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West Midlands Care Providers and Care Workers
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Why Every Care Provider with a Sponsorship Licence Needs a Compliance Audit Right Now

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Advice

How to Switch Care Sponsors

A complete, step-by-step timeline from resignation to starting your new role. If you’re a care worker in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa, switching sponsors can feel like a complicated process.

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Advice

This form could help you stay calm in a crisis

If a person with dementia goes missing, a national scheme called The Herbert Protocol is speeding up the search to find them, all you have to do is fill in a form…

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Advice

10 LIFE CHANGING resolutions every dementia caregiver should make

If someone you love has dementia, these simple New Year resolutions could help to transform your finances and make life more enjoyable in 2019

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Advice

11 ways to stay warm and well this winter

With another cold snap on the way, here’s how to keep someone with dementia warm and well at home when temperatures begin to drop

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Advice

Caring around Christmas: 6 ways to keep calm…and keep going

Many carers find the festive season really difficult to cope with. So if you’re beginning to flag, here’s a few ideas that might help:

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General

Could this be the biggest dementia breakthrough in 50 years?

News last week that a drug to treat Huntingdon’s might also help people with Alzheimer’s, is causing excitement amongst scientists. We take a closer look at the findings.

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General

Do you REALLY know all the facts about dementia?

Whether you’re just starting out on the dementia journey or are a little further down the line, here’s some important information that could make life easier for you and the person you care about:

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General

“What’s happening here should be happening all over the country”

A ground-breaking project in rural Devon is improving the lives of people with dementia and their loved ones. Project co-ordinator Maxine Kennedy explains:

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Advice

5 ways to encourage loved ones to stay inside during cold weather

Cold weather doesn’t always deter people with dementia from going out on their own. If you’re worried that a person you care about might go missing in cold weather, here’s some tips to keep them safe.

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Real Stories and Diaries

Dementia changes almost everyone it touches

Kevin Jameson used his own real-world experiences of dementia to create an innovative US organisation that is changing lives every day.

West Midlands Care Providers and Care Workers

Meet the West Midlands AI Coaches Supporting International Care Workers

A new AI coaching platform is supporting international care workers in the West Midlands - offering personalised guidance on jobs, training, housing, wellbeing and community life.

live-in care blog

What does 'live-in care' mean?

West Midlands Care Providers and Care Workers

Meet the West Midlands AI Coaches Supporting International Care Workers

A new AI coaching platform is supporting international care workers in the West Midlands - offering personalised guidance on jobs, training, housing, wellbeing and community life.

live-in care blog

What does 'live-in care' mean?