At Prestige Nursing & Care, we provide personalised stoma care at home, delivered by trained carers and supported by our experienced nursing and clinical teams. Whether you need short-term support following hospital discharge or ongoing help with stoma management and daily living, your care will be tailored around your individual needs, routines and preferences.
What is stoma care at home?
A stoma is an opening created surgically on the abdomen to allow waste to leave the body. Depending on the type of surgery someone has had, this may include a colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy.
Stoma care at home provides practical and personal support for people who need help managing their stoma while continuing to live independently. The level of support required will be different for everyone, which is why we take the time to understand your needs and develop a personalised care plan.
Where included within your assessed care plan, support may include help with managing and changing stoma appliances, maintaining the skin around the stoma, personal hygiene, monitoring for changes or concerns, medication support and wider daily living needs.
Our approach to stoma care
At Prestige Nursing & Care, we believe stoma care should enable you to retain as much independence, confidence and choice as possible.
Our nurse-led approach begins with a comprehensive assessment of your needs. We take time to understand how your stoma affects your daily life, alongside your wider health, personal care and lifestyle requirements.
Working with you, your family and the healthcare professionals involved in your care, we develop a personalised care plan that clearly sets out the support you require. As your needs change, your care can change with you.
Our carers are trained and assessed for the care they provide, with ongoing guidance and clinical oversight from our experienced nursing teams.
What can our stoma care at home include?
- Stoma appliance support
Where included within your individual care plan, trained carers can provide practical assistance with stoma appliances, including support with emptying or changing your stoma bag and ensuring care is provided safely, sensitively and with dignity.
- Skin and hygiene support
Maintaining healthy skin around the stoma is an important part of stoma care. Our carers can provide appropriate hygiene and personal care support in line with your care plan and identify changes that may need to be raised with your stoma nurse or healthcare team.
- Monitoring and reassurance
Our carers get to know you and your normal routines, helping them recognise changes in your wellbeing or stoma management. Any concerns are recorded and escalated appropriately in line with your personalised care plan.
- Nutrition and hydration
Your carer can support with meal planning, food preparation and maintaining appropriate fluid intake according to the advice provided by your healthcare professionals, while respecting your individual preferences and routines.
- Medication support
Where medication support forms part of your care plan, our trained carers can provide the appropriate level of assistance, from reminders through to medication administration where assessed and authorised.
- Personal care
We provide sensitive support with bathing, dressing, continence care and personal hygiene, helping you feel comfortable and confident while maintaining your dignity and independence.
- Companionship and emotional support
Adjusting to life with a stoma can affect more than your physical health. Our carers provide companionship and reassurance while supporting you to maintain relationships, hobbies and connections with your local community.
- Support with everyday life
Depending on your needs, your carer can also provide assistance with household tasks, shopping, preparing meals and other aspects of everyday life, giving you more time and confidence to focus on the things that matter to you.
Stoma care after hospital discharge
Returning home following stoma surgery can be an important stage in your recovery. While your hospital and stoma nursing teams will help you learn how to manage your stoma, additional care at home can provide practical assistance and reassurance while you recover and adjust.
Prestige Nursing & Care can work alongside hospital discharge teams, stoma nurses and other healthcare professionals to ensure an appropriate care plan is in place when you return home.
Support can be adapted as your confidence and independence increase, helping you work towards managing more of your daily routine yourself wherever possible.
How we can provide stoma care at home
Hourly or visiting care can provide support at agreed times throughout the day, from individual visits through to several visits depending on your needs. This may be suitable if you require assistance with stoma management, personal care, medication or other daily routines at specific times.
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Respite care provides short-term support when your usual family carer needs a break, or when you require additional assistance during recovery or following hospital discharge.
For people with more substantial or complex care needs, 24-hour care provides continuous support from a dedicated team of carers throughout the day and night.
Clinical excellence at Prestige Nursing & Care
Clinical excellence is at the heart of our approach to stoma care. Our nurse-led homecare services are supported by experienced regional nursing teams, with registered nurses qualified across a range of nursing specialisms.
Working closely with care co-ordinators, carers, clients, families and other healthcare professionals, our nurses help plan and oversee safe, effective care that is tailored to individual needs.
They also provide carers with ongoing clinical guidance, supervision and competency assessments, helping to ensure high standards of care are maintained as needs change.
Competent and compassionate stoma carers
When you choose Prestige Nursing & Care, you can be reassured that the carer supporting you or your loved one is trained to provide high-quality care.
Every carer completes a comprehensive induction programme that goes beyond mandatory training requirements. Where a client requires specialist stoma or clinical care, carers receive the additional training and competency assessment needed to deliver the care set out in the individual’s care plan.
Our carers combine practical skills with compassionate, respectful and dignified support, helping clients feel comfortable and confident while maintaining as much independence as possible.
Why choose Prestige Nursing & Care for stoma care?
Prestige Nursing & Care has provided homecare across England and Scotland for over 80 years. When working with us, you can expect:
- Fully managed care
We provide a fully managed homecare service, giving clients and families ongoing support from experienced local care and clinical teams rather than leaving them to manage the care arrangement themselves.
- Nurse-led clinical support
Our registered nurses provide clinical oversight, assessment, care planning, competency assessment and ongoing support for carers delivering specialist care at home.
- Care tailored around you
No two people experience living with a stoma in exactly the same way. Your care plan is built around your health needs, routines, preferences and personal goals rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
- Trained and supported carers
Carers delivering specialist clinical care receive appropriate training and ongoing support, helping them provide care safely and confidently.
- Responsive local care teams
With local teams across England and Scotland, we can work with families and healthcare professionals to arrange appropriate support and respond as care needs change.
How much does stoma care at home cost?
The cost of stoma care at home will depend on the type and level of support you require, including how frequently care is provided and whether you need visiting, respite or continuous care.
Before care begins, we will complete a comprehensive assessment to understand your individual needs and recommend an appropriate care arrangement. This allows us to provide a clear indication of the cost of your care.
Arranging stoma care at home
Getting started begins with a conversation.
Contact your local Prestige Nursing & Care team and tell us a little about the support you are looking for. We can explain the options available and discuss the next steps for assessing your individual care needs.
From there, we can develop a care arrangement based around your routines, priorities and the level of assistance you require.