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There’s a huge range of care support services available. How do we find the best choice?
Caring for Ageing Parents: What Families Need to Know About Care Options
Across the UK, many families – often adult children – are quietly taking on the full-time care of their ageing parents. New research from Noble Live-In Care highlights the huge personal cost this devotion can bring: exhaustion, poor mental health, financial strain, and carers feeling they must manage alone. Yet families do have options. Whether […]
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UK care awards 2023 highlight commitment and innovation
Choosing a care provider is a difficult business. We want the best for our loved ones, so we need to know as much as possible about the organisations to whom we might entrust their care. As well as CQC or similar reports, and review sites, the annual verdict of Business Awards UK might be useful. […]
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Essential Qualities to Seek in a Personal Carer for Senior Citizens
Collaborative Post As we gracefully age and embark on the journey of our golden years, we might need a little extra assistance with daily tasks or companionship. But how do we find the right person who understands and caters to our unique needs and preferences? Fear not! In this guide, we’ll explore the top five […]
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How To Plan Elderly Care For Your Ageing Parents
Sponsored Post When your parents start to age, that’s the time when the care is reversed. After all these years that your parents have been taking care of you, it’s now time for you to give them back that care too. In doing so, you can give them the best last years in their lives […]
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Making the correct decision for your elderly relatives regarding live-in care
Collaborative Post It is certainly not an easy decision to make, but at some point the realisation dawns on you that your parents (or relative/friend) are getting old and are reaching the stage in their lives where they need constant assistance, particularly if they live alone which can be very isolating. If you are in […]
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Understanding the options in elder care
As family members or friends get older, they may need more support than you’re able to provide. Making the decision to get help can be an emotional time, so it’s important that you understand the different elderly care options your parent has. Working together to choose support based on their needs, condition and personality could […]
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Four questions to ask a new live-in carer to start building a relationship
Inviting a stranger into the home to provide live-in care can be daunting. Where do you start to build a comfortable relationship between carer and person receiving care? Chris Turner of live-in care provider Notaro Live in Care offers some useful questions that a care recipient can ask their new carer in order to start […]
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How can MySupportBroker help your parent coordinate care?
Written by Rebecca Lenton Founded in 2010 MySupportBroker CIC is a national social enterprise helping to bridge the gap between health and social care by bringing together local people with personal experience of managing long term health conditions with those who need guidance in sourcing and coordinating their own care and support. We talked to […]
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Tips on getting the right care at home
Care at home isn’t just about basic tasks. It’s also about preserving our parents’ personal independence for as long as possible. There are a whole range of support services that can help our parents to continue enjoying life in their own home. We asked Paul Westgarth of daily care provider Home Instead Senior Care to […]
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