Care
How can you find helpful, reliable and appropriate care for your parent, wherever they choose to live?
The role of homeshare for older people during and post-pandemic
Flo and Luciana have built a friendship through home sharing in the pandemic that has seen them litter picking together in the local park. For anyone who can live independently with just a little help around the house and would like more company, Homeshare could be a valuable solution. What is homeshare? It’s incredibly beneficial […]
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The benefits of in-home elderly care
Collaborative Post If you have a loved one who needs to be taken care of and has reached a certain age, it is important for you to consult professionals for this job. Although nobody wants to leave the elderly by themselves, sometimes it becomes imperative to organise for the senior caregivers. Not to forget, the […]
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Critical financial decisions to discuss with your parents when they move in with you
Collaborative Post Having your parents around can be exciting as you get to spend more time together. They also bond with the grandchildren, and it’s almost like having a family reunion every day. If they’ve been sickly, it’s a relief having them around because you can take care and give them the attention they need. […]
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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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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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What will it take for care homes to open their doors again?
When will we be allowed to get back into care homes to visit our loved ones? While some homes are clearly working hard to find solutions to what is an incredibly difficult question, others are said to have pulled up the drawbridge and are implementing draconian measures to keep visitors out, and to isolate residents […]
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Help at home after hospital from the Royal Voluntary Service
What help is available to older people leaving hospital? If your parent has been in hospital for a while, they may need help to get back into life at home. When they’re ready to go home they should be connected to a number of healthcare and care professionals to get the right services in place. […]
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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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Can a homeshare help my parent feel less lonely?
Can homesharing be an answer to the growing epidemic of loneliness and depression that is affecting our older population? We asked a homeshare expert, Sam Brandman of Two Generations, about how homesharing works in practice, and how we can make it work for our parents. What is a homeshare? A homeshare arrangement brings together a […]
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