionship care and social support

· Personal care

· Medication support

· Care for complex health conditions

· Specialist dementia care

What customers say

“My experience of Bluebird Care has been nothing but five-star from the start and I fully recommend them to anyone looking for care and support for elderly relatives in their own home. Dealing with elderly parents can be very stressful but I genuinely believe this is being addressed as a team effort with Bluebird – thank you.” Adam