Coping with caregiver stress is part and parcel of the job of a professional carer. You are dealing at times with adults with sometimes challenging health problems or behaviours. Therefore it is important for you to check yourself that you are doing okay and are...
Carer supervision is an essential feature in homecare services because it supports carers, reassures clients and improves the overall quality of in-home care services. Good quality home care depends on motivated, well-trained carers who are supervised and undergo regular performance appraisals. Regular supervision visits reassures clients that...
Every year in Ireland, 10,000 people suffer from a stroke. About 25% of these result in death. Figures have been improving, but lifestyle factors are feared to be reversing gains made in recent years. Would you be able to recognise the signs of a stroke? ...
One of the most challenging behaviours when caring for people with Alzheimer's disease at home, is dealing with repetition. As with all challenging behaviours, we should ask ourselves why is this happening? The answer will help us develop strategies to reduce the stress and occurrence...
Knowing how to choose the right homecare provider means you can have peace of mind knowing you are doing your best to keep a parent or relative content at home. So your Dad's Alzheimer's is making it harder for your Mam to manage, or your Mam...
By keeping our care staff work skills updated with training and information, we are succeeding to deliver the best quality home care services to our clients. Carers work in an ever-changing, challenging and sometimes complicated environment. Their work is not easy, and they are usually under...