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Visual Impairment Care at Home
Almost 2 million people are living with visual impairment in the UK. They suffer from physical incapacities since they are no longer able to manage their daily life tasks effectively. Those with congenital visual impairment issues also need someone 24/7 to live in not only for their help and support but also for their safety.
What is Live-in Care for Visual Impairment-Care and how does it work?
Almost 2 million people are living with visual impairment in the UK. They suffer from physical incapacities since they are no longer able to manage their daily life tasks effectively. Those with congenital visual impairment issues also need someone 24/7 to live in not only for their help and support but also for their safety.
Although found in every age group, visual impairment is more common in individuals above age 50. Causes of visual impairment in these individuals being glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration, and cataracts. Diabetic retinopathy is also an important cause of slow vision loss in this age group.
For a person with a visual disability, it becomes very important for at least one person to be available all the time for the help and support of the patient. Because an individual with complete or partial vision loss cannot manage his daily tasks of life alone. Help and live-in care are even more essential for the safety and wellbeing of the patient if he has just developed the condition, and he needs time and support for getting used to his new life. It can be bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, preparing meals, or even taking meals. In addition to that, people developing or who have developed an illness or disorder of vision also need a check on their mental health. Helplessness and hopelessness can easily creep into a person's soul and mind and leave him in depression and despair.
In addition to their physical and mental health, maintenance of the quality of their life, they need someone to provide healthy, unconditional companionship throughout the day as well.
Relying on a family member for the home care of the patient does not seem fair to their personal and professional commitments. The other solution is sending your lonely and new-to-the-disability loved one away to a care facility or senior community care home, which is not fair either.
The best solution is to get your loved one help and assistance in the form of a live-in home carer to take care of his needs 24/7. Live-in Care Direct , an award-winning live-in care service agency based in the UK is here to offer its professional, qualified, and empathetic live-in care staff for UK residents.
Visual Impairment Care at Live-in Care Direct
Live-in Care Direct believes in providing the people with vision impairment the help and support they need for a fulfilling, promising life and future ahead, helping them regain their confidence and believing in themselves. At Live-in Care Direct, we have specially trained, professional staff for people with vision impairment and who are UK residents. These special qualifications and training enable them to help the patient gain independence, have a mentally healthy and safe life, not feeling alone or liability, and hence enabling them to lead just a normal life as they did before developing the disorder or impairment. Every client at Live-in care direct gets a customized, personalised care plan and schedule of care suiting his lifestyle.
Contact us now for your free consultation.
How it works
Arranging care in three steps
Tell us what you need
A friendly, no-obligation call to understand the situation, explain how the care works and give you an estimated weekly cost.
Choose your carer
We send profiles of available carers matched to your needs. You can speak to them on a video call before deciding.
Care begins at home
Your carer moves in and support starts, with a named care manager checking in regularly to make sure it's working.
Free callback
Prefer we call you?
Leave your number and a care manager will call you back — usually within an hour, and always free.
- No obligation. A conversation, not a sales call — and never a call centre.
- A real care manager. Someone who arranges care every day, who can answer properly.
- Just two details. Your name and number — we don’t need an email address.
Or call us now on 0800 368 8558 Lines open 8am–10pm, seven days a week
Common questions
Questions about visual impairment care
What families ask us before arranging care.
Not seeing your question?
Our care managers answer these every day. A no-obligation call takes about ten minutes.
0800 368 8558Lines open 8am–10pm, seven days a week See all questionsHow much does caring for visually impaired patients cost?
Caring for Visually Impaired Patients starts from £1,200 a week for one person. That is one fixed weekly fee covering everything in the agreed care plan, rather than an hourly rate that rises as needs grow. For couples, one carer can support two people under a single fee. See our pricing page for the full breakdown, or use the cost calculator for an estimate based on your own situation.
How quickly can care start?
In most cases we can have a carer in place within a week. For urgent situations — a hospital discharge, a fall, or a family carer suddenly unable to continue — we can often arrange cover within 24 to 48 hours.
Who will the carer be, and do we get a choice?
You choose. We send profiles of matched, available carers and you decide, including a video call beforehand if you would like one. It is the same carer each day rather than a rota, so they learn the routine and notice small changes early. Every carer is enhanced DBS checked, referenced and interviewed in person before we introduce them.
What does the carer actually do day to day?
Personal care, medication prompting and administration, meal preparation, light housework, laundry, shopping, appointments and companionship — all shaped around the agreed care plan. The aim is that daily life continues as normally as possible, in familiar surroundings.
Is this better than moving into a care home?
It depends on the person, and we will say so honestly if a care home is the better answer. What live-in care offers is one-to-one attention rather than shared staffing, no upheaval from a familiar home, pets and routines kept, and visitors whenever you like. For couples it is usually far better value than two residential placements.
Can we get help paying for it?
Often, yes. Depending on circumstances and where you live, support may come through a local authority assessment, NHS Continuing Healthcare, Attendance Allowance or a personal budget. Our funding guide explains what to apply for and in what order, and our care managers will talk it through without obligation.
Where we work
Visual Impairment Care across the UK, Scotland & Ireland
We arrange care in 800+ towns and cities. Choose your area for local pricing, funding and how care is regulated where you live.
- Carers travel to you — they move into the home rather than driving from a local branch, so rural and coastal areas are covered too.
- The same weekly price everywhere — care is priced on the support needed, never on your postcode.
- Care can start in 24–48 hours in most areas, and often the same day after a hospital discharge.
Can’t see your area? Call 0800 368 8558 — we almost certainly still cover it.