What Is The Role Of A Domiciliary Carer?

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?

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

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?

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?

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

How Exercise can help Dementia

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...