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What Is The Role Of A Domiciliary Carer?
Here is some information about the role of a domiciliary carer and how they help their elderly clients and improve their quality of life. Care provided in a person’s own home is a fast-growing segment of the care industry. It is growing quickly in popularity as...
A Brief Insight into Palliative Care: What’s Involved?
For people who are helping to look after a loved one with a life-limiting illness the very term ‘palliative care’ can strike panic into the heart, and this is usually because most of us have no idea what palliative care is exactly. Often little is known or understood...
Falls in the Elderly Population – A Serious Concern
We all accept that as we get older life gets that little bit harder, eyesight deteriorates, hearing loss is more common as is being less steady on our feet. For these reasons falls in the over 65s are unfortunately an all-too-common occurrence that can have serious...
Can you be forced into a care home?
As you get older, it is important to start considering the options that are available to you with regard to elderly care. It is a good idea to know your rights so that you can plan ahead, ensuring that your wishes for the future are met. It is wise to do this before...
Will I be forced to pay for my care by selling my home?
As people get older, many worry about how they will find the money to pay for the care they might need in later life. Life savings are often insufficient to cover this, and the thought of selling a much-loved family home can be devastating. Whilst many older adults...
How Exercise can help Dementia
There are many obvious benefits associated with a healthy lifestyle and regular exercise that apply to everyone. There is also now an increasing body of evidence that suggests that exercise can be particularly effective in combatting dementia. First of all, a healthy...
Companion Animals and the Elderly
As many as half of UK households own at least one pet and companionship is amongst the most often cited reasons for having acquired one. People and the animals that they live with form close bonds that can have all sorts of positive impacts on both parties. These...
Safety and Security as we Age
Safety and security are important to everyone, but can become particular concerns as one grows older. New technologies can help our everyday lives in all sorts of ways, but they too can bring their own problems and worries with regard to security. However, there are...
Setting the Stage: Dementia-Friendly Arts
If, as Shakespeare once wrote, all the world’s a stage, then it can sometimes be quite an intimidating one for anyone living with dementia. Even with assistance from friends, family and carers, social and cultural activities, such as attending a theatre...
Care Providers as Companions: Fighting Isolation and Loneliness
As people age, there is an increased risk of social isolation. Mobility decreases, family and friends move away, impairments to hearing or other senses make social situations more stressful and less attractive. According to the NHS, over two million people over the...
The Technological Future of Social Care?
Debates around the future of social care funding, recruitment and provision have been hard to escape from in recent months. Whatever your view on the current situation, one of the key factors in driving efficiency and reducing costs in future will be the increasing...
Innovation in Care – the Dutch Dementia Village
At Greenwood we are constantly looking for inspiration from other care providers. We read about this provider in Holland which is using innovative techniques to care for Dementia patients in a residential setting. Unfamiliar settings and routines can be amongst the...
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