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Mark Ward – TCC Client

‘I found TCC professional and attentive from initially making contact, recruiting, interviewing and selecting the carers for my package. Using TCC has allowed me far greater flexibility than previous care providers and I can now attend…

Patricia – TCC Support Worker

“I have worked for Total Community Care (TCC) for 11 years. Throughout this time, I have always been happy working for such an excellent company. TCC’s care for its staff and clients is outstanding.  If you phone a manager, they…

Rachel – TCC Support Worker (client with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy)

“One of my sisters has been a Total Community Care (TCC) support worker for many years. She recommended TCC to me, so I applied for a job and started working for the company in August 2020.  Since joining TCC I have found them to be very…

Ironing out the cancer nursing challenges during Covid-19 webinar

Yesterday (December 1st) I attended a webinar about the cancer nursing challenges during Covid -19. It was very informative.  It was interesting to hear about staff too scared to come to work, even experienced staff, due to the Covid-19. And…

Lea – TCC Support Worker

I first applied for a job with TCC in November 2018 having been out of the care industry a couple of years, so I was slightly concerned about which company to apply to having seen some of the practices out in the community. From that very…

R. Silva – Case Manager, Independent Living Solutions

  “Since taking over the care package for my client, who has a complex brain injury, Total Community Care (TCC) has been really efficient. With wide-ranging expectations from different bodies, the complex nature of my client’s…

MD/Case Manager, Spinal Injury Case Management Ltd

We have used TCC for a number of our clients who require complex care packages. Some clients have been ventilator dependent. They have always provided a clear plan and time frame for recruitment, care and care costs. They provide a high-quality…

Sandra Rogers, Independent Occupational Therapist/Case Manager

I have used TCC for a number of my clients with spinal cord injury in various parts of the country including Northern Ireland, each time I have been highly impressed by the quality of the people they recruited alongside the client, and trained…

Care Expert (anonymous)

Total Community Care are my ‘go to’ agency provider for clients with complex needs, particularly those with high level spinal cord injuries, minimal awareness and ventilator dependency. I have audited a significant number of Total Community…

Cathy Leech, Partner, Irwin Mitchell LLP

TCC have provided care for a number of my SCI clients including complex ventilated paraplegic individuals. They have always attended to the care and lifestyle of the client with great attention to detail. The care team have been well-trained,…

How Spinal Cord Injuries Affect Your Health

The scope of impact a spinal cord injury (SCI) has on the body can be incredibly widespread and varied, affecting almost all of the functions and processes of the body below the level of the injury. The physical effects and the events leading…

What is Autonomic Dysreflexia?

Autonomic dysreflexia[i] (AD) is also known as autonomic hyperreflexia. It describes a situation where the body exhibits an exaggerated reflex response to a problem or stimulus. A person with a high spinal cord injury is likely to be unable…