The NHS Continuing Healthcare fast track is the route to fully funded care for someone whose condition is deteriorating quickly and who may be entering the last phase of life. A doctor or...
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Overnight Care in Radlett and Shenley: When the Family Carer Has Not Slept
Families usually arrange overnight care in Radlett for the person who is awake in the night, but the reason it starts is often the person lying awake beside them. A carer comes to the...
Cancer Support in Hertfordshire: The Teams Around a Person at Home
Cancer support in Hertfordshire comes from three layers, and families usually meet them in the wrong order. First, the hospital team treats the cancer. Second, a community and hospice...
Deputyship in Hertfordshire: What Happens After the Court Order
Deputyship in Hertfordshire does not end when the court order arrives. It begins there. The order says what you can and cannot do. The Office of the Public Guardian starts supervising you,...
Respite Care in Potters Bar: When the Carer Is the One Who Is Unwell
Families usually arrange respite care in Potters Bar for the person receiving care. This piece is about the other reason families call us. The carer has their own hospital appointment,...
Home Care in Oaklands, Old Welwyn and Digswell: What Changes in a Village
Home care in Oaklands and Old Welwyn works differently from home care in a town. The difference is not the care itself. It is the travel. In a garden city round a carer can reach the next...
Home Care in Old Hatfield and Brookmans Park: When the House Came First
Home care in Old Hatfield usually has to work around the house rather than change it. The old town sits in a conservation area and much of its stock is period. A good deal of it was never...
Personal Care in Radlett: When the House Already Has Help
Personal care in Radlett often starts in a house that already has help. There is a cleaner on Tuesdays and a gardener through the summer. Perhaps someone has done the ironing for twenty...
MS Respite Care in Hertfordshire: A Break That Does Not Need a Care Home
MS respite care is a planned break for the person who does the caring. Someone else looks after the person with MS for a few hours, a night or longer. Families in Hertfordshire often...