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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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Boost brain health by adding chicory to your salad

The leafy vegetable contains a compound that could help to prevent the build-up of toxic clumps in the brain

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Meds management gets more difficult during dementia journey

Study confirms need for more support for those with dementia who are taking medication

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Real Stories and Diaries

I spent two months sitting on the sofa, grieving for all I’d lost

Joy Watson was diagnosed with dementia on her 55th birthday. Here she shares her thoughts about the diagnosis process and how she’s learnt to adjust to a life with dementia

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Putting pleasure back on the menu for people with dementia

She’s one of the UK’s most trusted dieticians and cordon bleu chefs and now she’s on a mission to transform the way we think about food on the dementia journey. Here, Jane Clarke tells Unforgettable why she’s determined to help people with dementia enjoy their food again

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WIN tickets to Nourish Afternoon Tea – for people with dementia

We’re giving away 3 pairs of tickets to attend a special tea, with food especially designed and created for people with dementia

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Ex-PM David Cameron becomes President of ARUK

Mr Cameron takes up his position today and starts by visiting the Alzheimer’s Research UK offices in Cambridge

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‘Dementia shouldn’t ruin Mum’s relationship with Grandad’

At the age of 22, Alex Nash has already designed an exciting range of dementia products which he hopes to launch soon. Here, Alex reveals why he became so determined to help people on the dementia journey

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Why dementia is NOT a ‘fight’ (and you don’t have to be brave)

Public awareness of dementia may be growing rapidly, but Kate Corr believes the language we use to describe it often seems to lag behind

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Real Stories and Diaries

Dementia & Me: ‘I’m helping to make a difference’

Dementia campaigner Joy Watson, 58, discusses the dementia innovation she’s helped make possible – and her dreams for future dementia care

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What does 'live-in care' mean?

live-in care blog

What does 'live-in care' mean?