Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality – can become your reality As someone who feels most tech led care is a huge “No/No” having …
Get outside
Get Outside Research finds care home design isn’t depressing – providing you can actually get outside With around 40% …
Cuts, cuts, and more cuts.
Cuts, cuts, and more cuts. Local authorities plan to find £824m of savings, meaning they will be spending £6bn less …
Arm Protectors
Arm Protectors for carers I caused an absolute hoo-hah the other week on social media when I shared the photo below …
Empathy Apathy
Empathy Apathy The recent revelations that Bupa, making £700 million a year profit from care homes are the perpetrators of …
Bike not buggy
Bike not Buggy Whilst they may not be Bradley Wiggins, have you noticed how some elderly people still cycle everywhere? …
Driving Miss Daisy
I was driving through Taunton in Somerset recently and saw a blue “Driving Miss Daisy” car for the first time. …
Heatwave
Not too hot! Keep the elderly safe in the heatwave FREE ROOM THERMOMETERS AVAILABLE – keep an eye on the …
Help for self-funders
Care Co-operative helps self-funders This is a very interesting initiative for people self-funding care. This article was in the …
Social Care Alliance
The Social Care Alliance The election may be over but the politics is not. Social Care is a topical challenge, …
Carer’s Week
Carer’s week June 12-18th One week to draw attention to the amazing job carers do day in day out. Is …
Hydration causing confusion
Confusion in the elderly caused by dehydration Following on from my earlier article about encouraging elderly people to drink more …
Good hydration
Think Drink As the temperatures start to rise it becomes more and more important to check that our elderly …
Constipation
Constipation needn’t be a pain in the bum! This article has been kindly written for Caron Cares by Nutritionist …
Age Related Sarcoponia
Age Related Sarcopenia One in 20 older people and one in three who live in residential or nursing home may …
ooops!
OOops! As a blogger/writer I tell it like it is. No mincing my words, no apologies. I don’t make things …
Evicted
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
In praise of our NHS As a health and social care blogger, I decided to put the NHS emergency services …
Mobility Scooters
Mobility Scooters I am the biggest advocate for keeping our elderly independent, however not at the cost of accident and …
The Election
The Election Here goes! I never used to think of myself as politically minded. One day I was with a …
Gifting Assets
Gifting Assets (Shared from the WHICH website and very important to read and know) The cost of care – …
Pharmacy 2 u
Pharmacy 2 U Are you busy caring for someone elderly and find getting to the pharmacy difficult. Does you local …
Battle Burnout
Battle Burnout More and more campaigners are finding themselves facing Battle Burnout. People like Jenny Moore who has fought for …
Buurtzorg: Neighbourhood care that is going global
Care Teams are the way forward The image above is one of my “Blue Sky Thinking” presentation slides, where …
Giving up Driving
Giving up driving Most of us rely on our cars and don’t want to think about the day we may …
High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure High Blood pressure increases your risk not only of a stroke or heart attack but also …
In praise of the NHS
In praise of the NHS Nowadays all we seem to hear about is how the NHS is failing our elderly, …
Stair lifts
Stairlifts change lives I was contacted by Jennifer Isles of Acorn Stair lifts with this case study proving what an …
Does exercise slow ageing
Does exercise slow ageing? We all know that exercise is good for controlling pain, weight, sleeping and just simply feeling …
Recognising elder abuse.
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 should someone stop driving? When do you think elderly people should stop driving? Should there be a stated age, …
Free First Aid Courses
NCC Home Learning are offering the public 1000 free courses in order to raise awareness of how to deal …
Social Care Alliance
Social Care Alliance Over the course of the past 5 years, I have found myself mutate from reporter, using Caron …
5th Birthday
HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY TO CARON CARES Today I am celebrating a milestone. Caron Cares has reached it’s 5th Birthday. Most …
TIA’s
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
“People, not Problems” As a blogger and social media nightmare of the eldercare sector, I see it as my duty …
GP Shortage starts to bite.
GP Shortage starts to bite. Patients will lose their “automatic right” to a same-day doctor’s appointment under new plans to …