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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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Most adults too scared to mention memory problems to doctor

New research has found only one in four people would bring up concerns about memory in a routine health check-up

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Advice

How to tell children and teenagers that a parent has dementia

It’s hard enough explaining to children that a grandparent or other relative has dementia, but what if the person who’s been diagnosed is their parent? Here’s how to make a difficult conversation more manageable

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Dementia care home gardens to receive lottery funding

The National Lottery has pledged a £1.3m grant to help 30 care homes have their gardens landscaped to be more dementia-friendly

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Funny Valentine? Dementia and romantic relationships

With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, we’ve asked a Relate counsellor to share her thoughts on how dementia can affect romance and intimacy.

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Seafood brain benefits for those with dementia gene

A new study has found that people with dementia who regularly ate seafood saw less brain decline if they carried a certain gene.

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Carer burnout: 90% of dementia carers experience stress

The Alzheimer’s Society are asking carers to get involved in a research trial looking at whether online cognitive behavioural therapy could help tackle carer stress and anxiety

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Could dog IQ test provide link between human intellect and dementia?

A test designed to look at the IQ of man’s best friend has discovered when it comes to clever canines, humans and dogs aren’t that different, and this could have implications for finding a link between intelligence and health problems

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Anxiety pills NOT linked to increased dementia risk

Taking benzodiazepines (pills used for anxiety and insomnia) is not associated with an increased risk of dementia, says new study

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Advice

How can home monitoring help someone with dementia?

You may think it’s all a bit Big Brother, but a home monitoring system can make a real difference when it comes to maintaining the safety of a loved one with dementia

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What does 'live-in care' mean?

live-in care blog

What does 'live-in care' mean?