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A cycling care service from Helping Hands With summer just around the corner, Helping Hands is embracing an innovative method of transport, which will see many Carers cycling to their daily visits. In local areas such as Alcester, Helping Hands can be seen reducing its carbon footprint and doing its bit to help keep local […]

The importance of a taking a break. During National Carers’ week we must all consider the importance of family and friend carers taking a break. The ‘Respite Care at Home – Caring for the Caregivers’ is a recommended read. In the UK 6.5 million people are involved in caring for a loved one. During this […]

Before joining Helping Hands I completed my degree at University, and, after studying English Literature for three years, it’s safe to say I was a complete novice when it came to the care industry! With no prior knowledge or experience in care, I was apprehensive about beginning the training; however, by the end of the […]

07 November 2013 My first experience as a Carer was many years ago in a lovely residential care home in the pretty market town of Ross-on-Wye. This experience stayed with me all these years during which time I brought up my own family. Having recently moved to Malaga, Spain the opportunity arose to become involved […]

My very first experience of “care work” was when I was 14 and spent a great deal of time with my great-aunt as she was moved to be near the family. Even though the transition was unsettling for her, I found it very fulfilling to help her and make her feel comfortable, especially when I […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dr Robert Heaven MBACP (Accred), UKRC, Pg.Dip Psych Couns, D.A, M.Sc, M.A BACP Accredited Psychotherapist Emotional Health & Well Being Advisor to Helping Hands Live-In Care Specialists. It’s a good question, and what does it take to provide good care for another human-being, disadvantaged  in some way by age, ailment or ability?  The quick answer […]

Dr Robert Heaven and Dr Rekha Elaswarapu will join Helping Hands as Special Advisors on January 1st 2012.  They will help shape the organisation’s future policies on a range of important aspects such as emotional well-being, dignity and nutrition.  They will also help to develop training programmes for Helping Hands carers and managers in these […]

Refresher Training Knowing how important constant, relevant and up to date skills are to our customers, carers and office staff, we not only conduct the weekly 4 day residential assessment for all new live-in recruits but also refresher training. Refresher training does what it says on the tin – it refreshes memory and gives carers […]