At SD Care Agency (London), we help our clients in this journey by providing truly person-centric care through listening to them in a spirit of fellowship and service. We encourage our clients to live every moment of their life as much as possible until their very last breath. This is because we believe that everyone has the right to be cared for with respect, dignity and compassion.
“My carers are absolutely lovely. The order of my care is absolutely vital, which is working very well for me and my husband. They are helping us a lot, the best they can, especially when my husband needed to go to the hospital.”
J Essam, April 2024
The term palliative care is often used interchangeably with end-of-life care. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines palliative care as “…an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psycho-social and spiritual.”
We have a team of highly dedicated nurses, health care assistants and pain relief therapists who are specially trained and experienced in meeting both the spirit and substance of this approach.
They will consider your wishes, likes and dislikes as they work with you on your care plan. They will also support your family, pets, well-wishers or other people who are important to you. You have the full right to express your wishes about how you would like to receive care and where and how you wish to spend your final hours.
You can receive end-of- life care or palliative care at home, in care homes, hospices, or hospitals, depending on your needs and preferences.
“SD Carers cared for my mother in the short time after her coming home from hospital and her death. They were brilliant and supportive in what turned out to be a hopeless situation. I can’t praise them highly enough, and the quality of their work and their humanity.”
Our team of experienced nurses and health care assistants who are specially trained to support people suffering from dementia and have years of experience are capable of handling complex and challenging mental health conditions. As part of the care, we conduct regular risk assessments to gauge mental capacity and health.
A long‑term condition, sometimes referred to as a “chronic condition”, is one that generally lasts a year or longer and impacts a person’s life adversely. Examples include dementia, arthritis, asthma, cancer, dementia, diabetes, heart disease, mental health conditions, and stroke.
We work closely together with GPs and other community health professionals to provide care for people with social care needs and multiple long‑term conditions and deliver safe, high‑quality services that promote independence, choice, and control. We actively support their participation in social and leisure activities with careful consideration of their state-of-health, priorities, and preferences in our care plans. From our experience, this has had a positive impact on their quality of life and improves their mental state of health. Several authoritative studies have shown that people with long term conditions are significantly more vulnerable to suffering from mental ill-health and depression.
“Both of us found all the carers to be professional and caring, words cannot explain how thankful we both are for the caring way our mother was treated and the advice given to us about Mum. Thank You.”
H B, November 2022