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Micro Providers @ Home

We are really excited to introduce our new Micro-Providers @ Home service; a service still in its infancy, developing in partnership with Humber and Wolds Rural Action.   The service is designed to encourage local communities to access local businesses in order to help them stay independent and well at home.  

Micro Providers @Home is a pilot provision, testing if there is an alternative way to deliver home support and day services where access can be limited and ‘health and social care’ resources are stretched/limited. 

What is a Micro Provider

What is a Micro Provider

Micro Providers are small businesses with less than 8 employees ultimately providing a directory of costed services that can support low level intervention. This in turn prevents deterioration for those in the community wishing to remain independent at home. 

Examples of services from Micro Providers include:

Examples of services from Micro Providers include:

  • Support to keep well, socialise and remain independent
  • Support to people living in their own homes
  • Day support and help around the home
Why do people use Micro Providers

Why do people use Micro Providers

  • People want care and support at times and in ways, that suit them
  • Local people helping other local people is good for everyone and for communities
  • People value flexibility, continuity and the ability to build a trusting relationship with a local person
  • Individuals and very small organisations can offer great care and be very imaginative and responsive
  • Individuals and very small organisations struggle to tell people what they can offer
  • People and their families do not always know what to look for in a Micro-provider