Helpful information and resources for employers and live-in care job-seekers
29/03/2017
As a carer, you should be entitled to free time every day. If this is not the case, then you may find yourself with time off on the weekend. ...
24/03/2017
Bed sores are also sometimes called pressure sores. They are often found on people who have little or no mobility. ...
20/03/2017
Even in the UK where it is often colder than it is hot, there is a possibility that your client may suffer from dehydration. ...
28/09/2016
It is a sad but true fact that many people do not know very much about basic food preparation. Even having been through your initial training, you will eventually come across a situation that has you rolling your eyes in horror at the state of the fridge or deep freeze when you arrive. ...
19/09/2016
As a live in carer you will one day be with a client who is approaching the End of Life. This stage is called the Palliative Care stage. It can be very distressing for your client, most certainly for the family and also to you as a carer. ...
Being a carer means that the person you are caring for can no longer take care of themselves. This degree of need will of course vary with each individual client, but basically you are there because they cannot do things for themselves any longer. ...
Sooner or later in your vocation as a live in carer you will be sent to either a client who needs to carers or to a couple who needs to have two carers looking after them. ...
15/09/2016
Families can be complicated at the best of times – as we all know – with every member being different in how they think and what they like. Everyone is settled into their own routine and they all have very definite ideas of how things should be run. ...
12/09/2016
You might find yourself in a position one day where it is no longer practical for you to move your client upstairs at night and back downstairs in the morning. This may be due to a general decline in health which could mean that balance is affected. ...
01/09/2016
A recent study has shown that 78% of over 5000 participants within the health care sector have not washed their hands properly, according to the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). ...
