Care Services Personal Care
Personal Care
Respectful help with personal routines, delivered with dignity and privacy.
Who this service can help
Anyone who would benefit from a helping hand with washing, dressing or other personal routines — including people recovering from illness, living with a disability, or finding these tasks harder as they get older.
What support may include
- Washing, bathing or showering support
- Dressing and grooming
- Toileting and continence routines
- Mobility support within the care plan
- Skin-care routines within staff competence
- Morning and evening routines
How this support is personalised
Needing help with personal routines can feel very personal — so we make it unhurried and centred on the individual's choices wherever possible. The same care worker, the same way of doing things, at the pace the person prefers.
What families can expect
Dignity and privacy come first: doors closed, choices respected, and nothing done to someone that can be done with them.
How the service starts
Every support plan begins with a conversation and an assessment. We listen first, agree the plan with you before care begins, and review regularly so support keeps fitting the person. See how arranging care works.
Available across Somerset — see Areas We Cover for detail.
Need to talk through what support might be right?
If you'd like to talk through whether personal care could help someone you know, our care team is ready to listen.