Help Putting on Compression Stockings
Help Putting on Compression Stockings If you care for someone who needs to wear compression stockings you will know how …
Social care crisis – Human rights issue
Social Care Crisis – Human Rights Issue. Too Right it is! Source: Why the social care crisis is a human …
EyeKepper Glasses
Eyekepper Glasses Age does not come alone, someone once said to me and it’s so true. Even for me at …
The social care resolution cannot wait
The Social Care resolution cannot wait Source: 672 days later, the social care resolution cannot wait – Independent Age …
Tovertafel
Imagine being able to scoop up goldfish or have birds resting in the palm of your hand. Imagine piecing together a virtual jigsaw of times gone by? Tovertafel light projections can allow this to happen.
Long-term plan for NHS England ‘undeliverable’
Source: Long-term plan for NHS England ‘undeliverable’ amid staffing crisis | Society | The Guardian Theresa May has said the …
Teething Troubles
Teething Trouble. How to encourage someone with dementia to brush their teeth Just as we teach a young child …
Digital Display Frame
These frames are also a relaxing alternative to TV and I know several care homes use them to share photos of activities residents have enjoyed. Many of them have the capacity to store thousands of photos in a compact and easy to view way.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year 2019 May I wish you and yours all the very best for 2019. I sincerely hope …
Points of Light Award
Points of Light Award Today is MY day. The 19th of December 2018. It’s not my Birthday, but it …
Wristbands for people with dementia
Wristbands for people with dementia. Help to keep them safe and visible.
#CARE
(Shared in it’s entirity to be saved for posterity) Screenwriter hopes new BBC production, called Care, will spark debate on …
Jelly Drops
Jelly Drops-What a difference a Blogger makes! You can still be part of this amazing journey and donate. Not being …
Blood in your Pee
Blood in your Pee, Look in the pan when you Wee. Around 19,100 people in England are diagnosed with bladder or …
Invisible
Invisible This is a piece I wrote about loneliness. You are not blind, you can see, you have no …
Keeping elderly people well in a heatwave
Keeping elderly people safe in a heatwave Close the curtains or pull down blinds to prevent direct sunlight entering rooms …
The Weekly Raid
The Weekly Raid The Weekly Raid may share its title with a sci-fi cartoon publication, but this magazine is freely …
Moving Together Devon
Moving Together Devon For many elderly people the thought of moving home makes them anxious, not wanting to leave …
Wheelchair walking aid
Wheelchair walking aid. As a bit of an ideas person, I love this. As you may know, I am lucky …
Happy Birthday Caron Cares
Happy 6th Birthday Caron Cares I nearly missed marking the 6th anniversary of my blog, it was only as I …
Hidden Disability Help
Hidden Disability Help Did you know that 49% of us fly abroad at least once a year? With the weather …
Care Share
CARE SHARE – The multi-organisational and societal approach to eldercare. I entered this competition to raise awareness and share …
Don’t miss cold payments
Don’t miss cold weather payments I read this today as the snow is falling heavily outside. For Devon to …
Incontinence
“Taking the Pee” As this is my very special place, I am sharing my controversial article that is featuring in …
Meal Makers
Meal Makers – sharing food, reducing loneliness, reducing malnutrition How often do you cook more than you need? Do …
Adult Social Care Workforce
The Adult Social Care Workforce in England The Official report into the health of social care was published today and …
#metoo
#metoo -campaign to end incontinence product rationing in the UK Who will join me on a #metoo campaign to raise awareness of …
Simon Jersey
Simon Jersey Healthcare Attire Simon Jersey are one of the UK’s longest established and best-known work uniform providers.As someone who …
Pimp My Zimmer
Pimp My Zimmer “Pimp My Zimmer”, the scheme originating in an Essex care home in 2016 scheme has shown to …
Four or more diseases
Four or more diseases A study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, reports that the …
Endorsed By Age UK
Endorsed by Age UK Praise indeed for my “Happy to Share” cards, Age UK have put them on their Facebook …
We made the Huff
We made the Huff! Not so much a useful blog post, more me saving this occasion to this depository. If …
Care Time Bomb
Care Time Bomb True words from Alice Thomson of the Times. Time will indeed tell, and I agree with her …
Visibags, safer to be seen.
Visibags make you safer to be seen Steve is a man after my own heart. I have long bemoaned the …