Exceptional Motor Neurone Disease Care at Home for over 60 years
Caring for a loved one with motor neurone disease (MND) can be emotionally and physically demanding. At Consultus Care and Nursing, we understand how MND impacts daily life and how important it is for your loved one to stay in the comfort of their own home. Our personalised live-in care provides expert support, helping your loved one manage their symptoms and maximise independence for as long as possible.
What is Motor Neurone Disease (MND)?
Motor neurone disease is a progressive neurological condition that affects the nerves in the brain and spinal cord. This leads to muscle weakness, loss of mobility, and difficulties with speech, swallowing, and breathing. Our live-in care service for MND focuses on providing specialised, 24h support to help manage these symptoms, enabling your loved one to live a better quality of life.
MND is life-changing, both for the individual and for their loved ones. Understanding how MND impacts the body and mind is essential to providing the right level of care and support to help those living with the condition maintain the best possible quality of life. At Consultus, we offer tailored care plans that evolve with the individual, ensuring that as their condition changes, their care adapts to meet their needs.
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What does our Motor Neurone Live-in Care include?
Caring for someone with MND requires a comprehensive and adaptable approach, as symptoms can progress rapidly and affect various aspects of life. Our live-in carers are specially trained to provide the right combination of physical, emotional, and practical support, ensuring that your loved one can continue living in the comfort of their home.
Here are the key areas of care we focus on:
Sensitive personal care: Assisting with daily tasks such as washing, dressing, grooming, and toileting, while maintaining your loved one’s dignity and comfort. As MND progresses, our carers offer more hands-on support to ensure personal hygiene is maintained.
Mobility support: Helping with safe transfers, such as moving from bed to chair, and supporting the use of mobility aids to maintain independence as much as possible.
Medication management: Administering medications on time, monitoring for any side effects, and ensuring that prescriptions are refilled when necessary.
Respiratory support: Assisting with the management of breathing difficulties, including the use of devices such as CPAP or BiPAP machines to support respiratory function.
Feeding and nutrition: Preparing meals that meet dietary requirements, and offering assistance with eating and drinking, especially if swallowing becomes difficult. We ensure your loved one receives adequate nutrition to support their well-being.
Emotional support and companionship: Providing reassurance, companionship, and emotional care, helping your loved one cope with the psychological challenges of living with MND.
Household support: Taking care of day-to-day household tasks such as cleaning, laundry, and shopping, so your loved one can focus on their well-being.
End-of-life care: We provide compassionate palliative care, ensuring your loved one is comfortable and receives the highest level of care to manage symptoms and maintain quality of life.
Why choose Motor Neurone Disease Care at Home
For many people living with MND, staying at home is important for their emotional well-being and quality of life. With live-in care, your loved one can receive all the support they need whilst remaining in the comfort and familiarity of their own surroundings. Here’s why live-in care is the best choice for someone living with the condition:
Comfort of home: Being in a familiar environment can significantly reduce anxiety and stress, which can improve the well-being of your loved one.
One-to-one care: Unlike residential care, live-in care means your loved one receives dedicated, one-to-one support that’s tailored to their specific needs.
Continuity of care: Consistency is key when managing a complex condition like MND. With live-in care, your loved one will have the same carer providing continuous care, ensuring that routines are maintained, and changes are introduced gradually.
Family involvement: Live-in care allows family members to stay closely involved in their loved one’s care, ensuring they’re available to provide emotional support and make important decisions about care together.
Independence: With live-in care, we strive to maintain independence for as long as possible, with support in place when needed.
For couples: Live-in care for couples enables life partners to remain together, receiving care in familiar environment. With residential care, couples are often split up, with few providers offering shared accommodation.
How we provide MND Live-In Care
At Consultus Care & Nursing, we offer three tailored services for individuals MND care at home, ensuring your loved one receives the right level of care at each stage of their journey:
Introductory Live-in Care: We carefully match your loved one with a trained carer, helping them remain in the comfort of their own home. This service is ideal for those seeking flexible, one-on-one support while maintaining independence and routine.
Managed Live-in Care: Our fully managed service provides ongoing oversight and support, with our expert team handling all aspects of care management. This ensures peace of mind, knowing your loved one’s evolving needs are being met with compassion and consistency.
Managed Nursing Care: For individuals requiring more advanced medical care, our managed nursing service offers 24/7 support from experienced nurses. This service ensures complex healthcare needs are met while allowing your loved one to remain in the familiarity of home.
Why choose Consultus Care & Nursing?
Since 1962 Consultus Care and Nursing has been a trusted, highly regarded, nationwide provider of exceptional live-in care and nursing care at home. With a reputation for providing high-quality homecare, our established service is highly rated by clients who we enable to live well, in the comfort of their own homes.
Established and trusted
For over 60 years we have been trusted by families to provide the highest standards of live-in care and nursing care at home, with a reputation built on recommendation. We continue to be a family-owned and managed business, which means our focus is on the quality of our service, not on meeting investors’ expectations.
Choice and control
Across our three live-in care services we offer families choice and flexibility. We know that every family’s circumstances are different, so once we match you with a perfect carer, you can either manage the care arrangement yourself, or we can manage it for you through our registered service, which is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Exceptional care for life
From respite care, through to on-going live-in care to nursing care at home, choosing Consultus Care and Nursing means you do not need to move out of your home to get the care you need. We know continuity of care, in the place you love most, offers families much-needed peace of mind.
Accredited market leading training
Unlike other care agencies, all our carers receive our market leading training, endorsed by Skills for Care for its excellence. This means carers are skilled and experienced to deliver high quality care our clients expect. Nurses also have access to our training, and we support and invest in their on-going professional development.
Clinical oversight
Our live-in care and nursing service is overseen by our qualified registered nurses, who support our teams to ensure we can effectively help those living with complex conditions to live well at home.
How much does MND Care at Home cost?
The cost of live-in MND care varies depending on the level of care required and the specific needs of your loved one. We are committed to providing clear pricing and believe that exceptional care should be accessible and straightforward to understand. We offer competitive rates with no hidden fees, ensuring that you know exactly what to expect.
Our team of Care Consultants is on hand to help you explore your options and find the right care solution for your family.
For a personalised quote or to discuss your loved one’s needs, contact us today. We’re here to guide you through the process and ensure your loved one receives the expert care they deserve at home.