Helping people during difficult times
The care sector can be tough –mentally, physically and definitely emotionally. It’s important then that we never lose sight of…
Our Parkinson’s Journey
Our live in carers work on a 1-2-1 relationship. Their client is their sole focus, they have no other distractions.…
Understanding Multiple Sclerosis
By Cathy Millwood, Chairman and Membership Secretary, MS Society, Stratford-upon-Avon and District Branch Multiple Sclerosis, which literally means “many scars”,…
Imagine a city where everyone has dementia…
Imagine an entire city of people with dementia. Sound like a movie? Well it’s not. It’s the United Kingdom in…
Dementia the Global Health Bomb
A leading health expert Professor Peter Piot is calling Dementia a global health bomb, comparing the disease to the AIDS…
Helping Hands recognises the Pride of Stratford’s ‘Carer of the Year’
Recognising the key role that unpaid carers play in the community in and around Warwickshire, Alcester based live in care…
Reducing the loneliness: the health benefits of live in care
by Dr Rekha Elaswarapu, M. Stud. Ph.D. MIHM, Dignity Advisor for Helping Hands Britain is an ageing society, improvements in…
Call for a dignity Code for older people
by Dr Rekha Elaswarapu, Helping Hands Advisor on Dignity A dignity code is being called for to protect elderly from…
Caring for “the silent majority”
As one of the country’s oldest and most respected live-in care providers, Helping Hands is in the fortunate position of…
The homecare sector’s leading representative body, the United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) has welcomed the House of Commons Health Committee’s report into social care.
The UKHCA believes it is an important wide-ranging contribution to the debate about how we care for older people and…