

The Warm Home Discount scheme
The Warm Home Discount Scheme, was first launched in April 2011, and it pays a £120 rebate on a household electricity bill each year for...


Care home bosses banned for losing residents money
Care home bosses banned after losing £60,000 of their residents' savings Again I read with shock and horror last week after reading...

Ideas to help keep you moving and staying fit
Ideas to help keep you moving and staying fit Homecare and Mobility Staying active for longer not only means you stay independent, it...


Powers of Attorney
Family friends of ours, (man and wife) drew up Powers of Attorney in 2006. And now they have read about a new enduring Power of Attorney...


The costs of things are going up! With the Elderly hit the hardest
The costs of things are going up. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said today that the rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI)...


Britain's biggest Care Home owners 'have £5 billion debts'
I read last week that Britain's biggest Care Home owners 'have £5 billion debts' Some of the biggest private Care Home owners in the UK...


Sudocream - What are its ingredients?
Because nurses scrub their hands so often and apply sanitisers all day, some develop dermatitis and have hands so dry that they sometimes...


Willis Commission report says that NHS patients get 'unacceptable' care from nursing assista
NHS patients are receiving an "unacceptable" level of care from unqualified healthcare assistants who are now responsible for nursing...


A new test could fast-track diagnosis of Dementia
Diagnosis times for dementia could be cut to a few weeks as a new test could fast-track diagnosis of Dementia. The pilot project based...


A helpful guide to meeting the soaring cost of care
Britain's ageing population means care costs are rising. The numbers aged 85 or over will increase 60 per cent over the next 20 years,...