A recent blog caught our eye on www.carehome.co.uk, if you're interested we've included the link at the bottom of our blog should you wish to read the whole article. It highlights the interesting reduction in falls in a care home, by utilising an innovative lighting scheme. The scheme came about…
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological condition marked by tremor, muscular rigidity and slow imprecise movement. Understandably this leads to normal day-to-day tasks becoming difficult, including use of the bathroom. By implementing a few simple changes, you can help make a huge difference to someone with Parkinson's disease being able…
Dementia affects more than 800,000 people in the UK with numbers rising every year as the population gets older. People who have dementia can find their appreciation of danger decreases, making routine tasks hazardous. Bathing is one such task that presents many dangers, such as obstacles in the bathroom, slip…
Everyone ages. Everyone gets old. With the onset of old age our parents can become less mobile. It can have such a gradual advance that we do not notice it creeping up on our parents. Then again, if we have not seen them for some time, the way things have…
