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Is domiciliary care right for me?
Domiciliary care is right for you if you value independence, stability, affordability, and personalised one-to-one care, but it’s not right for everyone. What is domiciliary care? Domiciliary care is commonly known as home care and both are umbrella terms that…
5 tips to care for an elderly parent
Break it down, educate yourself on your options, set boundaries, talk to someone and share the burden. Sharing is caring, both for them and for you. Your parents’ age can creep up on you. One week you might be picking up their…
Self-Employed Carer: 4 Tips to Find the Right Candidate
Finding a self-employed carer can be challenging, especially if you’re coming to terms with the fact that you or your loved ones need care at all Self-employed carer: 4 tips to find the right candidate – so you have…
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Caring for an elderly spouse
It can be difficult adjusting to life when caring for an elderly spouse – but it can be a rewarding experience that strengthens your relationship. Caring for an elderly spouse Caring for an elderly spouse can be a strain, especially…
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Adverse Drug Reactions In the Elderly
Adverse drug reactions happen, for the most part, because of the number of medications taken and the different times of day each medication needs to be taken. Elderly patients, on average, take 3 times as much medication as younger people. Amongst the wide…
How To Set Up a Caregiving Schedule
With the right scheduling tool, you can coordinate with friends and family members and professional carers to provide better, more structured care for your loved one. How to set up a caregiving schedule As a carer, you already know how…
How to use a Dosette box
Forgetting to take medication, or forgetting that you’ve taken it and taking too much, can have serious consequences. A dosette box can make make all the difference. Why use a dosette box? Medication management has grown increasingly complex over the past years. It’s therefore critical to know how to use a dosette box, also known as a pill sorter, effectively. Conditions like diabetes, chronic heart failure and dementia require many different kinds of medication to be taken on a daily basis and at different times during the day. Therefore, both carers and patients face challenges keeping up-to-date with these complex medication regimes. A common tool to manage medication is a dosette box. Dosette boxes have multiple compartments divided by time and date and come in many shapes and sizes with features including detachable units, alarm reminders and different segments for each day. Choosing the right one depends on the need of…
Which Countries Are Best At Caring For Their Elderly?
Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Germany all top the list of countries that are best at caring for their elderly, while Britain trails behind at number 11. Is Britain the best? Britain is by no means the worst, but we have…
The Top 6 Reasons Elderly People Don’t Take Medication
By not adhering to an often complex combination of treatments, patients can unwittingly expose themselves to a number of health risks. Compliance, or adherence, to a medication regime can prove to be a problem for your elderly loved one, for a…
Setting up Wi-Fi or Broadband for Elderly Parents
Setting up Wi-Fi or broadband for an elderly parent can open up new avenues of communication and freedom. Why have Wi-Fi? As your loved ones age, they can become isolated. It’s very easy for this to happen, mobility issues lead…
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