If you or a loved one is struggling with a mental health condition, you may be wondering where to get support. Help for mental health issues in the form of mental health home care could be the perfect solution for you. These services are flexible and customisable and can help you or your loved one live independently at home.
In this post, we will explore what mental health home care is and how it can help you or a loved one. We will also explain how to get help for someone with mental health issues so you or a loved one can receive vital support.
What is home help for mental health?
Home help for mental health is about providing services in a client’s own home to help them with everyday tasks.
It covers a wide range of activities, from help with washing to meal preparation. Mental health home care can also cover accompanying clients outside the home to appointments. Services may be practical or geared more towards emotional support — for example, offering companionship or helping the client socialise.
Services are flexible, according to need. For example, a mental health home carer might provide emotional support for one or two hours a week. Or they may offer daily visits or even live-in care if a client’s needs are more complex.
Which mental health conditions can I get support with?
Many of us are either living with a mental health condition or know someone who is. According to the mental health charity Mind, 1 in 4 people in England will experience a mental health condition every year.
The good news is that you can get support for many different types of mental health conditions. These include:
Agoraphobia
Anxiety, including generalised anxiety disorder, social anxiety and health anxiety
Bipolar disorder
Depression, including post-natal depression
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Panic attacks
Personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Schizophrenia
What sort of tasks can a mental health home carer cover?
You can receive help for mental health issues across a wide variety of tasks including:
Personal care, including dressing, washing and other hygiene tasks
Grocery shopping, meal planning and preparation
Help with housework — for example, dusting, vacuuming and laundry
Medication support to organise and take medication on time
Help with appointments, including healthcare, social and personal care appointments — for example, going to the hairdresser’s
Emotional support, in the form of companionship, sharing hobbies or just watching television together
Remember that mental health home care services are flexible and customised to the client. Whether you or your loved one needs help only once a week, every day or 24/7, there will be a package to help you.
You can also change the amount or type of services you or your relative needs so you can increase or decrease support accordingly.
You can learn more about the tasks a mental health home carer can carry out in our post What are the duties of a home carer? A comprehensive guide.
What are the benefits of home help for mental health issues?
Home help for mental health issues offers many benefits. It means you or your loved one can:
Live independently at home, according to your own routine
Get the compassionate, specialist help you need
Receive flexible, responsive services that can be changed as your needs change
Get emotional support to boost your mental well-being
Stay healthy with support to attend appointments and take medication
Maintain hobbies and a social life with the right support
These benefits combined mean that you or a loved one can enjoy a better quality of life, knowing that you have the right support behind you.
How to get help for someone with mental health issues
Get in touch with a specialist Mental Health Home Care provider
If you or a loved one is living with a mental health condition and need support, you can reach out to us here at Bramble Home Care.
We provide specialist mental health home care services, designed around our clients’ individual needs.
Get in touch with our friendly team to talk through the next steps. We can arrange a free home care consultation to find out about your specific goals and needs and work out a suggested plan of support.
Seek external support
If you are feeling concerned about your or a loved one’s mental health, get in touch with your/their GP to talk through your/their issues.
You can also find out how to get help with crisis situations on the Mind website.
If you want to know how to support someone else, read this guide also on the Mind website.
Remember, many people are living with mental health issues. Reaching out for help for mental health issues is a brave and positive step towards living a fulfilling life.
How Bramble Home Care provides help for mental health issues
If you're looking for an experienced and reliable care agency providing home help for mental health in Gloucestershire, turn to Bramble Home Care.
Bramble Home Care has been providing mental health home care and other services since 2010. Our experience helping our valued clients living with conditions such as anxiety and depression means we’re a safe choice.
Our services range from emotional support through to help with medication and getting to healthcare appointments.
Our carers have been trained to the highest standard in home care to ensure they have the right expertise to look after your loved one. What’s more, our approach to each of our clients is unique so that our care is tailored to their needs.
Reach out to know more about our Home Care services
IIf you’d like to discuss how our mental health home care services could help your relative, please contact our friendly team.
You can book a home care consultation to take place in your or your loved one’s home at a time that suits you.
Or choose another way to contact us:
Call us on 01684 217040
Email us at enquiries@bramblehomecare.co.uk