Caron Cares

It’s official Caron Cares is a Top 10 UK Health Blog I am incredibly pleased and slightly humbled to have …

The Perfect Care Home. I have followed the work of Paul Burstow for some time now and this article mirrored …

A Heavy Heart and a Soap Box   This day was a monumental day for all the wrong reasons seeing the …

  Political Hats   I wrote this before the General Election in June 2017. Better late than never to share …

Scams and how to protect someone elderly With an estimated 50% of elderly people reportedly being targetted for scams, I …

Simple Tips For Rethinking Arthritis Pain This is a guest post from Joe Flemming, from Vive Health. Arthritis pain in …

  OMG! I have been nominated!

  Get Outside Research finds care home design isn’t depressing – providing you can actually get outside  With around 40% …

Cuts, cuts, and more cuts. Local authorities plan to find £824m of savings, meaning they will be spending £6bn less …

Empathy Apathy The recent revelations that Bupa, making £700 million a year profit from care homes are the perpetrators of …

  Care Co-operative helps self-funders This is a very interesting initiative for people self-funding care. This article was in the …

The Social Care Alliance The election may be over but the politics is not. Social Care is a topical challenge, …

Carer’s week June 12-18th One week to draw attention to the amazing job carers do day in day out. Is …

  Think Drink As the temperatures start to rise it becomes more and more important to check that our elderly …

  Constipation needn’t be a pain in the bum! This article has been kindly written for Caron Cares by  Nutritionist …

Age Related Sarcopenia One in 20 older people and one in three who live in residential or nursing home may …

OOops!   As a blogger/writer I tell it like it is. No mincing my words, no apologies. I don’t make things …

Evicted In old age, your home is your castle, safe as houses as the saying goes. Or so it should …

In praise of our NHS As a health and social care blogger, I decided to put the NHS emergency services …

The Election Here goes! I never used to think of myself as politically minded. One day I was with a …

Gifting Assets   (Shared from the WHICH website and very important to read and know) The cost of care – …

Battle Burnout More and more campaigners are finding themselves facing Battle Burnout. People like Jenny Moore who has fought for …

In praise of the NHS Nowadays all we seem to hear about is how the NHS is failing our elderly, …

Does exercise slow ageing? We all know that exercise is good for controlling pain, weight, sleeping and just simply feeling …

Recognising Elder Abuse Elder Abuse is not acceptable – Would you recognise some of the less obvious signs ?  We all …

When should someone stop driving? When do you think elderly people should stop driving? Should there be a stated age, …

  NCC Home Learning are offering the public 1000 free courses in order to raise awareness of how to deal …

Social Care Alliance Over the course of the past 5 years, I have found myself mutate from reporter, using Caron …

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY TO CARON CARES Today I am celebrating a milestone. Caron Cares has reached it’s 5th Birthday. Most …

Transient Ischaemic Attacks – T.I.A’s A transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is in essence a mini stroke. It is caused by a …

“People, not Problems” As a blogger and social media nightmare of the eldercare sector, I see it as my duty …

GB Care Awards – National Finals Friday the 31st of March saw thousands of people who work in the social …

  Tiredness in later life Many people say they feel they are slowing down as they get older. Even my …

Manchester care-home judged one of the very best in the country Dystlegh Grange receives “Outstanding” rating from C.Q.C. Care Home …

Speech loss For someone who is rarely short of words, the prospect of not being able to effectively communicate would …

  Who do you tell in the event of a death? You have just lost a loved one and your …

This is what I never want to see – care home residents – monitored on screens from behind a desk …

  Excellent Care needs to be applauded Carole Anne Langmead, from Barnstaple, in Devon, is a Health & Social Care …

Making Mother’s Day less painful if you no longer have your Mum with you. Thoughtful and sensitive advice from Cruse. …

Over prescribing for the elderly is dangerous Having visited my doctors recently and jokingly been told they just “give you …

Planning Ahead – Why local planners need to speak to the elderly. Local planners need to consult with the elderly …

NHS continuing healthcare This is an incredible minefield of postcode lottery, form filling and a little bit of bureaucracy thrown …

Let’s talk about Erectile Dysfunction! That’s part of the problem, isn’t it? No-one does want to talk about erectile dysfunction, …

Gina Awad has recently been honoured at the Alzheimer’s Society National Dementia Friendly Awards with the accolade of “Dementia Champion …

  When I created Caron Cares, I needed to let people know about it. I lost track of the number …

Prostate Cancer- What should you look out for gentlemen?  (and your ladies too!) There are currently 36,000 men in the …

Self-employed and unregulated Builders, barmaids and bankrupt businessmen are jetting in as care workers for the elderly, amid a spiralling …

Be Clear on Cancer and other conditions No-one likes to think about cancer and heart disease but early detection saves …

Happy Valentines Day – Look after your heart. Please watch this video and have the heart to share it today …

My invitation to speak to academics and researchers! My blog is a resource but it is also a tool for …

Devon Really Does Care – Does your county ? Devon is the third largest county in the UK and has …