If your relative is paying for their own care they are called a ‘self funding’ client. As a ‘self funder’ they do not qualify for social services funding and unfortunately it also means that they do not get any support or advice from social services about how to find the care that they need. Don’t worry, help is at hand, best-care-home is the only resource that focusses on self funding clients and we provide the information that you need in order to make an informed choice about the care that your relative needs, where to find that care, questions to ask a care home or home care agency and how your relative can pay for their care without the risk of running out of money.
Anybody that thinks the elderly, aged or senior members of our society are over the hill should seriously think again. Within 20 years 23% of the population with be 65 or over and this growing trend has serious implications for every area in our society. Quite simply – ‘ignore the elderly at your peril’. The [...]
Memory Walk
Bupa and the Alzheimer’s Society have joined forced for a Memory Walk to help raise money and awareness of dementia; Dementia facts; • In just 10 years a million people will be living with dementia in the UK • For every five years you live past 30, your chance of developing dementia doubles • One in three people [...]
The dignity and respect your father deserves
When you are looking for a nursing home or residential care home for your mother or father, you want to know that they are being treated with the dignity and respect they deserve. Living in an environment that reflects their personality and past life. This recommendation of a care home in Oldham, Greater Manchester makes [...]
Age related hearing loss – it’s more than not being able to hear
At <a href=”http://www.best-care-home.co.uk/index.php#”>best-care-home</a> we welcome new research and ideas that provide information that helps to improves the quality of life and the dignity of people who live in nursing homes, residential care homes or receive care in their own home. Article by Joan McKechnie, BSc Hons Audiology & Speech Pathology. Over 6.5 million of the [...]
Coping with dementia on holiday
Taking somebody on holiday who is suffering from dementia can be a relaxing and enjoyable experience for both of you, if you plan ahead and consider your options. 1. New environments; be aware that a new and unfamiliar environment can be very stressful to somebody suffering from dementia. When planning your holiday take into account [...]
Companions ease the burden
Domiciliary care is a long established service that enables people to stay in their own homes. However, when an individual needs to go into a nursing home, that doesn’t mean that they never want to go out again, either to visit old friends or the dentist. A new service has been established across Bexhill and [...]
CQC admits they need to double the number of inspections
Can the Care Quality Commission (CQC) cope with the growing numbers of complaints they are receiving about care services? Over the past two months the CQC has received more than double the complaints they received for the entire previous year and Dame Jo Williams, the CQC chair, has attributed this rise to the abuse scandal [...]
The perception of age
Do you think that old age is still a long way away? Think again, a key government study released this year found that in Britain people believed old age began at 58. This is well below the European average of being perceived as old by others. But this is set to change – Britain’s ageing [...]
Sexual behaviour and dementia in nursing homes
Here we raise the issues that affect residents and relatives who are looking for a nursing home or residential care home. Sexual behaviour and dementia is a subject most people don’t want to discuss, or perhaps even consider is relevant in our nursing homes and residential care homes – the need for affection, intimacy and [...]
Is the Care Quality Commision good enough?
The Residents and Relatives Association have written to Paul Burstow MP to urge him to make urgent changes to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – the governing body responsible for regulating care homes. Although the organisation is in the middle of yet another complete overall, it’s fourth in under ten years, the Residents and relatives [...]