When is a care home right for Mum? If there is one question care professional gets asked more often than any other question when a family visits a care home for the first time, it is: ‘When is a care home right for mum?’ or ‘How will I know it is the right time for my...
For most of us we spend our lives seeing our bedrooms as a safe sanctuary – a place to relax, unwind and sleep. But, getting older or living with dementia can make the mundane much more challenging and turn those things we take for granted quite dangerous. If...
Like many big changes in life, starting a new school or job, retiring, moving house, there is a sense of worry about the unknown. A care home move can in many cases be even more worrying. Like all of these other life changes, the better informed and prepared you are,...
Just like choosing your first house, choosing a care home is an important decision and a difficult one. Like choosing a house sometimes it “just feels right”, this emotional connection is important and you should trust your instincts. But, it is better to combine...
Is your loved one ready for care but you don’t know how to broach the subject? Talking about care can be difficult and challenging, especially because you are having to deal with own issues and emotions. Remember that nobody wakes up wanting care and everybody...
Nobody wants to move into a care home or welcome carers into their own home. That is just the way it is! Therefore, we will all put off looking for care for as long as we can and hope the crisis never comes. Whereas this in some ways sensible, nobody should start care...
