HOME NURSING SERVICES AVAILABLE
At Curantis Home Nursing we offer assisted living of the highest quality backed by unsurpassed Customer Service. To provide the best individual care available to your loved ones. To simplify their daily functions with a team of highly trained staff.
Personal Care Assistance
Personal care assistance involves providing support with daily living activities for individuals who need help due to age, disability, or illness. This includes tasks such as bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, medication management, and offering companionship.
Meal Preparation
Preparing meals and assisted feeding involve providing nutritional support to individuals who may need help due to age, disability, or illness. This service includes planning and cooking balanced meals tailored to dietary needs and preferences, as well as assisting with feeding for those who may have difficulty eating independently. It ensures that individuals receive the necessary nutrition while maintaining their dignity and comfort during meal times.
Administering Medication & Monitoring Vital Signs
Administering medication and monitoring vital signs involve providing medical support to individuals who may need help due to age, disability, or illness. This service includes managing and dispensing prescribed medications according to a healthcare professional's instructions, as well as regularly checking vital signs such as blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, and respiratory rate. It ensures that individuals receive their medications correctly and allows for early detection of any potential health issues, promoting overall well-being and safety.
Light Exercise For Circulation
Light exercise for circulation involves gentle physical activities designed to improve blood flow and overall cardiovascular health. These exercises can include stretching, walking, gentle yoga, and other low-impact activities that promote movement without causing strain. This service is especially beneficial for individuals who may have limited mobility or are recovering from an illness, helping to maintain physical health, reduce the risk of complications, and enhance overall well-being.
Cognitive Care
Cognitive care involves providing specialized support and activities to individuals with cognitive impairments due to conditions such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or other neurological disorders. This service includes mental stimulation exercises, memory enhancement activities, and techniques to improve cognitive function and delay cognitive decline. The goal of cognitive care is to promote mental health, maintain independence, and enhance the quality of life for individuals experiencing cognitive challenges.
Palliative Care
Palliative care involves providing specialized medical care and support to individuals with serious, life-limiting illnesses. This service focuses on relieving symptoms, managing pain, and improving the quality of life for both the patient and their family. Palliative care addresses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs, offering a holistic approach to care. It is provided alongside curative treatments or as the main focus of care, depending on the individual's needs and preferences, ensuring comfort and dignity throughout the illness.
Companionship
Companionship involves providing emotional support and social interaction to individuals who may feel isolated or lonely due to age, disability, or illness. This service includes spending quality time with the individual, engaging in meaningful conversations, participating in hobbies and activities together, and offering a comforting presence. Companionship helps improve mental and emotional well-being by fostering a sense of connection, reducing feelings of loneliness, and enhancing overall quality of life.
Post-Operative Care
Post-operative care involves providing specialized support and assistance to individuals recovering from surgery. This service includes monitoring vital signs, managing pain, administering medications, changing dressings, and ensuring proper wound care. Additionally, post-operative care involves helping individuals with mobility, daily living activities, and follow-up appointments. The goal of post-operative care is to promote healing, prevent complications, and support a smooth and comfortable recovery process.
Wound Care
Our Wound Care Nurse offers professional, compassionate clinical support tailored to individual needs. Services include comprehensive assessments, administration of IMI and IV treatments, and safe initiation of IV lines with a doctor’s script. We specialize in advanced wound care, stoma management, and catheterization, ensuring each procedure is performed with precision, hygiene, and empathy. Whether at home, in a care facility, or on-site, our nurse-led services prioritize comfort, safety, and effective outcomes.
Housekeeping
Light housekeeping duties involve providing assistance with basic household chores to maintain a clean and organized living environment for individuals who may need help due to age, disability, or illness. This service includes tasks such as dusting, vacuuming, mopping floors, doing laundry, washing dishes, and tidying up living spaces. Light housekeeping helps ensure a comfortable and safe home environment, allowing individuals to focus on their health and well-being.
Frail Care
Frail care involves providing comprehensive and specialized support to individuals who are elderly, weak, or have multiple health conditions that require intensive and continuous care. This service includes assistance with daily living activities, medical supervision, medication management, and ensuring the overall well-being and safety of the individual. Frail care also involves monitoring and addressing the unique physical, emotional, and social needs of frail individuals, helping them maintain their quality of life in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) About In-Home Caregiving Services
Who are Caregivers?
Caregivers provide care and can be qualified & certified as a caregiver or auxiliary nurses or anyone who provides care.
This could be a family, a home caregiver, or a primary caregiver, but the main function is to provide care for someone in need of care.
When it comes to the care of the elderly, this job title refers to a private duty home caregiver or senior caregiver.
The name home caregivers perform care-related activities in the home and personal care.
The role of the carer is to take on and perform the daily functions no longer possible by the elderly or those not in a position to do so for them self.
These carers work indolently and operate on their own ensuring their well-being and providing their clients with the opportunity to live a normal as far as possible.
A sometimes missed function is that of providing companionship which is a vital part of any caring-giving process.
Caregivers focus on activities of daily life (ADL), daily activities could include bathing, grooming, dressing, going to the toilet, eating, and bodily mobility (walking).
Carers are the resources available to help with these personal tasks.
Can caregivers be independent contractors?
Carers can be independent contractors, some carers prefer to freelance and operate without an agency.
They prefer to source their own clients and work from one contract to the next, without the protection of an agency.
Can CAREGIVERS accept gifts?
From time to time carers receive gifts from the family and their clients, as in any other organization there should policy and procedures in place to regulate the gifts received.
In other words, these should be appropriate and in line with company rules the company has in place with its employees.
All gifts should be declared to the agency, it should be noted to be careful when accepting gifts from dementia or Alzheimer as these patients can forget to give them and may start looking for the gifts leading to problems later on.
In this case, all gifts also need to be cleared with the family.
What CAREGIVERS do who suspect abuse?
Carers who suspect abuse of the elderly should report it as soon they detect any sign of abuse.
Where abuse is detected or suspected every effort shall be to protect the a person from further abuse.
Suspected abuse shall either be reported Care Company or family that is in a position to protect him and remove him from the abusive situation or environment.
How do Caregivers who specialize in Dementia look after patients?
Dementia requires trained carers who have spent time looking after and caring for these types of patients.
The best carers are those who have spent with these types of patients in-home and care facilities, they are patient caring caregivers who have an understanding of what dementia suffers need to provide good quality care.
Patience, love, care, and dedication makes a carer a good Dementia carer.
Can carers get paid by medical aids?
No, only registered care agencies with a practice number will be paid by the medical aid.
Carers can work independently but cannot get paid directly from medical aids unless they have a practice number. Carers are paid by their agency, and agencies claim from the medical.
Who Hires Care Givers?
Anybody can enlist the services or help of a carer to assist in several different scenarios where help is required. Help is offered to anyone who has lost the capability to look after themselves or care for themselves. This may range from basic housekeeping to help for medical reasons. Duties and functions vary from situation to situation.
Who Hires Care Givers?
They perform a wide range of duties and functions depending on the needs of their clients. These duties may be as simple as companionship to as complicated as medical assistance. Common duties most often include daily house chores to things like assisting clients with their daily hygiene, exercise etc. Most Caregiving Agencies will adapt services to meet the needs of their clients.
