<p>It is not a given, that you need to be a public health nurse to provide home help care. A social care worker is sufficient in most cases where dependency is general. A social care worker does not administer medication, but rather prompts clients take their daily allotment, especially in cases of challenging behaviour with the onset of dementia, requiring mental health services. Social care home help care service includes: 1) early rise assistance, entailing leaving the bed, personal hygiene, dressing and bedroom tidying; 2) Meals on wheels or lunch preps and medication reminders; 3) home heat management, dinner preps and continence assessment; 4) Home security, ensuring elderly people feel safe at home in the late hours (via an emergency social care services number, or an alternative contact arrangement). The level of involvement varies from individual to individual, as some elderly are more capable than others. Some will not require hands on food preps or meals on wheels, but may simply need food shopping duties catered for. Other elderly clients may have arrangements with family friends or neighbours to help with Person centred planning – a social care life planning strategy.<br/></p>