Home Care and Reablement Campaign

Home Care and Reablement Campaign

Between 18 November - 8 December, WeCare Wales are shining a light on home care and reablement. We will be sharing stories on our social media channels, learning about the variety of roles available and looking at the importance of these services.

Home care services help individuals stay connected to their communities, family, and friends. It's personalised care for those recovering from surgery, or with disabilities. Working in this field allows you to make a difference in people's lives by helping them remain safe and independent at home.

To support our campaign we will be running our Get into sessions.

The free hour long webinars are suitable for anyone living in Wales wanting to learn more about home care or reablement. See below for more information and how to book your place.

Get into: Home care

A free webinar on 28 November between 1:30pm and 2:30pm for people living in Wales who are interested in learning more about how to get into home care.

Karima, a home care worker sat in her car smiling

Get into: Reablement

A free webinar on 5 December between 10:00am and 11:00am for people living in Wales who are interested in learning more about how to get into reablement.

Bill with Holly his reablement worker smiling

Karima's story

Karima is a dedicated home care worker for over 15 years. Originally from Libya with a degree in Geology, she found the perfect fit in care work as a single mother.

"What I love most? The service users—they’re like family to me!" Want to make a difference? Karima says: "You don’t need experience—just compassion!"

Bill's reablement story

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The carers knew what mattered to me.

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I’ve got to be perfectly honest,

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I had three of the best carers

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that anybody could have.

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I’d been reluctant to have carers

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because I was so independent,

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they’ve done lots for me,

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I’ve got to be honest about it.

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As part of our initial assessment,

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one of the major questions

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we ask at the end is ‘What’s important to you?’

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What matters?

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What are your goals?

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What to you want to be achieve with us?

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So, it was things like getting back to using the shower,

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it was being able to get back into the kitchen

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and start making proper meals again.

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It was able to use the Zimmer frame around the room

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and to use the stair lift in order to remain living upstairs.

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They knew that I was a very independent person

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and I like to do things myself.

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I mean, I’ve always been happy with cooking

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ever since I was a youngster.

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I’ve spent a lot more time out there

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in this last couple of weeks,

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since I’ve been getting more active on my leg.

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I don’t think there was a week

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I came where he hadn’t made some form of progress

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and it was just being able to tell him

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that he’d been able to achieve this because Bill

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like to go from 0 to 100 and wants to be able to

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do everything himself straightaway, where I think

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it was just making sure he acknowledged

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that he had come a long way.

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People, when they’ve come out of hospital

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and realise that they’re unable to do something

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it has a huge toll on their mental health, their wellbeing,

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their social interactions.

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They lose a lot of confidence

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and I think having a service or therapists around

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that are able to promote that independence

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and support with regaining it

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enables them to be able to feel happy living again.

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I’ve got a different look on it now than I did.

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I’m grateful for everything they’ve done for me

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they’ve done wonderful.

We co worked with RCT’s reablement team to get a taste of the reablement service in the area. Take a look at our new video featuring Bill, who shares his inspiring story of how the reablement service supported him to regain his independence following a fractured femur.

50 day challenge

The Welsh Government has launched a 50-day challenge aimed at improving hospital discharge and community care to ease winter pressures on the health and care system

This initiative, starting on November 11, 2024, involves health boards and local authorities working together to help patients return home safely and promptly.

The plan aims to:

Improving hospital discharge procedures and planning for discharge from the point of admission.
Implementing seven-day working to enable weekend discharges.
Providing community rehabilitation and reablement to support recovery at home.
Establishing integrated navigation hubs to support hospital discharge and avoid community admissions

The challenge targets those who have experienced long hospital stays, aiming to reduce delays and improve patient outcomes by promoting best practices across Wales

This effort is part of the broader winter resilience plans, supported by significant funding to build community capacity and ensure effective care transitions.

Read more about the 50 day challenge here: New 50-day challenge to improve hospital discharge and community care | GOV.WALES