Here you’ll find all the information and advice you need about live-in care, condition led care and life as a live-in carer. For more information on any of these topics, get in touch today to find out how we can support you or a loved one.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines companionship as: “A feeling of fellowship or friendship.” This definition perfectly sums up how we see a relationship between a live-in carer and the person they are supporting. Fellowship and friendship are feelings that promote warm interactions, positive associations, happiness, joy and laughter, all of which ultimately improve the wellbeing […]
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Staying active is an essential part of life, especially as we get older. Keeping fit and strong will help in all areas of life and is something that your carer can help to facilitate. For adults over 65, 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per week is recommended by the World Health Organisation. This […]
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The ways in which changes to a person’s five basic senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch – impact upon their dementia is something that our live-in carers see on a daily basis. Many people we support are living with some degree of sight and hearing loss, smells may have become distorted, taste impaired […]
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In her second blog for us, Beth Britton writes about how social interaction can help a person living with dementia… After a diagnosis of dementia, many people withdraw into themselves, sometimes because of the shock of the diagnosis, sometimes because of feelings of helplessness given that there are few treatments and no current cure, and […]
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