Four Oaks Healthcare

There are a range of care options available depending on your current needs. Aside from moving into a residential or nursing home, you can request to have someone come into your home at certain times of the day to assist with domestic chores that you may be starting to struggle with. This type of care is known as homecare.

Another option is to invest in someone being with you, in your home 24/7. Not only will someone be available to assist with daily tasks like cooking, cleaning and medication; but you will also gain a close friend and confidant. A lot of people choose this option, known as live-in care, due to the comfort and reassurance that you are never alone.

Both of these options will help you stay safe in your home as well as maintain your independence.

Four Oaks Healthcare have been providing home care for years and have been awarded a top ten award from homecare.co.uk. While we’re based in Birmingham, we provide homecare for the elderly across the UK.

Complex care, continuing care or long-term care is the care required for someone with substantial healthcare needs. This could be due to a disability, a debilitating mental health condition or a chronic illness such as Huntington’s Disease or Cerebral Palsy.

It is also referred to when someone undergoes a medical procedure and there are complications, such as brain injury, muscular dystrophy or injury to the spinal cord.

Complex care nursing can take place within a hospital or residential care setting. Complex care can also take place at home.

If you or someone you are responsible for is suffering with any of these, then investing in complex care from a specialist is the best option as they will have the experience and understanding required to provide the very best care possible.

Huntington’s disease is a hereditary disease caused by a faulty gene, that over time stops parts of the brain working properly. Because it is a progressive disease, those diagnosed will notice deterioration over time and will require an increasing amount of care.

Since there is no way to cure or stop Huntington’s Disease from progressing, finding the right complex care provider to give the client the assistance they need is essential.

Whether investing in our services during the early or later stages of illness, our main goal is to help our clients develop new skills to cope with changes and retain control over their home environment.

Muscular Dystrophy can be hard for both the client and their family, with the disability increasing substantially over time. Although there is no known cure for muscular dystrophy (also known as MD), treatment can be provided to ease the symptoms and complex care can help to retain a sense of normality and independence.
More than 70,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with MD, and there are many different types of the condition. Therefore, finding the right carer to suit you and your needs is of the utmost importance
Muscular Dystrophy can be diagnosed at any age depending on the type of disease. Whether you are looking for complex care for your child, a parent or even yourself; we understand that this can be a stressful and frustrating time.

At Four Oaks Healthcare we have years of experience supporting people diagnosed with MD and have put together some frequently asked questions to help you. If you need anything else, from advice to a care assessment, get in touch and an experienced member of the team will be happy to help.

Brain injuries can be life changing. It can also put significant emotional strain on an individual or their family, as they adjust their lives accordingly. Nursing care or a live-in carer can help tremendously during this process as those involved learn to navigate the challenges they now face, and the individual with a brain injury is rehabilitated.
As the UK’s leading providers of person-centred, nurse-led complex care at home, we are asked about brain injury recovery a lot. We have collated and answered some of the most popular questions to help you get a better understanding of what brain injury is and the different types of support available to you and your family. If you have any more questions, please do get in touch and we will be happy to answer them.

Whether you have recently been diagnosed with this illness, know someone who has or are starting to struggle with managing the illness, the team at Four Oaks healthcare can help.

Over the years, we have been asked many questions relating to cerebral palsy. We have collected some of the most popular questions and answered them here. We hope it meets all your questions and concerns, however, please get in touch if you have a question and can’t find the answer here.

If the spinal cord injury concerned is new, it can feel like every aspect of yours or your loved one’s life has just been dramatically affected, which can be hard to cope with emotionally, mentally, and socially; without the added new physical challenges you are facing.

It may be that you have been living with the aftermath of a spinal cord injury and didn’t realise how difficult things would be. You don’t have to go through this alone, there is support available to you.

Here are some of the most common questions we are asked about spinal cord injuries. If you have a question that we have not answered here, then please get in touch so we can offer help and advice.

Palliative care at home means that your loved one does not have to move into a residential facility. Being in a familiar environment, among home comforts improves mental health and morale, which are paramount to care.

When most people think about home care, they envision the elderly. While older people are the core demographic of this form of support, the benefits of home care are incredibly far-reaching.

We have a division of carers who are specially trained in providing in-home care for children and young adults with a disability.

Even the most dedicated and supportive family needs to sleep. Looking after your loved one throughout the day as well as supporting daily household chores can be exhausting. Unfortunately, the need for care does not stop at night.

Our overnight care team will be on hand for those restless nights when your loved one feels distressed, worried, or alone. We have given many family members peace of mind that their loved one has someone beside them when they can’t be.

Our highly experienced team of carers provide wholly personalised care plans for individuals who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. We strive to ensure that all care recipients remain as independent and active as possible.

Statistics suggest that by 2025, the number of people living with dementia could reach one million in the UK alone. Dementia home care offers round-the-clock support, providing peace of mind for family members who can’t be with their loved one 24/7.

Dementia home care involves:

Assisting with personal hygiene and dressing
Managing problems surrounding sleep and wandering
Ensuring access to enjoyable and stimulating activities
Spending quality one-on-one time with the client
Taking control of nutrition to ensure the client eats and drinks well
Dementia home care services should be flexible in their approach, with consideration to the changing moods and confusion that often come hand-in-hand with the illness. The aim of care should be to ensure that the client remains calm, comfortable, confident and in control.
At Four Oaks Healthcare, we provide specialist, personalised dementia home care for those who could benefit from additional support; allowing every individual to continue living in their own home independently for as long as possible.