David Jones

David Jones is a digital content specialist at Helping Hands Home Care, with extensive experience writing about home care, ageing, and support for adults living with complex conditions. He focuses on turning clinical and operational insight into clear, reassuring information that families can actually use when making care decisions. David works closely with branches, carers, and subject matter experts to ensure every article is accurate, practical, and aligned with Helping Hands’ commitment to quality, transparency, and person-centred care.

Independent research carried out recently has highlighted the costs associated with keeping someone independent in their own home. We were surprised at the costs for someone who is receiving traditional Domiciliary Care Vs the cost of Live-In Care. The research was carried out in the Cambridgeshire area for an 80 year old gentleman requiring support […]

Often human rights are only seen as relevant to people being deported or as an overseas matter. Contrary to this belief human rights are applicable to everyone and in every walk of life, including health and social care. The actual spending of the new monies for providing better adult social care which also has a […]

Another award for the national live-in care provider Less than two weeks after its Dementia Team Leader won National Dementia Personality of the Year, Helping Hands, one of the country’s leading live-in care specialists,  is celebrating again; this time as one its most experienced carers, Winsome Furness, wins Care Worker of the Year at the […]

By Dr Rekha Elaswarapu, Helping Hands Advisor A World of Silence – The case for tackling hearing loss in care homes’ is a report published by the charity ‘Action on Hearing Loss’. The report concludes that up to 250,000 elderly people in England have undiagnosed or unsupported hearing loss because of a hidden crisis in […]

by Dr Rekha Elaswarapu, Helping Hands Advisor A fear of falling is rendering many elderly people prisoners in their own homes, a survey of 500 people aged 75 and above undertaken by the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service charity has suggested. More than one in five interviewed lived in fear of falling. According to the report […]

Here’s a blog from one of our new carers, Karen Murray.  In it Karen writes about her time at our Centre of Excellence, as well as her first few days with her customer – a lady in Halifax with dementia. When we arrived we were greeted by a friendly member of staff.  This friendly and […]

We recently heard about lady who had a serious stroke which affected her movement and speech. One day whilst watching TV with her carer from Helping Hands, an old music show came on. Tapping her feet and humming, she explained to Lilia (her carer) that she used to dance with her husband when she was […]

Whether it is a mother caring for her baby or an adult caring for an elderly parent, the simple act of care is a wonderful human instinct; it’s strange then that those who care are not more valued by our society. When you think of the term ‘carer’ or when someone says that they are […]

by Dr Rekha Elaswarapu, Helping Hands Advisor Family carers are the backbone of the social care sector, providing valuable support for the NHS. There are more than six million family carers up and down the country who often do not even recognise themselves as carers.  Without their involvement and support for practical and personal care […]

by Dr Rekha Elaswarapu, Helping Hands Advisor Britain is an ageing society. Due to medical advancements and better access to services, including early diagnosis, people are living longer than before. However this also means more people are spending time in hospital due to various illnesses  and necessary procedures.  Many of these admissions are elective but […]