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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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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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Real Stories and Diaries

10 things I wish I’d done when I was caring for my mother

Sandra Savell cared for her mum who had Alzheimer’s disease for ten years. Here she shares some tips for caregivers

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Rosemary – a sweet smell for memory?

New research has found the herb contains a special compound which may help boost ability to recall things

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Dementia research: Why do so many people go into hospital?

Why are people with dementia frequently admitted to hospital? Is there anything we could do to prevent this happening? And how reliable is any of this research? Academic researcher Jiawen Sharon Liu, from the Social Innovation Partnership, was asking these questions while working at Unforgettable

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Lack of sleep leaves brain vulnerable to toxins that cause dementia

New research has found that a lack of sleep could be a factor in the development of Alzheimer’s disease

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The Lumosity scandal should be a wake-up call to a forgotten market

News that a respected brain training app company has been fined for misleading its customers may only be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ warns James Ashwell, in his latest blog.

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Drugs for Alzheimer’s disease could exist by 2025, say scientists

An expert from University College London believes drugs that can push back the age that people get dementia could be developed within a decade

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Advice

How to get organised when caring for someone with dementia

Find out why creating some structure in the daily life of the person you care for will help them to live better with dementia.

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Experiencing dementia through a virtual world

Ever wondered what someone with dementia must be thinking, feeling and seeing? Now you can with a ground-breaking simulator designed to help family, friends and carers to understand debilitating dementia symptoms. Hannah Fox experiences it for herself…

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Smells like dementia? How a unique odour test may detect Alzheimer’s…

New research suggests changes in the smell of your urine could be a biomarker for dementia

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What does 'live-in care' mean?

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What does 'live-in care' mean?