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- Category: Uncategorized
- Getting Ready for Winter: 5 Simple Tips for Older Adults
- Visiting Angels North Surrey featured in The Times for championing over-50s in the workplace
- The Care Funding Nobody Tells You You’re Entitled To
- How the Right Mobility Equipment Can Help Older Adults Stay Independent at Home
- It’s Their Summer Too – Support Elderly Wellbeing in Warmer Months
- Staying Safe & Cool During Hot Weather
- Staying Hydrated in the Summer: A Vital Step for Care
- Holiday plans? Don’t forget your Mum and Dad!
- The Gift of Time: How Respite Care Helps the Entire Family
- Parkinson’s Awareness Day – 11 April: Caring with Compassion and Support
- Carer Centricity – A game changer in Homecare
- Visiting Angels are the winners at National Workplace Wellbeing Awards
- Visiting Angels Leads The Way In Staff Retention By Putting Carers First
- When Is It Time to Hire Home Care Help?
- Memory-Boosting Games for Elderly
- Tell Me About Your Hobbies?
- Gordon Robertson Wins Homecare’s Got Talent!
- Career Progression in Care
- Making Aging in Place Possible: How Visiting Angels Supported a Family By providing Care at home
- Stay Independent: Ditch “Care Homes Near Me” for In-Home Care
- Top 10 Tips for Choosing a Home Care Provider for Your Loved One
- A List of Recommended Apps for Seniors: Boost Your Health and Wellness
- Visiting Angels Conference & Awards 2022
- Things to Consider before getting Homecare
- Tackling loneliness for your loved ones
- Corona Virus – Covid 19
- Medication Errors Cause Problems For Thousands
- Loneliness Harmful To Your Health
- Beware The Shadow You Cast
- Trouble Sleeping?
- Flu Strikes In January
- Category: Blogs
- Getting around Cheshire East when you’ve stopped driving
- How to go from carer to care manager
- Getting paid to do what you already do for family
- What does the Care Certificate actually involve?
- Do carers need a DBS check, and who pays for it?
- Do you need a driving licence to be a carer?
- Why we pay carers for travel time
- Paying for care in Buxton, Leek and Biddulph
- Leaving Leighton Hospital: arranging care at home
- Same-week care starts: what discharge teams need to know
- Help with continence at home, without the embarrassment
- Can carers give medication, or only prompt it?
- How to tell if your parent is missing their medication
- End of life care at home: what it involves and who pays
- Recovering from a stroke at home: the first 12 weeks
- Will they take the house to pay for care?
- Home care and power of attorney: a solicitor’s guide
- The power of attorney most families forget
- Help for family carers in Cheshire East
- Carer’s Allowance 2026: who can claim and how much
- Winter Fuel Payment 2026 and keeping a cold house warm
- Council Tax discount for dementia: how to claim
- Why do I feel dizzy when I stand up?
- Do fall alarms actually work?
- Scared of falling again? Rebuilding confidence
- What actually prevents falls?
- Can you choose your own carer?
- Care home fees vs care at home in Cheshire
- Hiring a carer privately vs using an agency
- 20 questions to ask a home care agency
- What do CQC ratings actually mean?
- A day in the life of a home carer
- How to become a carer with no experience
- Care jobs in Macclesfield: pay, hours and the work
- How to tell if a parent isn’t eating properly
- 18 months of dementia care at home: what changes
- Dementia support groups in Cheshire East
- How to help a lonely parent: what works
- Home care or a care home for dementia?
- Why does dementia get worse at night? Sundowning
- Why arguing with someone who has dementia never works
- Sudden confusion is not always dementia
- What happens if a carer doesn’t turn up?
- What should be in a care plan?
- What is visiting care? A guide for families (2026)
- How to talk to your parent about help at home
- What to do when a parent refuses care
- Why 15-minute care visits don’t work
- Parkinson’s care at home: timing, freezing and falls
- Care after a hip or knee replacement in Cheshire East
- Live-in care vs hourly visits: which is cheaper?
- NHS Continuing Healthcare: free care at home explained
- Six weeks of free care after hospital: how to get it
- Which council do you ring for care in East Cheshire?
- Will Cheshire East Council pay for care at home?
- Why do older people fall out of bed? Four common causes
- Falling down the stairs: what to check afterwards
- What is a long lie? Why an hour on the floor matters
- How to get up after a fall
- What to do when an elderly parent has a fall
- Attendance Allowance: The Night-Time Question That Costs Families £1,970 a Year
- Category: Funding
- Care in the moorland villages in winter
- Home care in the High Peak: Whaley Bridge and Buxton
- What councils pay for home care vs what it costs
- How do you know when someone should stop driving?
- How long will your savings last paying for care?
- Pension Credit: the benefit that unlocks everything else
- Balance exercises you can do in the kitchen
- How much do carers get paid in Cheshire?
- Is it dementia or just getting older? The 12 signs
- Just diagnosed with dementia: the first month.
- 10 signs your parent needs help at home
- Care after hospital discharge in Macclesfield: 48 hours
- What happens in a care needs assessment? A family guide
- Direct payments: choose your own carer with council money
- Attendance Allowance 2026: rates and how to claim
- How much does home care cost in Cheshire East? 2026 prices
- Category: Falls
- The five ways care at home gets paid for (2026)
- Should an older person go to hospital after a fall?
- Who to call when an elderly person falls: 999 or 111?
- How long does it take to recover from a fall?
- 9 reasons older people fall, and what to do about each one
- Why do I keep falling over for no reason?
