{"id":12441,"date":"2025-03-24T12:23:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=12441"},"modified":"2025-03-28T08:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T08:55:15","slug":"small-details-that-make-a-big-difference-to-at-home-care-provision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/home-care\/small-details-that-make-a-big-difference-to-at-home-care-provision\/","title":{"rendered":"Small details that make a big difference to \u2018at home\u2019 care provision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-12442\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/24121617\/vicky-1742818576-Jonathan-Gardner-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/24121617\/vicky-1742818576-Jonathan-Gardner-Headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/24121617\/vicky-1742818576-Jonathan-Gardner-Headshot-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Jonathan Gardner<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">CEO, Bluebird Care<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Providers of in-home care need to take a personalised approach to the services they offer, with detailed and tailored care plans that meet their customers\u2019 specific needs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people who need care say they would prefer it to be delivered in their own homes, rather than a care home. \u201cWhich is completely understandable,\u201d says Jonathan Gardner, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcare.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bluebird Care<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-personalised-attentive-in-home-care\"><strong>Personalised, attentive in-home care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople want to be cared for in the comfort of their own home, surrounded by the things most familiar to them,\u201d says Gardner. The challenge we face, he explains, is a tendency for in-home care services to be rather \u2018cookie-cutter,\u2019 which means the focus is on delivering tasks rather than person-centred outcomes unique to the individual who needs the care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s needed, and what is different about Bluebird Care is that we spend a lot of time talking to our customers and their families to create constantly reviewed care plans that are tailored to a person\u2019s specific needs,\u201d explains Gardner. \u201cSmall details can make a big difference. For example, for someone living with dementia, it can be important to cut their sandwich in the way they are familiar with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That may sound trivial \u2014 but it really isn\u2019t. \u201cIt can be the difference between them eating and not eating,\u201d he says. \u201cAll our highly trained colleagues will have an intimate understanding of each person\u2019s plan in order to deliver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcare.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the best care for them<\/a> at home. They want to help customers live fulfilling lives \u2014 and they don\u2019t want to be rushed. In fact, we work closely with Health Service Executive Ireland (HSE Ireland) to scale visits up, if and when this becomes necessary.\u201d In some instances, live-in care is available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>People want to be cared for in <br>the comfort of their own home, <br>surrounded by the things <br>most familiar to them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nurse-led-care-ensures-clinical-professionalism\"><strong>Nurse-led care ensures clinical professionalism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At Bluebird Care, which has offices covering the whole of the country, care is nurse-led. \u201cEach office features a Clinical Nurse Manager who has clinical oversight of the care we provide,\u201d says Gardner. \u201cThis brings clinical professionalism and the very best standards to the business and ensures we can move from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcare.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offering supportive in-home care<\/a> \u2014 such as helping people with eating, washing and bathing \u2014 into more complex care such as medicine management, catheter management and end-of-life care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the latest app technology makes it easy for carers to share notes about the care they have provided with colleagues and family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-choosing-the-right-healthcare-provider\"><strong>Choosing the right healthcare provider<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Deciding on a care provider is an important moment for any family. \u201cThey\u2019ll want to know that the provider is consistent and reliable, with healthcare assistants and nurses who are carefully checked and supervised, highly professional and dedicated,\u201d says Gardner. \u201cBecause, ultimately, care isn\u2019t just \u2018a service.\u2019 It should be about helping to change a loved one\u2019s life for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-button ab-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcare.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ab-button ab-button-shape-rounded ab-button-size-medium fb-pixel\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#141b4d\">Click here to learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Providers of in-home care need to take a personalised approach to the services they offer, with detailed and tailored care plans that meet their customers\u2019 specific needs. Many people who need care say they would prefer it to be delivered in their own homes, rather than a care home. \u201cWhich is completely understandable,\u201d says Jonathan &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/home-care\/small-details-that-make-a-big-difference-to-at-home-care-provision\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":12443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5974],"tags":[5975],"class_list":["post-12441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-care","tag-redefining-home-care-in-ireland"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/24122107\/vicky-1742818865-Front-cover-image-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/03\/24122107\/vicky-1742818865-Front-cover-image-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"henryphillips","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/henryphillips\/"},"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12484,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12441\/revisions\/12484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}