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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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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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UK Cinemas helping dementia
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Could this free film make your loved one smile?

A special 3D film about the Queen’s 1953 coronation is bringing back many happy memories for people with dementia.

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Advice

Are you worried about coping at Christmas?

The festive season can be particularly stressful if someone you love has dementia. But try not to worry, our Christmas guides might be just what you need.

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Designing for dementia: More positive news

Dementia experts and carers came together this month at The UK’s annual Dementia Congress to share some exciting new projects and ideas for dementia care. Unforgettable’s Adam Vaughan shares a few highlights.

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Advice

Who’s caring for YOU at Christmas?

Coping with Christmas is hard enough when you’re caring for someone with dementia, but whilst you might be able to deal with the practical challenges of the festive season, the emotional ones could catch you by surprise.

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Read this if you care for someone with dementia (it could save you £400 a year)

Thousands of dementia carers are missing out on council tax discounts worth hundreds of pounds a year, money guru Martin Lewis revealed this week.

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Can trauma trigger dementia?

Flora Stevens went missing 42 years ago. Last month she was finally found…living in a dementia care home. So could difficult life events have increased her risk of developing dementia? We examine the link between trauma and dementia

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Are you being ‘wrongly charged’ for care home costs?

Why do some people with dementia have to sell their homes to pay for care, whilst others find all their costs are paid for by the NHS? This week a hard-hitting documentary uncovered the shocking truth

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Microchip Medication – practical help or intrusive Snooping?

The first ‘smart’ pill that knows if it’s been taken has been approved in the USA. Is this something that would be useful for people living with dementia? Adam Vaughan, Unforgettable’s head of new product development and innovation, investigates the pros and cons

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Can brain training cut the risk of dementia?

A new scientific study suggests that brain training games can reduce the risk of dementia by nearly 30 per cent. So should we all be taking up Sudoku? Here’s what the research revealed

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?