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Working in a care home, is it right for you?

Working in a care home can be a very rewarding job as you help to care and provide assistance to those whom are no longer as independent as they once were. Choosing caring as a career, you can become a carer if you enjoy helping others and have a calm and caring nature. You will …

Choosing a care home with plenty of activities

Helping to choose a care home your parents or senior family friends is a difficult decision. If the choice has been made that a care home is the correct and best place you’re your seniors to go then here are a few things to help you along. Make sure the care home has the best …

Choosing a care home

Knowing that your cherished relative or loved one is getting the care they so desperately deserve is important when choosing a care home for them. A care home is a place of safety for an individual who is no longer independent and requires that extra care that they do not wish to burden upon their …

Why a carer is never a nurse

Many nurses who are qualified to treat people in hospitals are insulted when people confuse them for being carers. Today if someone says they’re a nurse they could be referring to working in a hospital, perhaps treating children or adults with cancer or other serious illnesses, or they could be feeding the elderly in a …

5 reasons to become a care assistant

Though being a care assistant is not an easy job, it can be extremely rewarding and we’re going to give you five reasons why you should consider carving a career in care. Rewards There’s nothing quite like the feeling of putting a smile on the face of an elderly resident. You have the power to …