Live in care at Home – Elderly home care blog

This is an interesting video from the BBC’s Panorama about who should pay for elderly care, as the article says:
“With nearly a quarter of the UK’s population expected to be over 65 within 20 years, the dilemma of who should pay for the care of the elderly is a pressing issue for government. Dame Joan [...]

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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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Care of the elderly is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), formerly the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI). The CQC has laid down a set of National Minimum Standards which apply to all organisations involved in providing care services to the elderly, whether they be charities, local authorities, or private agencies.
There are 27 [...]

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Continuing care is defined as, professional care given to meet the physical or mental health needs of adults with a disability, injury or illness over an extended period of time.
NHS continuing healthcare means a package of care that is arranged and funded by the NHS and is free of charge to the person receiving the [...]

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Dementia currently affects over 700,000 people within the UK alone. 5 % of people over the age of 65 suffer from dementia and increases to 20% of people over the age of 80.
The preconception is that dementia only affects the elderly but research shows this not to be the case. According to the Alzheimer’s Society [...]

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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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An investigation into the watchdog that regulates care homes for the elderly has uncovered concerns that inspections are not being carried out often enough.
A questionnaire of staff from the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) also raised worries that residents are at greater risk.
The questionnaire was organised by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. [...]

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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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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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