If you are in your later life and have limited mobility, this does not mean that you cannot eat well and exercise to maintain overall mental and physical health. Whatever your circumstances may be, you can make always small diet changes, do gentle daily exercises and practice brain stimulation exercises to make your life [...]
Is home care the best option for you or your relative? We are aware that choosing the right care and support for yourself or a relative can be difficult a decision to make as you need to think about the pros and cons of having home care or moving your loved one in a [...]
It is never too late to teach your mum, dad or older relative something new, even if its technology. We live in a society where technology is constantly growing. New platforms, to initiate and increase communication, are constantly being created. Research from Open Access Government suggests that 41% of the older adults over 75 [...]
What are your 2020 highlights? Christmas in 2020 The government has announced the new tier three system that came into effect when the second national lockdown in the UK ended on the 2nd December. Non-essential shops are back as normal such as shopping centres, restaurants, hairdressers and other non-essential personal shops. It has also [...]
Have you noticed that your elderly relative feels lonely? The elderly are extremely vulnerable to loneliness and social isolation and these can have a serious impact on their health. According to the research conducted by Age UK, there are 1.4 million lonely elderly individuals in the UK and in a pandemic such as Covid-19, loneliness [...]
Alzheimer's Awareness Month It's World Alzheimer's Awareness Month and it is so beneficial to have an informative blog post about the elderly living with Dementia. Many of us do not know what Dementia is and that Alzheimer's Disease is one of many types of Dementia. If you have an elderly loved one recently being diagnosed with [...]
Research conducted by the universities of York, Sheffield and Manchester has highlighted that a mistake is made 237million times a year in the administration or prescription of medication. The mistakes made in both the health and social care sector for the most part didn’t cause harm but in 28% of the mistakes moderate or severe [...]
