Care Quality Commission

Domiciliary (personal) Care

Domiciliary Care, also termed as ‘Personal Care’, can be grouped into 4 main areas:

  1. Assistance with bodily functions such as oral care, feeding, bathing and toileting
  2. Care falling short of the above, but still involving physical and intimate touching; activities
    such as helping someone get dressed or get out of a bath.
  3. Non-physical care such as advice, encouragement and supervision relating to the above, such as prompting someone to take a bath and supervising them during this.
  4. Emotional and Psychological support, including the promotion of social functioning, behaviour management, assistance with cognitive functioning.

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