Speech And Mobility Services To Aid Stroke Recovery
The time after a stroke can be very distressing for both individual’s and their loved ones. A stroke can lead to difficult decisions about what happens next, as daily living tasks such as washing, dressing and meal preparation can become a struggle. This makes living independently difficult and extra support may be required. Rehabilitation services […]
Free Seminar – Who will pay for long term care?
With an ageing population, Long Term Care provision is becoming a more prevalent issue. One in four people are likely to need Long Term Care in the future, and provision for this eventuality is very often dismissed until there is an immediate need. Indeed, for those receiving care or wishing to increase that care, there […]
Is there a crisis coming in Care?
With the squeeze on Government spending there is concern that the quality of care given will reduce. As the care industry is very much a people driven industry if the amount being paid for care is falling then the amount of labour cost must fall to keep care businesses viable. In the Care Home setting […]
Preparation For Living At Home With Alzheimer’s Disease Or Dementia
Care for the Elderly can be stressful but even more so when the loved one has Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Creating a safe home environment can ease some of this stress, and getting needed time away from elderly care by employing an at home care service can also help. Creating a safe environment removes the […]
Many may be working into their 70’s.
Under the current law there is a default retirement age of 65; this means that once you turn 65 your employer can retire you. Often a person turning 65 now is not ready to retire or does not have enough pension or savings to want to retire. The Government is considering abolishing or raising the […]
Our Professional Care Is There To Avoid This
These words from Outside Left are causing me to remember that I have knuckles: “Slowly but surely, the true picture is emerging of widespread failure involving many people in different services.“ I didn’t have a Baby P, but I had the equivalent of Baby P. She had a longer life than Baby P, but an […]
Preserve your Health, be Active
As we grow older we run the risk of failing health and having to be put into a Residential Home where we are looked after in an intensive way. This comes at a large cost because we are giving up our own home so that we can afford the residential care. There is an alternative […]
Home Care will be “better and cheaper”
“There’s no point in coming into the hospital. There’s nothing to see,” says Dr Aodhán Breathnach, a consultant microbiologist at St George’s Hospital in south-west London. “There’s just me, filling in forms. This happens out in the community.” Part of the drive to save money in the “Big Idea” is too allow more people to […]
Home Care Keeping You Independent
Age is a measure of our life, when we first enter the world we are faced by many challenges but we are supported by family. When it comes to our old age we face more challenges than we did as a child but now we do not necessarily have the family there to support us. […]
Everycare Central Hants Up and Running
A new force in Home Care and Agency Staff for Care Homes has risen in Winchester – called Everycare. Everycare is established around the country and has been in business since 1993 and has a reputation for deliverying a first class service tailored to client requirements. We are currently recruiting Health Care Assistants and Home […]