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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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General

Are we really dementia friendly?

Scent expert and carer Linda Harman shares her experiences of meeting the Dementia Alliance – a group of people living with dementia who are determined to prove what they CAN do, not what they can’t…

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Breakthrough technique which grows new brain cells could help dementia

An exciting new advance by researchers in San Francisco could bring new hope for a dementia cure

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Social clubs fill the gap in dementia support

Social groups are vital for empowering people with early-onset dementia, claims new research

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Help fight dementia by playing a mobile phone game

Spending two minutes a day playing a mobile app called Sea Hero Quest could help create data for dementia research

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Traditional family dinners help prevent dehydration and malnutrition

Sitting down to a traditional family meal or listening to soothing music could help those with dementia who are at risk of malnutrition and dehydration

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Dementia’s Dirty Secrets #4: Racism and dementia – a cocktail of taboos

James Ashwell reveals why cultural and generational differences have made racism a ’ticking time bomb’ in dementia care

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Care homes paying for GP services that would be free on NHS

A report by the Alzheimer’s Society has uncovered that many care homes pay for GP services which would be covered by free NHS care to those living in the community

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Making the most of Spring

Former carer and scent expert Linda Harman explains how to help a loved one with dementia to enjoy Spring

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Could yoga be the best way to protect memory as you get older?

A new study has found yoga is one of the best ways to improve brain fitness and boost both verbal and visual-spatial memory

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What does 'live-in care' mean?

live-in care blog

What does 'live-in care' mean?