Big Button Phones Big button phones are ideal for elderly people. Not only do they have easy to see …
Raised Toilet Seats.
Raised toilet seats Raised toilet seats are really useful for elderly people as they make it easier to get …
5 easy ways to boost your health
5 easy ways to boost your health Plus it’s never too late, and you are never too old to do …
How to use a walking stick.
How to use a walking stick Did you know there is a wrong and right way to use a walking …
Hidden Disability Help
Hidden Disability Help Did you know that 49% of us fly abroad at least once a year? With the weather …
Pimp My Zimmer
Pimp My Zimmer “Pimp My Zimmer”, the scheme originating in an Essex care home in 2016 scheme has shown to …
Unsafe at the wheel
Unsafe At the wheel. Following a conversation with someone concerned about her parents’ welfare, health and safety on many levels, …
Free Flu Jab
Free Flu jab – but not for all carers Having just had my 5th flu jab in as many years, …
“It’s not all Turkey and Tinsel”
It’s not all Turkey and Tinsel Sneak preview of my Christmas article for Devon Life. “It’s not all Tinsel and …
Clostridium Difficile
Clostridium Difficile – what is it ? If you don’t read any further, please just read this. Alcohol gel is …
Struggle To Reach Your Feet
Ever struggled to reach your feet to put your socks/tights on ? Do you care for someone elderly who does …
Removing Lids
Ice cream tub or challenge of the day ? To the younger person this looks like an innocuous tub of …
Improvised Urine Bottles for Men
Need a male urine bottle and the shops are shut ? If you are caring for a man following illness …
Denture Cleaning – Top Tip
Cleaning dentures. When cleaning dentures ensure that you don’t use hot water as this makes dentures brittle and don’t use …
Denture Cleaning Tablets – Top Tip
If you care for someone elderly who has dentures they probably have denture cleaning tablets don’t they? Did you know …
Christmas with Dementia
Introduction. I was delighted to be approached by the company responsible for marketing for the UK’s largest independent care …
Key Safe Top Tip
Do You Struggle To Stop The Key From Slipping In a Key Safe ? I do and when I …
Easy Unwrapping Top Tip
Make Christmas unwrapping easy for someone elderly Stiff, sore and swollen fingers make unwrapping parcels tightly bound with …