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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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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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The smell of home and its ties for people with dementia

Scent expert and Unforgettable panel member Linda Harman shares what smells mean ‘home’ to her, and how they help her mum with dementia.

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Handling money when you have dementia

Does your loved one with dementia regularly seem to lose money? Does money seem to ‘disappear’ faster than it should? Here’s a few ways to deal with some of the most common money worries

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A clock that does NOT tell the time

Find out how one of our best-selling products – the Day Clock – has been designed to help people with dementia

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Could a three minute test diagnose a form of dementia?

A quick new test which claims to accurately diagnose Lewy body dementia has recently been unveiled

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Aricept can reduce nursing home admissions by HALF

A new study has revealed that continued use of the dementia drug Donepezil (Aricept) can significantly increase the chance of people with dementia being able to stay in their own homes

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Brain training games can help with everyday tasks as you get older

Researchers have investigated how playing online memory and reasoning games could improve the ability to carry out everyday skills such as shopping and cooking

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Widow of actor Robin Williams blames suicide on Lewy Body Dementia

In her first interview since his death, Susan Williams, wife of the Oscar-winning actor, claims the symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia was one of many factors that led to his suicide.

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Advice

What is validation therapy?

It was recently described as a new approach to dementia care but validation therapy has been around for quite some time – you may even be using some of its techniques without realising it…

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Actress Gemma Jones reveals why she took on dementia role

Nearly four million viewers are tuning in each week to watch her moving performance as a woman living with dementia in ITV’s latest hit crime series Unforgotten. Here, actress Gemma Jones reveals why she decided to take on such a gruelling role

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What does 'live-in care' mean?

live-in care blog

What does 'live-in care' mean?