What Happens During a Care Assessment?
Deciding whether your loved one needs a care assessment can be an emotional time. Our latest blog examines what is involved, possible costs and outcomes.
Diabetes Week 2022 – How to help your loved one maintain healthy sugar levels
Facebook-f Linkedin Diabetes Week 2022 (June 13-19) This week is Diabetes Week, so what better reason to raise awareness about a condition that affects 4.7 million people in the UK – more than any other health issue? Diabetes is a complicated condition that is caused when blood glucose levels are too high. This blog will
How much savings can I have before paying for social care?
Facebook-f Linkedin The subject of paying for social care in the UK can be an intimidating and complex one, and having to deal with it can come at an emotional or stressful time. This blog will set out in plain language what criteria you must meet to receive publicly funded adult social care, government changes
How to beat anxiety during Stress Awareness Month
Facebook-f Linkedin April is Stress Awareness Month, and aims to raise awareness of both the causes and cures for the stress epidemic currently affecting much of society. It has been held every April since 1992, and aims to help people with feelings of “disconnection, uncertainty, and a worrying loss of control”. The pandemic has had
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Facebook-f Linkedin March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, a chance to raise awareness about this disease and support the organisations working hard to find a cure and stamp it out. Sadly, two thirds of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are diagnosed too late, despite Cancer Research’s campaign Be Clear on Cancer, which has been promoting
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Facebook-f Linkedin This year’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week runs from 28th February to 6th March, and is organised by UK eating disorder charity BEAT. Eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and anorexia nervosa, are a serious mental illness, affecting 1 in 50 people in the UK, across ages, genders, ethnicities and backgrounds.