Ginger Home Care

 ‘Providing Specialist Care’

Ginger Homecare, a care business based in Preston announces plans to expand it's services to different areas. The Ribble valley based care business was set up in 1992, and was the creation of Pat Hill. She runs a business that genuinely cares, not only for the long standing staff, many of whom have been working with her since the early days, but she and her staff truly care about the service users.

About Ginger Homecare

We deliver person centred care, which is delivered in a kind, respectful and empathetic but not overly sombre way.
Ginger Homecare workers are trained in a number of different areas:

* Moving and Handling
* Safeguarding
* Medicine awareness
* Infection control
* Dementia care
* End of life care

The care package that service users receive is tailored to their needs, and is discussed in detail during the risk assessment that is carried out before commencing the care service. We make sure that each service user is cared for by someone that they will be able to get along with, as they deal with the illness or injury that has made them seek out our help.

Ginger Homecare workers have experience of caring for people with different requirements as we have had service users with the following:

* Dementia
* Eating disorders
* Learning disabilities
* Mental health
* Physical disabilities
* Sensory impairments


The care that we offer is tailored exclusively to the service user, and is always discussed with their loved ones. It depends on the people requiring help, whether they choose to have our help throughout the night, or merely have a friendly face call once a week to help with domestic or personal care tasks.

If you feel like Ginger Homecare could provide you with some help, and be a right fit for you or the person requiring help, then we would very much like to hear from you.

We always aim to deliver excellent customer service and individual care with no exception.

Contact Ginger Homecare

Call:
01772 461202

Or call:
01772 463097

Email:
gingercare@hotmail.co.uk

Top ten things to do in the Ribble Valley

Clitheroe Castle has been standing for more than eight hundred years, is accessible, to those with both visual and physical impairments, and offers a chance to see some of the heritage of the area.

 Browsholme Hall is oldest private residence in Lancashire, and boasts both a hall and a Tithe barn. The hall’s steps into the entrance hall might be a little difficult for those with physical or visual impairments to navigate but the rest of the building is accessible to all. The Tithe Barn is fully accessible regardless of the visitor’s physical ability.

 Ribble steam railway is somewhere for train and history enthusiasts, which is fully accessible to all visitors. It’s located not far from Preston, and offers three hour long train rides at a cost of £7.00 for adults.

Worden Park has flat and easy to navigate paths, around flower gardens and is popular with many visitors regardless of their age.

Samlesbury Hall is a residence in the local area dating from 1325, which has staff who know a good deal about the local history, and will dress in period costume while giving tours. It is improving the level of it’s access for visitors of all physical abilities, and offers a virtual tour of the property.

Euxton Cricket Club has a bar and has teams of different ages and abilities playing there.

 The RAFA Club offers decent and inexpensive meals, with great service. It’s located close by Leyland Railway station.

 Hogton Tower has been a fixture of the Ribble Valley for centuries, and sits in expansive grounds. The grounds are accessible to all, but the fact of the Tower’s age means that some of it is difficult for some visitors. There is a tea room offering excellent refreshments in the grounds. 

Turbary Woods is a centre for wild birds, including owls and birds of prey. It’s a well established place, and is £5 for adults and £3 for concessions. It’s located not far from Preston.

 Harris Museum is packed full of fascinating facts about the local area. It’s in Preston, and among the exhibits is a 13,500 elk skeleton retrieved from a street in Blackpool in 1970. 

(Information correct as of 24 February 2016)

If you liked the article, and want to visit one of these places, but need someone to look after your loved one, or would like someone to accompany you, then you can contact Ginger Homecare. It is a care service that has been running since 1992, and offers a individualised care plan for each service user. We always aim to deliver excellent customer service and individual care with no exception. 

Contact Ginger Homecare

Call 01772 461202

Or call 01772 463097

 Email: gingercare@hotmail.co.uk

Funding for care homes and care services

The government is changing the way that care funding is distributed. There is still the stipulation that if you have assets of over 23,500 pounds that you have to pay the fees in full, but there is different ways of receiving help. One thing that might help, is the fact that if your partner or a close relative is living in your home, then it is not included as being part of your assets.

The first part of the Care Act came into force in 2015, and means that people can receive a lot of help from both local council, and national government.

Some of the ways that the Care Act might affect you are as follows:
* You have the right to get a free needs assessment from your council
* If you are receiving social care support, then you have the right to request a personal budget breakdown from the council. It will help you see how much the council thinks that you should have to pay for care.
* There are new national eligibility criteria, which give the councils an idea whether people deserve help.
* If your needs assessment reveals that you don’t qualify for financial help from the council, then the council have to give you advice about paying for care, and the care system itself.
* You have the option of delaying the sale of your home, in order to pay care fees, until after your own death.
* If you are paying for your own care, you can still ask the council to arrange the services that you want to receive. They can’t charge you any more than a client receiving help with care fees.
* If you are caring for someone, then you are entitled to ask for a care assessment from the local council.
* There is help available for those who might find it difficult to communicate or understand the issues discussed. The council is to provide a advocate to represent you, if there isn’t a friend or family member available to come with you.
* Your local council must provide services which will reduce or delay the likelihood of you needing to receive care. If you have been in hospital, for example, then they are supposed to arrange for you to receive some care in your own home, which will mean that you are able to keep your independence.

(Information correct as of 26th February 2016, and referenced on Age UK website)

If you have found this article to be interesting and informative, and now want to receive care, then you need to contact Ginger Homecare, a long standing care service based in Preston/Leyland but covering various places within the Ribble Valley.

We always aim to deliver excellent customer service and individual care with no exception.
Contact Ginger Homecare on
Call: 01772 461202
Or: 01772 463097
Contact:  gingercare@hotmail.co.uk