Home Care Kharkiv Red Cross

The Home Care project of the Kharkiv Regional Organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross is aimed at supporting people who, due to age, health conditions, or life circumstances, are unable to fully meet their basic needs independently.

Within the project, social assistants provide support to older adults and other vulnerable groups directly at their place of residence. This assistance allows people to remain in their own homes, maintain dignity, support their physical and emotional well-being, and feel care and attention.

The main goal of the project is to help people live more safely, comfortably, and as independently as possible at home, even in challenging life situations. The activities are carried out in accordance with the humanitarian principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Within the Home Care project, Red Cross social assistants provide comprehensive support in daily life. The assistance is aimed at enabling people with limited ability for self-care to live safely and with dignity in their own homes.

Social assistants help beneficiaries with basic household tasks and maintaining proper living conditions. Support may include:

• assistance with household management;

• cleaning of living premises;

• assistance with meal preparation;

• purchasing and delivery of groceries;

• purchasing medications and essential items;

• support with personal hygiene.

If needed, social assistants may also accompany beneficiaries to medical or social institutions, assist in arranging doctor visits, and help ensure timely medication intake (without interfering with medical prescriptions).

An important part of the support is also emotional care and communication. Social assistants regularly visit beneficiaries, provide companionship, support their emotional well-being, and help reduce feelings of loneliness and social isolation.