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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

Latest UK Visa Sponsorship Rules

This all-in-one guide explains the latest UK visa sponsorship rules, including the major changes introduced in July 2025.

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General

Can music help stave off dementia?

If you’re worried about your memory it might be time to pick up your old guitar or dust off that violin. Kate Corr discusses the link between music and memory and the famous musicians who have carried on playing despite a dementia diagnosis

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Home care for people with dementia to last ‘at least 30 minutes’

Care workers must increase the amount of time they spend visiting vulnerable people in their own homes, Government advisors have warned

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How it all started – the first steps of the Bedi shield

Dental expert and Unforgettable panel member Prof Raman Bedi explains what prompted him to invent the Bedi Shield

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Advice

How to find good homecare

Homecare is a good option for a person with dementia who doesn’t need to go into a care home. Christina Macdonald shares her own experiences of finding the right kind of carers and reveals how to find the help you need

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New drug combo could help ease agitation in people living with dementia

A study has found a new drug that combines a cough suppressant with a heart medication could help calm restlessness

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Why hens can be a cracking dementia therapy

Care homes nationwide are catching on to the power of hen therapy for people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia

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A new ‘brain pacemaker’ offers hope to people with dementia

Scientists have developed an electrical brain implant which could help restore memory in Alzheimer’s and people living with dementia.

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‘Ostrich approach’ to future care could spell trouble later on

Head of Carer’s Trust charity says younger generation needs to ‘wake up’ and start talking about their parents’ future care arrangements

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New initiative to provide compassion and care at the end of life

The new approach is designed to improve the care given to people with advanced dementia

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What does 'live-in care' mean?

live-in care blog

What does 'live-in care' mean?