Dementia and Alzheimer's care at home
Garda-vetted, experienced and insured healthcare assistants who help your loved one keep to their daily routine at home, with a designated carer the family gets to know.
Care usually starts within days, with no HSE assessment queue
Garda-vetted carers, employed and insured by us
One primary carer, with a familiar backup
4.8/5 on Google and 5/5 on Bark
What happens next
We call you back
Someone from our care team rings you to talk through what’s needed and answer your questions.
A short conversation
Which days and hours would help, what has got harder at home, and anything we should know about your loved one.
We match a carer
Garda-vetted, employed and insured by us. Care usually starts within days, sometimes sooner.
Life at home with dementia
Dementia is the name for a group of conditions that affect the brain, and Alzheimer's disease is one of them. Over time it changes memory, thinking and language, and with them the ordinary parts of a day: remembering whether lunch was eaten, finding the right word, keeping track of the date, or finding the way around a place that was once familiar. Mood and behaviour can change too, and some days are better than others.
Many people feel most settled in their own home, among their own things and the people they know. That is why so many families want their loved one to stay at home for as long as it is safe to do so, and why the day-to-day load on a family carer can grow quickly.
Home care can share that load. A trained healthcare assistant helps with washing, dressing, meals and medication prompts, brings a steady rhythm to the day and keeps your loved one company. We assign a designated carer, with a familiar second carer for cover, so your loved one sees faces they come to know.
How our carers help
Washing and dressing
Calm reassurance on harder days
Meals and a steady daily routine
Company and favourite pastimes
Medication prompts
Light housework, laundry and bed linen
What we don't do
Our carers do not give injections, dress wounds or administer insulin. With medication, they give prompts and reminders. If your loved one has a catheter or uses home oxygen, talk it through with your care manager, who is nurse-trained and will tell you honestly what we can take on. Diagnosis and clinical assessments stay with the GP and memory clinic. We work alongside your GP, public health nurse and hospital team, who look after your loved one's medical care.
Signs it may be time for more support
- Meals are being skipped or medication forgotten
- Washing, dressing or keeping the house has become a struggle
- They have got lost, even close to home
- There's been a fall, a near miss, or a pan left on the hob
- Evenings or nights have become unsettled
- A family carer is running on empty
What families say
United Irish Healthcare have been beyond any of my expectations. UIH had us sorted in a matter of hours. I cannot thank Daniel, Olivia and Jean enough — highly recommend.
Doireann Kate Gough
We use UIH for night care for our Mam. The staff have been fantastic — it is very personal and she is comfortable with her carers.
Orla Daly
For the last 8 months Mum has had two very kind carers fulfilling her wish to stay in her own home. The peace of mind is well worth it.
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