Live in care at Home – Elderly home care blog

I have been watching the series currently running on BBC TV about how the increasing problem of senile dementia is predominantly addressed in the UK
The series is described thus:
“Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson tries to improve three struggling care homes. Can Gerry change a culture of stagnant lounges, poor quality of life and a lack of [...]

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Let’s face it, given the choice, we would all prefer to live out our lives in the comfort of our own home.
Even the government has recognised this fact. In an interview with Sian Williams on BBC Breakfast Time on 30/9/09, the Prime Minister said: “institutional care” is where most people “least want to go”. He [...]

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Many people simply don’t realise that the nursing care provided in a patient’s own home is no different to that provided in residential nursing homes.
Indeed it is in the innocent absence of that knowledge that even in this day and age, some of the most well-meaning of relatives still sometimes feel constrained to persuade their [...]

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Delegates at a recent Health and Care Conference held in Glasgow heard a call by the co-director of Birmingham University’s Health Services Management Centre for a radical overhaul of the funding of long-term care for the elderly.
In a workshop entitled “Who cares? Reforming Long-Term Care” Professor Jon Glasby said that the current system placed an [...]

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10 good reason why you should choose care in your own home in preference to moving into a care home.

1. There’s No Place Like Home
As people get older, their home tends to become even more precious to them. Any move away from this familiar environment, for example a holiday in a hotel, or even a [...]

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised that the Swine Flu pandemic is now imminent. In response, the WHO has raised their pandemic alert to level five, just short of a ‘full pandemic outbreak’.
Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, said today that most people affected by the virus would recover and the government had [...]

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What is a stroke is a question that is asked regularly and in some instances can be very dibilitating!
A stroke happens when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted. A blood clot restricting the flow of blood to the brain is the most common cause of strokes, but some are caused by bleeding in [...]

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Private care in your own home is so much more appealing that having to be moved to a care home
There is no doubt that once you get in to your later years things become more difficult and help is needed for some of the tasks that might ordinarily have been a lot easier a when [...]

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If you are looking for a live in carer then Care at Home is here to help!
Care at Home – The Home Care Live-in specialists
Care at Home were established in 1990 and have their head office based just outside Saffron Walden in Essex.
Live-in Care works because more and more people are looking to retain their [...]

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Why choose care in your own home and not use a nursing home?
It might be you are viewing this web site and at the point of deciding whether or not you should stay in your own home or whether you should consider going into a nursing or care home. You might be looking for care [...]

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