Is it dementia or just getting older? The 12 signs
Quick summary Forgetting a name is normal. Forgetting how to get home from a shop you have used for thirty
Just diagnosed with dementia: the first month.
Quick summary The diagnosis appointment often tells you little about what happens next. In the first month: make sure there
What happens if a carer doesn’t turn up?
Quick summary A missed visit should trigger a call from the provider and a replacement carer, not a voicemail. NICE
What should be in a care plan?
Quick summary A care plan sets out what help is needed, when, how, and who does it. A good one
What is visiting care? A guide for families (2026)
Quick summary Visiting care means a carer coming to the house for planned visits rather than living in. Visits run
How to talk to your parent about help at home
Quick summary Do not open with care. Open with the specific thing that worries you, once, and ask what they
What to do when a parent refuses care
Quick summary Refusal is usually about losing control rather than about the care itself. The families who get past it
Why 15-minute care visits don’t work
Quick summary It is very difficult to wash, dress, feed and give someone their medication in 15 minutes. NICE says
Parkinson’s care at home: timing, freezing and falls
Quick summary A dose given 30 minutes late can be the difference between walking to the kitchen and a fall
Care after a hip or knee replacement in Cheshire East
Quick summary Six weeks of no driving, restrictions on how far you can bend, and nobody to make lunch. That
