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Sarah Franklin

Sarah Franklin

Sarah joined Helping Hands in November 2016, working initially as a member of the Training and Development team due to her qualification in post-16 teaching. She has since moved into the Marketing team as a content writer, where she enjoys writing creatively for search and customer information.

20 January 2011 What a difference Live-in Care can make We thought I would share with you a letter received from a customers family member. This is what makes Live in care the perfect care option for so many. Dear Helping Hands I want to tell you how pleased that I, as well as other […]

05 January 2011 More Funding for Support at Home The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said today £162million would be transferred from the NHS to local authorities and primary care trusts with the money aimed at helping people to leave hospital more quickly and receive support at home. This has to be good news for […]

08 December 2010 Live-in Care Receives Radio Coverage It’s really good to hear that the option of Live in Care is becoming wider known, in a recent episode of the Archers Lord Netherbourne’s Live-in Carer was featured. It is so important that everyone knows and understands the care options available to them when it comes […]

01 December 2010 Britons Plan Their Funeral Before Care The latest Helping Hands survey has revealed that 48 per cent of UK adults have discussed wishes in the event of their death with family and friends, whereas just 27 per cent have tackled the topic of how they would like to be cared for when […]

16 November 2010 Building up to Christmas I love Christmas, FACT. I love everything about it, the anticipation, the tv, the shopping, the cooking – surely it has to be the very best time of the year. And why do I love it? because my mom and dad always strived to make it perfect, that […]

12 November 2010 Parkinsons Disease a True Story Alfred Isaac Holloway was a farmer, he rose every morning at 5 am, he would wash, dress and before the sun even started to peep over the horizon, would leave the house and walk to his farm yard to make sure everything was in order before the […]

08 November 2010 Living The Life You Want Through Live-in Care I have it all planned out. When I’m old and grey and my youth is far behind me (in body if not in spirit) i intend to spend my days either holding up play on the golf course, reading in a sunny patch in […]

01 November 2010 Care Choices You have started to read this blog – you have made a choice, whether you continue to read it, is again another choice you will make. We all make choices everyday, the choices and decisions we make affect both ourselves and the people we care about some directly and others […]