Live in care at Home – Elderly home care blog

Is the cost of visiting care mounting up? Have you considered switching to live-in care?
With visiting care in many parts of England now costing £20 an hour during the week and £24 an hour at the weekend (and often up to £30 on Bank Holidays and at Christmas, New Year and Easter), then if a [...]

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It is not at all unusual for even the most hardened individuals to be overcome by the trauma of coping with a loved one who has Alzheimer’s Disease.
The upset displayed by John Suchet is a prima facie illustration – albeit a particularly harrowing one – of the feeling of desolation and isolationism that we as [...]

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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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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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As we get older it is a well known fact that our memories may not be as efficient as they once were so here are a few memory tips to help.
For some this may only be small things such as appointments but in other cases it can be worse, such as forgetting the faces of [...]

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Direct payments are local council payments for people who have been assessed as needing help from social services, and who would like to arrange and pay for their own care and support services instead of receiving them directly from the local council.
A person must be able to give their consent to receiving direct payments and [...]

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Is live in care too expensive and visiting care not enough?
This is the question we at Care at Home recently asked ourselves and, as a result decided to launch a new 5-day week live in care service. So effectively providing part-time live in care for only 5 days a week.
We receive many calls from people [...]

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Firstly, what is dementia?
Dementia is a term commonly used to describe various different brain disorders that have one thing in common – a loss of brain function which is usually progressive and eventually severe, leaving the person severely disabled and in most situations extremely frustrated.
The term ‘dementia’ is used to describe the symptoms that occur [...]

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Direct payments are local council payments for people who have been assessed as needing help from social services, and who would like to arrange and pay for their own care and support services instead of receiving them directly from the local council.
A person must be able to give their consent to receiving direct payments and [...]

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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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