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Caring For Someone in Another Home If you provide care and support to an older person, you may have concerns about how to continue doing this during the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s what you need to consider to keep you and them safe. You may care for someone paid or unpaid, by: picking up essential supplies; checking in with them on a regular basis; supporting them to take their medication; providing cleaning services; or supporting someone to maintain their independence at home with personal care such as helping them to eat, move about the house or shower. Can I still provide care for someone in their home if I don’t live with them? The short answer is yes – although you might have to change the way you provide this care depending on what it is that you usually do for them.
There are precautions and steps you should
visit, using soap and water for at least 20
take to keep you both as safe as possible –
seconds. You should catch any sneezes in a
such as regularly washing your hands with
tissue and dispose of it straight away. If you
soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
do need to cough you should cough into the
How can I safely visit someone? If you provide care that requires you to go into someone’s home – perhaps you help
crook of your elbow. You may want to consider wearing a face covering if it’s possible for you and the person you are caring for.
them to get out of bed, move around their
If you or the person you care for lives alone or
house, take their medication, or get dressed
in a singled-adult household you may decide
– then you can carry on doing this.
to form a support bubble with each other.
But, if you do so, you must ensure you follow simple hygiene steps to protect the person
This can make caring easier as it means you can spend time in the house of the person you care for without needing to socially
you care for. These include washing your hands when you arrive and often during your
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