Personal Care in Bury St Edmunds

FAQs

• Which towns and postcodes do the Bury St Edmunds team service?

  Our office provides care for people at home in the following areas:

  Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket, Moreton Hall, Combs Ford, Harleston, Needham Market, Eye, Elmswell, Howard Estate, Thurston, Claydon, Priors Estate, Mildenhall Road Estate, Middle Green, Stowupland, Ixworth, Debenham, Westley Estate, Woolpit, Great Blakenham, Norton, Cockfield, Bacton, Langham, Haughley, Gislingham, Fornham St Martin, Mendlesham, Kenton, Horringer, Barningham, Old Newton, Rattlesden, Risby, Ingham, Bardwell, Onehouse, Sicklesmere, Higham, Witnesham, Beyton, Great Finborough, Barton Mills, Badwell Ash, Fornham All Saints, Thorndon, Worlingworth, Pakenham, Yaxley, Combs, Coddenham, Otley, Culford, Finningham, Mellis, Westerfield, Drinkstone Green, Felsham, Blackthorpe, Earl Soham, Occold, Upthorpe, Wetherden, Tostock, Ashbocking, Stonham Aspal, Great Barton, Hessett, Chevington, Little Stonham, Icklingham, Barking, Tuddenham, Battisford Tye, Tuddenham St Martin, Diss, Charsfield, Coney Weston, Westley, Troston, Hargrave, Lackford, Brandeston, Framsden, Creeting St Mary, Herringswell, Lower Green, Wickham Skeith, Mickfield, Stowlangtoft, Mendlesham Green, Wetheringsett, Pettaugh, Great Ashfield, Great Livermere, Stanton, Haughley Green, Stoke Ash, Creeting St Peter, Kettleburgh, Forward Green, Wyverstone, Playford, Tan Office Green, Woolpit Heath, Hemingstone, Hollybush Corner, Battisford, Hengrave, West Stow, Grimstone End, Saxham Street, Rougham, Bradfield Combust, Sapiston, Wyverstone Street, Cretingham, Thornham Magna, Ampton, Swilland, Long Thurlow, Brome, Flempton, Great Saxham, Crowfield, Helmingham, Winston Green, Henley, Cross Green, Nowton, Borley Green, Redlingfield, Gosbeck, Drinkstone, Gedding, Hawstead Green, Cavenham, Upper Green, Norton Little Green, Westhorpe, Tannington, Hunston, Monewden, Windsor Green, Thorpe Morieux, Bradfield St George, Brockford Street, Bedingfield, Honington, Little Saxham, Ward Green, Thornham Parva, High Green, Middlewood Green, Winston, Kittle's Corner, Woolpit Green, Rushbrooke, Coddenham Green, Mill Green, Ixworth Thorpe, Gipping, Aspall, Haughley New Street, Badley, Timworth, Barham, Hawstead, High Street Green, Earl Stonham, Nether Street, Monk Soham, Bush Green, Pinford End, Brockford Green, Denham, Letheringham, Southolt, Gibraltar, Braiseworth, Rishangles, Stanway Green, Hoo, Almshouse Green, Baylham, Barrow, Baylham, Cotton, Ringshall, West Street, Pitcher's Green, High Rougham, Bradfield St Clare, Thwaite, Little Finborough, Smithwood Green, Broad Green, Little London, Culpho, Wetherden Upper Town, Darmsden, Buxhall, Barking Tye, Shelland, Stanton Chare, Bedfield, Little Whelnetham, Walsham le Willows, Great Whelnetham, Ashfield cum Thorpe, Fornham St Genevieve, Burthorpe, Low Green, Cockfield Great Green, Poystreet Green, Stanton Street, Rougham Green, Birds End, Hargrave Green, Culford Heath, Stockhold Green, Thurston Planche

  If your town doesn’t appear above please check the postcodes below to see if we cover your area:

  IP32 6, IP33 3, IP14 4, IP6 0, IP23 8, IP14 1, IP31 3, IP33 1, IP33 2, IP14 2, IP23 7, IP6 8, IP32 7, IP30 0, IP13 7, IP30 9, IP28 6, IP14 6, IP31 2, IP31 1, IP14 3, IP14 5, IP29 5, IP6 9, IP21 4, IP22 2, IP22 4, IP22 5, IP22 1

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• Is Home Instead Bury St Edmunds a locally owned home care organisation?

  Home Instead Bury St Edmunds is one of 250 locally owned offices that collectively form Home Instead UK. Together, we care for 16,000 clients, delivering one million hours of home care each month. This unique combination of community-focused local offices and the resources of a national network enables us to provide personalised, relationship-led care while leading research and innovation that is transforming the experience of aging. Our services include companionship care, personal care, specialist care (including dementia, palliative, and Parkinson’s), and live-in care.

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• What is personal care assistance?

  Physical help given to a person and prompting of an individual to carry out daily living tasks themselves.

• What are the benefits of personal care assistance?

  Promoting good personal hygiene helps to prevent illness and the spread of infection. It also helps maintain self-confidence and dignity.

• Why choose personal care assistance at home?

  A familiar care professional matched with you provides personalised care and support to you in your own home in the way you want it to be provided.

• How will I know who is providing my care?

  We understand that it can be difficult accepting personal care and that is why you will be introduced to your Care Professionals and they will spend time getting to know you before assisting you with your personal care.

• Will I have the same Care Professional?

  At Home Instead we ensure that each client has a small team of Care Professionals in place to provide you with care so you can be confident that you will have continuity from the same Care Professionals.

• How do I know my Care Professional is competent?

  At Home Instead, we have a robust approach to ensuring that all Care Professionals have regular observations of practice that we call Support Visits, and assessments of competency for key activities such as handling medication or providing catheter care.