Some situations don’t fit a clinic visit. A person whose physical illness makes travel genuinely unmanageable, or whose combination of conditions means a facility setting works against them rather than for them, still needs care. Home-assisted care exists for those situations: our professionals come to the client.

Who it is for

Home-assisted care is not a convenience option or a substitute for out-patient appointments — it is for circumstances, usually medical, where in-facility care is not workable. Common examples involve comorbidity: a mental-health condition alongside a physical illness that confines someone to home. Whether it fits a particular situation is a clinical decision, made at assessment.

What it involves

Care at the client’s location by members of the clinical team, following the same treatment planning as care at our centres. What that looks like in practice — which professionals, how often, for how long — is set by the assessment and reviewed as the situation changes. Where the person’s condition improves enough to attend Kyambogo, care usually transitions there; telephone and online follow-up can also carry part of the load.

Mobility costs apply and are discussed openly at first contact, together with the standard costs of care.

What it is not

Home-assisted care does not include detoxification at home. Withdrawal from some substances carries medical risk, and detox is always medically supervised, residentially at our centre at Bujjuko. If detox may be needed, the assessment will say so and the team will talk through what that involves.

Enquiring

Describe the situation — the person’s condition, why travel is unworkable, and where they are. Call +256 770 700944 or email info@safeplacesuganda.com; a family member can make this first contact.

How starting care works — first contact, assessment, admission — is set out step by step on the Admissions page.