Tiggo Care offers support to people living in London with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Living with rheumatoid arthritis can be challenging, especially when your loved one is experiencing a flare up. The amount of pain and stiffness experienced by people with rheumatoid arthritis can vary day-to-day and on bad days your loved one might need assistance from a professional carer with cooking, cleaning or support attending events and appointments.
Whatever your care needs and wherever your loved one is on their care journey, please contact us and let’s talk. We're here to help.
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in joints.
There are 450,000 people living with rheumatoid arthritis in the UK making it the most common type of inflammatory arthritis. The condition can start at any age but incidence is greatest amongst people in their 70s. The disease is twice as likely to occur in women than in men.
The most common symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are pain and stiffness. Many people will also experience fatigue due to inflammation or anaemia. Some people may experience flu-like symptoms and a fever but this is less common. People with rheumatoid arthritis are also more likely to experience depression or feelings of low mood. There is no cure for the condition but there are treatments to slow the progression of the disease and to relieve symptoms.
“One of my favourite things about my job is the conversations I have with my clients. They all have interesting lives and I love to hear their stories. Sometimes we go out for a coffee or for a walk in the local park and sometimes we stay at home and chat.”
Our rheumatoid arthritis care service is designed to help your loved one to live independently in their own home. We’ll organise a free consultation with you and your loved one to understand their unique needs so we can create a bespoke care plan that outlines how we will support them. We often find people with rheumatoid arthritis request support with some or all of the following activities:
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Our home care services are based on personal experience
We understand, first-hand how important it is to secure flexible and bespoke home care for your loved one.
“Tiggo Care is born out of my own personal experiences, following my struggle to find suitable care for my parents, both of whom lived with rare diseases..."
Chris Williams - Tiggo Care Founder
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At Tiggo Care we understand how precious your loved one is to you and how unique they are. We also appreciate how overwhelming it can be to research and source the most suitable type of care.
We fundamentally believe that there is no ‘one size fits all’ care package and like to work with you and your loved one to understand your specific requirements. We’ll then create a tailored care package and match your relative with their ideal carer.
Unlike some other care providers, we are fully regulated by the Care Quality Commission. This means we are regularly inspected, rated and audited to ensure we are a safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led organisation, committed to delivering the best possible care.
We’re also proud members of the Homecare Association, the U.K’s membership body for home care providers, which holds organisations to a high set of standards and requests them to abide by a strict code of practice
At Tiggo Care, all of our carers undergo a rigorous recruitment and induction process. They are fully vetted and background checked, with all references followed up. Our carers undertake their training on the best eLearning system currently available within the UK care market, ensuring they are well placed to deliver the best possible service. Specialist training courses such as moving and handling, medications and basic life support are also completed by our carers face to face, as we feel these courses are more effective when delivered in person.
If you like what you've read and are ready to access one of our care services or perhaps just have some questions, please follow our simple 3 step process below.
Send us some additional information about your request by emailing us or by using the form below. Alternatively, if you would prefer to speak with someone directly, please feel free to call us.
Our care manager will arrange a free consultation with you at your loved one’s home to better understand your requirements, create a personalised care plan and pair your loved one with a suitable carer.
And that’s it. You’re all set! We’ll introduce you to your loved one’s carer and the whole team, who’ll be able to provide you with all the ongoing support you’ll need.
In the absence of treatment rheumatoid arthritis is a progressive condition. However, for some people treatment will completely stop the progression of the disease and in some cases, the condition can go into remission.
Rheumatoid arthritis affects people differently but in almost all cases people can live at home independently. Some people with more severe symptoms might require some additional help to live independently with things like shopping, cooking, and general domestic chores.
There are lots of things you can do to help someone with rheumatoid arthritis from providing emotional support by listening to their concerns to extra help with activities around the house. It’s important to ask how the person wants to be supported rather than making assumptions about their needs.
It is very rare that a person needs to move into residential care because of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. However, there are some rare cases where rheumatoid arthritis has greatly reduced a person’s mobility and they’ve required 24/7 care. In those cases a person may choose to receive care at home or in a residential setting.
Contact our care team using the form below or by calling our office and we'll organise a free consultation to advise you on your specific care needs.
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