Karrek Community

Karrek Community is a home care agency in St. Austell, Cornwall (PL25 4LW).

About Karrek Community

Karrek Community provides care and support to people in their own homes in St Austell and the surrounding part of Cornwall. We work with adults who have learning disabilities, autistic adults and people with physical disabilities. Most of the people we support have a long life ahead of them and their own ideas about how to live it. Support in that situation is not about keeping somebody safe and occupied. It is about making a particular life workable, whether that means keeping a tenancy, holding down a job or a college place, seeing friends, managing money or getting about independently. So we begin with what the person wants rather than a list of needs. Plans are written with them, in a form they can actually use, involving family or an advocate if they want that, and revised as things change rather than at fixed review dates. We keep the team around each person small and introduce new support workers properly. For autistic people that consistency matters more than almost anything, along with notice of change well in advance and attention to sensory needs. Where somebody communicates through signing, pictures, objects or their own familiar gestures, our staff learn their way of doing it. Where there is a physical disability we look closely at equipment, transfers and how the home is arranged. Cornwall is a rural county and rotas that look neat on paper often leave people waiting, so we build ours around real distances. Please get in touch if you would like to talk about support.

Care provided at Karrek Community

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Common questions about Karrek Community

Where is Karrek Community located?

Karrek Community is a home care agency based in St. Austell, Cornwall (PL25 4LW), providing care to people in their own homes within approximately 10 miles of the area.

What type of care does Karrek Community provide?

Karrek Community is registered to provide care in people’s own homes, with support that includes Learning disability and autism support, Physical disability support. The full list of services is shown on this page.

Questions families ask about Karrek Community

Can they support someone living with dementia at home?

No. Karrek Community does not list dementia care on the CQC register. Choose an agency that does if dementia is part of the picture.

Can they help with medication and nursing tasks?

Ask the home. Most home care agencies prompt or give medication but do not provide nursing tasks. Ask what their carers are trained to do.

Do they cover our area?

Yes. Karrek Community covers roughly 10 miles from St. Austell.

Will the council help pay?

Ask the home. The agency has not told us which funding it accepts. Most take both council funded and self funded clients; a direct payment from the council can be used to pay them.

Typical home care fees in the South West

Karrek Community has not published its fees yet. These are typical hourly rates for the South West, so you know roughly what to expect before you call.

Indicative figures for the South West, not a quote from Karrek Community. Actual fees depend on the room, the level of care and how it is funded.

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