Continence Care Plans

What is a continence care plan?

A continence care plan can offer support with your discreet and personal needs.

Carers UK describes continence care as the ability to control movements of the bowels and bladder. Urinary incontinence is the unintentional passing of urine, bowel incontinence is where you are unable to pass faeces in the intended way and both types is referred to as double incontinence. A continence care plan is tailored around you and can support your specific continence care needs, helping with changing and maintaining stoma bags, changing continence pads and cleaning intimate areas.

Why should I have a continence care plan?

If you are experiencing incontinence, a continence care plan could be for you.

Dealing with incontinence can be frustrating and upsetting. The NHS says that incontinence can occur for many reasons, including urinary tract infections, tweaking of the pelvic floor muscles and the urethral sphincter, obesity and increasing age. If you are experiencing incontinence, our care can help you get on top of it, implement ways of managing it and keep an eye on any decline. Our personal care can help with continence care including catheter and stoma care and general hygiene.

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Do I need a care plan?

Our continence care plan may be the perfect choice for you if you experience trouble with the following:

Urine Incontinence

Bowel Incontinence

Keeping on top of hygiene

Managing your stoma or catheter

Mobility issues that make it difficult to wash

Trouble sticking to a routine

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What should an effective continence care plan include?

Continence care should look after any incontinence problems such as urine and bowel incontinence.

Catheter care

We can support catheters, which are tubes that are inserted into the bladder and allow urine to pass through into a drainage bag.

Urostomy care

If you have had urostomy surgery and you require support, supervision or full assistance with the care of your urostomy, we can help.

Urinary sheath

We can help you with your urinary sheath to help with any incontinence in a dignified and hygienic manner.

Hygiene care

A carer can help with toileting, changing continence pads, cleaning intimate areas and your general hygiene.

Bowel management

Our bowel management care covers medication management, through colostomy care where surgical intervention has taken place.

Exercise

Pelvic floor exercises are beneficial to improve bladder control and strengthen the muscles which will improve your overall incontinence.

Dietary habits

Decrease alcohol and caffeine drinks such as tea and coffee. These “can cause your kidneys to produce more urine and irritate the bladder.”

Emotional well-being

Consistently reassure your loved one and encourage them to remain positive when to comes to getting to grips with their incontinence.

How can I create my own care plan?

We can tailor a care plan for continence care to suit you! We offer live-in care, visiting care and respite personal care to fit around your schedule. From stoma and catheter care to general bathing and dressing each morning, our carers are superbly qualified at handling both the medical side of things as well as the hygienic side. With our discreet care, you can retain the healthy, comfortable and dignified way of life you’re used to and with us, you’ll be in the best of hands – Helping Hands!

A continence care plan can help:

Keep independence

Improve comfort

Improve dignity

Upkeep hygiene

Daily routines

Overall well-being

Here are the steps to take to receive personal care:

Speak to our team

Call our team of experts to discuss your options and ask us any questions.

Free home care assessment

Your local Helping Hands manager will visit you to learn about the type of carer you're after.

Find your carer

We'll pair you with a carer who meets your wishes and has the skills and experience for your needs.

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How Helping Hands can help

We offer live-in, visiting and respite care to help with your continence care needs.

Visiting Care

Visiting care begins from just 30 minutes a week and our carers can come to your home at various points of the day.

Prices from £31.00

Prices start from £31.00 per hour for one-to-one personal home care. Costs are flexible for visits lasting 30, 45 or 60 minutes.

Variable prices

Prices depend on your location and specific care needs, with differences for overnight care and support provided during weekends and bank holidays.

Call-out fee of £4.50 per visit

Each care visit comes with a call-out fee of £4.50 per visit. This additional fee is to ensure your carer's travel costs are covered.

Live-in care

Live-in care offers around-the-clock support for all your needs, including continence and discreet care.

Starting from £1,650 per week for a single person

A live-in carer can support you with a number of personal care routines, including bathing, managing catheters, changing clothes and self-care.

£1,650 per week for a couple

Live-in care can be cost effective for couples, allowing them to stay in the home and the community that they know and love.

A fully managed service

From your very first day of care, your local care team will be alongside you every step of the way to provide assistance and help with any queries and concerns.

Fully regulated by the CQC / CIW

Being regulated means:

Our carers are expertly trained and qualified in providing care with a wealth of experience. We’re also regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW), so we’re always on top of our game.

Guaranteed high-quality care

Peace of mind

Independent inspections

Regular development

A safe service

Regular communication