Approved Supplier List for the Provision of Specialist Homecare Services on the Isle of Wight

The Authority has established an approved supplier list to commission, across the Isle of

Wight, care and support services which will improve the person’s quality of life and maximise

their long-term independence when they are living at home with dementia. The delivery of

this service will require close working with other health and care providers, including

personal assistants and voluntary sector organisations.

Every Supplier appoint on to the ASL under this Category shall provide an innovative, high

quality service to support individuals, who wish to remain in their home but who require care

and support to do so, supporting people with Dementia or other memory and cognition

diagnosis of all ages.

The Supplier will be responsible for:

• The provision of timely, high quality care, including palliative and end of life care;
• Meeting identified health needs for the individual;
• Ensuring that people are treated as individuals and their preferences and choices are

respected;

• Implementing individual support plans in a way that promotes independence and

confidence whilst ensuring that all individuals are treated with dignity and respect;

• Use a strengths-based approach that embodies the principles of person centred and

outcome focussed support;

• Providing the people they support with a regular care worker (or small team of care

workers) who understand and can meet their health and social care needs;

• Contributing to the self-care and management of those people suffering with longer term

conditions;

• Responding flexibly to fluctuating health and social care needs, within the boundaries of

this contract;

• Work proactively with health and care partners to maximise the persons outcomes and

reablement goals.

The Authority has established an approved supplier list to commission, across the Isle of

Wight, care and support services which will improve the person’s quality of life and maximise

their long-term independence when they are living at home with dementia. The delivery of

this service will require close working with other health and care providers, including

personal assistants and voluntary sector organisations.

This service is a Domiciliary Care Service provided on an outreach or community basis and

the service will operate and be available for referrals 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day

of the year (including bank holidays).

This service includes but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Assistance with washing, bathing and showering;
• Assistance with toileting;
• Assistance with dressing and undressing, getting up and going to bed;
• Care of skin, hair, teeth and nails, where appropriate;
• Medication- checks and reminders;
• Monitor the persons condition and risks and alert the GP/case Manager if concerned;
• Food preparation at the person’s home;
• Assistance with feeding;
• On occasion additional and social supported living support may be required; and
• Additional support, such as driving the individual to and from a medical appointment or

accompanying them to a social event, as required.