Finding a home
How do you make the best choice to suit tastes, needs and budget?
How to prepare your parents or grandparents for moving into a care home
Collaborative Post Moving into a care home is a significant life change, both for older adults and the people who care about them. While the transition can feel emotional and uncertain, taking the right steps beforehand can help make the process as smooth and positive as possible. Seemingly small actions can make a big difference. […]
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When Memory Needs More: A Family Guide to Dementia Care and Care Homes in Worthing and West Sussex
Collaborative Post If you’re reading this, you’re probably somewhere in the middle of one of the most emotionally complex journeys a family can face. Perhaps your loved one has been living with dementia for a while now, and things at home are becoming harder. Perhaps something happened recently that made you think: “We can’t keep […]
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The Ultimate Guide to Luxury Senior Living Communities in Pennsylvania
Collaborative Post Choosing a senior living community is a big decision with many factors to consider. Comfort, care and safety are the top priorities. Communities offer a range of different amenities and lifestyle options – some focus on independent living, while others focus on memory care or personal care. Location also affects convenience and daily […]
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What do you do when a care home closes?
It’s a nightmare situation. Your parent is settled in a care home when it’s suddenly announced that the home will be closing. You need to find somewhere else for them to live and be cared for well, away from the people and routines that they know, and often pretty quickly. The University of Birmingham has […]
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Why it’s important to choose a care home that values online security
Collaborative Post Cyber threats are something we associate with retail firms and global brands. But what many don’t realise is that it’s a risk to all industries, including care homes. In recent years, healthcare records have been compromised (with NHS client data accessed), and this worrying trend is expected to increase with the growing level […]
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Choosing a care or nursing home during the pandemic
Choosing the right care or nursing home for a family member or friend is rarely easy at the best of times. But because of the pandemic, taking a look round a care home has become well nigh impossible. We have articles on When They Get Older that can help you make choices, both in general […]
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Home or away for care and nursing homes?
Joan is about to move to her third home in two months – and that’s not counting the flat she left behind following a fall and a spell in hospital. The first, a care facility in her home town, decided she needed nursing care, which they couldn’t offer. The second was nearby and very amenable, […]
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Choosing a home for respite care
Just days after Christmas we received a message from a local care home offering “3 weeks for 2” respite care. A bit startling, but actually not at all a bad idea. After the pleasures and stresses of any festive season, carergivers may well be feeling in need of a break to recover their energies. And […]
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How to choose the right care home for your loved ones
Collaborative Post One of the hardest things you’ll have to do as an adult is making the decision as to whether or not it’s time for a loved one to move into a home. Although it may be something you don’t want to think about right now, one day the time will come. In order […]
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An insider’s guide to asking the right questions when choosing a care home
There’s plenty of advice about choosing a care home available on the internet. But does it go far enough? As a registered nurse John has spent years working in care homes for the elderly and knows what’s important to ask. Now he’s used his experience to write a guide to the questions that will really […]
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