About personal and nursing care

You could get personal and nursing care to help you live comfortably and safely at home.

Personal care is help with personal daily tasks. This could be help with:

• bathing, showering, hair washing, shaving, oral hygiene and nail care
• continence management – laundry, skin care and changing your bed
• using the toilet, catheter or stoma care
• eating, special diets and preparing food
• immobility (if you have problems moving around)
• managing behaviour, psychological support and reminding devices
• medication (like eye drops), applying creams and lotions, simple dressings and oxygen therapy
• getting dressed and getting in and out of bed
• surgical appliances, prostheses, mechanical and manual aids and using hoists

A qualified nurse will give nursing care. This could be things like giving injections or managing pressure sores.

More information

Read Age Scotland's guides on care and support or call the Age Scotland Helpline on 0800 12 44 222.