Here are some useful tips for Self Isolation for COVID 19 if you have been advised to do so by the HSE. These tips will help you cope with the stress of isolation over the period of symptoms monitoring for COVID 19. Mind Matters It's so important...
It is so important that you take the time to prepare for your care assistant job interview. It gives you the best chance at success in getting the job and assures employers that they are hiring the best people for professional care service. In-home support care...
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...
Studies in the UK have found that malnutrition affects over 10% of older people who live independently. Malnourished older people when admitted to hospital require longer stays and are 3 times more likely to develop complications during surgery. Dehydration of itself is frequently an actual...
Age-related sight loss is very common and can result in someone becoming dependant on friends and family to help them with their daily care and needs. For people living with sight loss, making changes to the design and layout of the home can mean the...