Are you having problems encouraging a loved one or patient to bathe? Shower struggles can be a common issue for elderly caregivers, with many refusing to bathe. According to Safer Senior Care, while it’s easy...
Are you or one of your elderly friends or relatives in need of social care? If so, the social services department at your local council may be able to offer assistance in relation to information...
When winter rolls around it brings inevitable illnesses such as coughs and colds. However, for many people and especially the elderly, winter can cause a number of more serious health complaints. Among others, serious medical...
Falls are the most common cause of fatal injuries and the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries. Most falls are preventable. Improvements in the home and workplace can help create a safe environment for...
Whilst we are in lockdown, we need to ensure that, now more than ever, we’re keeping in contact with our elderly relatives. Fortunately for us, thanks to modern technology there are some incredibly easy and...
Vicky McDermott, Chair of the Care and Support Alliance, said: The findings show the grave threat that social care is under. “Social care, which many rely on as life support, is essential in meeting the needs...
Katie Mantell at the King’s Fund – Social care is all around us. More than 1.5 million people in England are employed to provide social care to older and disabled people. And these numbers are...
Emily Dugan writing in The Independent – Older people have been hit with a “double whammy” of cuts to social care and a huge drop in the number of community nurses to help them at...
Nearly a quarter of Britain’s disabled people suffer loneliness through government social care cuts and benefits changes, a charity’s research reveals. Worst affected are those aged 18 to 34. Over a third of them feel...
Articles in several of the press today saying that a health watchdog is asking for plumbers and boiler engineers to report cold homes to the council to slash winter deaths. Around 25,000 extra brits –...
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