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David Jones

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.

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Helping Hands on The One Show with Joe Pasquale

Comedian Joe Pasquale has volunteered with Helping Hands to support with the delivery of PPE throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Joe contacted us several weeks ago to volunteer his time and deliver vital supplies across London and the surrounding areas. On Friday 2, Monday 6. Thursday 16 and Friday 17 April, Joe delivered the equipment to […]

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Thinking about Dementia

Young or old we all have a duty to better understand and recognise the signs of Dementia. It’s completely normal for memory to be affected by age, stress, tiredness or certain illnesses and medications. This can be tiresome if it happens occasionally, but if it begins affecting yours – or your loved ones – family […]

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Dementia Care at Home – Can it help?

If you are exploring the options of how to support a loved one with dementia care, considering dementia care at home is now at the top of many families’ lists. If diagnosed with dementia, many people may want to stay in their own home for as long as possible, close to the people they love, […]

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Nursing home or Live In Care

“I don’t want to go into a nursing home.” Perhaps the hardest struggle we see every day is families trying to find the best care solution for their loved ones. Mr Dore, one of our customers’ sons, sums up the emotional struggle he personally felt when finding care for his 93 year old mother. Born […]

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Communication and Dementia

Dementia is a progressive condition that will affect a person’s memory and their ability to retain certain information, such as names and dates. There may come a time when your loved one’s ability to communicate with you diminishes. This can be a difficult, but there are ways that you can effectively communicate with someone who […]

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The Sandwich Generation

Millions of Brits are struggling to care for both elderly parents and grandchildren in a growing number of four generation families. An aging population means that a massive 2.4 million UK adults are now part of four generation families, fuelling a rapidly growing ‘sandwich generation’ – the name given to them as they are caught […]

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Advantages of Home Care

Making the choice between a nursing home and care at home Considering the type of care you or your loved one would most benefit from can be a difficult choice to make. It can be a confusing time, trying to decide on what option would be best, and weighing up the advantages and disadvantages of […]

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Elderly Support

Different Levels of Elderly Care and Support Stage by Stage Choosing home care for an elderly member of your family is a difficult decision to be confronted with. You may have noticed signs that your elderly parents or your partner needs extra help with day to day living. Or if you already receive some hourly […]

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Circle of Care has the best results

Three weeks ago Andrew Lawless, one of our full time care customers, had a fall resulting in a broken left hip which then caused a Pulmonary Embolism – a dangerous complication for Andrew who lives with the physical effects of a Stroke. Its two weeks now since Andrew returned home from hospital, and he is […]

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Live-in Live-Out Care

The placements at Helping Hands are so varied that we have positions to suit almost every kind of Carer and customer. Tracey has been our customer since 2005 and to start with she had no idea how much the care she received would change her life. With an individualised service which incorporates both hourly and […]