It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… so we thought it would be a good...

How can a private Housing Occupational Therapy company help your older relatives? An expert housing occupational...

The Good Care Group provide one to one care and support in your own home. • Specialist...

SureSafe offer the broadest range of personal alarms to suit a wide variety of needs: Traditional...

We regularly hear about bed blocking in the news, but there is little reason for a...

myageingparent.com has teamed up with Design for Independence, a leading occupational therapy practice, to help you...

Older people often have complex, chronic conditions and there has been a significant shift in recent...

When a parent is diagnosed with dementia, the effects of the illness become all consuming. The...

There is a wide variety of social care services available, primarily there to support people in...

Being able to dress yourself goes a long way to helping older people maintain their valuable...

Get out and about and have some fun with your extended family. Just visiting friends and...

Approximately 30% of women diagnosed with breast cancer report a symptom other than a lump. However, when...

There seems to be a general misconception that carers working in a private home can be...

Research from The Live-in Homecare Information Hub has found that people are not aware of the...

There will come a time for most families when it becomes clear that an elderly relative...

Many families are facing a future in which a parent will need continuing care. As online...

The question we are asked most frequently is how to go about getting help for an...

The CARE Advice Awards are designed to recognise the very best care advice available for both...

Whether we like it or not, many of us will reach a day when we can...

The new Care Act 2014 is mainly concerned with adults and their adult carers and the...

Many of us have heard of or experienced firsthand the emotional rollercoaster of being plunged into...

Often at times of crisis, a decision is made to put an old person into a...

Shirley Ayres discusses her views on digital technology to enhance social care There has been considerable debate about the role...

We all need a little unbiased, expert advice from time to time, and there’s no more important time than when you’re working out how to pay for long-term care – for yourself or a loved one. Read on to find out what an independent care-fees adviser can do for you, how they are paid and how to go about choosing one that’s right for you.

Dementia is probably the most difficult problem families face when caring for an older relative Most...

You may think your  parent  seems a little forgetful, or have difficulty remembering the right words for...

It may be getting to the stage when your parent or relative is finding it difficult...

Dementia is a condition which affects brain function. There are various types of dementia, such as...

Everyone needs a break from the usual routine and that includes your retired older parents too....

The country faces a major housing crisis, with not enough new homes being built for our...