Vascular Dementia
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin How does Vascular Dementia differ from Alzheimers? Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia after …
Do technology and ageing mix ?
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Do technology and ageing mix Growing old is going to be no different for the baby boomers, followed by …
Calming activity for someone with dementia
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Calming activity for someone with dementia I read about this idea and thought I would share it with …
Free Flu Jab
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Free Flu jab – but not for all carers Having just had my 5th flu jab in as …
More Gift Ideas
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Christmas gift ideas for someone elderly or someone with dementia. The clock is ticking and now with less …
Charming!
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Charming Whilst my blog may not be the most amazing, it is written with passion and consideration. You …
Steve, 46 has dementia
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Meet Steve. Steve is 46 and he has dementia. Often when I make the dementia assistance cards for …
Care Workers Organisations
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Care workers Organisation At long last a professional body for carers The National Association of Care and Support …
Caregiver health
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Caregiver health Caregiver health is a topic dear to my heart so when Joe from Vive Health offered …
Priceless
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Priceless Still going strong, my free to make at home dementia assistance cards. These personalised, award-winning cards help …
Sorry
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin I am Sorry I sometimes feel my little blog gets neglected. Yes,there are well over 800 articles here, …
Gifts that keep giving
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Gifts that keep giving I wrote a blog post back in 2013 about Alzheimers and weddings and whilst that was …
Unclaimed Benefits
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Unclaimed Benefits There is no shame to claim – or is there? With alarming findings being reported in …
£7 billion annual deficit in elderly care
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin £7 billion deficit in elderly care – a year ! I have been banging on about this for …
Insuring against old age
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Insuring against old age! Once upon a time we used to provide for our non-working days with a …
Instant
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Another of my musings! Instant Have you noticed how instant we are becoming? Children fed on demand, feed …
Street Wardens
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Street Wardens for the elderly We all know we are an increasingly ageing society. We all know there …
Maintaining Brain Health
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Maintaining brain health for people with dementia Physical health, nutrition, mood . . . caregivers of aging parents …
Who cares for the carers?
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin About you carers? You care for a loved one, simply because you care for them or love them …
Aortic Screening
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Screening for Abdominal aortic aneurysm. In England, screening for AAA is offered to men during the year they …
Top 10 UK Health Blog
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin It’s official Caron Cares is a Top 10 UK Health Blog I am incredibly pleased and slightly humbled …
The perfect care home
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin The Perfect Care Home. I have followed the work of Paul Burstow for some time now and this …
A Soap Box and a Heavy Heart
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin A Heavy Heart and a Soap Box This day was a monumental day for all the wrong reasons …
Political Hats
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Political Hats I wrote this before the General Election in June 2017. Better late than never to …
Keeping Elderly People Safe in a Heatwave.
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Heatwave Keeping Elderly people safe in a Heatwave. FREE ROOM THERMOMETERS AVAILABLE- keep an eye on the temperature. Summer …
Protecting the elderly-scams
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Scams and how to protect someone elderly With an estimated 50% of elderly people reportedly being targetted for …
Aspririn
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Do you carry an aspirin with you at all times? No nor do I, however, it may be …
Arthritis Pain
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Simple Tips For Rethinking Arthritis Pain This is a guest post from Joe Flemming, from Vive Health. Arthritis …
Pride of Britain Award
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Virtual Reality
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Virtual Reality – can become your reality As someone who feels most tech led care is a huge …
Get outside
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Get Outside Research finds care home design isn’t depressing – providing you can actually get outside With around …
Cuts, cuts, and more cuts.
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Cuts, cuts, and more cuts. Local authorities plan to find £824m of savings, meaning they will be spending …
Arm Protectors
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Arm Protectors for carers I caused an absolute hoo-hah the other week on social media when I shared the …
Empathy Apathy
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Empathy Apathy The recent revelations that Bupa, making £700 million a year profit from care homes are the …
Bike not buggy
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Bike not Buggy Whilst they may not be Bradley Wiggins, have you noticed how some elderly people still …
Driving Miss Daisy
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin I was driving through Taunton in Somerset recently and saw a blue “Driving Miss Daisy” car for the …
Help for self-funders
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Care Co-operative helps self-funders This is a very interesting initiative for people self-funding care. This article was in …
Social Care Alliance
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin The Social Care Alliance The election may be over but the politics is not. Social Care is a …
Carer’s Week
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Carer’s week June 12-18th One week to draw attention to the amazing job carers do day in day …
Hydration causing confusion
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Confusion in the elderly caused by dehydration Following on from my earlier article about encouraging elderly people to …
Good hydration
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Think Drink As the temperatures start to rise it becomes more and more important to check that our …
Constipation
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Constipation needn’t be a pain in the bum! This article has been kindly written for Caron Cares by …
Age Related Sarcoponia
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Age Related Sarcopenia One in 20 older people and one in three who live in residential or nursing …
ooops!
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin OOops! As a blogger/writer I tell it like it is. No mincing my words, no apologies. I don’t …
Evicted
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Evicted In old age, your home is your castle, safe as houses as the saying goes. Or so …
In praise of our NHS
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin In praise of our NHS As a health and social care blogger, I decided to put the NHS …
Mobility Scooters
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Mobility Scooters I am the biggest advocate for keeping our elderly independent, however not at the cost of …
The Election
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin The Election Here goes! I never used to think of myself as politically minded. One day I was …
Gifting Assets
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Gifting Assets (Shared from the WHICH website and very important to read and know) The cost of …
Pharmacy 2 u
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Pharmacy 2 U Are you busy caring for someone elderly and find getting to the pharmacy difficult. Does …
Battle Burnout
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Battle Burnout More and more campaigners are finding themselves facing Battle Burnout. People like Jenny Moore who has …
Buurtzorg: Neighbourhood care that is going global
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Care Teams are the way forward The image above is one of my “Blue Sky Thinking” presentation slides, …
Giving up Driving
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Giving up driving Most of us rely on our cars and don’t want to think about the day …
High Blood Pressure
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin High Blood Pressure High Blood pressure increases your risk not only of a stroke or heart attack but …
In praise of the NHS
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin In praise of the NHS Nowadays all we seem to hear about is how the NHS is failing …
Stair lifts
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Stairlifts change lives I was contacted by Jennifer Isles of Acorn Stair lifts with this case study proving …
Does exercise slow ageing
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedinDoes exercise slow ageing? We all know that exercise is good for controlling pain, weight, sleeping and just simply …
Recognising elder abuse.
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Recognising Elder Abuse Elder Abuse is not acceptable – Would you recognise some of the less obvious signs ? …
When should someone stop driving
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin When should someone stop driving? When do you think elderly people should stop driving? Should there be a …
Free First Aid Courses
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin NCC Home Learning are offering the public 1000 free courses in order to raise awareness of how to …
Social Care Alliance
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Social Care Alliance Over the course of the past 5 years, I have found myself mutate from reporter, …
5th Birthday
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY TO CARON CARES Today I am celebrating a milestone. Caron Cares has reached it’s 5th …
TIA’s
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Transient Ischaemic Attacks – T.I.A’s A transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is in essence a mini stroke. It is …
People not Problems
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin “People, not Problems” As a blogger and social media nightmare of the eldercare sector, I see it as …
GP Shortage starts to bite.
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin GP Shortage starts to bite. Patients will lose their “automatic right” to a same-day doctor’s appointment under new …
GB Care Awards, Finals
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin GB Care Awards – National Finals Friday the 31st of March saw thousands of people who work in …
Tiredness
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Tiredness in later life Many people say they feel they are slowing down as they get older. Even …
Smart phone, smart ideas
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Smart Phone, Smart Ideas The New amplicomms M9500 is the first Smartphone that turns into a remotely controlled …
In praise of excellence
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Manchester care-home judged one of the very best in the country Dystlegh Grange receives “Outstanding” rating from C.Q.C. …
Speech loss
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Speech loss For someone who is rarely short of words, the prospect of not being able to effectively …
Who to inform of a death
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Who do you tell in the event of a death? You have just lost a loved one …
Telecare, problem or solution?
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin This is what I never want to see – care home residents – monitored on screens from behind …
Excellent Care
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Excellent Care needs to be applauded Carole Anne Langmead, from Barnstaple, in Devon, is a Health & Social …
Mother’s Day, when Mum has passed
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedinMaking Mother’s Day less painful if you no longer have your Mum with you. Thoughtful and sensitive advice from …
Marmalade
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Loneliness is bad for your health – Fact. I have just stumbled across the wonderful work of Amy …
Over Prescribing
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Over prescribing for the elderly is dangerous Having visited my doctors recently and jokingly been told they just …
Equity Release & State Benefits
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Equity Release and State Benefits More and more people are choosing to stay in their own homes and …
White Coat Syndrome
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin White Coat Syndrome Have you heard of this syndrome? Until yesterday I hadn’t, so I decided I had …
Planning ahead
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Planning Ahead – Why local planners need to speak to the elderly. Local planners need to consult with …
The Big Knit
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin The Big Knit – Fundraising for Age UK. The Big Knit, how have I missed writing about this …
Point to Sheets
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Point to Sheets! I love what I do with such a passion. I write here on …
Diverse diets in care
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Diversity diets in Care Catering for special diets is an area of increasing concern in social care, but …
NHS Continuing Care
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin NHS continuing healthcare This is an incredible minefield of postcode lottery, form filling and a little bit of …
Erectile dysfunction
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Let’s talk about Erectile Dysfunction! That’s part of the problem, isn’t it? No-one does want to talk about …
Football & Dementia
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Former Liverpool striker Ian St John calls on football’s leaders to look after former professionals who have dementia …
Reflexology in homes
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Gina Awad has recently been honoured at the Alzheimer’s Society National Dementia Friendly Awards with the accolade of …
PR
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin When I created Caron Cares, I needed to let people know about it. I lost track of …
Prostate Cancer
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Prostate Cancer- What should you look out for gentlemen? (and your ladies too!) There are currently 36,000 men …
Carer Crisis
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Self-employed and unregulated Builders, barmaids and bankrupt businessmen are jetting in as care workers for the elderly, amid …
Clear on cancer & heart disease
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Be Clear on Cancer and other conditions No-one likes to think about cancer and heart disease but early …
Happy Hearts
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Happy Valentines Day – Look after your heart. Please watch this video and have the heart to share …
UK’s oldest care worker
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin This is such an inspiring story and for once a postivie one too ! Source: ‘You’re never too …
Spreading the word
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin My invitation to speak to academics and researchers! My blog is a resource but it is also a …
More cuts to care
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Cuts, cuts and more cuts and a Government unable to solve the problem in the social care disaster. …
Cancer. Help for older people.
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Changing lives for older people through access to advocacy Cancer affects many older people.Did you know that …
Silverline
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin The Silver Line – A Life Line What a difference a voice makes. Now into its fourth year, …
Devon Does Care
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Devon Really Does Care – Does your county ? Devon is the third largest county in the UK …
Caring for Mum and Dad
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin Care crisis will require people to be as responsible for their parents as they are their children …
Waiting for God. “Warehousing”
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin I saw this coming, just hoped it never would. I am greatly saddened at hout we as a …
Keep exercising.
Share this…FacebookTwitterLinkedin You are never too old to exercise. Older woman who do not exercise daily have cells biologically older …