Of course! Living in a care home does not remove any of your civil rights, and the right to vote is included in that. In normal (pre-COVID) times, residents will receive all the help they may need to attend their local polling station and vote in person. While the...
There are a lot of different factors that decide whether an individual should move into a residential care home or a nursing home. In most cases, the care and/or nursing needs of the individual will have to be assessed before a decision is made- this will ensure that...
Nobody wants to move into a care home or welcome carers into their own home. That is just the way it is! Therefore, we will all put off looking for care for as long as we can and hope the crisis never comes. Whereas this in some ways sensible, nobody should start care...
When is a care home right for Mum? If there is one question care professional gets asked more often than any other question when a family visits a care home for the first time, it is: ‘When is a care home right for mum?’ or ‘How will I know it is the right time for my...
For most of us we spend our lives seeing our bedrooms as a safe sanctuary – a place to relax, unwind and sleep. But, getting older or living with dementia can make the mundane much more challenging and turn those things we take for granted quite dangerous. If...
Like many big changes in life, starting a new school or job, retiring, moving house, there is a sense of worry about the unknown. A care home move can in many cases be even more worrying. Like all of these other life changes, the better informed and prepared you are,...
