Category: advice

Alternatives to Care Homes & Residential Care

According to Age UK , 1 in 5 people aged between 50 and 64 in the UK provide care to their loved ones, or to another elderly relative. Around a […]

Caring for an elderly parent – How do you approach the difficult conversation?

Are we getting any better at having difficult conversations with elderly relatives about the future? People are living longer than ever before. Thanks largely to medical science, research and people […]

Can Live-in care help reduce the UK Loneliness Epidemic?

Elderly people have reported increased loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic — a situation that can be devastating for their health -with Age UK estimating around two million people aged over […]

Person-Centred Care for Older LGBT+ Adults – The Benefits of one to one Live-in Home Care.

How accessible are social care services to LGBT people? LGBT elders may not be getting the care they need because they fear discrimination from their more conservative age mates. Opting […]

Why live-in home care is a real alternative to residential or nursing care homes.

The Better At home study , commissioned by The Live-in Care Hub draws on a wide variety of sources: academic research, Government reports and personal experiences. The findings may be […]

How do you finance elderly care? Your guide to elderly care funding.

If you or someone you care about is beginning to show signs that they require extra care due to old age, you could both be left worrying about how you […]

Supporting and Meeting the care needs of older LGBT people | Pride Month 2021

While there has been an improvement in meeting the needs of LGBT individuals in many aspects, we still lack appropriate LGBT support in social care services. There is also an […]

Live-in care is the safest care option to protect older people during the Covid-19 crisis

Today marks a significant change in our society. Our carers are doing such a brilliant job taking care of the most vulnerable members of our community. For the team at […]

Dementia in the BAME community: How home care can help

According to the Alzheimer’s Society black African and black Caribbean people with dementia are less likely to enter residential care when compared to white people with dementia? Live-in home care […]